Samuele Parlati
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 February 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Gallipoli, Italy | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AlbinoLeffe | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Taviano | |||
| –2011 | Gallipoli | ||
| 2011–2015 | Lecce | ||
| 2015–2016 | Ascoli | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2015 | Lecce | 0 | (0) |
| 2016–2019 | Ascoli | 5 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | → Paganese (loan) | 18 | (1) |
| 2019 | → Bisceglie (loan) | 17 | (1) |
| 2019–2021 | Fano | 45 | (7) |
| 2021 | Catanzaro | 7 | (0) |
| 2021–2024 | Monterosi | 103 | (5) |
| 2024– | AlbinoLeffe | 68 | (12) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 April 2026 | |||
Samuele Parlati (born 5 February 1997) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie C Group A club AlbinoLeffe.
In February 2023, during a Serie C game against Giugliano, he became one of the several outfield players to have ever saved a penalty kick while playing in goal.[1]
Early career and Ascoli
Born in Gallipoli,[2][3] Parlati started his playing career at local clubs Taviano and Gallipoli,[4] before entering the youth sector of Lecce in 2011,[2][4] and then joining Ascoli in 2015.[4] The following year, he took part with Ascoli's under-19 squad in the Torneo di Viareggio.[4][5]
Paganese (loan)
After signing a pre-contract with Ascoli,[4] in August 2016 Parlati was sent out on a season-long loan to Lega Pro side Paganese.[4][6] He made his league debut for the club on 4 September 2016, starting in a 2–1 loss to Matera.[7] On 19 April 2017, he scored his first professional goal, coming off the bench and rounding up a 0–4 league win over Taranto.[8][9]
At the end of the season, in May 2017, he signed his first professional contract with Ascoli, penning a three-year deal.[10]
Return to Ascoli
On 28 October 2017, Parlati made his debut for Ascoli, starting and playing 90 minutes in a 3–0 Serie B defeat to Bari.[11][12] On 4 November, he scored his first goal for the club in a 4–2 league defeat to Carpi.[4][13]
In the evening of 11 March 2018, following a 1–0 league loss to Venezia, he was attacked and threatened, together with team-mate Vincenzo Venditti, by a group of Ascoli ultras.[14][15][16] Both players received support from the AIC,[17][18] as well as local authorities, including Bishop of Ascoli Piceno Giovanni D'Ercole.[19]
Bisceglie (loan)
Having found limited game time at Ascoli,[4] on 10 January 2019 Parlati joined Serie C side Bisceglie on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season.[20][21] The club would eventually get relegated to Serie D, after losing the last play-out match to Lucchese on penalties.[22]
Fano and Catanzaro
On 26 July 2019, he joined fellow third-tier club Fano on a permanent deal, signing a two-year contract.[23][24] Since the 2019–20 season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[25] his side was involved in a relegation play-off against Ravenna: Parlati scored in the first leg, which was won by Fano (2–0),[26] as the team went on to win the second leg, as well (0–1), thus avoiding relegation from the third tier.[27]
On 1 February 2021, Parlati joined Serie C side Catanzaro on a permanent deal, as part of a swap deal that saw Francesco Urso go in the opposite direction.[28][29] He went on to make his debut for the club on 7 March, coming on as a substitute during the second half of a goalless league draw against Teramo.[30]
Monterosi
On 27 July 2021, he signed permanently for newly promoted Serie C side Monterosi.[31][32] He then made his debut for the club on 28 August, starting in a goalless league draw against Foggia, which was his side's first ever game in a professional league.[33][34] In his first league campaign at the club, Monterosi reached the promotional play-offs,[35] although they were eliminated in the first round, following a 2–2 draw with Virtus Francavilla, which went through due to their better ranking in the regular season.[36]
Having featured regularly in his first two seasons at Monterosi,[4] Parlati extended his contract with the club in January 2023, signing a new deal until 2026.[37][38] On 12 February of the same year, in the injury time of a league match against Giugliano, the midfielder volunteered to play in goal, after goalkeeper Marco Alia had been sent off; he managed both to save the subsequent penalty kick by Francesco Salvemini and keep a clean sheet, as his side eventually gained a 2–0 victory through a last-minute goal by Filippo Tolomello.[1][3][38]
Parlati left the club at the end of the 2023–24 season,[39] following their relegation to Serie D.[40]
AlbinoLeffe
On 6 July 2024, Parlati joined Serie C club AlbinoLeffe on a free transfer.[41][42]
International career
In 2011, Parlati took part in a training camp with the staff of the Italian under-15 national team.[4][43]