Michele Di Gregorio
Di Gregorio with Monza in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-07-27) 27 July 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Milan, Italy
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Monza
Number 16
Youth career
0000–2017 Inter Milan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2022 Inter Milan 0 (0)
2017–2018 → Renate (loan) 33 (0)
2018–2019 → Novara (loan) 30 (0)
2019–2020 → Pordenone (loan) 33 (0)
2020–2022 → Monza (loan) 64 (0)
2022– Monza 50 (0)
International career
2014 Italy U17 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:52, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

Michele Di Gregorio (born 27 July 1997) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Monza.

Club career

Inter Milan

Born in Milan, Italy, Di Gregorio was a youth product of Inter Milan.[citation needed]

Loan to Renate

On 12 July 2017, Di Gregorio and Alessandro Mattioli were signed by Serie C side Renate on a season-long loan deal.[2] On 30 July he made his debut for Renate in the first round of Coppa Italia in a 3–1 home win over Siracusa.[3] On 3 September, Di Gregorio made his Serie C debut for Renate and he kept his first clean sheet in a 3–0 home win over Padova.[4] One week later he kept his second clean sheet in a 1–0 away win over FeralpiSalò.[5] On 16 September, Di Gregorio kept his third clean sheet in a 3–0 away win over Modena.[6] On 17 December, Di Gregorio kept his 10th clean sheet in a 1–0 home win over Pordenone.[7] Di Gregorio ended his season-long loan to Renate with 38 appearances, 14 clean sheets, and 36 goals conceded.[8]

Loan to Novara

On 4 July 2018, it was announced that Di Gregorio was loaned to a Serie B club Avellino.[9] However, he did not play any matches for the team and returned to Inter Milan. On 24 August 2018 he was loaned to Novara.[10] On 30 September he made his Serie C debut for Novara in a 1–1 home draw against Juventus U23.[11] On 7 October he kept his first clean sheet for Novara in a 3–0 away win over Piacenza.[12] Three week later he kept his second clean sheet in a 2–0 away win over Pistoiese.[13] On 18 November he kept his third clean sheet in a 0–0 away draw against Cuneo.[14] On 12 December he was sent-off with a red card in the 90th minute of a 1–1 away draw against Alessandria.[15] Di Gregorio ended his loan to Novara with 32 appearances, 12 clean sheets and 28 goals conceded.[8]

Loan to Pordenone

On 10 July 2019, Di Gregorio was loaned to Serie B club Pordenone on a season-long loan deal.[16] On 13 September he made his debut in Serie B for Pordenone and he kept his first clean sheet for the team in a 1–0 home win over Spezia.[17] Three weeks later, on 5 October, he kept his second clean sheet in a 2–0 home win over Empoli and three more weeks later, on 26 October, he kept his third in a 0–0 home draw against Cittadella.[18][19] Di Gregorio ended his season-long loan to Pordenone with 35 appearances, 41 goals conceded and 11 clean sheets, and he also help the club to reach the play-off semi-finals, however they lose 2–1 on aggregate against Frosinone.[8]

Monza

On 27 August 2020, Di Gregorio was sent on loan for the 2020–21 season to newly-promoted Serie B club Monza, on a one-year deal with an option to buy.[20] Following 31 appearances with Monza, 29 in the league, he was re-loaned on 29 June 2021, on a one-year deal with option to buy, counter-option for Inter Milan and conditional obligation to buy.[21] Di Gregorio's obligation for purchase clause was triggered on 29 May 2022, after helping Monza top their first-ever Serie A promotion.[22]

Di Gregorio made his Serie A debut on 13 August, in a 2–1 home defeat to Torino in the first matchday.[23] He kept his first Serie A clean sheet on 18 September, after helping Monza win their first game in the top flight against Italian giants Juventus 1–0.[24] On 7 July 2023, Di Gregorio's contract with Monza was renewed until 30 June 2027.[25]

