Simone Santarelli

Simone Santarelli (born 7 September 1988) is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.

Simone Santarelli

Personal information
Date of birth	(1988-09-07) 7 September 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Rome, Italy
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Lazio
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2010	Lazio	0	(0)
2007–2008	→ Gallipoli (loan)	2	(0)
2010–2011	Foggia	20	(0)
International career
2004–2005	Italy U-17	2	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in Rome, Lazio, Santarelli is a supporter of S.S. Lazio and started his career in its youth teams. In 2007–08 season he moved to Gallipoli^[1] along with Lucas Correa, Daniele Greco and Matteo Merini. He was the understudy of Generoso Rossi along with Joachim Spina. He played twice in Serie C1 and played a few matches in Coppa Italia Serie C.^[2][3] He returned to Lazio on 1 July 2008 and later frozen by the club. He unable to train along with the first team and the club demanded a high transfer fee.^[4] On 5 August 2010 he signed a 1+1 contract with Prima Divisione team Foggia.^[5] Half of the matches was played by Santarelli, shared with Mihail Ivanov.

International career

Santarelli became an emergency third keeper for the Italy Under-17 side at 2005 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship. He replaced injured Paolo Tornaghi (himself replaced suspended Enrico Alfonso) to play for Bronze match, beaten the original third keeper Alberto Frison^[6] who also injured.^[7] He also selected to 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship.