Wladimiro Falcone
Wladimiro Falcone (born 12 April 1995) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Sampdoria.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 12 April 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Rome, Italy | ||
Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[1] | ||
Playing position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Sampdoria | ||
Number | 30 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2014 | Sampdoria | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014– | Sampdoria | 2 | (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) |
National team‡ | |||
2012–2013 | Italy U18[2] | 7 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Italy U19[2] | 1 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Italy U20[2] | 4 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:22, 16 August 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 March 2018 |
Club career
Sampdoria
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
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] then 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]
International career
Falcone was a second-choice keeper for the Italy U19 side during 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, behind Pierluigi Gollini.
References
- Sampdoria profile (in Italian)
- FIGC (in Italian)
- Fullsoccer (in Italian)
- "Falcone e Rolando passano in prestito al Calcio Como" (in Italian). U.C. Sampdoria. 1 August 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- "Wladimiro Falcone: nuova forza tra i pali del Como" (in Italian). Calcio Como. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- "Wladimiro Falcone al Savona a titolo temporaneo" (in Italian). U.C. Sampdoria. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- "Tre volti nuovi per il Savona Fbc" (in Italian). Savona F.B.C. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- "Falcone passa al Livorno a titolo temporaneo" (in Italian). U.C. Sampdoria. 9 July 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- "Ufficiale: arriva Falcone dall'U.C. Sampdoria" (in Italian). Bassano Virtus 55 S.T. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- "Ufficiale : Arriva in rossoblu Falcone" (in Italian). U.S. Gavorrano. 13 January 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- "Dalla Sampdoria arriva in prestito il portiere Falcone" (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.