Simone Romagnoli (born 9 February 1990) is an Italian professional

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who plays as a

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for club Frosinone.

Club career

Early career

Born in

Cremona 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 th ...

, Romagnoli joined Milan from

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 ...

in January 2007, shortly before turning 17. Throughout his time in the club's youth system, he has been a member of the under-17 squad who won the ''Campionato Nazionale Allievi'' in 2007, as well as the

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of the

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side who won the

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in 2010, 25 years after their last success. During the 2009–10 season, Romagnoli also started being selected for the first-team. In particular, he was named on the bench for a

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match against

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, though he did not come on.

Foggia

In order to gain some first team experience, Romagnoli was loaned out to

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club

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for the 2010–11 season. He made his official debut for the club in the first game of the

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group stage against

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— which Foggia won 2–1 – on 14 August 2010. The next week, in the first league game of the season, he also scored his maiden goal with a header from a corner.

Pescara

On 8 July 2011, after the end of the loan to the

, he moved from Milan to the Serie B team Pescara on a co-ownership deal.

Parma

On 24 June 2022, Romagnoli signed with Parma.

Lecce

On 31 January 2023, Romagnoli joined

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in Serie A.

International career

He made his debut with the Italy U-21 team on 4 June 2012, in a match against Republic of Ireland.

References

External links

*
Profile
at official club website

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