Andrea De Paoli

{{short description|Italian professional footballer (born 1999)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Andrea De Paoli

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|8|6|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Genoa, Italy

| height = {{convert|1.85|m|order=flip}}

| position = Forward

| currentclub = Catania
(on loan from Giugliano)

| clubnumber = 11

| youthyears1 = 2016–2017 | youthclubs1 = Brescia

| youthyears2 = 2017–2018 | youthclubs2 = Genoa

| youthyears3 = 2018 | youthclubs3 = Ternana

| years1 = 2018–2019 | caps1 = 4 | goals1 = 1 | clubs1 = Sambenedettese

| years2 = 2019–2020 | caps2 = 28 | goals2 = 4 | clubs2 = Rieti

| years3 = 2020–2021 | caps3 = 12 | goals3 = 1 | clubs3 = Cavese

| years4 = 2021–2022 | caps4 = 15 | goals4 = 6 | clubs4 = Monopoli

| years5 = 2021–2022 | caps5 = 15 | goals5 = 0 | clubs5 = → Ascoli (loan)

| years6 = 2022–2023 | caps6 = 0 | goals6 = 0 | clubs6 = Ascoli

| years7 = 2022–2023 | caps7 = 12 | goals7 = 1 | clubs7 = → Siena (loan)

| years8 = 2023–2024 | caps8 = 19 | goals8 = 0 | clubs8 = Monopoli

| years9 = 2024– | caps9 = 21 | goals9 = 1 | clubs9 = Giugliano

| years10 = 2025– | caps10 = 0 | goals10 = 0 | clubs10 = → Catania (loan)

| club-update = 31 January 2025

| nationalteam-update =

}}

Andrea De Paoli (born 6 August 1999), is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for {{Italian football updater|Catania}} club Catania on loan from Giugliano.

He can play as central striker or a wing.{{TuttoCalciatori |De_Paoli_Andrea}}

Early career

He was born in Genoa and was signed by Genoa in 2017. In the meantime he studied until he reached the diploma of the Linguistic Lyceum.

Club career

After a short loan to Ternana, his first experience in professional football was in San Benedetto del Tronto (Serie C) in 2018 with the Sambenedettese team in which he scored a goal on his debut but a muscle injury made that year difficult.

In 2019 he played a starter with the Rieti team, playing all the games of the Championship until the stop required by the Covid pandemic (March 2020).

On 1 July 2020 he signed a 3-year contract with Cavese.{{cite web|publisher=Cavese|url=https://www.cavese1919.it/andrea-de-paoli-nuovo-attaccante-aquilotto/|title=ANDREA DE PAOLI, NUOVO ATTACCANTE AQUILOTTO|date=1 July 2020|language=Italian}}

On 1 February 2021 he joined Monopoli on a 1.5-year contract.{{cite web|publisher=Monopoli|url=http://www.monopolicalcio.it/1966/andrea-de-paoli-e-un-nuovo-calciatore-del-monopoli/|title=ANDREA DE PAOLI È UN NUOVO CALCIATORE DEL MONOPOLI|date=1 February 2021|language=it}}

On 24 August 2021, he moved to Serie B club Ascoli on loan with an obligation to buy.{{cite web|publisher=Ascoli|url=https://www.ascolicalcio1898.it/calciomercato-asse-ascoli-monopoli-dagostino-in-puglia-de-paoli-in-bianconero/|title=#CALCIOMERCATO ASSE ASCOLI-MONOPOLI: D’AGOSTINO IN PUGLIA, DE PAOLI IN BIANCONERO.|date=24 August 2021|accessdate=29 October 2021|language=it}}

On 29 July 2023, De Paoli returned to Monopoli on a two-year deal.{{cite web|publisher=Monopoli|url=http://www.monopolicalcio.it/1966/andrea-de-paoli-torna-in-biancoverde/|title=Andrea De Paoli torna in biancoverde|trans-title=Andrea De Paoli is back in green and white|date=29 July 2023|access-date=18 August 2023|language=it}}