Simone Verdi
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Simone Verdi | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Second striker / Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Milan | ||
| Number | 65[1] | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Audax Travacò | |||
| 2003– | Milan | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009– | Milan | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2010– | Italy U-19 | 4 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 August 2010 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 October 2010 | |||
Simone Verdi (born 12 July 1992) is an Italian professional footballer, who plays as a forward for Serie A club Milan. He is nicknamed Verdinho, as his playing style resembles that of a Brazilian.[2]
Club career
Verdi started playing football with amateur club Audax Travacò, before joining Milan at the age of 11.[3] He made his professional debut for the club, aged 17, in a Coppa Italia game against Novara, on 13 January 2010.[4] He then made his second appearance two weeks later, in the quarter-final against Udinese, which Milan lost 0–1.[5]
While playing for the under-20 squad, the young striker scored his first goal at the San Siro in the return leg of the Primavera TIM Cup final, on 14 April 2010. Milan went on to win the match 2–0, as Verdi also made an assist, and secured the trophy 3–1 on aggregate.[6][7]
In May 2010, Milan CEO Adriano Galliani announced that Verdi, along with three other teammates, was expected to join the senior team permanently for the 2010–11 season.[8] Subsequently, Verdi signed his first professional contract with the club.[9] However, as his name was not included in the first team squad for the upcoming season on the official website,[10] he is likely to continue to play mainly in the youth team.[11]. In June 2011, Simone was linked with a season-long loan to English side Swindon Town.
International career
Verdi won his first international cap on 22 September 2010, being called-up by Italy U-19 to play a game against Serbia U-19.[12]
Statistics
As of 7 December 2010.
| Team | Season | Domestic League |
Domestic Cup |
European Competition1 |
Other Tournaments2 |
Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Milan | 2009–10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |
| 2010–11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career Total | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
1European competitions include the UEFA Champions League.
2Other tournaments include none to date.
References
- ^ "UEFA Champions League - Milan". uefa.com. Union of European Football Association. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
- ^ Maurizio Ferrari (3 August 2010). "Largo ai giovani". milannews.it (in Italian). Retrieved 4 August 2010.
- ^ "Esordienti Provinciali A 2003/2004". acmilan.com (in Italian). Associazione Calcio Milan. Archived from the original on 6 June 2004. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
- ^ "First Pippo, then Mathieu". acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. 13 January 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2010. [dead link]
- ^ "Bitter elimination". acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. 27 January 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2010. [dead link]
- ^ This year the youth team are even better! (Web TV production). Associazione Calcio Milan. 19 April 2010. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
- ^ "Il Milan del futuro vola con Verdi e Zigoni". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 15 April 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
- ^ "Berlusconi non molla, anche se Galliani capisce i tifosi: "Abituati a caviale e champagne"". goal.com (in Italian). 18 May 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
- ^ Pietro Mazzara (13 July 2010). "Milan, Fossati ha firmato e Verdi passa al contratto professionistico". milannews.it (in Italian). Retrieved 4 August 2010.
- ^ Pietro Mazzara (24 July 2010). "Verdi ed Albertazzi inseriti nella rosa della Primavera". milannews.it (in Italian). Retrieved 4 August 2010.
- ^ Pietro Mazzara (7 July 2010). "Per Verdi si profila una stagione tra Primavera e prima squadra". milannews.it (in Italian). Retrieved 4 August 2010.
- ^ "Simone Verdi". figc.it (in Italian). Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
External links
- Primavera squad list at official club website
- International caps at figc.it Template:It icon