Raffaele Di Gennaro (born 3 October 1993) is an Italian

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who plays as a

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for club

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Club career

Inter Milan

Di Gennaro was the starting goalkeeper for Inter Milan U19, who ended up winning the

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and the

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 ...

. Di Gennaro missed half of both the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons due to injury. Di Gennaro remained as one of the keeper for Primavera in 2012–13 season as an overage player.

Loan to Cittadella

In July 2013, Di Gennaro was loaned out to

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club

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He made his professional debut on 11 August in the second round of

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in a 1–0 home win over

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. Six days later, on 18 August, he played in third round in a 4–0 away defeat against

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. On 24 August, Di Gennaro made his Serie B debut and he kept his first clean sheet for Cittadella in a 0–0 away draw against

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. On 14 September he kept his second clean sheet in a 0–0 home draw against

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. Two weeks later his third in a 1–0 home win over

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. Di Gennaro ended his loan to Cittadella with 41 appearances and 12 clean sheets and conceding 50 goals.

Loan to Latina

On 11 July 2014, Di Gennaro was signed by

on a season-long loan deal. On 4 October he made his debut for

in Serie B in a 1–0 away defeat against

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, in his debut match he received a red card. On 6 December, Di Gennaro kept his first clean sheet for Latina in a 0–0 away draw against

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. Nine days later he kept his second clean sheet in a 1–0 home win over

Varese Varese ( , , or ; lmo, label= Varesino, Varés ; la, Baretium; archaic german: Väris) is a city and ''comune'' in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, north-west of Milan. The population of Varese in 2018 has reached 80,559. It is the c ...

, and on 28 December his third in a 0–0 away draw against

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 ...

. Di Gennaro ended his loan to Latina with 28 appearances, 11 clean sheets and 23 goals conceded. On 11 July 2015, he returned to Serie B side Latina for his second loan spell. On 9 August, Di Gennaro played his first match of the season for

in the second round of

in a 4–1 home defeat against

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. On 6 September he made his "second"

debut for the club in a 1–1 away draw against

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. On 11 October, Di Gennaro kept his first clean sheet of the season in a 2–0 away win over Modena. On 15 November 2016 he injured his

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during a match against

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, after that he become the second goalkeeper, but he did not play any other matches. Di Gennaro ended his second loan to

with 13 appearances, he kept only 3 clean sheets and conceded 19 goals.

Loan to Ternana

On 19 August 2016, Di Gennaro and

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were loaned out to

side

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on a season-long loan. On 7 September his made his debut for Ternana and he kept his first clean sheet for the club in Serie B in a 1–0 win over

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. On 20 September he kept his second clean sheet in a 0–0 home draw against

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. He became the second goalkeeper after the arrival of Simone Aresti on loan from

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. Di Gennaro kept only those 2 clean sheets in 16 matches played for Ternana, he conceded 23 goals.

Loan to Spezia

On 12 July 2017, Di Gennaro and Francesco Forte were signed by

side Spezia with a season-long loan. On 3 September he made his debut for Spezia in Serie B in a 1–0 home defeat against

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, this was his 100th professional match. Two weeks later he kept his first clean sheet for

in a 0–0 away draw against

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. Four days later, on 19 September, he kept his second clean sheet in a 1–0 home win over

. On 28 October his third in a 0–0 home draw against

. Di Gennaro ended his season-long loan to Spezia with 23 appearances, 11 clean sheets and 18 goals conceded.

Return to Inter

In 2018–19 season, Di Gennaro was included in Inter's European squad for

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as well as

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. However, Di Gennaro was excluded from the squad list that submitted to

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. He was assigned number 93 shirt.

Serie C

On 13 August 2019, Di Gennaro joined to

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club

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on a free-transfer and he signed a 2-year contract. On 14 August 2021, he moved to

, also in

. On 18 July 2022, Di Gennaro signed with

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club

Inter Primavera *

: 2010–11, 2011–12

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Di Gennaro, Raffaele 1993 births People from Saronno Sportspeople from the Province of Varese Footballers from Lombardy Living people Italian footballers Italy men's youth international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Inter Milan players A.S. Cittadella players Latina Calcio 1932 players Ternana Calcio players Spezia Calcio players U.S. Catanzaro 1929 players Delfino Pescara 1936 players A.S. Gubbio 1910 players Serie B players Serie C players