| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 June 2006 | ||
| Place of birth | Bondoukou, Ivory Coast | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right winger, attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Excelsior (on loan from Genoa) | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2023 | Genoa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023– | Genoa | 4 | (0) |
| 2024 | → Standard Liège (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2024– | → Excelsior (loan) | 29 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023 | Italy U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2023 | Italy U18 | 7 | (1) |
| 2024– | Italy U19 | 11 | (1) |
| 2024– | Italy U21 | 4 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 March 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 March 2025 | |||
Seydou Fini (born 2 June 2006) is an Ivorian-born Italian professional footballer who plays as a right winger or an attacking midfielder for Eerste Divisie club Excelsior, on loan from Serie A club Genoa.
Fini entered the youth sector of Genoa in 2013, [1] [2] and subsequently came through the club's ranks: [3] in July 2022, he signed his first professional contract with Genoa and started training with the first team, shortly after joining the under-19 squad on a stable basis. [2] [3] During the 2022–23 season, he helped the same formation gain automatic promotion back to the Campionato Primavera 1. [4] [5]
At the start of the 2023–24 season, Fini was promoted to Genoa's first team by manager Alberto Gilardino. [6] On 22 October 2023, he made his professional debut for the club, coming on as a substitute for Stefano Sabelli in the 87th minute of a 2–0 league defeat to Atalanta: [7] [8] in the process, he became the second 2006-born player to make his Serie A debut, only after Simone Pafundi. [2] [8]
On 1 February 2024, Fini was loaned to Belgian Pro League club Standard Liège until the end of the 2023–24 season. [9]
On 22 August of the same year, Fini joined Eerste Divisie side Excelsior on a season-long loan. [10] [11]
Born in Ivory Coast, [12] Fini has represented Italy at various youth international levels, having played for the under-17 [2] [13] and under-18 national teams. [2] [14]
In May 2023, he was included in the Italian squad that took part in the UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Hungary, [15] [16] where the Azzurrini got eliminated in the group stage. [17] [13]
On 4 June 2024, two days after his 18th birthday, Fini made his debut for the Italian under-21 national team in the opening game of the 2024 Maurice Revello Tournament, scoring a goal and providing two assists in a 4–3 victory over Japan. [18]
Fini mainly plays either as a right winger [2] [6] or an attacking midfielder, [17] although he can also cover the centre-forward role. [2] [3] He has been regarded for his strength, his shooting power and his dribbling skills. [2] [17]
Born in Bondoukou, Ivory Coast, at the age of six Fini moved to Genoa, Italy, where his father Adam was working as a baker. [12] Previously, it had been mistakenly reported that he was born in Nuoro. [12] [19]
His mother, Ama Siata, lived in Ivory Coast until she moved to Italy in 2025. [12] Fini has two siblings: his younger brother, Gervinho, was named after the eponymous Ivorian footballer, who Fini had walked on the pitch of Marassi Stadium with before a match between Genoa and Roma. [12]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup [a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Genoa | 2023–24 | Serie A | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Standard Liège (loan) | 2023–24 | Belgian Pro League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 [b] | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Excelsior (loan) | 2024–25 | Eerste Divisie | 29 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 31 | 4 | |
| Career total | 36 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 4 | ||