Alex Meret

Alex Meret
Meret in 2017
Personal information
Full name Alex Meret
Date of birth (1997-03-22) 22 March 1997
Place of birth Udine, Italy[1]
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Napoli
Number 1
Youth career
2007–2012 Donatello Calcio[3]
2012-2015 Udinese
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Udinese 0 (0)
2016–2017 → SPAL (loan) 30 (0)
2017–2018 → SPAL (loan) 13 (0)
2018– Napoli 0 (0)
National team‡
2012-2013 Italy U16 4 (0)
2013–2014 Italy U17 13 (0)
2014 Italy U18 2 (0)
2014–2016 Italy U19 19 (0)
2018 Italy U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 June 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 June 2018

Alex Meret (Italian pronunciation: [ˈaleks meˈret]; born 22 March 1997) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Napoli.

Born in Udine, Meret began his career at an early age with amateur club Donatello Calcio before making a switch to the famous Udinese youth system in 2012. After rising through the academy system at the club before he made his senior debut in 2015. He has represented Italy at U16, U17, U18, U19 and U21 levels and has been called up to the Italian senior squad on a few occasions.

Club career

An Udinese youth product, Meret was promoted to the first team as second-choice goalkeeper behind Orestis Karnezis during the 2015–16 season. He made his senior professional debut on 2 December 2015 in the Coppa Italia against Atalanta.[4]

In July 2016, Meret was sent on loan to Serie B club SPAL.[5] He returned to SPAL on loan for the 2017–18 season.[6]

Napoli

On 5 July 2018, Meret signed with Napoli until 30 June 2023. The transfer fee agreed with Udinese was reported as €35 million.[7][8]

International career

Meret was a crucial member in the Italian U19 national team which took part in the 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, finishing as runner-up after losing in the final; he was named in the team of the tournament alongside Kylian Mbappé of France.[9][10]

In March 2017, following impressive performances for SPAL in Serie B, he was called up to the Italy squad for the World Cup qualification by then-coach Antonio Conte for a match against Albania and a friendly against the Netherlands.[11]

On 22 March 2018, he made his debut with the Italy U21 team, playing as starter in a friendly match against Norway.[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of 29 June 2018[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Udinese 2015–16 Serie A 0020——20
S.P.A.L. (loan) 2016–17 Serie B 30020——320
2017–18 Serie A 13000——130
Total 430200000450
Career total 430400000470

Honours

Club

S.P.A.L

International

Italy U19

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "La Juventus segue da vicino Alex Meret: sarà lui l'erede di Buffon?" (in Italian). Eurosport. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "player summary:alex meret". Worldfootball. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "Alex Meret(In Italian)". calcionapoli24. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Udinese vs. Atalanta - 2 December 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
  5. ↑ Stefano Manfredini (6 July 2016). "Meret loaned to Spal" (in Italian). Il Resto del Carlino. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "Meret return to Ferrara". goal.com. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  7. ↑ Gladwell, Ben (5 July 2018). "Napoli sign Fabian Ruiz from Real Betis and Alex Meret from Udinese". ESPN FC. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  8. ↑ "Meret arrives for Napoli". Football Italia. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  9. 1 2 "France cruise past Italy to win European Under-19 final". ESPN. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  10. 1 2 "The UEFA technical team Team of the Tournament". UEFA.com. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  11. ↑ "Italy: New faces for Albania and Holland". Football Italia. 18 March 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  12. ↑ "A piece of magic from Vido as Norway friendly ends 1-1". Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  13. ↑ "Alex Meret » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  14. ↑ "SPAL promoted to Serie A". Football Italia. 13 May 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
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