![]() Falcone in 2023 with Lecce | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 12 April 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Rome, Italy | ||
Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Lecce | ||
Number | 30 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2014 | Sampdoria | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2023 | Sampdoria | 12 | (0) |
2014–2015 | → Como (loan) | 9 | (0) |
2015–2016 | → Savona (loan) | 29 | (0) |
2016–2017 | → Livorno (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2017 | → Bassano Virtus (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2018 | → Gavorrano (loan) | 18 | (0) |
2018–2019 | → Lucchese (loan) | 41 | (0) |
2020–2021 | → Cosenza (loan) | 36 | (0) |
2022–2023 | → Lecce (loan) | 38 | (0) |
2023– | Lecce | 38 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2012–2013 | Italy U18 [2] | 7 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Italy U19 [2] | 1 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Italy U20 [2] | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 March 2018 |
Wladimiro Falcone (born 12 April 1995) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Lecce.
Born in Rome, Falcone is a youth product of Ligurian club Sampdoria. He was the first choice of their reserve team from 2012 to 2014, [3] while also appearing as unused bench for the first team.
On 25 July 2014, Falcone was signed by Lega Pro club Como in a temporary deal. [4] [5] The club won promotion to Serie B in 2015 as the promotion playoffs winner.
On 20 July 2015, he was signed by another third-level club, Savona, in a temporary deal. [6] [7]
On 9 July 2016, he left Samp once again for Livorno in another temporary deal. [8] The club was relegated from Serie B to Lega Pro in 2016. On 31 January 2017, he returned to Sampdoria.
In July 2017, he joined Bassano on loan. [9] But in January 2018, he left for Gavorrano. [10] Later he went to Lucchese on loan. [11]
On 2019 he came back to Sampdoria, and he made his debut for the club on 29 July 2020 in a 1–4 loss against Milan. [12]
On 29 August 2020, he extended his contract for Sampdoria until 2024; on the same day he went to Cosenza on a season loan. [13] [14]
During the whole 2020-21 season, Falcone established himself as the first-choice goalkeeper of the Silani and repeatedly stole the scene thanks to his performances, [15] although he couldn't help Cosenza avoid relegation, as a 9-point gap between them and Ascoli allowed the latter team to stay in the second tier without playing a relegation play-out. [16]
On 17 July 2022, Falcone joined recently-promoted to Serie A side Lecce on a season-long loan. [17] That season, he played all available minutes in the league, helping Lecce avoid relegation to Serie B. [18]
On 27 July 2023, Lecce announced the permanent signing of Falcone on a five-year contract, [19] for a reported fee of €4 million. [20]
In 2014, Falcone was a second-choice keeper for Italy's U-19 side during the qualifiers for the UEFA European Under-19 Championship, behind Pierluigi Gollini.
On 17 March 2023, Falcone received his first official callup to the senior Italy national team for two UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches against England and Malta. [21]
Club | Season | League | National cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Sampdoria | 2012–13 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2013–14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
2019–20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
2021–22 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||||
Total | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||||
Como (loan) | 2014–15 | Lega Pro | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
Savona (loan) | 2015–16 | Lega Pro | 29 | 0 | — | — | — | 29 | 0 | |||
Livorno (loan) | 2016–17 | Lega Pro | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
Bassano Virtus (loan) | 2017–18 | Serie C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Gavorrano (loan) | 2017–18 | Serie C | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
Lucchese (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie C | 37 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
Cosenza (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie B | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 0 | ||
Lecce (loan) | 2022–23 | Serie A | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 39 | 0 | ||
Lecce | 2023–24 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 39 | 0 | |||
Total | 76 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 78 | 0 | ||||
Career total | 216 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 230 | 0 |
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