Wladimiro Falcone

Wladimiro Falcone (born 12 April 1995) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Sampdoria.

Wladimiro Falcone
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-04-12) 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
0000–2014 Sampdoria
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014– Sampdoria 0 (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 14:24, 12 August 2019 (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]

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
  1. Sampdoria profile (in Italian)
  2. FIGC (in Italian)
  3. Fullsoccer (in Italian)
  4. "Falcone e Rolando passano in prestito al Calcio Como" (in Italian). U.C. Sampdoria. 1 August 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  5. "Wladimiro Falcone: nuova forza tra i pali del Como" (in Italian). Calcio Como. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  6. "Wladimiro Falcone al Savona a titolo temporaneo" (in Italian). U.C. Sampdoria. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  7. "Tre volti nuovi per il Savona Fbc" (in Italian). Savona F.B.C. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  8. "Falcone passa al Livorno a titolo temporaneo" (in Italian). U.C. Sampdoria. 9 July 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  9. "Ufficiale: arriva Falcone dall'U.C. Sampdoria" (in Italian). Bassano Virtus 55 S.T. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  10. "Ufficiale : Arriva in rossoblu Falcone" (in Italian). U.S. Gavorrano. 13 January 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
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