Simone Pontisso (born 20 March 1997) is an Italian footballer who plays as a

defensive midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. ...

for club

Catanzaro Catanzaro (; or ; ), also known as the "City of the two Seas" (), is an Italian city of 86,183 inhabitants (2020), the capital of the Calabria region and of its province and the second most populated comune of the region, behind Reggio Calabr ...

Club career

Pontisso is a youth exponent from

Udinese Udinese Calcio (; "Udinese Football") is a professional football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. The team currently competes in the Serie A, the first tier of Italian football. It was founded on 30 November 1896 as a sport ...

. He made his

Serie A The Serie A (), officially known as Serie A Enilive in Italy and Serie A Made in Italy abroad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Italy and the highest tier of the Italian football league system. Establish ...

debut at 31 May 2015 against

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. He replaced

Stipe Perica Stipe Perica (; born 7 July 1995) is a Croatian footballer who plays as a striker for Liga I club Dinamo București. Club career Early career Perica started his playing career in his home-country of Croatia with Zadar in 2012. He made his debu ...

at half-time in a 4–3 away defeat. In July 2016, Pontisso was loaned out to

SPAL Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor, commonly referred to by the acronym SPAL (), is a professional football club based in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. During the 2024–25 season the team played in Serie C, the third tier of the Italian foot ...

to play in Serie B. On 30 January 2019, he signed with Vicenza Virtus. On 31 January 2022, Pontisso moved to

Pescara Pescara (; ; ) is the capital city of the province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo Regions of Italy, region of Italy. It is the most populated city in Abruzzo, with 118,657 (January 1, 2023) residents (and approximately 350,000 including the surround ...

. On 5 July 2022, he signed a two-year contract with

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* 1997 births Living people Footballers from Udine Italian men's footballers Udinese Calcio players SPAL players LR Vicenza players Delfino Pescara 1936 players US Catanzaro 1929 players Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Men's association football midfielders 21st-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-footy-bio-stub