Samuele Massolo
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-05-04) 4 May 1996 (age 27)[1]
Place of birth La Spezia, Italy[1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Vicenza
Number 12
Youth career
0000–2016 Sampdoria
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Sampdoria 0 (0)
2016–2017 → Sanremese (loan) 32 (0)
2017–2020 Virtus Entella 18 (0)
2020 Sambenedettese 7 (0)
2020–2021 Fermana 2 (0)
2021–2023 Palermo 15 (0)
2023– Vicenza 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 June 2023

Samuele Massolo (born 4 May 1996) is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie C Group A club Vicenza.

Career

Massolo started his career with Sampdoria, being part of their youth system and also being handed a first-team number during the 2014–15 season.[2][3]

He was successively loaned out to Serie D amateurs Sanremese,[4] with whom he made his senior debut as a player, marking a total 32 appearances and 12 clean sheets during his stay at the club.[3] His quality appearances won him interest from Serie B club Virtus Entella, who signed him permanently.[3]

In January 2020, Massolo was signed by Serie C side Sambenedettese on a permanent deal.[5] After being released by Sambenedettese, he joined Serie C club Fermana in October 2020;[6]

In July 2021, Massolo signed for Serie C fallen giants Palermo, his signing being explicitly requested by head coach Giacomo Filippi, who had worked with him during his days as Roberto Boscaglia's assistant at Virtus Entella.[7] Originally signed as an understudy to first choice goalkeeper Alberto Pelagotti, he started being occasionally featured in the starting lineup under new head coach Silvio Baldini, who then promoted him as first choice goalkeeper for the promotion playoffs, which Palermo eventually won.[3]

On 7 September 2022, he signed a contract extension until 30 June 2024.[8]

On 18 July 2023, after a single Serie B season as a reserve to Mirko Pigliacelli and no first team appearances, Massolo left Palermo on a permanent transfer to join Serie C club Vicenza.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of 12 June 2022[10][11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sanremese 2016–17 Serie D 34 0 1[12] 0 — 35 0
Virtus Entella 2017–18 Serie B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018–19 Serie C 15 0 0 0 2[a] 0 17 0
2019–20 Serie B 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 15 0 0 0 2 0 17 0
Sambenedettese (loan) 2019–20 Serie C 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Fermana 2020–21 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Palermo 2021–22 7 0 2[13] 0 8[b] 0 17 0
2022–23 Serie B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vicenza 2023–24 Serie C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 65 0 3 0 10 0 78 0
  1. ^ All appearance(s) in Supercoppa di Serie C.
  2. ^ All appearance(s) in promotion play-offs.

References

  1. ^ a b c Samuele Massolo at Soccerway
  2. ^ "First team and staff". U.C. Sampdoria. Archived from the original on 30 July 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d "La storia di Massolo: dal passato con Correa e Muriel al sogno Serie B con il Palermo". La Casa di C. 12 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Massolo passa alla Sanremese". Sampdoria News. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Samb, ufficiale: arriva Samuele Massolo". Noisamb.it. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Serie C, Fermana: arriva l'ex Samb Massolo". Il Martino. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Palermo, Massolo: "Non mi aspettavo la chiamata dei rosanero, sono qui grazie a mister Filippi"". Goalsicilia.it. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Palermo, Samuele Massolo rinnova con il club rosanero fino al 2024" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 7 September 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  9. ^ "Massolo Al Vicenza". Palermo FC. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  10. ^ "Italy - S. Massolo - Profile with news, career statistics and history". int.soccerway.com. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  11. ^ "Massolo Samuele". TuttoCalciatoriNet.
  12. ^ Coppa Italia Serie D. [1]
  13. ^ Coppa Italia Serie C. [2][3]
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