Simone Verdi

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Simone Verdi
Personal information
Full nameSimone Verdi
Date of birth (1992-07-12) 12 July 1992
Place of birthBroni, Italy
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionWinger, Second striker
Club information
Current clubEmpoli
(on loan from Torino)
Number18
Youth career
Audax Travacò
2003–2011Milan
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2011–Torino16(0)
2013→ Juve Stabia (loan)20(0)
2013–→ Empoli (loan)19(1)
National team‡
2010–2011Italy U-198(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 September 2013.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 January 2011

Simone Verdi (born 12 July 1992) is an Italian professional footballer, who plays as a winger for Serie B club Empoli on loan from Torino. He is nicknamed Verdinho, as his playing style resembles that of a Brazilian.[1]

Club career

Milan

Verdi started playing football with amateur club Audax Travacò, before joining Milan at the age of 11.[2] He made his professional debut for the club, aged 17, in a Coppa Italia game against Novara, on 13 January 2010.[3] He then made his second appearance two weeks later, in the quarter-final against Udinese, which Milan lost 0–1.[4] While playing for the under-20 squad, the young striker scored his first goal at the San Siro in the return leg of the Primavera TIM Cup final, on 14 April 2010. Milan went on to win the match 2–0, as Verdi also made an assist, and secured the trophy 3–1 on aggregate.[5][6]

In May 2010, Milan CEO Adriano Galliani announced that Verdi, along with three other teammates, was expected to join the senior team permanently for the 2010–11 season.[7] Subsequently, Verdi signed his first professional contract with the club.[8] However, he continued playing mainly in the youth team.[9]

Torino

At the beginning of the 2011–12 season, Verdi transferred to Serie B club Torino in a co-ownership deal (exchanged with Gianmario Comi).[10][11] He made his official debut for the club in the first league game of the season a 2-1 away win against Ascoli on 27 August 2011.[12] He played 12 games in Serie B in the 2011–12 season and 4 games in Serie A in 2012–13.

In the summer of 2013 the co-ownership agreement between Milan and Torino was renewed for an additional year.

Loan period

On 23 January 2013 he was loaned to Juve Stabia in Serie B, finishing the season with 20 appearances. In the summer of 2013, he was loaned to Empoli, again in Serie B.

On 23 November 2013 he scored his first career goal, the final goal in a 3-1 win against Spezia.

International career

Verdi won his first international cap on 22 September 2010, being called up by Italy U-19 to play a game against Serbia U-19.[13]

Statistics

As of 20 May 2013.

Team Season Domestic
League		 Domestic
Cup		 European
Competition1		 Other
Tournaments2		 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Milan 2009–10 0 0 2 0 0 0 – 2 0
2010–11 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
Torino 2011–12 12 0 1 0 – – 13 0
Torino 2012–13 4 0 1 0 – – 5 0
Juve Stabia 2012–13 20 0 – – – 20 0
Career Total 36 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 40 0

1European competitions include the UEFA Champions League.
2Other tournaments include none to date.

References

  1. ↑ Maurizio Ferrari (3 August 2010). "Largo ai giovani". milannews.it (in Italian). Retrieved 4 August 2010. 
  2. ↑ "Esordienti Provinciali A 2003/2004". acmilan.com (in Italian). Associazione Calcio Milan. Archived from the original on 6 June 2004. Retrieved 16 August 2010. 
  3. ↑ "First Pippo, then Mathieu". acmilan.com (Associazione Calcio Milan). 13 January 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2010. 
  4. ↑ "Bitter elimination". acmilan.com (Associazione Calcio Milan). 27 January 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2010. 
  5. ↑ This year the youth team are even better! (Web TV production). Associazione Calcio Milan. 19 April 2010. Retrieved 22 April 2010. 
  6. ↑ "Il Milan del futuro vola con Verdi e Zigoni". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 15 April 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2010. 
  7. ↑ "Berlusconi non-molla, anche se Galliani capisce i tifosi: "Abituati a caviale e champagne"". goal.com (in Italian). 18 May 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2010. 
  8. ↑ Pietro Mazzara (13 July 2010). "Milan, Fossati ha firmato e Verdi passa al contratto professionistico". milannews.it (in Italian). Retrieved 4 August 2010. 
  9. ↑ Pietro Mazzara (7 July 2010). "Per Verdi si profila una stagione tra Primavera e prima squadra". milannews.it (in Italian). Retrieved 4 August 2010. 
  10. ↑ "Official A.C. Milan press release". acmilan.com (Associazione Calcio Milan). 1 July 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011. 
  11. ↑ "Verdi al Toro, Comi al Milan". torinofc.it (in Italian) (Torino Football Club). 30 June 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011. 
  12. ↑ "Ascoli–Torino 1–2". torinofc.it (in Italian) (Torino Football Club). 27 August 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011. 
  13. ↑ "Simone Verdi". figc.it (in Italian). Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. Retrieved 7 December 2010. 

External links

Empoli F.C. – current squad
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