Simone Lo Faso

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Simone Lo Faso
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-02-18) 18 February 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Palermo, Italy
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Akragas
Youth career
2006–2007 Vis Palermo
2007–2016 Palermo
2012–2014Siena (loan)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2019 Palermo 12 (0)
2017–2018Fiorentina (loan) 2 (0)
2019–2021 Lecce 1 (0)
2020Cesena (loan) 3 (0)
2021 Pistoiese 5 (0)
2021–2022 Folgore Caratese 32 (4)
2022–2023 Livorno 25 (3)
2024 Siracusa 11 (0)
2024– Akragas 0 (0)
International career
2014–2015 Italy U17 10 (2)
2015–2016 Italy U18 7 (2)
2016–2017 Italy U19 5 (1)
2017 Italy U20 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 September 2022

Simone Lo Faso (born 18 February 1998) is an Italian footballer who plays as a forward currently contracted with Serie D club Akragas.

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Career

A technical second striker, Lo Faso joined the Palermo youth system at the age of 9.

He made his first team debut with Palermo on 12 August 2016 during a Coppa Italia game against Bari. On 6 November 2016, he also made his Serie A debut in a match against AC Milan. He played a total of ten league games during the 2016–17 season.

In August 2017, he left Palermo to join Fiorentina on loan, with the right for the Viola to buy the player permanently by the end of the season. [1] However, he only managed to make two short first team appearances as a substitute throughout the whole 2017–18 Serie A campaign, and mainly being featured as part of the Under-19 team. In April 2018, he suffered a broken fibula, effectively ending his season and leading Fiorentina to renounce its transfer rights. He therefore rejoined Palermo for the club's 2018–19 Serie B season.

On 25 July 2019, he signed to Serie A club Lecce. [2] He made a single appearance for Lecce in Coppa Italia.

On 31 January 2020, he moved on loan to Cesena in Serie C, [3] making only three appearances.

In January 2021, after spending the first half of the season back at Lecce with just a spare league first-team appearance, he left the club by mutual consent. [4]

On 25 February 2021 he joined Serie C side Pistoiese. [5]

After finding himself without a contract following his short stint at Pistoiese, on 14 September 2021 Lo Faso signed a deal with Serie D amateurs Folgore Caratese. [6]

After one season with Folgore Caratese, on 7 September 2022 Lo Faso signed for Serie D fallen giants Livorno. [7]

After finding himself without a team for the first half of the 2023–24 season, Lo Faso returned to Sicily, signing for Serie D club Siracusa on 13 January 2024. [8] He left the club by the end of the season, initially in order to join a seven-a-side football league established in Italy by a number of influencers. [9] On 24 July 2024, Lo Faso signed for Serie D club Akragas. [10]

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  2. "UFFICIALE: Lecce, presi Gallo e Lo Faso: l'anno scorso erano al Palermo" . Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  3. "TORNA MUNARI, DAL LECCE ARRIVA LO FASO" (Press release) (in Italian). Cesena. 31 January 2020.
  4. "RISOLUZIONE CON LO FASO" (Press release). US Lecce. 30 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  5. "È arancione il fantasista Lo Faso" (in Italian). Pistoiese. 25 February 2021.
  6. "Folgore Caratese, clamoroso acquisto: ha firmato Simone Lo Faso, ex Fiorentina e Palermo" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 14 September 2021.
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  8. "Calcio, Simone Lo Faso è un nuovo giocatore del Siracusa" (in Italian). Siracusa News. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  9. "Ex Palermo, Simone Lo Faso approda in GOA7 League" (in Italian). Calcio Rosanero. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  10. "Lo Faso abbraccia l'Akragas, è ufficiale" (in Italian). SerieD24.com. 23 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.