Michele Di Gregorio (born 27 July 1997) is an Italian professional

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who plays as a

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for club

Monza Monza (, ; lmo, label=Lombard language, Lombard, Monça, locally ; lat, Modoetia) is a city and ''comune'' on the River Lambro, a tributary of the Po River, Po in the Lombardy region of Italy, about north-northeast of Milan. It is the capit ...

Club career

Inter Milan

Born in

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, Italy, Di Gregorio was a youth product of

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Loan to Renate

On 12 July 2017, Di Gregorio and

Alessandro Mattioli Alessandro Mattioli (born 13 February 1998) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Cittadella. Club career Internazionale Born in Reggio Emilia, Mattioli is a youth exponent of Inter Milan. Loan to Renate On 12 July 2017, M ...

were signed by

Serie C The Serie C () is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing body that runs the Serie C. The unification of the Lega Pro ...

side Renate on a season-long loan deal. On 30 July he made his debut for Renate in the first round of

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in a 3–1 home win over Siracusa. On 3 September, Di Gregorio made his Serie C debut for Renate and he kept his first clean sheet in a 3–0 home win over

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. One week later he kept his second clean sheet in a 1–0 away win over FeralpiSalò. On 16 September, Di Gregorio kept his third clean sheet in a 3–0 away win over

Modena Modena (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language#Dialects, Modenese, Mòdna ; ett, Mutna; la, Mutina) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern I ...

. On 17 December, Di Gregorio kept his 10th clean sheet in a 1–0 home win over

Pordenone Pordenone (; Venetian and fur, Pordenon) is the main ''comune'' of Pordenone province of northeast Italy in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region. The name comes from Latin ''Portus Naonis'', meaning 'port on the Noncello (Latin ''Naon'') River'. ...

. Di Gregorio ended his season-long loan to Renate with 38 appearances, 14 clean sheets, and 36 goals conceded.

Loan to Novara

On 4 July 2018, it was announced that Di Gregorio was loaned to a

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club

Avellino Avellino () is a town and ''comune'', capital of the province of Avellino in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is situated in a plain surrounded by mountains east of Naples and is an important hub on the road from Salerno to Benevento. ...

. However, he did not play any matches for the team and returned to Inter Milan. On 24 August 2018 he was loaned to

Novara Novara (, Novarese: ) is the capital city of the province of Novara in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy, to the west of Milan. With 101,916 inhabitants (on 1 January 2021), it is the second most populous city in Piedmont after Turin. It is ...

. On 30 September he made his Serie C debut for Novara in a 1–1 home draw against Juventus U23. On 7 October he kept his first clean sheet for Novara in a 3–0 away win over

Piacenza Piacenza (; egl, label= Piacentino, Piaṡëinsa ; ) is a city and in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, and the capital of the eponymous province. As of 2022, Piacenza is the ninth largest city in the region by population, with over ...

. Three week later he kept his second clean sheet in a 2–0 away win over

Pistoiese Unione Sportiva Pistoiese 1921 is an Italian association football club, based in Pistoia, Tuscany. Currently, Pistoiese plays in Serie D. Originally founded on 21 April 1921 and later restored after bankruptcy, the team plays their home games ...

. On 18 November he kept his third clean sheet in a 0–0 away draw against

Cuneo Cuneo (; pms, Coni ; oc, Coni/Couni ; french: Coni ) is a city and ''comune'' in Piedmont, Northern Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the fourth largest of Italy’s provinces by area. It is located at 550 metres (1,804 ft) in ...

. On 12 December he was sent-off with a red card in the 90th minute of a 1–1 away draw against

Alessandria Alessandria (; pms, Lissandria ) is a city and ''comune'' in Piedmont, Italy, and the capital of the Province of Alessandria. The city is sited on the alluvial plain between the Tanaro and the Bormida rivers, about east of Turin. Alessandria ...

. Di Gregorio ended his loan to Novara with 32 appearances, 12 clean sheets and 28 goals conceded.

Loan to Pordenone

On 10 July 2019, Di Gregorio was loaned to

club

on a season-long loan deal. On 13 September he made his debut in Serie B for Pordenone and he kept his first clean sheet for the team in a 1–0 home win over

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. Three weeks later, on 5 October, he kept his second clean sheet in a 2–0 home win over

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and three more weeks later, on 26 October, he kept his third in a 0–0 home draw against

Cittadella Cittadella ( vec, Sitadeła) is a medieval walled city in the province of Padua, northern Italy, founded in the 13th century as a military outpost of Padua. The surrounding wall has been restored and is in circumference with a diameter of around ...

. Di Gregorio ended his season-long loan to Pordenone with 35 appearances, 41 goals conceded and 11 clean sheets, and he also help the club to reach the play-off semi-finals, however they lose 2–1 on aggregate against

Frosinone Frosinone (, local dialect: ) is a town and ''comune'' in Lazio, central Italy, the administrative seat of the province of Frosinone. It is located about south-east of Rome close to the Rome-Naples A1 Motorway. The city is the main city of the Va ...

Monza

On 27 August 2020, Di Gregorio was sent on loan for the 2020–21 season to newly-promoted

club

, on a one-year deal with an option to buy. Following 31 appearances with Monza, 29 in the league, he was re-loaned on 29 June 2021, on a one-year deal with option to buy, counter-option for Inter Milan and conditional obligation to buy. Di Gregorio's obligation for purchase clause was triggered on 29 May 2022, after helping Monza top their first-ever

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promotion. Di Gregorio made his Serie A debut on 13 August, in a 2–1 home defeat to

Torino Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. T ...

in the first matchday. His first Serie A

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came on 18 September, after helping Monza win their first game in the top flight against Italian giants

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1–0.

International career

On 19 February 2014, Di Gregorio made his Italy under-17 debut as a substitute, replacing

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in the 59th minute of a 6–0 home win over Hungary U17.

Personal life

Di Gregorio is affectionately nicknamed "", a play on words in reference to television anime

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( in Italian). He and his partner Samantha have a son named Marcello (b. 2020).

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Inter Milan *

Campionato Nazionale Primavera The Campionato Nazionale Primavera – Trofeo Giacinto Facchetti, was an Italian football youth competition. It is organised by the Lega Serie A and the participating teams that take part in Serie A and Serie B: the first edition was held in th ...

: 2016–17

References

External links

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A.C. Monza Associazione Calcio Monza () is a professional football club that is based in Monza, Lombardy, Italy. The team plays in the Serie A, the first tier of Italian football, following promotion in the 2021–22 Serie B season. The club was fou ...

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