Simone Franciosi

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Simone Franciosi

| fullname = Simone Franciosi

| image = SVK vs. SMR 2024 San Marino Nr. 13 Franciosi.jpg

| caption = Franciosi with San Marino against Slovakia (2024)

| height =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|2001|9|3}}

| birth_place = San Marino

| position = Defender

| currentclub = Pietracuta

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = –2019

| youthclubs1 = San Marino Academy

| years1 = 2019–2021

| clubs1 = A.C.D. Torconca

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 2021

| clubs2 = Juvenes/Dogana

| caps2 = 7

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2021–2022

| clubs3 = A.C.D. Torconca

| caps3 =

| goals3 =

| years4 = 2022–2023

| clubs4 = A.S.D. Valfoglia

| caps4 =

| goals4 =

| years5 = 2023–

| clubs5 = Pietracuta

| caps5 =

| goals5 =

| nationalyears1 = 2017

| nationalteam1 = San Marino U17

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2018–2019

| nationalteam2 = San Marino U19

| nationalcaps2 = 6

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2019–2022

| nationalteam3 = San Marino U21

| nationalcaps3 = 16

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| nationalyears4 = 2022–

| nationalteam4 = San Marino

| nationalcaps4 = 10

| nationalgoals4 = 1

| pcupdate = 6 September 2023

| ntupdate = 14 October 2024

}}

Simone Franciosi (born 3 September 2001) is a Sammarinese footballer who plays as a defender for Pietracuta in Italy and the San Marino national team.

Career

Franciosi made his international debut for San Marino on 26 September 2022 in a UEFA Nations League match against Estonia, which finished as a 0–4 home loss.{{cite web |url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=32067 |title=Simone Franciosi |website=EU-Football.info |access-date=21 November 2022}} He scored his first international goal in a 1–3 defeat against Kazakhstan on 17 November 2023.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/67376193|title=San Marino score in back-to-back games for first time in 18 years|work=BBC Sport }}

Career statistics

=International=

colspan=3\|San Marino
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Year	Apps	Goals
2022	2	0
2023	7	1
2024	1	0
Total	10	1

=International goals=

:''As of match played 17 November 2023. San Marino score listed first, score column indicates score after each Franciosi goal.

Personal life

Franciosi is a student by day.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/38519669/|title=San Marino haven't won since 2004 and are world's worst team, but they're not giving up |date=11 October 2023|accessdate=13 December 2023|publisher=ESPN}}

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scope=row style=text-align:center\|1 \|17 November 2023\|\|Astana Arena, Astana, Kazakhstan\|\|align=center\|8\|\|{{fb\|KAZ}}\|\|align=center\|1–2\|\|align=center\|1–3\|\|UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

|+ International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition

scope=col|No.

!scope=col|Date

!scope=col|Venue

!scope=col|Cap

!scope=col|Opponent

!scope=col|Score

!scope=col|Result

!scope=col|Competition

scope=row style=text-align:center|1

|17 November 2023||Astana Arena, Astana, Kazakhstan||align=center|8||{{fb|KAZ}}||align=center|1–2||align=center|1–3||UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying