Stefano Greco

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Stefano Greco
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-02-21) 21 February 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Galatina, Italy
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Gubbio
Number 77
Youth career
Sporting Soleto
Lecce
2015–2019 Roma
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2022 Roma 0 (0)
2019–2020Vibonese (loan) 20 (0)
2020–2021Pro Patria (loan) 34 (0)
2021–2022Potenza (loan) 11 (0)
2023– Gubbio 0 (0)
International career
2014 Italy U15 4 (0)
2014–2015 Italy U16 11 (0)
2015 Italy U17 5 (0)
2016 Italy U18 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 April 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 October 2016

Stefano Greco (born 21 February 1999) is an Italian football player who plays for Serie C Group B club Gubbio.

Club career[edit]

Roma[edit]

He is a product of Roma youth teams and started appearing for their Under-19 squad in the 2016–17 season.[1]

He first appeared for Roma's senior squad on 14 July 2018 in a pre-season friendly against Latina.[2] He was called up to the senior squad on several occasions in the 2018–19 Serie A seasons, but did not make any appearances.

Loan to Vibonese[edit]

On 18 July 2019, Greco was loaned to Serie C club Vibonese on a season-long loan deal.[3] He made his professional Serie C debut for Vibonese on 25 August 2019 in a season-starting game, a 1–0 away defeat against Monopoli.[4] He established himself as Vibonese first-choice goalkeeper early in the season. Three weeks later, on 15 September, Greco kept his first clean sheet for the club, a 3–0 home win over Rende.[5] Greco ended his season-long loan to Vibonese with 20 appearances, 30 goals conceded and only 1 clean sheet and he also remaining an unused substitute for 9 other league matches.[6]

Loan to Pro Patria[edit]

On 12 August 2020, Greco was signed by Serie C club Pro Patria on a season-long loan deal.[7] On 27 September he made his debut for the club and he also kept his first clean sheet in a 0–0 away draw against Carrarese.[8] Ten days later, on 7 October, he kept his second clean sheet in a 1–0 away win over Olbia, and on 10 October, his third in a 0–0 home draw against Pistoiese.[9][10] Greco helped the club to reach the play-off, however the club lost 3–1 against Juventus U23 in the first round and he ended his season-long loan with 35 appearances, 27 goals conceded and 18 clean sheets.[6]

Gubbio[edit]

On 9 February 2023, Greco signed with Gubbio.[11]

International career[edit]

He was first called up to represent his country in 2014 with the Under-15 squad.[12]

He later appeared for Under-16, Under-17 and Under-18 squads, all in friendlies. He was not selected for the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squad despite receiving call-ups at qualification stage.

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of 22 May 2021
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vibonese (loan) 2019–20 Serie C 20 0 0 0 20 0
Pro Patria (loan) 2020–21 Serie C 34 0 0 0 1[a] 0 35 0
Career total 54 0 0 0 1 0 55 0
  1. ^ All appearance(s) in Serie C play-off.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Stefano Greco at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
  2. ^ "Latina v Roma game report". Sky Sports. 14 July 2018.
  3. ^ "CALCIOMERCATO UFFICIALE A Vibo il portiere Stefano Greco ed il centrocampista Luigi Mendola" (Press release) (in Italian). Vibonese. 18 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Monopoli v Vibonese game report". Soccerway. 25 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Vibonese vs. Rende - 15 September 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
  6. ^ a b "Italy - S. Greco - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
  7. ^ "UFFICIALE: Pro Patria, arriva il portiere Greco in prestito dalla Roma - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". www.tuttomercatoweb.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-08-19.
  8. ^ "Carrarese vs. Pro Patria - 27 September 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  9. ^ "Olbia vs. Pro Patria - 7 October 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  10. ^ "Pro Patria vs. Pistoiese - 11 October 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
  11. ^ "Il portiere Stefano Greco alla corte di Piero Braglia" (in Italian). A.S. Gubbio 1910. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  12. ^ "Greco Italy U15 profile by FIGC" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. Retrieved 2 October 2019.

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