Francesco Palmieri (footballer, born 1967)

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Francesco Palmieri
Personal information
Date of birth (1967-09-24) 24 September 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth Bari, Italy
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1986–1987 Bologna
1987–1989 Centese
1989–1992 Virtus Francavilla
1992–1993 Baracca  [ it ]
1994 Bologna
1994–1995 Cosenza
1995–1998 Lecce
1998–2000 Sampdoria 64 (14)
2000 Piacenza 7 (0)
2000 Pescara 8 (2)
2001 Salernitana 13 (1)
2001–2003 Bari 39 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francesco Palmieri (born 24 September 1967) is an Italian former professional footballer who is sporting director at Sassuolo. He played as a forward. [1]

Contents

Playing career

Palmieri began his career with Centese, Virtus Francavilla, Baracca  [ it ], Bologna, and Cosenza. [2]

During his time at Lecce, Palmieri was given the nickname "Highlander". [3] Between 1995 and 1998 he scored 35 goals in 102 appearances for the club. [4] At Lecce, he formed a goal-scoring partnership with Cosimo Francioso [5] and achieved two successive promotions, from Serie C to Serie A, under the guidance of manager Gian Piero Ventura. [2]

In summer 1998 Sampdoria paid a transfer fee of three billion lire to Lecce to sign Palmieri. [2] In the 1998–99 season he scored on his debut for Sampdoria, in a UEFA Intertoto Cup match, helping his club qualify for the third round of the competition. [2] The goal also made him the first Italian player to score in the season. [2] At the end of the 1998–99 season he suffered relegation to Serie B, [6] having scored eight league goals. [7]

In his second season at Sampdoria, he captained the team and scored six goals, while the club missed out on Serie A promotion by one point. [7] At the end of the season, he suffered a serious muscle injury, which subsequently plagued him for more than a year. [7]

Managerial career

In November 2016, while working as academy manager at Sassuolo Palmieri was linked with the position of sporting director at Parma. [8] For the 2021–22 season, he received the Mino Favini Award, which is awarded to the best youth sector manager. [9]

At the end of the 2023–24 season, he was appointed sporting director of Sassuolo. [10]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition [11]
ClubSeasonLeague Coppa Italia EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bologna 1986–8720–20
Centese 1987–8820–20
Lecce 1994–95–
1995–96 Serie B 341221–3613
1996–97 Serie A 321041–3611
Total662262007224
Sampdoria 1998–99 Serie A338316 [a] 44213
1999–2000 Serie B31632–348
Total641463647621
Piacenza 2000–01 Serie B7040–110
Pescara 2000–01 Serie B8200–82
Salernitana 2000–01 Serie B13100–131
Bari 2001–02 Serie B28700–287
2002–03 Serie B11120–131
Total3982000418
Career total197472256422456
  1. ↑ Appearance in UEFA Intertoto Cup

Honours

Individual

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References

  1. 1 2 Francesco Palmieri at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "E' Palmieri il primo nome del gol all' italiana" [Palmieri is the first name of the Italian goal]. Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 6 July 1998. p. 43. Archived from the original on 9 November 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "Palmieri: Lecce, continua a lavorare sui giovani, è la strada giusta" [Palmieri: Lecce, keep working on youngsters, it's the right path]. Nuovo Quotidiano di Puglia  [ it ] (in Italian). 19 July 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  4. ↑ de Lorenzis, Lino (26 September 2024). "Palmieri: Lecce, punta su Krstovic: è forte. E' stato bellissimo tornare al Via del Mare" [Palmieri: Lecce, bet on Krstovic: he is strong. It was great to return to the Via del Mare]. Nuovo Quotidiano di Puglia (in Italian). Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  5. ↑ Verri, Pierpaolo (18 March 2022). "Bomber Palmieri: "Grande Lecce, meriti il salto in serie A"" [Bomber Palmieri: ‘Great Lecce, you deserve the jump to Serie A’]. La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno . p. Italian. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  6. ↑ Mangini, Lorenzo (29 December 2023). "Samp, senti Francesco Palmieri: "Il Doria mi è rimasta dentro. I playoff? Pirlo è l'uomo giusto per risalire"" [Samp, hear Francesco Palmieri: "Doria has stayed with me. The playoffs? Pirlo is the right man to go up".]. la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 "L' ex Palmieri non dimentica applausi e guai" [Former Palmieri does not forget applause and trouble]. la Repubblica (in Italian). 1 March 2002. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  8. ↑ Trupo, Gugliemo (28 November 2016). "Parma, per Palmieri situazione in stand-by: la palla passa al Sassuolo" [Parma, stand-by situation for Palmieri: the ball passes to Sassuolo]. ParmaToday (in Italian). Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  9. 1 2 de Magistris, Raimondo (20 February 2023). "A Francesco Palmieri del Sassuolo il premio miglior responsabile settore giovanile" [Sassuolo's Francesco Palmieri receives best youth sector manager award]. Tutto Mercato Web (in Italian). Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  10. ↑ "Palmieri: "Sassuolo, partenza positiva. Berardi un campione"" [Palmieri: ‘Sassuolo, positive start. Berardi a champion’]. Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 19 November 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  11. ↑ "Francesco Palmieri » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 February 2025.


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