Matteo Solini
Italian footballer
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Matteo Solini (born 9 March 1993) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Serie C Group B club Ravenna.[3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 9 March 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Bussolengo, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ravenna | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2012 | Chievo | ||
| 2009–2010 | → Internazionale (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2019 | Chievo | 0 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | → Castiglione (loan) | 28 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | → Reggiana (loan) | 20 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | → Real Vicenza (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Renate (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → Arezzo (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Carpi (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Modena (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Robur Siena (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Reggina (loan) | 33 | (2) |
| 2019–2024 | Como | 86 | (3) |
| 2024–2025 | Mantova | 21 | (2) |
| 2025– | Ravenna | 24 | (3) |
| International career | |||
| 2008–2009 | Italy U16[1] | 8 | (0) |
| 2009 | Italy U17[1][2] | 4 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Italy U18[1] | 3 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 March 2026 | |||
Career
Youth career
Born in Bussolengo, the Province of Verona, Veneto region, Solini started his career at Verona club Chievo. In August 2009 Lombard club and defending Serie A champion of that year, Internazionale, signed Solini in co-ownership deal[4] for €300,000.[5] Solini suppressed the seasonal transfer record of U17 team, which Inter paid €220,000 for Manuel Canini on 23 July. However, Solini only played 1 season for Inter U17 team and Canini only half. Solini was a member for Italy U17 team in 2010 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship qualification, which eliminated in October 2009. Since August 2010 Solini returned to Chievo for its reserve.[6] In June 2012, Inter finally gave up the 50% registration rights back of Solini and Canini to Chievo and Cesena respectively as well as Chievo gave up the remain 50% registration rights of Enrico Alfonso to Inter.[7] However, for accounting purpose, half of the card of Alfonso and Solini were both priced for €1.1 million.[nb 1][5][8]
Serie C loans
Solini signed his first professional contract for Chievo in summer 2012. The first club since graduated from the reserve team was Castiglione.[9] He was regularly in the starting line-up for the Lombard team in Italian fourth division. On 10 July 2013 Solini and Chievo team-mate Valerio Anastasi were signed by Reggiana in temporary deal and co-ownership deal respectively .[10] Chievo also signed Federico Scappi as part of the swap deal. In 2014–1015, moved on loan to Real Vicenza that plays in Lega Pro.
On 7 July 2015 he moved to Renate along with Simone Moschin.
One year later he moved to Arezzo with Kevin Yamga[11]
Como
On 15 July 2019, he signed a 2-year contract with Serie C club Como.[12]
Mantova
On 4 July 2024, Solini joined Mantova in Serie B on a two-year contract.[13]
Notes
- On the balance sheet of Chievo on 30 June 2011, it already had the asset value of another 50% card of Alfonso and Solini priced €1.9 million and €300,000 respectively.[5] If both players sold for peppercorn fee, it would have made Chievo have negative asset (negative equity) on 30 June 2012 due to the immediate write-down of €2.2 million for the "co-ownership asset". However if Alfonso went to Inter outright for another €1.1 million, it just made Chievo have to book a financial cost of €800,000;[5] co-currently, the signing of Solini for €2.2 million, would only create cost after 2011–12 financial year, as a amortization of intangible asset €733,333 each to 2012–13, 2013–14 and 2014–15 season, if a 3-year contract was signed. Moreover, as Chievo had retained half, Chievo just need to pay €1.1 million (thus counter-weight the selling of Alfonso's card directly) and would register a financial income of €800,000[5] as the retained half had increased value from €0.3 million to €1.1 million, yet counter-weight the aforementioned financial cost. It de facto turned the €2.2 million "co-ownership asset" into the contract value of Solini of €2.2 million as "intangible asset", delaying the write-down to amortization. Chievo may have received a speculative profit if Solini had developed into a Serie A player that matched the €2.2 million price tag.