International career

On 19 February 2014, Di Gregorio made his Italy under-17 debut as a substitute, replacing Emil Audero in the 59th minute of a 6–0 home win over Hungary U17.[citation needed]

Personal life

Di Gregorio is affectionately nicknamed "L'Uomo Digre", a play on words in reference to television anime Tiger Mask (L'Uomo Tigre in Italian).[26] He and his partner Samantha have a son named Marcello (b. 2020).[27]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 1 December 2023[8]
Club Season League Coppa Italia Other Total
League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Renate (loan) 2017–18 Serie C 33 0 3 0 1[a] 0 37 0
Novara (loan) 2018–19 Serie C 30 0 0 0 2[a] 0 32 0
Pordenone (loan) 2019–20 Serie B 33 0 0 0 2[b] 0 35 0
Monza (loan) 2020–21 Serie B 27 0 2 0 2[b] 0 31 0
2021–22 Serie B 37 0 1 0 4[b] 0 42 0
Total 64 0 3 0 6 0 73 0
Monza 2022–23 Serie A 37 0 0 0 — 37 0
2023–24 Serie A 13 0 1 0 — 14 0
Total 50 0 1 0 0 0 51 0
Career total 210 0 7 0 11 0 228 0
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Serie C promotion play-offs
  2. ^ a b c Appearances in Serie B promotion play-offs

Honours

Inter Milan

References

  1. ^ "Michele Di Gregorio". AC Monza. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Di Gregorio e Mattioli al Renate". FC Internazionale - Inter Milan. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Renate vs. Siracusa - 30 July 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Renate vs. Calcio Padova - 27 August 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 3 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Modena vs. Renate - 16 September 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  7. ^ "Renate vs. Pordenone - 17 December 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  8. ^ a b c d Michele Di Gregorio at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  9. ^ "Il portiere Di Gregorio è dell'Avellino" (Press release) (in Italian). usavellino.club. 4 July 2018. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  10. ^ "Di Gregorio al Novara" (Press release) (in Italian). inter.it. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  11. ^ "Novara vs. Juventus II - 30 September 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  12. ^ "Piacenza vs. Novara - 7 October 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  13. ^ "Pistoiese vs. Novara - 21 October 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  14. ^ "Cuneo vs. Novara - 18 November 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  15. ^ "Alessandria vs. Novara - 12 December 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  16. ^ "UFFICIALE: Pordenone, dall'Inter arriva Di Gregorio". www.tuttomercatoweb.com (in Italian). Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  17. ^ "Pordenone vs. Spezia - 13 September 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  18. ^ "Pordenone vs. Empoli - 5 October 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  19. ^ "Pordenone vs. Cittadella - 26 October 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  20. ^ "Rinforzo in porta: ecco Di Gregorio" (Press release) (in Italian). monzacalcio.com. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  21. ^ "Welcome back Di Gregorio! - Associazione Calcio Monza S.p.A." www.acmonza.com (in Italian). Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  22. ^ "TMW - Monza, con la Serie A scattano gli obblighi di riscatto per Di Gregorio, Bettella e Colpani - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". www.tuttomercatoweb.com (in Italian). Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  23. ^ "MONZA-TORINO 1-2 - Radonjic show e Juric esulta con i timbri di Miranchuk e Sanabria". Tutto Monza (in Italian). Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  24. ^ "Verso Sampdoria-Monza, Audero contro Di Gregorio. I numeri". Club Doria 46 (in Italian). 23 September 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  25. ^ "Michele Di Gregorio rinnova fino al 2027 - Associazione Calcio Monza S.p.A." www.acmonza.com (in Italian). Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  26. ^ "Vichingo, Imperatore e Pess: i soprannomi dei giocatori del Monza". il Cittadino di Monza e Brianza (in Italian). 23 September 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  27. ^ "E' nato il piccolo Marcello Di Gregorio!" (Press release) (in Italian). Monza. Retrieved 29 September 2020.

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