Wladimiro Falcone
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 Falcone in 2023 with Lecce | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 12 April 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Rome, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lecce | ||
| Number | 30 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2014 | Sampdoria | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2023 | Sampdoria | 12 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | → Como (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Savona (loan) | 29 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → Livorno (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Bassano Virtus (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Gavorrano (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Lucchese (loan) | 41 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → Cosenza (loan) | 36 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Lecce (loan) | 38 | (0) |
| 2023– | Lecce | 2 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012–2013 | Italy U18[2] | 7 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Italy U19[2] | 1 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Italy U20[2] | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 August 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 March 2018 | |||
Wladimiro Falcone (born 12 April 1995) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Lecce.
Club career[edit]
Sampdoria[edit]
Born in Rome, Falcone is a youth product of Ligurian club Sampdoria. He was the first choice of their reserve team from 2012 to 2014,[3] while also appearing as unused bench for the first team.
Loans[edit]
On 25 July 2014, Falcone was signed by Lega Pro club Como in a temporary deal.[4][5] The club won promotion to Serie B in 2015 as the promotion playoffs winner.
On 20 July 2015, he was signed by another third-level club, Savona, in a temporary deal.[6][7]
On 9 July 2016, he left Samp once again for Livorno in another temporary deal.[8] The club was relegated from Serie B to Lega Pro in 2016. On 31 January 2017, he returned to Sampdoria.
In July 2017, he joined Bassano on loan.[9] But in January 2018, he left for Gavorrano.[10] Later he went to Lucchese on loan.[11]
Return and loan to Cosenza[edit]
On 2019 he came back to Sampdoria, and he made his debut for the club on 29 July 2020 in a 1–4 loss against Milan.[12]
On 29 August 2020, he extended his contract for Sampdoria until 2024; on the same day he went to Cosenza on a season loan.[13][14]
During the whole 2020-21 season, Falcone established himself as the first-choice goalkeeper of the Silani and repeatedly stole the scene thanks to his performances,[15] although he couldn't help Cosenza avoid relegation, as a 9-point gap between them and Ascoli allowed the latter team to stay in the second tier without playing a relegation play-out.[16]
Loan to Lecce[edit]
On 17 July 2022, Falcone joined recently-promoted to Serie A side Lecce on a season-long loan.[17] That season, he played all available minutes in the league, helping Lecce avoid relegation to Serie B.[18]
Lecce[edit]
On 27 July 2023, Lecce announced the permanent signing of Falcone on a five-year contract,[19] for a reported fee of €4 million.[20]
International career[edit]
In 2014, Falcone was a second-choice keeper for Italy's U-19 side during the qualifiers for the UEFA European Under-19 Championship, behind Pierluigi Gollini.
On 17 March 2023, Falcone received his first official callup to the senior Italy national team for two UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches against England and Malta.[21]
References[edit]
- ^ Sampdoria profile (in Italian)
- ^ a b c FIGC (in Italian)
- ^ Fullsoccer (in Italian)
- ^ "Falcone e Rolando passano in prestito al Calcio Como" (Press release) (in Italian). U.C. Sampdoria. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- ^ "Wladimiro Falcone: nuova forza tra i pali del Como" (Press release) (in Italian). Calcio Como. 25 July 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- ^ "Wladimiro Falcone al Savona a titolo temporaneo" (Press release) (in Italian). U.C. Sampdoria. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- ^ "Tre volti nuovi per il Savona Fbc" (Press release) (in Italian). Savona F.B.C. 20 July 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ^ "Falcone passa al Livorno a titolo temporaneo" (Press release) (in Italian). U.C. Sampdoria. 9 July 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ "Ufficiale: arriva Falcone dall'U.C. Sampdoria" (Press release) (in Italian). Bassano Virtus 55 S.T. 4 July 2017. Archived from the original on 6 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ "Ufficiale : Arriva in rossoblu Falcone" (Press release) (in Italian). U.S. Gavorrano. 13 January 2018. Archived from the original on 14 January 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ "Dalla Sampdoria arriva in prestito il portiere Falcone" (Press release) (in Italian). S.S.D. Lucchese 1905. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
- ^ "Sampdoria-Milan 1-4: doppio Ibrahimovic, sesto posto blindato" (in Italian). la Repubblica. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
- ^ "Falcone passa al Cosenza a titolo temporaneo" (Press release) (in Italian). U.C. Sampdoria. 29 August 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ^ "Wladimiro Falcone è il nuovo portiere dei lupi" (Press release) (in Italian). Calcio Cosenza. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ^ Siotto, Paolo (16 March 2021). "Chi è Wladimiro Falcone, portiere per il futuro della Sampdoria". SerieBnews.com (in Italian). Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ Ponti, Mariacristina (12 May 2021). "Calciomercato, Falcone lascia Cosenza | È lui l'erede in Serie A". SerieBnews.com (in Italian). Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ "FALCONE E ASKILDSEN IN GIALLOROSSO" (in Italian). Lecce. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
- ^ "Italy - W. Falcone - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ "Wladimiro Falcone è un calciatore del Lecce" [Wladimiro Falcone is a Lecce footballer]. U.S. Lecce (in Italian). 27 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ "UFFICIALE: Wladimiro Falcone è un calciatore del Lecce" [OFFICIAL: Wladimiro Falcone is a Lecce footballer]. PianetaLecce. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ "Nazionale, Mancini chiama l'argentino Retegui. Prima anche Falcone e Buongiorno" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 17 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
External links[edit]
- Wladimiro Falcone at Soccerway