Samuele Ricci

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Samuele Ricci
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-08-21) 21 August 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth Pontedera, Italy
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Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Torino
Number 28
Youth career
Empoli
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2022 Empoli 83 (3)
2022 → Torino (loan) 12 (0)
2022– Torino 0 (0)
International career‡
2017–2018 Italy U17 12 (3)
2018–2019 Italy U18 6 (1)
2019–2020 Italy U19 11 (0)
2020– Italy U21 13 (1)
2022– Italy 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:09, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 June 2022

Samuele Ricci (born 21 August 2001) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as midfielder for Serie A club Torino. He also plays for the Italy national team.

Club career

Empoli

Ricci came through the Empoli youth teams and started playing for their under-19 squad in the 2018–19 season.[1] He was called up to the senior squad for the first time in April 2019, but remained on the bench on that occasion. He made his professional debut for Empoli on 21 September 2019, at the age of 18, replacing Leo Štulac in a 1–0 win against Cittadella.[2] On 3 December, he made his debut in the Coppa Italia, in the 4th round round lost 1–0 against Cremonese. Having become a starter, he ended the season with 30 total appearances.

The following season, the coach Alessio Dionisi mainly used him as a mezzala. On 18 January 2021, he scored his first goal as a professional in the 5–0 victory against Salernitana. Empoli finished the season in first place in the league standing and were promoted to Serie A, with Ricci winning the Manlio Scopigno award as the best player of the season.[3]

On 21 August 2021, on his 20th birthday, Ricci made his Serie A debut in the 3–1 home loss against Lazio. The following 26 September, he scored his first goal in Serie A, in the match won 4–2 against Bologna.

Loan to Torino

On 30 January 2022, Ricci was loaned to Torino with a conditional obligation to purchase.[4]

International career

He was first called-up to represent his country in December 2017 for an Under-17 squad friendly against France.[5]

He was included in the 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squad and played in five out of six games, including 4 as a starter. He started the final game and scored Italy's first goal in a 2–2 draw, but was substituted before Italy lost to Netherlands in a penalty shoot-out and finished as runners-up.

At the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, he started all three games as Italy was eliminated at group stage.

On 13 October 2020 he made his debut with the Italy U21 playing as a starter in a qualifying match won 2–0 against Republic of Ireland in Pisa.

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.[6]

Style of play

Ricci is a right-footed player, mainly deployed as playmaker in front of the defence or as a midfielder.[7] Gifted with excellent individual technique and sense of positioning, he is regarded as one of the most important prospects in Italian football. His reference model is Andrea Pirlo.[8]

Personal life

On 9 September 2020, he tested positive for COVID-19.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 20 May 2022[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Coppa Italia Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Empoli 2019–20 Serie B 29 0 1 0 — 30 0
2020–21 Serie B 33 2 3 0 — 30 0
2021–22 Serie A 21 1 3 0 — 24 1
Total 83 3 7 0 0 0 90 3
Torino (loan) 2021–22 Serie A 12 0 0 0 — 12 0
Torino 2022–23 Serie A 0 0 0 0 — 12 0
Career total 95 3 7 0 0 0 102 3

Honours

Empoli

Individual

References

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