Samuel Di Carmine (born 29 September 1988) is an Italian professional

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who plays as a

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for club Trento.

Career

Di Carmine, a powerful

, made his Serie A debut on 25 October 2006 away to Torino in a 1–0 win. He scored his first goal with the ''viola'' in a

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match, the final goal in a clear 6–1 win to IF Elfsborg on 8 November 2007. On 1 July 2008, Championship side Queens Park Rangers, owned by Italian Formula One mogul and businessman

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, signed Di Carmine on loan for the 2008–09 season. On 28 October 2008, Di Carmine scored his first league goal for Queens Park Rangers, scoring in the 54th minute against Birmingham. On 19 August 2009, he was loaned to Serie B club

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. Two days later, he played his first game for the club, substitute William Pianu in the second half. The match ended in a 1–1 draw with

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. Di Carmine was signed by Serie B club Frosinone in co-ownership deal for a peppercorn fee of €500. On 7 July 2011, Di Carmine joined Cittadella. Cittadella bought 50% registration rights from relegated Frosinone. He was expected to replace Federico Piovaccari as team topscorer. Eventually Nunzio Di Roberto was the topscorer with 10 goals, and Di Carmine 1 goal short with 9 goals. In the summer of 2013, he moved to S.S. Juve Stabia. Despite the club relegated from Serie B, he remained with the club. Di Carmine was loaned out to Hellas Verona from Perugia for the 2018–19 season. He helped the team clinch promotion to Serie A with his 11 league goals and Verona signed him on a permanent contract ahead of the 2019–20 season. On 28 January 2021, Di Carmine joined

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on loan until the end of the 2020–21 season. On 24 August 2021, he signed a two-year contract with

Cremonese Cremona (, also ; ; lmo, label= Cremunés, Cremùna; egl, Carmona) is a city and ''comune'' in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po river in the middle of the ''Pianura Padana'' (Po Valley). It is the capital of the ...

. On 1 September 2022, Di Carmine returned to Perugia. On 20 August 2023, Di Carmine moved to

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. On 30 August 2024, he signed with Trento.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Di Carmine, Samuel Living people 1988 births Footballers from Florence Men's association football forwards Italian men's footballers Italy men's under-21 international footballers Italy men's youth international footballers Italian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Italian expatriate sportspeople in England ACF Fiorentina players Queens Park Rangers F.C. players ASD Città di Gallipoli players SS Juve Stabia players Frosinone Calcio players AC Perugia Calcio players Virtus Entella players Hellas Verona FC players FC Crotone players US Cremonese players Catania FC players AC Trento 1921 players Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players English Football League players