Matteo Politano

Matteo Politano
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-08-03) 3 August 1993
Place of birth Rome, Italy
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position Right winger
Club information
Current team
 Sassuolo
Number 16
Youth career
2008–2012 Roma
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Roma 0 (0)
2012–2013 → Perugia (loan) 28 (8)
2013–2015 Pescara 72 (11)
2015– Sassuolo 35 (7)
National team‡
2011–2012 Italy U19[2] 4 (0)
2012–2014 Italy U20[2] 3 (1)
2013 Italy U21[2] 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 November 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 November 2014

Matteo Politano (born 3 August 1993) is an Italian footballer who plays as a winger for Serie A club Sassuolo.

Club career

Roma

Politano was a youth product of A.S. Roma as the winner of 2010 "Allievi" U17 league,[3] 2011 reserve league and 2012 Coppa Italia Primavera. He was the sixth scorer of Roma's reserve in 2011–12 season (7 goals), behind Tallo, Nicolás López, Gianluca Leonardi, Federico Viviani and Giammario Piscitella. In July 2012 Politano was loaned to Perugia.[4] Politano made his professional debut in 2012–13 Coppa Italia. He was the starting forward in 2012–13 Lega Pro Prima Divisione, with 3 goals in first 5 league matches in September.

Pescara

On 30 June 2013 Pescara signed Politano (€500,000) and Giammario Piscitella (€1.5 million) as part of the deal that Caprari returned to Roma (€2 million) ;[5][6][7][8] however, Caprari returned to Pescara again (€1.5 million) for Piscitella (€1.5 million) in January 2014.

On 27 June 2015 Roma bought back Politano for €601,000, with Caprari moved to Pescara outright for €125,000.[9][10]

Sassuolo

On 2 July 2015 Serie A club Sassuolo signed Politano in a temporary deal with an option to purchase.[11] In June 2016 Sassuolo excised the option.

International career

Politano received his first Italy U19 call-up against Italy U20 "C" in December 2011, he then played 2 times in 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship elite qualification (as the sub of Elio De Silvestro and one of starting XI respectively) [12] and two friendlies before the elite round.

On 5 November 2016, Politano was called up to the senior squad for the first time for 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification match against Liechtenstein and friendly match against Germany.[13]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.sassuolocalcio.it/articles/player_details.php?season=2013&competition=21&team=2182&player=153776
  2. 1 2 3 FIGC (Italian)
  3. ↑ "CAMPIONATI NAZIONALI ALLIEVI E GIOVANISSIMI: ROMA E MILAN VINCONO LO SCUDETTO 2009-2010" (in Italian). FIGC. 17 June 2010. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  4. ↑ "Calciomercato Perugia, Politano in prestito per un anno" [Football Transfer Perugia, Politano in one-year loan] (in Italian). AC Perugia Calcio. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  5. ↑ "Calciomercato e news" (in Italian). Delfino Pescara 1936. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  6. ↑ "Operazioni di mercato" (PDF) (in Italian). AS Roma. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  7. ↑ "Speciale calciomercato" (in Italian). Delfino Pescara 1936. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  8. ↑ "Esercizio Dei Diritti Di Opzione E Controopzione E Rapporti Di Partecipazione Ex Art. 102 Bis Noif" (PDF) (in Italian). AS Roma. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  9. ↑ "Alcuni movimenti del Pescara in questa prima fase di mercato" (in Italian). Delfino Pescara 1936. 27 June 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  10. ↑ "2015 RELAZIONE FINANZIARIA ANNUALE" (PDF) (in Italian). A.S. Roma. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  11. ↑ "Calciomercato: arriva Matteo Politano dalla Roma" (in Italian). U.S. Sassuolo Calcio. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  12. ↑ http://www.uefa.com/under19/season=2012/teams/player=250050381/index.html
  13. ↑ "Italy: Politano and Cataldi debut calls". football-italia.net. 5 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
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