Sebastiano Desplanches

Sebastiano Desplanches

Personal information
Full name	Sebastiano Desplanches
Date of birth	(2003-03-11) 11 March 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth	Novara, Italy
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Palermo
Number	1
Youth career
0000–2014	Inter Milan
2014–2022	AC Milan
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2022–2023	Vicenza	0	(0)
2023	→ Trento (loan)	10	(0)
2023–	Palermo	14	(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–	Italy U21	11	(0)
Medal record Men's football Representing   Italy FIFA U-20 World Cup Runner-up 2023 Argentina
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2024

Sebastiano Desplanches (born 11 March 2003) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie B club Palermo. ^[1]

Club career

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]

International career

Desplanches was born in Italy to a French father and an Italian mother. ^[7] 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, ^[8] 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. ^[9] The Azzurrini finished runners-up after losing to Uruguay in the final, ^{[10] [11]} but he eventually received the Golden Glove award as the tournament's best goalkeeper. ^{[12] [13]}

On 8 September 2023, he made his debut with the Italy U21, in the qualifying match against Latvia.

Honours

Italy U20

• FIFA U-20 World Cup runner-up: 2023 ^{[10] [11]}

Individual

• FIFA U-20 World Cup Golden Glove: 2023 ^{[12] [13]}
• IFFHS Men's World Youth (U20) Team: 2023 ^[14]

References

1. Sebastiano Desplanches at Soccerway
2. "Qui LR Vicenza: torna a disposizione di mister Baldini e viene presentato il giovane portiere Sebastiano Desplanches". Vicenza Today (in Italian). 22 September 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
3. "Calcio Trento, arriva in prestito dal Vicenza il portiere Sebastiano Desplanches". L'Adige (in Italian). Retrieved 12 June 2023.
4. "DESPLANCHES È ROSANERO" (in Italian). Palermo FC. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
5. Capone, Marco (17 July 2023). "Calciomercato, il Palermo blinda la porta: Desplanches sposa il rosanero fino al 2028". PalermoToday (in Italian). Retrieved 17 July 2023.
6. "Palermo: Desplanches celebra il suo debutto in rosanero sui social" (in Italian). I Love Palermo Calcio. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
7. Saeli, Alessandro (18 July 2023). "Nuovi volti rosanero: Sebastiano Desplanches, il futuro è nelle giuste mani". PalermoLive (in Italian). Retrieved 15 September 2023.
8. "Gli Azzurrini in Slovacchia alla conquista dell'Europa. Ufficializzata la lista dei 20 convocati, non ci sono Gnonto e Scalvini". Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (in Italian). 16 June 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
9. "Ufficializzata la lista dei 21 convocati per il Mondiale in Argentina" (in Italian). FIGC. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
10. "Returning Rodriguez snatches Uruguay maiden title". FIFA . 11 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
11. Di Chiaro, Michael (11 June 2023). "Uruguay-Italia Under 20 1-0: Luciano Rodriguez stende gli Azzurrini, sudamericani Campioni del Mondo". Goal.com (in Italian). Retrieved 12 June 2023.
12. "Casadei claims a golden double". FIFA. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
13. "Italia, i premi del Mondiale U20: ci sono anche Casadei e Desplanches". Tuttosport (in Italian). 12 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
14. "IFFHS MEN'S YOUTH (U20) WORLD TEAM 2023". IFFHS. 5 January 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2024.