![]() Desplanches in 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 11 March 2003 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Novara, Italy | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Pescara (on loan from Palermo) | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
–2014 | Inter Milan | ||||||||||||||||
2014–2022 | AC Milan | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | Vicenza | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2023 | → Trento (loan) | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | Palermo | 25 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2025– | → Pescara (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2018 | Italy U15 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Italy U16 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2021 | Italy U18 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Italy U19 | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | Italy U20 | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2023–2025 | Italy U21 | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22 June 2025 |
Sebastiano Desplanches (born 11 March 2003) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie B club Pescara, on loan from Palermo. [1]
Born in Novara, Desplanches started his career in AC Milan's youth sector. [2] On 1 September 2022, he left Milan and signed with Serie C club Vicenza. [2]
On 5 January 2023, he was loaned to fellow third-tier club Trento until the end of the season. [3]
On 17 July 2023, Desplanches joined Serie B side Palermo for an undisclosed fee, signing a five-year contract with the club. [4] [5] He spent the 2023–24 season as an understudy to Mirko Pigliacelli, and made his Rosanero debut only on the final home game of the season, a 2–2 draw to Ascoli on 5 May 2024. [6]
On 8 August 2025, Desplanches was loaned out to newly-promoted Serie B club Pescara. [7]
Desplanches was born in Italy to a French father and an Italian mother. [8] He is a youth international for Italy, having represented the Italy U15s, U16s, U18s and U19s.
In June 2022, he was included in the squad that took part in the UEFA Under-19 European Championship in Slovakia, [9] where Italy reached the semi-finals before getting knocked out by eventual champions England.
In May 2023, he was included in the Italy U20 squad that took part in the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina. [10] The Azzurrini finished runners-up after losing to Uruguay in the final, [11] [12] but he eventually received the Golden Glove award as the tournament's best goalkeeper. [13] [14]
On 8 September 2023, he made his debut with the Italy U21, in the qualifying match against Latvia.
Club | Season | League | National cup | Europe | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Vicenza | 2022–23 | Serie C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
Trento (loan) | 2022–23 | Serie C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |
Palermo | 2023–24 | Serie B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
2024–25 | Serie B | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | ||
Total | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
Career total | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
Italy U20
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