Matteo Cancellieri
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-02-12) 12 February 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth Rome, Italy
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Empoli
(on loan from Lazio)
Number 20
Youth career
2018–2020 Roma
2020–2021 → Hellas Verona (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2023 Hellas Verona 12 (1)
2022–2023 → Lazio (loan) 20 (0)
2023– Lazio 0 (0)
2023– → Empoli (loan) 14 (1)
International career‡
2018 Italy U17 1 (0)
2021– Italy U21 12 (4)
2022– Italy 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:48, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 June 2023

Matteo Cancellieri (born 12 February 2002) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a winger or second striker for Serie A club Empoli, on loan from Lazio. He also plays for the Italy national team.[1]

Club career

Early career in Rome

Matteo Cancellieri arrived in the AS Roma academy at the age of nine from Polisportiva De Rossi in the Appio-Latino, soon becoming a prolific goalscorer with the Giallorossi's youth setup.[2][3]

Cancellieri first rose to fame on the 13 March 2018, during the Champions League game against Shakhtar Donetsk, where he was a ball boy at the Stadio Olimpico. He was pushed by the Shakhtar player Facundo Ferreyra, who made him fall beyond an advertising board. Roma eventually won the game, qualifying for the quarter-finals, where they would beat FC Barcelona in a famous remontada, under the management of coach Di Francesco.[2][4][5][6]

Verona

In 2020, he joined Hellas Verona on a two years loan, with an obligation of purchase, along with his teammates Mert Çetin and Aboudramane Diaby, as Marash Kumbulla made the move in the opposite direction to join Rome.[6][7][8]

He played his first season with the club in the Campionato Primavera 2, still impressing with his goal tally, as he scored 15 goals and delivered 7 assists in only 18 games.[9][10]

He made his professional debut for Verona under manager Eusebio Di Francesco on the 14 August 2021, starting the Coppa Italia game against Catanzaro, proving to be instrumental in his team 3–0 home win.[9][11] Cancellieri made his Serie A debut only one week later against Sassuolo, coming on as a substitute, before starting his first Serie A game six days later, against Inter Milan, the reigning champions.[12]

Loan to Lazio

On 30 June 2022, Cancellieri moved on loan to Lazio. Lazio will be obligated to buy his rights if certain conditions are met.[13]

International career

Already an international with Italy's under-17 in 2018,[3][10][14] Matteo Cancellieri was first called with the under-21 in August 2021.[15] He made his debut on the 3rd September during the European Championship qualifying, starting the home game against Luxembourg.[16]

He was selected in the senior Italy squad for the 2022 Finalissima against Argentina on 1 June 2022 and for 2022–23 UEFA Nations League group stage matches against Germany, Hungary, England and Germany between 4 and 14 June 2022.[17]

References

  1. ^ Matteo Cancellieri at Soccerway
  2. ^ a b Bruni, Giorgio (30 October 2018). "Quanti gol Cancellieri, il raccattapalle spinto con lo Shakhtar sta diventando grande". Il Romanista. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  3. ^ a b Bruni, Giorgio (27 November 2018). "Tra Roma e l'Azzurro, il magic-moment di Matteo Cancellieri". Gazzetta Regionale (in Italian). Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Ferreyra spinge il raccattapalle, lui lo perdona". Sky Sport (in Italian). 13 March 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Roma, scuse e pace fatta tra Ferreyra e il raccattapalle". Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 14 March 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Cancellieri al Verona, il raccattapalle spintonato da Ferreyra in Roma-Shakhtar". Roma news (in Italian). 17 September 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  7. ^ Spaziante, Matteo (8 March 2021). "Roma-Verona, i dettagli dell'affare Kumbulla: ecco quanto è costato". Calcio e Finanza (in Italian). Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  8. ^ "As Roma, Ufficiale: Kumbulla alla Roma in prestito con obbligo di riscatto nel 2022. Al Verona Cetin, Cancellieri e Diaby". Corriere Giallorosso (in Italian). 17 September 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  9. ^ a b Crochet, Johann (27 August 2021). "Serie A 2021/2022 : 15 joueurs U23 méconnus à suivre". RMC Sport (in French). Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  10. ^ a b Oddi, Francesco (26 August 2021). ""Il guastafeste" Cancellieri: chi è il nuovo Golden Boy del Verona". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Hellas Verona-Catanzaro 3-0, la prima uscita stagionale è una vittoria!". Tutto Hellas Verona (in Italian). 14 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  12. ^ Di Chiaro, Michael (27 August 2021). "Matteo Cancellieri: chi è il baby attaccante che si sta mettendo in mostra col Verona". Goal (in Italian). Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  13. ^ "Comunicato 30.06.2022" (in Italian). Lazio. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  14. ^ Oddi, Francesco (4 December 2018). "La nazionale del Perù vuole il terzo portiere dell'Under 17, Daniel Rossi". Il Romanista. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  15. ^ "Per Cancellieri la prima chiamata in Under 21". L'Arena. 29 August 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  16. ^ "Esordio con vittoria per la nuova Italia. Nicolato: "Ho visto un grande impegno, ma dobbiamo lavorare"". FIGC (in Italian). 3 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  17. ^ "Una 'Finalissima' per salutare l'azzurro. Chiellini: "Lascio senza rimpianti, l'Europeo il ricordo più bello"". Italian Football Federation (in Italian). 30 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.

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