Simone Minelli
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| Date of birth | 8 January 1997 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Carpi, Italy | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Athletic Carpi | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| –2014 | Fiorentina | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2019 | Fiorentina | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | → AlbinoLeffe (loan) | 26 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | → Trapani (loan) | 17 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Teramo | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Athletic Carpi | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Italy U15 | 9 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Italy U16 | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Italy U17 | 11 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Italy U18 | 6 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Italy U19 | 13 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 November 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 29 January 2018 | |||||||||||||||||
Simone Minelli (born 8 January 1997) is an Italian footballer who plays as a forward for Serie D club Athletic Carpi.
Fiorentina
Minelli is a youth exponent from ACF Fiorentina. He made his senior debut on 11 December 2014 against FC Dinamo Minsk in a UEFA Europa League game. He replaced Juan Cuadrado after 24 minutes, and also provided an assist to Marko Marin's goal in a 1–2 home defeat.[1]
Loan to AlbinoLeffe
On 30 August 2016, Minelli was signed by Serie C side Albinoleffe on a season-long loan deal.[2] Four days later, on 3 September, he made his league debut for AlbinoLeffe as a substitute replacing Ferdinando Mastroianni in the 86th minute of a 1–1 away draw against Calcio Padova and ten more days later, on 13 September, Minelli played his first entire match for the club, a 2–2 away draw against Forlì.[3][4] Minelli ended his season-long loan to AlbinoLeffe with 26 appearances, playing only 7 as a starter and including only 2 entire matches and playing 19 times as a substitute and remaining an unused substitute for 6 other matches.[5]
Loan to Trapani
On 20 July 2017, Minelli was loaned to Serie C club Trapani on a season-long loan deal.[2] Five weeks later, on 26 August, he made his Serie C debut for the club as a substitute replacing Manuel Marras in the 74th minute of a 1–0 home win over Siracusa and five more weeks later, on 30 September, he scored his first professional goal, as a substitute, in the 63rd minute of a 2–1 home win over Casertana.[6][7] On 21 January 2018, Minelli was sent-off, as a substitute, a red card in the 93rd minute of a 1–0 away defeat against Sicula Leonzio.[8] Minelli ended his season-long loan to Trapani with 17 appearances, including only 1 as a starter, and scoring 1 goal.[5]
Teramo
On 1 August 2019, Minelli joined Serie C club Teramo on a free-transfer and he signed a 3-year contract.[9] On 24 November he made his debut for the club as a substitute replacing Simone Magnaghi after 80 minutes of a 1–1 away draw against Bari.[10] In his first season at Teramo he made only 9 appearances, all of them as a substitute. He did not make any appearances in the 2020–21 season as he was injured for the most of it. On 3 August 2021, his contract with Teramo was terminated by mutual consent.[11]
Athletic Carpi
On 15 September 2021, he joined Athletic Carpi in Serie D.[12]
International career
Minelli is a former youth international for Italy, having represented Italy U19 in the 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[13]