Tommaso Martinelli (footballer)

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Tommaso Martinelli
Personal information
Date of birth (2006-01-06) 6 January 2006 (age 19)
Place of birth Bagno a Ripoli, Italy
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Fiorentina
Number 30
Youth career
−2024 Fiorentina
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2023− Fiorentina 1 (0)
International career
2021−2022 Italy U16 7 (0)
2022− Italy U17 9 (0)
2023− Italy U18 1 (0)
2024− Italy U19 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 March 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 2025

Tommaso Martinelli (born 6 January 2006) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Fiorentina. [1] [2]

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Early life

Martinelli was born on 6 January 2006 in Bagno a Ripoli, Italy and grew up in Florence, Italy. The son of Leonardo Martinelli, he has a sister and a brother. [3]

Club career

Martinelli joined the youth academy of Serie A side Fiorentina at the age of nine and was promoted to the club's senior team in 2023. On 11 October 2023, he was named by English newspaper The Guardian as one of the best players born in 2006 worldwide. [4] On 2 June 2024, he debuted for them during a 2–3 away loss to Atalanta in the league. [5]

Style of play

Martinelli plays as a goalkeeper and is right-footed. English The Guardian wrote in 2023 that he is an "agile shot stopper who fills the goal at 1.93m... [and] has impressed with his distribution". [4]

Career statistics

As of match played 12 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fiorentina 2023–24 Serie A 1010
2024–25 Serie A00001 [a] 010
Career total10001020

References

  1. "Chi è Tommaso Martinelli". 90min.
  2. "MARTINELLI, IL BABY PORTIERE CHE HA STREGATO MANCINI". Alfredo Pedulla.
  3. "La storia del portiere della Fiorentina, Tommaso Martinelli". gianlucadimarzio.com.
  4. 1 2 Christenson, Marcus; Bloor, Steven; Blight, Garry (11 October 2023). "Next Generation 2023: 60 of the best young talents in world football". The Guardian . Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  5. Tommaso Martinelli at Soccerway