Matteo Cancellieri

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Matteo Cancellieri
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-02-12) 12 February 2002 (age 23)
Place of birth Rome, Italy
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Lazio
Number 22
Youth career
2018–2020 Roma
2020–2021 → Hellas Verona (loan)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2023 Hellas Verona 12 (1)
2022–2023 → Lazio (loan) 20 (0)
2023– Lazio 0 (0)
2023–2024 → Empoli (loan) 36 (4)
2024–2025 → Parma (loan) 27 (3)
International career‡
2018 Italy U17 1 (0)
2021– Italy U21 12 (4)
2022– Italy 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 28 June 2023

Matteo Cancellieri (born 12 February 2002) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a winger or second striker for Serie A club Lazio and the Italy national team. [2]

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Club career

Early career in Rome

Cancellieri arrived in the AS Roma academy at the age of nine from Polisportiva De Rossi in the Appio-Latino, soon becoming a prolific goalscorer with the Giallorossi's youth setup. [3] [4]

On 13 March 2018, Cancellieri first rose to fame during the Champions League game against Shakhtar Donetsk, where he was a ball boy at the Stadio Olimpico. He was pushed by the Shakhtar player Facundo Ferreyra, who made him fall beyond an advertising board. Roma eventually won the game, qualifying for the quarter-finals, where they would beat FC Barcelona in a famous remontada, under the management of coach Di Francesco. [3] [5] [6] [7]

Verona

In 2020, Cancellieri joined Hellas Verona on a two years loan, with an obligation of purchase, along with his teammates Mert Çetin and Aboudramane Diaby, as Marash Kumbulla made the move in the opposite direction to join Rome. [7] [8] [9]

Cancellieri played his first season with the club in the Campionato Primavera 2, still impressing with his goal tally, as he scored 15 goals and delivered 7 assists in only 18 games. [10] [11]

He made his professional debut for Verona under manager Eusebio Di Francesco on 14 August 2021, starting the Coppa Italia game against Catanzaro, proving to be instrumental in his team 3–0 home win. [10] [12] Cancellieri made his Serie A debut only one week later against Sassuolo, coming on as a substitute, before starting his first Serie A game six days later, against Inter Milan, the reigning champions. [13]

Loan moves

On 30 June 2022, Cancellieri moved on loan to Lazio with an obligation to buy his rights if certain conditions are met. [14]

On 16 August 2023, Cancellieri joined Empoli on a one-year loan. [15] Later that year, on 2 December, he scored his first goal in a 1–1 away draw against Genoa, one minute after entering the pitch. [16] On the final matchday of the 2023–24 season, he scored a goal and provided an assist in a 2–1 victory over Roma, securing Empoli's survival in the top tier. [17]

On 14 August 2024, Cancellieri was loaned to Parma on a one-year deal with an option to buy. [18]

International career

Whilst being an international with Italy's under-17 in 2018, [4] [11] [19] Cancellieri received his first call-up to the under-21 team in August 2021. [20] He made his debut on 3 September during the European Championship qualifying, starting the home match against Luxembourg. [21]

Cancellieri was selected for Italy squad for the 2022 Finalissima against Argentina on 1 June 2022, as well as 2022–23 UEFA Nations League group stage matches against Germany, Hungary, England and Germany between 4 and 14 June. [22] During the latter competition on 4 June, he debuted in a 1–1 draw against Germany as a substitute to Gianluca Scamacca in the 85th minute. [23]

Personal life

Cancellieri was born in Italy to an Italian father and Cuban mother. [24]

Career statistics

As of match played 25 May 2025 [2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hellas Verona 2021–22 Serie A 12121——142
Lazio (loan) 2022–23 Serie A200—10 [a] 0—300
Empoli (loan) 2023–24 Serie A364———364
Parma (loan) 2024–25 Serie A273———273
Career total95821100—1079
  1. ↑ Six appearances in UEFA Europa League, four appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

References

  1. ↑ "Matteo Cancellieri". Parma Calcio (in Italian). Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  2. 1 2 Matteo Cancellieri at Soccerway
  3. 1 2 Bruni, Giorgio (30 October 2018). "Quanti gol Cancellieri, il raccattapalle spinto con lo Shakhtar sta diventando grande". Il Romanista (in Italian). Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  4. 1 2 Bruni, Giorgio (27 November 2018). "Tra Roma e l'Azzurro, il magic-moment di Matteo Cancellieri". Gazzetta Regionale (in Italian). Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "Ferreyra spinge il raccattapalle, lui lo perdona". Sky Sport (in Italian). 13 March 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  6. ↑ "Roma, scuse e pace fatta tra Ferreyra e il raccattapalle". Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 14 March 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  7. 1 2 "Cancellieri al Verona, il raccattapalle spintonato da Ferreyra in Roma-Shakhtar". Roma News (in Italian). 17 September 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  8. ↑ Spaziante, Matteo (8 March 2021). "Roma-Verona, i dettagli dell'affare Kumbulla: ecco quanto è costato". Calcio e Finanza (in Italian). Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  9. ↑ "AS Roma, Ufficiale: Kumbulla alla Roma in prestito con obbligo di riscatto nel 2022. Al Verona Cetin, Cancellieri e Diaby". Corriere Giallorosso (in Italian). 17 September 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  10. 1 2 Crochet, Johann (27 August 2021). "Serie A 2021/2022 : 15 joueurs U23 méconnus à suivre". RMC Sport (in French). Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  11. 1 2 Oddi, Francesco (26 August 2021). ""Il guastafeste" Cancellieri: chi è il nuovo Golden Boy del Verona". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  12. ↑ "Hellas Verona-Catanzaro 3-0, la prima uscita stagionale è una vittoria!". Tutto Hellas Verona (in Italian). 14 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  13. ↑ Di Chiaro, Michael (27 August 2021). "Matteo Cancellieri: chi è il baby attaccante che si sta mettendo in mostra col Verona". Goal (in Italian). Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  14. ↑ "Comunicato 30.06.2022". S.S. Lazio (in Italian). 30 June 2022. Archived from the original on 1 July 2022.
  15. ↑ "Matteo Cancellieri è un nuovo calciatore azzurro". Empoli FC (in Italian). 16 August 2023.
  16. ↑ "Serie A: Cancellieri risponde a Malinovskyi, Genoa-Empoli 1-1 (Foto)" (in Italian). Agenzia ANSA. 2 December 2023.
  17. ↑ Campanale, Susy (26 May 2024). "Serie A | Empoli 2-1 Roma: Niang escapes relegation at the death". Football Italia.
  18. ↑ "Matteo Cancellieri is a Gialloblu". Parma Calcio 1913. 14 August 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  19. ↑ Oddi, Francesco (4 December 2018). "La nazionale del Perù vuole il terzo portiere dell'Under 17, Daniel Rossi". Il Romanista (in Italian). Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  20. ↑ "Per Cancellieri la prima chiamata in Under 21". L'Arena (in Italian). 29 August 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  21. ↑ "Esordio con vittoria per la nuova Italia. Nicolato: "Ho visto un grande impegno, ma dobbiamo lavorare"" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  22. ↑ "Una 'Finalissima' per salutare l'azzurro. Chiellini: "Lascio senza rimpianti, l'Europeo il ricordo più bello"" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 30 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  23. ↑ Cazzola, Francesco (5 June 2022). "Hellas, Cancellieri in campo con la Nazionale: è il primo gialloblù dopo trentacinque anni". Verona Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  24. ↑ "Cancellieri, Moleiro y Herrera: tres futbolistas de origen cubano que tal parece nunca jugarán por Cuba". 26 October 2024 (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 April 2025.
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