Gabriel Meli

Gabriel Manuel Meli (born 5 February 1999) is an Italian football player. He plays for Empoli.

Gabriel Meli
Personal information
Full name Gabriel Manuel Meli
Date of birth (1999-02-05) 5 February 1999
Place of birth Bagno a Ripoli, Italy
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Empoli
Number -
Youth career
0000–2012 Prato
2012–2018 Empoli
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– Empoli 0 (0)
2018–2019 → Pistoiese (loan) 21 (0)
2020 → Rimini (loan) 5 (0)
National team‡
2015–2016 Italy U17 2 (0)
2016–2017 Italy U18 5 (0)
2017 Italy U19 1 (0)
2018 Italy U20 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 August 2018

Club career

Empoli

Meli is a youth product of Empoli youth system. He made his first appearance for the team as an un-used substitute for the last matches of the 2015–16 season, he made also other bench appearances in the 2016–17 and 2017–18 seasons, but he never appeared on the field. Meli also won the 2017–18 Serie B title.

Loan to Pistoiese

On 18 July 2018, Meli was loaned to Serie C club Pistoiese on a 2-year loan deal.[1] On 26 September he made his professional debut in Serie C debut for Pistoiese in a 3–3 away draw against Pro Piacenza.[2] On 3 November he kept his first clean sheet for Pistoiese in a 0–0 home draw against Alessandria.[3] Eight days later, he kept his second consecutive clean sheet in a 0–0 away draw against Cuneo.[4] One week later, on 18 November, he kept his third clean sheet in a 2–0 home win over Piacenza.[5] Meli ended his season-long loan to Pistoiese with 21 appearances, 5 clean sheets and 27 goals concended.[6] Empoli recalled him from loan early, at the end of the first season.[7]

Loan to Rimini

On 21 January 2020, he joined Serie C club Rimini on loan until the end of the season.[8] Five days later, on 26 January, Meli made his debut for Rimini in a 3–1 home defeat against Vicenza Virtus.[9] On 15 February he kept his first clean sheet for the club in a 2-0 home win over Modena and one week later, on 22 February, he kept his second clean sheet in a 0-0 away draw against Virtus Verona.[10][11] Meli ended his 6-month loan to Rimini with 5 appearances, 6 goals conceded and 2 clean sheet, however at the end of the season Rimini was relegated in Serie D.[6]

International

Meli was part of the Italy squad at the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, but stayed on the bench in all games behind the first-choice goalkeeper Alessandro Plizzari.

Career statistics

Club
As of 22 July 2020
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Pistoiese (loan) 2018–19 Serie C 21 0 0 0 — — 21 0
Rimini (loan) 2019–20 Serie C 5 0 — — — 5 0
Career total 26 0 0 0 — — 26 0

Honours

Club

Empoli

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References
  1. "UFFICIALE: Pistoiese, in prestito biennale arriva Meli - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". Retrieved 2018-11-27.
  2. "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 26 September 2018.
  3. "Pistoiese vs. Alessandria - 3 November 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
  4. "Cuneo vs. Pistoiese - 11 November 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
  5. "Pistoiese vs. Piacenza - 18 November 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
  6. Gabriel Meli at Soccerway
  7. "È arancione il centrocampista Alessandro Bordin. Il portiere Meli torna all'Empoli" (Press release) (in Italian). Pistoiese. 30 June 2019.
  8. "GABRIEL MELI IN BIANCOROSSO" (Press release) (in Italian). Rimini. 21 January 2020.
  9. "Rimini vs. Vicenza Virtus - 26 January 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  10. "Rimini vs. Modena - 15 February 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  11. "Virtus Verona vs. Rimini - 22 February 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-07-22.


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