Lorenzo Valeau (born 5 March 1999) is an Italian

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who plays as a

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Club career

Roma

He is a product of Roma youth teams and started playing for their Under-19 squad in the 2016–17 season. He made several appearances for the senior squad in summer 2017 in pre-season friendlies.

Loan to Ascoli

On 18 July 2018 he joined

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club

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on a season-long loan with an option to buy. Unfortunately, early in his loan term he suffered

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that took several months to heal. He was recalled from loan on 31 January 2019 without appearing on the field for Ascoli.

Loan to Catania

On 1 February 2019 he moved on another loan to

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club

Catania Catania (, , Sicilian and ) is the second largest municipality in Sicily, after Palermo. Despite its reputation as the second city of the island, Catania is the largest Sicilian conurbation, among the largest in Italy, as evidenced also by ...

. He made his professional Serie C debut for Catania on 17 March 2019 in a game against

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. He substituted

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in the 81st minute. He made his first (and only) starting lineup appearance on 3 April 2019 in a game against Viterbese. He finished his loan with 6 appearances.

Loan to Imolese

On 17 July 2019 he moved on another

loan, to Imolese. He established himself as a starter for Imolese early in the season. He finished the loan with 31 appearances in all competitions.

Loan to Casertana

On 20 August 2020 he joined

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on loan, again in

Loan to Fano

On 29 January 2021, he moved on loan to

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Seregno

On 14 August 2021, he signed with Serie C club

Seregno Seregno (; lmo, label= Brianzoeu, Seregn ) is a town and ''comune'' of the new Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region of Lombardy. Seregno received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on 26 January 1979. It is ser ...

Chiasso

On 1 September 2022, Valeau joined

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in the third-tier

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International

He was first called up to represent his country in 2015 for Under-16 squad friendlies. He subsequently appeared in friendlies on the Under-18, Under-19 and Under-20 level.

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* 1999 births Living people Footballers from Rome Italian men's footballers Italy men's youth international footballers Men's association football defenders Serie C players Swiss Promotion League players AS Roma players Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC players Catania FC players Imolese Calcio 1919 players Casertana FC players Alma Juventus Fano 1906 players US 1913 Seregno Calcio players FC Chiasso players Italian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Italian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland {{Italy-footy-defender-1990s-stub