Simone Dell'Agnello (born 22 April 1992) is an Italian

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who plays as a

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for

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club Franciacorta.

Club career

Youth career

Born in

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, Dell'Agnello joined Lombard club

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in 2007. He was the club's third highest scorer in the under-17 team with 11 goals in the "Allievi Nazionali" League group stage (behind Luca Tremolada and

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), (in fact he was eligible for "Allievi Regionali" (Lombard) League but was promoted to "Allievi Nazionali" directly) in which he scored 22 league goals the following season. He was the understudy of central forward

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and Denis Alibec in Primavera under-20 team in 2009–10 season. That season he also won UEFA Under-18 Challenge, an experimental match against

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youth team. Both teams used players born in 1991, which means Inter lost keeper Belec fullbacks Donati and Mbida, midfielders Fortunato, Krhin and wing forward Beretta in the starting XI. Moreover, Inter also rested Destro. Dell'Agnello played that match as one of the 3 forwards and Alibec scored 2–0 for Inter. After Destro's departure, Dell'Agnello scored 15 goals in the league and also the joint-top-scorer of

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along with

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with 7 goals. Inter was the champion of the tournament and Dell'Agnello himself also won the Golden Boy award. Dell'Agnello also played a few games for Inter first team in friendlies, including 2010

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. As he eligible to UEFA List B since 2010 (until 2013–14 or he leave the club), he was named in Inter's European squad and was an unused bench in

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. Since the appointment of

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, he also received a few call-up to the first team but failed to make competitive debut.

Livorno

In 2011–12 season he returned to

in a co-ownership deal, as part of the deal of

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to Inter in a co-ownership deal, which Livorno also signed

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in a co-ownership deal. Dell'Agnello made his competitive debut in

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third round, substituted

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, losing to Chievo 0–1. In November he faced an

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in his right leg. In June 2012 the co-ownership deals were terminated. In the

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season he scored his first goal for Livorno against Ascoli in Ascoli-Livorno 1-5. The team promoted to Serie A at the end of season.

Loan career

On 11 July 2013 he was signed by

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club

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in a temporary deal. In summer 2014 he was signed by Barletta. On 10 September 2015 Dell'Agnello was signed by

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in a temporary deal.

Return to Livorno

In 2016–17 season, Dell'Agnello was a member of Livorno's first team. He played 12 times in

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Cuneo (loan)

On 28 July 2017 Dell'Agnello joined

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on a temporary deal. He was assigned number 24 shirt.

Como

On 11 October 2018, he joined

club

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Arezzo

On 12 August 2019, he signed a 2-year contract with

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. His Arezzo contract was terminated by mutual consent on 24 September 2020.

Foggia

On 7 October 2020, he joined

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Seregno

On 2 February 2022, Dell'Agnello signed with

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International career

Dell'Agnello started his youth international career in a born 1992/1993 training camp., he then received first call-up for 2007 under-16 international

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tournament. Played twice and scored once in 2009 U-17 Euro qualifying, he only played once in the elite round. In

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Dell'Agnello played twice in the group stage, substituting midfielder

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, and, as the starting forward in the third match, scored a goal. In the semi-final he continued to partner with Giacomo Beretta, ahead

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, losing to

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0–2, but still qualified to

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. In the World Junior Cup first game, he was substituted by

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in the 59th minute, since then losing the starting place, only played again as sub in the quarter-finals (for Pietro Iemmello), losing to

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1–2. Dell'Agnello did not enter

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's under-19 team until March 2011 played a friendly match against

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as sub (for Iemmello) However he did not enter the squad to

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. Instead, he played the 6th match of 2010–11 Four Nations Tournament.

Honours

Youth

;Inter * Torneo di Viareggio: 2011 *Allievi Nazionali: 2008

References

External links

Football.it profile
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FIGC
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dell'Agnello, Simone 1992 births Living people Footballers from Livorno Italian men's footballers Italy men's youth international footballers Men's association football forwards Serie B players Serie C players Serie D players US Livorno 1915 players Inter Milan players FC Südtirol players ASD Barletta 1922 players Savona FBC players AC Cuneo 1905 players Como 1907 players SS Arezzo players Calcio Foggia 1920 players US Grosseto 1912 players US 1913 Seregno Calcio players