Simone Missiroli (born 23 May 1986) is an Italian
footballer who plays as a
midfielder.
Club career
Reggina
A native of
Reggio Calabria
Reggio di Calabria ( scn, label= Southern Calabrian, Riggiu; el, label= Calabrian Greek, Ρήγι, Rìji), usually referred to as Reggio Calabria, or simply Reggio by its inhabitants, is the largest city in Calabria. It has an estimated popul ...
, he made his Serie A debut with the local team
Reggina on 24 April 2005 against
Brescia Calcio
Brescia Calcio, commonly referred to as Brescia (), is an Italian football club based in Brescia, Lombardy, that currently plays in .
The club holds the record for total number of seasons (64) and consecutive seasons (18, from 1947–48 to 1 ...
. He also spent the 2008–09 season on loan at
Treviso, and returned to Reggina to help his hometown club in their
2009–10 Serie B
The 2009–10 Serie B season is the seventy-eighth edition since its establishment in 1929. Serie B is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega ...
campaign. In January 2011 he left for
Cagliari
Cagliari (, also , , ; sc, Casteddu ; lat, Caralis) is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name ''Casteddu'' means ''castle''. It has about 155,000 inhabitant ...
in a temporary deal for €1 million.
Sassuolo
On 4 January 2012, Missiroli moved to
Serie B side
U.S. Sassuolo Calcio for €3.5 million. Before leaving Reggina, Missiroli was one of the team topscorers of the 2011–12 season as a
playmaker
In association football, a playmaker is a player who controls the flow of the team's play, and is often involved in offensively and defensively playing passing moves which lead to goals, through their vision, technique, ball control, creativit ...
. Missiroli was also named the
captain
Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...
of the team, wearing the armband on several occasions, such as the game against Sassuolo.
On 11 January 2016, he signed a new -year contract with Sassuolo.
SPAL
On 17 August 2018, Missiroli signed with
Serie A club
SPAL.
Cesena
On 26 September 2021 joined
Serie C side
Cesena on a deal until the end of the season.
International career
Missiroli played two matches for
Italy U20 team.
Career statistics
References
External links
*http://www.gazzetta.it/speciali/2008/calcio/Players/player_p191243.shtml
1986 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Reggio Calabria
Italian footballers
Reggina 1914 players
Treviso F.B.C. 1993 players
Cagliari Calcio players
U.S. Sassuolo Calcio players
U.S. Cremonese players
S.P.A.L. players
Serie A players
Serie B players
Association football midfielders
Serie C players
Cesena F.C. players
Italy youth international footballers
Footballers from Calabria
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