Michele Cerofolini
Michele Cerofolini (born 4 January 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Frosinone.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 January 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Arezzo, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Frosinone | ||
| Number | 31 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2018 | Fiorentina | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2023 | Fiorentina | 5 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Cosenza (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Bisceglie (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Casertana (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → Reggiana (loan) | 19 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Alessandria (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2023– | Frosinone | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Italy U18 | 5 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Italy U19 | 8 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Italy U20 | 10 | (0) |
| 2020 | Italy U21 | 6 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 August 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:40, 18 November 2020 (UTC) | |||
Club career edit
Fiorentina edit
Cerofolini is a product of Fiorentina youth teams and started playing for their Under-19 squad in the 2015–16 season at the age of 17.[1] He started making bench appearances for Fiorentina's senior squad in the 2016–17 Serie A season.[2] On 23 August 2017, he made his first appearance for Fiorentina's senior squad, coming on as an 87th-minute substitute for Bartłomiej Drągowski (becoming Fiorentina's third goalkeeper of the game) in a friendly Trofeo Santiago Bernabéu matchup against Real Madrid.[3] In 2017–18 season, he appeared on the bench in most of the Serie A games for Fiorentina, but did not play in any, remaining a backup to Marco Sportiello and Dragowski.
Loan moves edit
On 13 July 2018, Cerofolini joined Serie B club Cosenza on a season-long loan.[4] He made his professional debut in Serie B for Cosenza on 26 September 2018 in a 2–0 away defeat against Cremonese.[5] One month later, on 30 October, he played his second match for the club, a 1–1 home draw against Pescara.[6] However, in January 2019, his loan was interrupted and he returned to Fiorentina leaving Cosenza with only these 2 appearances, remaining an unused substitute for 17 times during the loan, here he was the third goalkeeper after Pietro Perina and Umberto Saracco.[7]
On 25 January 2019, Cerofolini moved on another loan, to Serie C club Bisceglie.[8] Two days later, on 27 January, he made his debut in a 1–0 home defeat against Viterbese Castrense.[9] Two weeks later, on 10 February, he kept his first clean sheet for the team in a 0–0 home draw against Trapani and two more weeks later, on 24 February, he kept his second in a 0–0 away draw against Paganese.[10][11] He became Bisceglie's first-choice in the second part of the season. Cerofolini ended his six-month loan to Bisceglie with 13 appearances, 11 goals conceded and 6 clean sheets.[7]
After appearing on the bench three times for Fiorentina in November and December 2019, on 9 January 2020 he joined Serie C club Casertana on loan.[12] Three days later, on 12 January, he made his debut for the club in a 2–2 away draw against Rende.[13] Ten more days later, on 22 January, Cerofolini kept his first clean sheet for Casertana in a 0–0 home draw against Potenza.[14] On 9 February he kept his second clean sheet in a 0–0 home draw against Bisceglie.[15] Cerofolini ended his six-month loan to Casertana with eight appearances, eight goals conceded and two clean sheet.[7]
On 20 August 2020, Cerofolini was loaned to newly promoted Serie B club Reggiana on loan for the 2020–21 season.[16]
On 28 January 2022, he joined Alessandria on loan.[17]
Return to Fiorentina edit
At the end of the loan he returned to Fiorentina, and he made his Serie A debut for the club on 30 April 2023 in a 5–0 home win against Sampdoria.[18]
Frosinone edit
On 14 August 2023, Cerofolini signed a three-year contract with Frosinone.[19]
International career edit
Cerofolini was first chosen to represent his country when he was called up to Italy national under-18 football team for a series of friendlies in February 2017.[20]
Later in the same year he began to be called up to the Under-19 squad, and eventually was included in Italy's roster for the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, in which Italy was the runner-up to Portugal. He did not make any appearances at the tournament, serving as back-up to Alessandro Plizzari.[21]
In the fall of 2018 he was included in Italy's Under-20 squad and played in 2018–19 Under 20 Elite League games.[22]
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.
Career statistics edit
Club edit
- As of 8 July 2020
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Cosenza (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| Bisceglie (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie C | 17 | 0 | — | — | — | 17 | 0 | |||
| Casertana (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie C | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| Reggiana (loan) | 2020-21 | Serie B | 19 | 0 | ||||||||
| Alessandria (loan) | 2021-22 | Serie B | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Fiorentina | 2022-23 | Serie A | 4 | 0 | ||||||||
| Career total | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 | ||||
Honours edit
Fiorentina
- Coppa Italia runner-up: 2022–23[23]
- UEFA Europa Conference League runner-up: 2022–23[24]
Italy U19
- UEFA European Under-19 Championship runner-up: 2018
References edit
- ^ "Profile by TuttoCalciatori" (in Italian). TuttoCalciatori. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
- ^ "Fiorentina v. Genoa Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 29 January 2017.
- ^ "Real Madrid 2-1 Fiorentina: Cristiano Ronaldo put domestic ban behind him to score winner". Sky Sports. 23 August 2017.
- ^ "Michele Cerofolini è un Giocatore Rossoblù" (Press release) (in Italian). Cosenza. 13 July 2018.
- ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 26 September 2018.
- ^ "Cosenza vs. Pescara - 30 October 2018". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
- ^ a b c "Italy - M. Cerofolini - Profile with news, career statistics and history". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
- ^ "Calciomercato: Ufficializzati Luca Mosti e Michele Cerofolini" [Market:Luca Mosti and Michele Cerofolini join] (Press release) (in Italian). Bisceglie. 25 January 2019.
- ^ "Bisceglie vs. Viterbese Castrense - 27 January 2019". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
- ^ "Bisceglie vs. Trapani - 10 February 2019". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ "Paganese vs. Bisceglie - 24 February 2019". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ "CEROFOLINI SUBITO A DISPOSIZIONE DI MISTER GINESTRA" (Press release) (in Italian). Casertana. 9 January 2020.
- ^ "Rende vs. Casertana - 12 January 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ "Casertana vs. Potenza Calcio - 22 January 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ "Casertana vs. Bisceglie - 9 February 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- ^ "Tra i pali arriva il portiere Michele Cerofolini". reggianacalcio.it (Press release) (in Italian). 20 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ^ "INGAGGIATO IL PORTIERE CEROFOLINI" (Press release) (in Italian). Alessandria. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ "Fiorentina-Sampdoria 5-0: viola scatenati, blucerchiati rassegnati". la Repubblica (in Italian). 30 April 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ^ "CEROFOLINI E' GIALLAZZURRO" [CERAFOLINI IS YELLOW-BLUE] (in Italian). Frosinone. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ "Cerofolini U-18 statistics by the Italian Football Federation" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
- ^ "Cerofolini U-19 statistics by the Italian Football Federation" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
- ^ "Cerofolini U-20 statistics by the Italian Football Federation" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
- ^ Porzio, Francesco (24 May 2023). "Inter win Coppa Italia as Lautaro Martinez brace downs Fiorentina, build momentum for Champions League final". CBS Sports. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ^ Stone, Simon (7 June 2023). "Fiorentina 1–2 West Ham United: Jarrod Bowen goal decides Europa Conference League final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
External links edit
- Profile at the ACF Fiorentina website (in Italian)
- Michele Cerofolini at Soccerway