Diego Falcinelli (born 26 June 1991) is an Italian professional

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who plays as a striker for club

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Club career

Pontevecchio

Born in

Marsciano Marsciano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region Umbria, located about 25 km south of Perugia. Marsciano borders the following municipalities: Collazzone, Deruta, Fratta Todina, Perugia, Piegaro, S ...

, in the

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, Falcinelli started his career at

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(a ''

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'' of

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) based club Pontevecchio. He was loaned to

Internazionale Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Inter is ...

in June 2007. He played one friendly for the first team in February 2008. He also won the Campionato Nazionale Allievi with Inter U17 youth team. On 1 July 2008, he returned to Perugia, making his

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debut.

Sassuolo

On 2 July 2009, Falcinelli was signed by

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for the youth team. He also awarded no.26 shirt of the first team, which he made his Serie B debut on 28 November 2009, replacing Gianluigi Bianco in the 82nd minute and assisting Alessandro Noselli for the equalising goal a minute later as Sassuolo drew 2–2 with

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Foligno

On 26 July 2010, Falcinelli left for

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club

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in a co-ownership deal, for a peppercorn fee of one hundred euro. He made his debut on 8 August 2010, in

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first round. Since the cup second round, he partnered with Matteo Cavagna and Stefano Giacomelli in a 4–3–3 formation, only missing rounds 6 and 7 of the league.

Return to Sassuolo

In June 2011 Sassuolo re-signed Falcinelli on a three-year contract, for a transfer fee of €25,000. In January 2012 he was signed by Juve Stabia in a temporary deal.

Lanciano and Perugia loans

Falcinelli spent two seasons on loan to

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club

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, scoring nine goals from 2012 to 2014. During the 2014 summer transfer window, he joined newly promoted Serie B club

. He scored a career high of 14 goals for the hometown club in

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, making him secure a place for Sassuolo in 2015–16 Serie A season.

2015–16 season at Sassuolo

Falcinelli picked no.9 shirt in 2015–16 season. On 14 January 2016, he signed a -year contract.

Crotone (loan)

On 31 August 2016, Falcinelli left for Serie A newcomer

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on loan. He scored three goals against Empoli on 29 January 2017. He also scored once on 28 May (round 38), a 3–1 win against

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; Crotone secured three points to survive from relegation as well as ranked higher than

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for the second time of the season (the team ranked higher than Empoli in round 2; from round 2 to 37 Crotone was in the relegation zone) Falcinelli signed a new five-year contract with Sassuolo on 25 August 2017.

Fiorentina (loan)

In January 2018, Falcinelli joined

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on loan until 30 June 2018 as part of swap deal, in which Khouma Babacar moved the other way. Fiorentina also secured an option to sign Falcinelli permanently from Sassuolo.

Bologna

On 4 July 2018, Falcinelli joined

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on a four-year contract.

Return to Perugia

On 2 September 2019, he returned to

on a season-long loan.

Loan to Red Star Belgrade

Coach

Siniša Mihajlović Siniša Mihajlović ( sr-Cyrl, Синиша Михајловић, ; 20 February 1969 – 16 December 2022) was a Serbian professional Footballer, football player and Football coach (association football), manager. During his career as a football ...

, was aware that his former club,

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in Bel ...

, were searching for an experienced striker.

Dejan Stanković Dejan Stanković ( sr-Cyrl, Дејан Станковић, , born 11 September 1978) is a Serbian professional manager and former player. He currently manages Italian club Sampdoria. He captained the Serbia national team from 2007 until 201 ...

, having been recently promoted to coach, accepted Mihajlović's suggestion on Falcinelli. Falcinelli and Red Star signed a year-long loan agreement.

Modena

On 6 July 2022, Falcinelli joined

on a two-year contract, with an option for a third year.

International career

Falcinelli received a call-up to

Italy under-20 Lega Pro representative team Italy national football C teams ( it, Squadre Rappresentative della Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico) are the Italy national football team representative teams of Serie C (in the past Lega Pro Prima Divisione and Seconda Divisione). They are ...

in September 2010. He also received a call-up to Italy Amateur U18 team and Italy U19 team. He played once for

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in 2011–12 season. On 31 May 2017, he debuted for the Italy national team in a non-FIFA sanctioned friendly game against

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, which ended in a 8–0 win for Italy.Diego Falcinelli
at National-Football-Teams.com

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Red Star Belgrade *

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References

External links

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Football.it Profile
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