Simone Santarelli (born 7 September 1988) is an Italian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a goalkeeper.

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Born in Rome, Lazio, Santarelli is a supporter of

S.S. Lazio Società Sportiva Lazio (; ; ''Lazio Sport Club''), commonly referred to as Lazio, is an Italian professional sports club based in Rome, most known for its football activity. The society, founded in 1900, plays in the Serie A and have spent ...

and started his career in its youth teams. In 2007–08 season he moved to

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along with Lucas Correa,

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and

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. He was the understudy of

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along with Joachim Spina. He played twice in

Serie C1 Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football (soccer), football league in Italy. It consisted of 33 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 16 and 17 teams for group A and B respectively. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1 ...

and played a few matches in Coppa Italia Serie C. He returned to Lazio on 1 July 2008 and later frozen by the club. He unable to train along with the first team and the club demanded a high transfer fee. On 5 August 2010 he signed a 1+1 contract with Prima Divisione team

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. Half of the matches was played by Santarelli, shared with

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International career

Santarelli became an emergency third keeper for the Italy Under-17 side at

2005 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship The 2005 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the fourth edition of UEFA's European Under-17 Football Championship. Italy hosted the championship, during 3–14 May. Turkey defeated Netherlands in the final to win the competition for the second ...

. He replaced injured

Paolo Tornaghi Paolo Tornaghi (born 21 June 1988) is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. Club career Youth career Born in Garbagnate Milanese, the Province of Milan, Tornaghi started his career with Inter Milan. Tornaghi had played for Inter fr ...

(himself replaced suspended

Enrico Alfonso Enrico Alfonso (born 4 May 1988) is an Italian professional association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for S.P.A.L., SPAL. Club career Early career Aged only 6 years old, Alfonso began his pla ...

) to play for Bronze match, beaten the original third keeper

Alberto Frison Alberto Frison (born 22 January 1988) is an Italian footballer. Club career Treviso Born in Mirano, Veneto. Frison started his professional career at Veneto side Treviso. He played for Treviso's youth set-up from 2000 to 2007 and was part of the ...

who also injured. He also selected to

2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship The 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship, the eleventh edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Lima, Trujillo, Chiclayo, Piura and Iquitos in Peru between 16 September and 2 October 2005. Players born after 1 January 1988 could participa ...

References

External links

FIGC

Foggia Profile

{{DEFAULTSORT:Santarelli, Simone Italian footballers SS Lazio players A.S.D. Città di Gallipoli players Calcio Foggia 1920 players Men's association football goalkeepers Footballers from Rome 1988 births Living people