Samuele Massolo
{{short description|Italian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Samuele Massolo
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|5|4}}{{Soccerway|samuele-massolo/354139}}
| birth_place = La Spezia, Italy
| position = Goalkeeper
| currentclub = Vicenza
| clubnumber = 1
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2016 | youthclubs1 = Sampdoria
| years1 = 2015–2017 | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | clubs1 = Sampdoria
| years2 = 2016–2017 | caps2 = 32 | goals2 = 0 | clubs2 = → Sanremese (loan)
| years3 = 2017–2020 | caps3 = 18 | goals3 = 0 | clubs3 = Virtus Entella
| years4 = 2020 | caps4 = 7 | goals4 = 0 | clubs4 = Sambenedettese
| years5 = 2020–2021 | caps5 = 2 | goals5 = 0 | clubs5 = Fermana
| years6 = 2021–2023 | caps6 = 15 | goals6 = 0 | clubs6 = Palermo
| years7 = 2023– | caps7 = 5 | goals7 = 0 | clubs7 = Vicenza
| club-update = 12 December 2024
| nationalteam-update =
}}
Samuele Massolo (born 4 May 1996) is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for {{Italian football updater|Vicenza}} club Vicenza.
Career
Massolo started his career with Sampdoria, where he was part of their youth system and was also handed a first-team number during the 2014–15 season.{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150730012327/https://www.sampdoria.it/en/first-team-and-staff/ |url=https://www.sampdoria.it/en/first-team-and-staff/ |publisher=U.C. Sampdoria |archive-date=30 July 2015 |title=First team and staff}}{{cite web |url=https://www.lacasadic.com/news-serie-c/massolo-palermo-chi-e-storia-11-maggio-2022/ |publisher=La Casa di C |date=12 May 2022 |accessdate=25 May 2022 |title=La storia di Massolo: dal passato con Correa e Muriel al sogno Serie B con il Palermo}}
He was successively loaned out to Serie D amateurs Sanremese,{{cite web |url=https://www.sampdorianews.net/calcio-mercato/massolo-passa-alla-sanremese-88167 |publisher=Sampdoria News |date=14 July 2016 |accessdate=25 May 2022 |title=Massolo passa alla Sanremese}} with whom he made his senior debut as a player, marking a total 32 appearances and 12 clean sheets during his stay at the club. His quality appearances won him interest from Serie B club Virtus Entella, who signed him permanently.
In January 2020, Massolo was signed by Serie C side Sambenedettese on a permanent deal.{{cite web |url=https://www.noisamb.it/2020/01/samb-arriva-massolo-e-parte-zaffagnini/ |publisher=Noisamb.it |date=8 January 2020 |accessdate=25 May 2022 |title=Samb, ufficiale: arriva Samuele Massolo}} After being released by Sambenedettese, he joined Serie C club Fermana in October 2020;{{cite web |url=https://www.ilmartino.it/2020/10/serie-c-fermana-arriva-lex-samb-massolo/ |publisher=Il Martino|date=6 October 2020 |accessdate=25 May 2022 |title=Serie C, Fermana: arriva l’ex Samb Massolo}}
In July 2021, Massolo signed for Serie C fallen giants Palermo, his signing being explicitly requested by head coach Giacomo Filippi, who had worked with him during his days as Roberto Boscaglia's assistant at Virtus Entella.{{cite web |url=https://www.goalsicilia.it/news/82303/Palermo-Massolo-Non-mi-aspettavo-la-chiamata-dei-rosanero-sono-qui-grazie-a-mister-Filippi-/ |publisher=Goalsicilia.it|date=21 July 2021 |accessdate=25 May 2022 |title=Palermo, Massolo: "Non mi aspettavo la chiamata dei rosanero, sono qui grazie a mister Filippi"}} Originally signed as an understudy to first choice goalkeeper Alberto Pelagotti, he started being occasionally featured in the starting lineup under new head coach Silvio Baldini, who then promoted him as the first choice goalkeeper for the promotion playoffs, which Palermo eventually won.
On 7 September 2022, he signed a contract extension until 30 June 2024.{{cite web |url=https://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/serie-b/ufficiale-palermo-samuele-massolo-rinnova-con-il-club-rosanero-fino-al-2024-1728056 |publisher=TuttoMercatoWeb |language=it |accessdate=6 November 2022 |date=7 September 2022 |title=Palermo, Samuele Massolo rinnova con il club rosanero fino al 2024}}
On 18 July 2023, after a single Serie B season as a reserve to Mirko Pigliacelli and no first-team appearances, Massolo left Palermo on a permanent transfer to join Serie C club Vicenza.{{cite web |url=https://www.palermofc.com/it/news/massolo-al-vicenza_38577/ |date=18 July 2023 |publisher=Palermo FC |accessdate=21 July 2023 |title=Massolo Al Vicenza}}
Career statistics
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{{updated|10 May 2024}}{{cite web |title=Italy - S. Massolo - Profile with news, career statistics and history |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/samuele-massolo/354139/matches/ |website=int.soccerway.com |access-date=24 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526001252/https://uk.soccerway.com/players/samuele-massolo/354139/matches/ |archive-date=May 26, 2022 |language=en |url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tuttocalciatori.net/Massolo_Samuele|title=Massolo Samuele|website=TuttoCalciatoriNet}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | |||||||
| rowspan="2" | Club
! rowspan="2" | Season ! colspan="3" | League ! colspan="2" | National cup ! colspan="2" | Other ! colspan="2" | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division
!Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Sanremese
|34 | 0 | 1Coppa Italia Serie D. [https://www.lastampa.it/imperia-sanremo/2017/02/21/news/argentina-la-beffa-non-fa-maleil-sanremo-ha-la-pareggite-1.34657381/] | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 35 | 0 | |
| rowspan="4"|Virtus Entella
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018–19
|15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=fn1}} | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 2019–20
|Serie B |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Sambenedettese (loan)
|rowspan="3"|Serie C |7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Fermana
|2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| rowspan=2|Palermo
|7 | 0 | 2Coppa Italia Serie C. [https://www.goalsicilia.it/news/84719/Coppa-Italia-Serie-C-Palermo-Monopoli-2-1-game-over-al-Barbera-Il-tabellino/][https://www.goalsicilia.it/news/87127/Catanzaro-Palermo-1-0-il-finale-Il-tabellino/] | 0 | 8{{efn|name=fn2}} | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 2022–23
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vicenza
|Serie C |3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!68 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 83 | 0 |
{{notelist|refs=
{{efn|name=fn1|All appearance(s) in Supercoppa di Serie C.}}
{{efn|name=fn2|All appearance(s) in promotion play-offs.}}
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{LR Vicenza squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Massolo, Samuele}}
Category:Footballers from La Spezia
Category:Italian men's footballers
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers