Michele Cerofolini

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Michele Cerofolini
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-01-04) 4 January 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Arezzo, Italy
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Frosinone
Number 31
Youth career
0000–2018 Fiorentina
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2023 Fiorentina 5 (0)
2018–2019 → Cosenza (loan) 5 (0)
2019 → Bisceglie (loan) 17 (0)
2020 → Casertana (loan) 10 (0)
2020–2021 → Reggiana (loan) 19 (0)
2022 → Alessandria (loan) 1 (0)
2023– Frosinone 8 (0)
International career‡
2017 Italy U18 5 (0)
2017–2018 Italy U19 8 (0)
2018–2019 Italy U20 10 (0)
2020 Italy U21 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:40, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

Michele Cerofolini (born 4 January 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie B club Frosinone.

Contents

Club career

Fiorentina

Cerofolini is a product of Fiorentina youth teams and started playing for their Under-19 squad in the 2015–16 season at the age of 17. [1] He started making bench appearances for Fiorentina's senior squad in the 2016–17 Serie A season. [2] On 23 August 2017, he made his first appearance for Fiorentina's senior squad, coming on as an 87th-minute substitute for Bartłomiej Drągowski (becoming Fiorentina's third goalkeeper of the game) in a friendly Trofeo Santiago Bernabéu matchup against Real Madrid. [3] In 2017–18 season, he appeared on the bench in most of the Serie A games for Fiorentina, but did not play in any, remaining a backup to Marco Sportiello and Dragowski.

Loan moves

On 13 July 2018, Cerofolini joined Serie B club Cosenza on a season-long loan. [4] He made his professional debut in Serie B for Cosenza on 26 September 2018 in a 2–0 away defeat against Cremonese. [5] One month later, on 30 October, he played his second match for the club, a 1–1 home draw against Pescara. [6] However, in January 2019, his loan was interrupted and he returned to Fiorentina leaving Cosenza with only these 2 appearances, remaining an unused substitute for 17 times during the loan, here he was the third goalkeeper after Pietro Perina and Umberto Saracco. [7]

On 25 January 2019, Cerofolini moved on another loan, to Serie C club Bisceglie. [8] Two days later, on 27 January, he made his debut in a 1–0 home defeat against Viterbese Castrense. [9] Two weeks later, on 10 February, he kept his first clean sheet for the team in a 0–0 home draw against Trapani and two more weeks later, on 24 February, he kept his second in a 0–0 away draw against Paganese. [10] [11] He became Bisceglie's first-choice in the second part of the season. Cerofolini ended his six-month loan to Bisceglie with 13 appearances, 11 goals conceded and 6 clean sheets. [7]

After appearing on the bench three times for Fiorentina in November and December 2019, on 9 January 2020 he joined Serie C club Casertana on loan. [12] Three days later, on 12 January, he made his debut for the club in a 2–2 away draw against Rende. [13] Ten more days later, on 22 January, Cerofolini kept his first clean sheet for Casertana in a 0–0 home draw against Potenza. [14] On 9 February he kept his second clean sheet in a 0–0 home draw against Bisceglie. [15] Cerofolini ended his six-month loan to Casertana with eight appearances, eight goals conceded and two clean sheet. [7]

On 20 August 2020, Cerofolini was loaned to newly promoted Serie B club Reggiana on loan for the 2020–21 season. [16]

On 28 January 2022, he joined Alessandria on loan. [17]

Return to Fiorentina

At the end of the loan he returned to Fiorentina, and he made his Serie A debut for the club on 30 April 2023 in a 5–0 home win against Sampdoria. [18]

Frosinone

On 14 August 2023, Cerofolini signed a three-year contract with Frosinone. [19]

International career

Cerofolini was first chosen to represent his country when he was called up to Italy national under-18 football team for a series of friendlies in February 2017. [20]

Later in the same year he began to be called up to the Under-19 squad, and eventually was included in Italy's roster for the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, in which Italy was the runner-up to Portugal. He did not make any appearances at the tournament, serving as back-up to Alessandro Plizzari. [21]

In the fall of 2018 he was included in Italy's Under-20 squad and played in 2018–19 Under 20 Elite League games. [22]

On 13 October 2020, he made his debut with the Italy U21 playing as a starter in a qualifying match won 2–0 against Republic of Ireland in Pisa.

Career statistics

Club

As of 8 July 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeOtherTotal
LeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cosenza (loan) 2018–19 Serie B 5000——50
Bisceglie (loan) 2018–19 Serie C 170———170
Casertana (loan) 2019–20 Serie C100———100
Reggiana

(loan)

2020-21Serie B190
Alessandria

(loan)

2021-22Serie B20
Fiorentina2022-23Serie A40
Career total57000——230

Honours

Fiorentina

Italy U19

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References

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  2. ↑ "Fiorentina v. Genoa Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 29 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Real Madrid 2-1 Fiorentina: Cristiano Ronaldo put domestic ban behind him to score winner". Sky Sports. 23 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Michele Cerofolini è un Giocatore Rossoblù" (Press release) (in Italian). Cosenza. 13 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 26 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "Cosenza vs. Pescara - 30 October 2018". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  7. 1 2 3 "Italy - M. Cerofolini - Profile with news, career statistics and history". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  8. ↑ "Calciomercato: Ufficializzati Luca Mosti e Michele Cerofolini" [Market:Luca Mosti and Michele Cerofolini join] (Press release) (in Italian). Bisceglie. 25 January 2019.
  9. ↑ "Bisceglie vs. Viterbese Castrense - 27 January 2019". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  10. ↑ "Bisceglie vs. Trapani - 10 February 2019". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  11. ↑ "Paganese vs. Bisceglie - 24 February 2019". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  12. ↑ "CEROFOLINI SUBITO A DISPOSIZIONE DI MISTER GINESTRA" (Press release) (in Italian). Casertana. 9 January 2020.
  13. ↑ "Rende vs. Casertana - 12 January 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  14. ↑ "Casertana vs. Potenza Calcio - 22 January 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  15. ↑ "Casertana vs. Bisceglie - 9 February 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  16. ↑ "Tra i pali arriva il portiere Michele Cerofolini". reggianacalcio.it (Press release) (in Italian). 20 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  17. ↑ "INGAGGIATO IL PORTIERE CEROFOLINI" (Press release) (in Italian). Alessandria. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
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