Stefano Giacomelli

Stefano Giacomelli
Personal information
Date of birth30 April 1990
Place of birthSpoleto, Italy
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing positionForward
Club information
Current team
Vicenza
Number10
Youth career
?–2009Foligno
2008–2009→ Internazionale (loan)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2007–2011Foligno77(20)
2011–2012Pescara18(1)
2012→ Ternana (loan)10(0)
2012–Vicenza69(8)
National team
2009–2010Italy U20 "C"5(2)
2010Italy U201(0)
2011Italy U21 "B"2(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 December 2014.
† Appearances (Goals).

Stefano Giacomelli (born 30 April 1990) is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie B club Vicenza.

Career

Born in Spoleto, Umbria, Giacomelli started his career with Foligno. He made his league debut during 2006–07 Serie C2 season, and often made substitute appearances in the next season, but in Serie C1. In July 2008, he was loaned to F.C. Internazionale Milano Primavera,[1] but only scored one goal for the senior youth team in regular season of Campionato Nazionale Primavera, ranked the 5th among the strikers (behind Aiman Napoli, Mattia Destro, Riccardo Bocalon and Mario Balotelli) and ranked equal 9th among the whole team. He also scored one of the two goals of Inter in the playoffs round.[2] He also played as a left midfielder for the Primavera team.

On 1 July 2009 Giacomelli returned to Foligno ans scored 13 league goals in 2009–10 season, which is the team joint-topscorer along with Matteo Cavagna, ahead Juan Martin Turchi.

On 31 January 2011 he was sold to Pescara in co-ownership deal.[3]

On 30 January 2012, after one full calendar year with Pescara, Giacomelli signed a loan deal with Ternana until the end of the 2011-2012 season.[4]

In June 2012 he was sold to Lega Pro Prima Divisione club Vicenza Calcio for €2.3 million, but in terms of the value of the registration rights of Elvis Abbruscato who joined Pescara also for €2.3M.[5][6]

Representative teams

Giacomelli was capped for Italy under-20 Lega Pro representative team for Trofeo Dossena in June 2008, which lost to Grêmio youth team after penalty shootout.[7] Since returned to Lega Pro, he also capped for the representative team at 2008–09 Mirop Cup, against Slovenia (twice)[8][9] and 2009–11 International Challenge Trophy (against Malta,[10] Romania[11] and Belgium) He scored twice against Belgium.[12]

He also won 2010 Trofeo Dossena with team, which he scored the winning goal against Internacional youth team.[13] With the A team of under-20 level, he capped once against Germany at 2009–10 Four Nations Tournament,[14] replacing Federico Carraro at the first half.

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Giacomelli joins Inter Primavera". FC Internazionale Milano (inter.it). 11 July 2008. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
  2. ↑ "Primavera: Inter 2–1 Siena (Agg: 2–2)". FC Internazionale Milano (inter.it). 23 May 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
  3. ↑ "Calciomercato: arriva Giacomelli" [Football Market: arrives Giacomelli]. Delfino Pescara 1936 (in Italian). 31 January 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
  4. ↑ "TERNANA: INGAGGIATO GIACOMELLI DAL PESCARA" (in Italian). Ternana Calcio. 30 January 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  5. ↑ Vicenza Calcio SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2012 (Italian)
  6. ↑ Delfino Pescara 1936 Report and Accounts on 30 June 2012 (Italian)
  7. ↑ "La C battuta ai rigori in finale nel Dossena". Lega-Pro.com (in Italian). 17 June 2008. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
  8. ↑ "Mirop Cup Slovenia-Italia Lega Pro 4–0". Lega-Pro.com (in Italian). 5 November 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
  9. ↑ "ITALIA-SLOVENIA MIROP CUP: LA PARTITA". Lega-Pro.com (in Italian). 17 February 2010. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
  10. ↑ "MALTA-ITALIA 1–3 International Challenge Trophy". Lega-Pro.com (in Italian). 3 December 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
  11. ↑ "ROMANIA-ITALIA LEGA PRO 0–0". Lega-Pro.com (in Italian). 10 March 2010. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
  12. ↑ "ITALIA LEGA PRO-BELGIO 4–1". Lega-Pro.com (in Italian). 1 November 2010. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
  13. ↑ "UNDER 20: STUPENDO SUCCESSO NEL TORNEO DOSSENA". Lega-Pro.com (in Italian). 19 June 2010. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
  14. ↑ ""Four Nations": Players called by Rocca for match in Germany". FIGC. 2 April 2010. Retrieved 18 October 2010.

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