Simone Farelli (born 19 February 1983) is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Early career

Born in Rome, Farelli began his senior career at hometown Serie D club Astrea.

Siena

In mid-2002 he was signed by Siena. At that time Siena was a Serie B club. In 2003, he followed the team to promote to Serie A. In mid-2004 he left for

Serie C2 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consisted of 36 teams, but in the 2011–12 season, there were 41 teams divided geographically into two divisions of 2 ...

club Nocerina, but in January 2005 returned to the city of Siena. Farelli returned to Italian fourth level in 2005–06 season, for Vittoria. Then he left for

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 ...

club Ancona and then

Lanciano Lanciano (; nap, label= Abruzzese, Langiàne ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Chieti, part of the Abruzzo region of central Italy. It has 36,304 inhabitants as of 2011. The town is known for the first recorded Catholic Eucharistic ...

. In February 2007 he received a call-up to Italy Universiade team for a training match. In that match he was a substitute.

Crotone

Farelli settled in Crotone in 2008–09 season, the first club that he spent more than 1 season. The team won the first ever promotion playoffs to the third level since 2008, the year that the level was renamed to Lega Pro Prima Divisione. He was the backup keeper of Emanuele Concetti in his two-year stay.

Siena (second spell)

2010–11 Serie B The 2010–11 Serie B (known as the Serie bwin for sponsorship reasons) is the seventy-ninth season since its establishment in 1929, and the first one under the rule of the new Lega Serie B. A total of 22 teams contest the league, 15 of which ret ...

, Crotone signed Vid Belec and Giacomo Bindi, and Farelli was allowed to leave for Siena in 1+1 year deal. Siena was newly relegated from Serie A at that time. He was the third keeper of Siena, behind

Ferdinando Coppola Ferdinando Coppola (born 10 June 1978) is a former Italian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career Early career Coppola's career began at native club S.S.C. Napoli, he was used as a backup goalkeeper for Giuseppe Taglialatel ...

and Gianluca Pegolo. Despite Coppola was replaced by Željko Brkić in 2011–12 season. Siena won promotion at the end of

Latina

In July 2014 Farelli and former Siena teammate Francesco Valiani were signed by Latina on free transfers.

Trapani

On 11 July 2016 Farelli was signed by Trapani on a 2-year contract. On 30 January 2017 Farelli was loaned to

Arezzo Arezzo ( , , ) , also ; ett, 𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌕𐌉𐌌, Aritim. is a city and ''comune'' in Italy and the capital of the province of the same name located in Tuscany. Arezzo is about southeast of Florence at an elevation of above sea level. ...

Novara

On 25 July 2017 Farelli was transferred to Novara, with Francesco Pacini moved to opposite direction on a temporary deal.

Pescara

On 4 September 2018 Pescara signed Farelli on a free transfer. He was assigned number 21 shirt.

References

External links

*
Football.it Profile

2015–16 profile
by ''La Gazzetta dello Sport'' * {{DEFAULTSORT:Farelli, Simone Italian footballers Serie B players Serie C players A.C.R. Siena 1904 players A.S.G. Nocerina players A.C. Ancona players S.S. Virtus Lanciano 1924 players F.C. Crotone players A.S.D. Calcio Club Vittoria 2020 players Latina Calcio 1932 players S.S.D. F.C. Trapani 1905 players S.S. Arezzo players Novara F.C. players Delfino Pescara 1936 players A.S. Roma players Association football goalkeepers Footballers from Rome 1983 births Living people