Michele Rocca (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Michele Rocca | ||
Date of birth | 6 February 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Milan, Italy | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Sampdoria | ||
Number | 92 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2015 | Internazionale | ||
2012–2014 | → Novara (loan) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015– | Sampdoria | 1 | (0) |
2016 | → Lanciano (loan) | 19 | (0) |
2016–2017 | → Latina (loan) | 26 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2015– | Italy U20[1] | 3 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:12, 9 April 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2015 |
Michele Rocca (born 6 February 1996) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Sampdoria.
Club career
Born in Milan, Lombardy, Rocca is a youth product of F.C. Internazionale Milano. He was a member of their under-16 side in the National Allievi League (Lega Pro Group).[2] Rocca was signed by Serie B club Novara on a temporary deal on 22 August 2012.[3][4] He represented their under-17 team in the National Allievi League (Serie A and Serie B Group). The loan was renewed on 9 August 2013.[5] Rocca returned to play for Inter's Primavera side in the 2014–15 Campionato Nazionale Primavera season.
Sampdoria
On 31 August 2015, he was signed by fellow Serie A club Sampdoria[6] for a €400,000 fee.[7] Rocca was afforded the number 92 shirt by Sampdoria.[8] On 28 September 2015, he made his Serie A debut in a 2–1 away defeat to Atalanta at Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia.[9] Rocca was one of twelve players included on the bench for Sampdoria when they faced Milan in the Round of 16 of the Coppa Italia on 17 December 2015.[10]
Lanciano (loan)
On 1 February 2016, Sampdoria announced that Rocca had signed a short-term loan with Serie B outfit Lanciano.[11] His first start for I Frentani came five days later in a 0−2 away victory at Vicenza in the league; of which he played 62 minutes before being replaced by ex-Juventus midfielder Manuel Giandonato.[12] Rocca would receive his first yellow card of his senior club career in a 2–0 away league loss to Spezia on 20 February 2016.[13] His eighteenth appearance for the club came in their 1−4 home thrashing by Salernitana in the 2015–16 Serie B Relegation Play-out first-leg.[14] Rocca was included in the starting lineup for the return leg on 8 June at Stadio Arechi in which Salernitana won by a single goal scored by ex-Parma striker Massimo Coda (with the game finishing 5–1 on aggregate to the home side) thus relegating Virtus Lanciano to Lega Pro.[15]
Latina (loan)
In July 2016, Serie B side Latina announced that they had signed both Rocca and Gabriele Rolando from Sampdoria on loan, with an option to purchase the pair on permanent deals.[16][17] He was assigned the number 29 shirt, the reverse to his squad number 92 at Sampdoria. Latina then gave him the number 8 jersey to wear for the rest of the 2016–17 season (after Luigi Scaglia left the club).[18]
References
- ↑ FIGC (in Italian)
- ↑ "Allievi B: una vittoria 'per i numeri'" (in Italian). F.C. Internazionale Milano. 6 May 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- ↑ "Settore Giovanile: mercato in uscita" (in Italian). F.C. Internazionale Milano. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- ↑ "Calcio Mercato" (in Italian). Lega Serie B. October 2012. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ↑ "Calcio Mercato" (in Italian). Lega Serie A. Archived from the original on 11 January 2014.
- ↑ "SAMP SIGN INTER YOUNGSTER ROCCA". U.C. Sampdoria. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ↑ "2015–16 Bilancio" [2015–16 Annual Report] (page contains code and password to download the actual PDF from http://www.registroimprese.it). Inter Milan (in Italian). CCIAA. 21 December 2016 [October 2016]. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ↑ "Sampdoria Player Profiles: Michele Rocca". U.C. Sampdoria. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ↑ "Michele Rocca: Player Statistics". Lega Serie A. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ↑ "SAMPDORIA 0 - 2 MILAN". Soccerway. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- ↑ "Rocca alla Virtus Lanciano a titolo temporaneo". sampdoria.it (in Italian). U.C. Sampdoria. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ↑ "Vicenza vs. Virtus Lanciano 0 - 2". uk.soccerway. Soccerway. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ↑ "Spezia vs. Virtus Lanciano 2 - 0". uk.soccerway. Soccerway. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ↑ "Virtus Lanciano vs. Salernitana - 4 June 2016 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
- ↑ "Salernitana vs. Virtus Lanciano - 8 June 2016 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
- ↑ "U.S. Latina Calcio » "Latina grande opportunità: voglio impormi nel calcio che conta"". www.uslatinacalcio.it (in Italian). U.S. Latina Calcio. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ↑ "U.S. Latina Calcio » Rolando e Rocca sono giocatori nerazzurri". www.uslatinacalcio.it (in Italian). U.S. Latina Calcio. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ↑ "Comunicati Stampa N°58 (2016–17)" (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Serie B. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
External links
- Profile at Sampdoria (in Italian)
- Michele Rocca at Soccerway
- Lega Serie A Profile (in English) (in Italian)
- Lega Serie B Profile (in Italian)
- News 1 febbraio: Ripresa al Memmo agli ordini di Maragliulo (in Italian)