Simone Santarelli
Italian footballer
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Simone Santarelli (born 7 September 1988) is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 7 September 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Rome, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Lazio | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2010 | Lazio | 0 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | → Gallipoli (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Foggia | 20 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2004–2005 | Italy U-17 | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
Born in Rome, Lazio, Santarelli is a supporter of S.S. Lazio and started his career in its youth teams. In 2007–08 season he moved to Gallipoli[1] along with Lucas Correa, Daniele Greco and Matteo Merini. He was the understudy of Generoso Rossi along with Joachim Spina. He played twice in Serie C1 and played a few matches in Coppa Italia Serie C.[2][3] He returned to Lazio on 1 July 2008 and later frozen by the club. He unable to train along with the first team and the club demanded a high transfer fee.[4] On 5 August 2010 he signed a 1+1 contract with Prima Divisione team Foggia.[5] Half of the matches was played by Santarelli, shared with Mihail Ivanov.
International career
Santarelli became an emergency third keeper for the Italy Under-17 side at 2005 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship. He replaced injured Paolo Tornaghi (himself replaced suspended Enrico Alfonso) to play for Bronze match, beaten the original third keeper Alberto Frison[6] who also injured.[7] He also selected to 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship.