Lorenzo De Silvestri

Lorenzo De Silvestri (Italian pronunciation: [loˈrɛntso de silˈvɛstri]; born 23 May 1988) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Bologna. He is an offensive full-back with an imposing physique; although naturally a right-back, he is capable of playing on either flank as well as in the middle.[3]

Lorenzo De Silvestri
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-05-23) 23 May 1988
Place of birth Rome, Italy
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Club information
Current team
 Bologna
Number 29
Youth career
Lazio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 Lazio 47 (0)
2009–2014 Fiorentina 74 (2)
2012–2014 → Sampdoria (loan) 59 (4)
2014–2016 Sampdoria 50 (5)
2016–2020 Torino 112 (8)
2020– Bologna 5 (1)
National team‡
2003–2004 Italy U-16 18 (1)
2003–2005 Italy U-17 18 (3)
2005 Italy U-18 2 (0)
2005–2007 Italy U-19 10 (0)
2006 Italy U-20 1 (0)
2007–2010 Italy U-21[1] 11 (0)
2008 Olympic Italy 6[2] (0)
2010– Italy 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:37, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2016

Club career

Lazio

Born in Rome, De Silvestri is a product of the highly successful Lazio youth system. He was promoted to the senior team during the 2006–07 season, during which he made his first two league appearances.

His first senior appearance was a match in the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 2005 at the age of 17. His debut in Italian competition came a year later, during a 4–0 Coppa Italia victory over Rende, scoring the fourth goal of the match.

De Silvestri then made his Serie A debut coming on as a substitute, in a 1–0 home loss to Fiorentina, on 22 April 2007. He then made his first start in the penultimate match of the season at the Stadio Olimpico against Parma.

During the 2007–08 season, De Silvestri established himself as a regular in the Lazio side with several impressive performances as an attacking right-back. He made 24 league appearances, as well as six in the UEFA Champions League, three as a starter and three as a substitute.

In 2007, he signed a contract renewal with the club believed to be worth around €350,000, keeping him at Formello until 2010. On 19 November 2007, English football magazine World Soccer included De Silvestri in their list of the 50 most promising talents. He and Andrea Russotto were the only Italians to make the list.[4]

On 19 December 2007, just over a year after his debut goal against Rende, De Silvestri scored again in the Coppa Italia, this time against Napoli. He dedicated his goal to his close friend and fellow Lazio fan Gabriele Sandri, who was shot dead by a policeman at a service area near Arezzo. Since making his debut, De Silvestri has continued to improve the technical and tactical aspects of his game under the guidance of manager Delio Rossi. However a number of disagreement between De Silvestri and his club arose, most notably regarding difficult talks regarding the extension to his contract with Lazio. He also endured a frustrating 2008–09 season playing deputy to new signing Stephan Lichtsteiner and started in only 13 league matches. Due to the contract wrangles and his failure to dislodge Lichtsteiner, led to him being put on sale during the 2009 summer transfer window.

Fiorentina
De Silvestri in a Fiorentina jersey

On 26 August 2009, ACF Fiorentina signed the right-back from S.S. Lazio on a five-year deal, he was presented to the press in Florence on 27 August; on successive declarations, De Silvestri stated he had reluctantly decided to leave his favourite club due to his strained relationship with president Claudio Lotito.[5] After an injury that prevented him from appearing in the early weeks of the season, De Silvestri became a regular under head coach Cesare Prandelli and completed the 2009–10 campaign with a total 27 appearances. Under new Fiorentina boss Siniša Mihajlović, De Silvestri was originally confirmed as a regular, but successively lost his place as a starter in favour of Gianluca Comotto after the poor performance the team. However, he re-took the starting position (right-back) after the winter break. He also played the last matches before the winter break as starting left-back to replace the unavailable Manuel Pasqual.

Sampdoria

On 16 July 2012, De Silvestri was officially loaned to Sampdoria for the 2012–13 season, with Sampdoria having the option to sign him in full following the season.[6] He made his début as a second-half substitute for Gianni Munari against Napoli on 30 September 2012. On 8 May 2013, De Silvestri scored his first goal for Sampdoria by opening the scores in the 1–1 draw against Catania. Following the end of the season, his loan spell was extended for a further season on 12 July 2013.[7] On 18 June 2014, Sampdoria acquired 50% registration rights of De Silvestri.[8] On 25 June 2015 Sampdoria acquired him outright.[9]

Torino

On 18 August 2016, De Silvestri was signed by Serie A rivals Torino for a reported transfer fee of €3.6 million plus bonuses.[10][11]

Bologna

On 17 September 2020, De Silvestri signed with Bologna for free.[12]

International career

De Silvestri made his international debut at the U-16 level in June 2003, the team was mainly consist of born 1987 players aiming for 2004 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship.

He made his U-21 debut on 11 September 2007 against Albania. He was the youngest player in the squad for Italy's victorious 2008 Toulon Tournament campaign, and also, subsequently, at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Although he played in several of the 2009 European Championship qualifiers, he did not make the 23-man squad for the tournament. After the tournament, he became first-choice and was appointed captain. He was suspended in the playoffs against Belarus in 2011 season.

On 7 September 2010, he made his debut with the Italy national team in a qualification match against Faroe Islands. Italy won the game with 5–0. De Silvestri played the full 90 minutes.[13] On 12 June 2015, he sustained an injury in a 1–1 away draw against Croatia, in a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match.[14]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 24 October 2020[15][16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lazio2006-072000——20
2007–08240006[lower-alpha 1]0—300
2008–0921010——220
Total 4701060—540
Fiorentina2009–10261305[lower-alpha 1]0—341
2010–1126120——281
2011–1222020——240
Total 7427050—862
Sampdoria2012–1324210——252
2013–1435210——362
2014–1533420——354
2015–1617100——171
2016–170010——10
Total 109950——1149
Torino2016–1716120——181
2017–1835542——397
2018–1932220——342
2019–202902162—373
Total 112810362—12813
Bologna2020–215100——51
Career Total 34720233172—38725
  1. All appearances in UEFA Champions League

International
As of 29 March 2016.[17]
Italy national team
YearAppsGoals
201010
201310
201410
201510
201620
Total60

Honours

Club

Lazio

International

Italy U-21

References
  1. FIGC Archive missed the following games: BIH and Hungary
  2. 4 in Toulon Tournament 2 in Olympic
  3. Fabio Ferri (24 August 2009). "De Silvestri è il nuovo terzino destro della Fiorentina" [De Silvestri is Fiorentina's new right-back] (in Italian). Il Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  4. "Il Baby d'Oro" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  5. "Acquisito De Silvestri" (in Italian). Viola Channel. 26 August 2009.
  6. "COLPO SAMP: DALLA FIORENTINA ARRIVA LORENZO DE SILVESTRI" (in Italian). U.C. Sampdoria. 16 July 2012. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012.
  7. "De Silvestri alla Sampdoria" (in Italian). ACF Fiorentina. 12 July 2013.
  8. "Ufficiale: Esercitata l'opzione per l'acquisizione di Lorenzo de Silvestri" (in Italian). U.C. Sampdoria. 18 June 2014. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  9. "Lollo blucerchiato: De Silvestri è un calciatore della Sampdoria" (in Italian). U.C. Sampdoria. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  10. "Torino, De Silvestri per la difesa: alla". Gazzetta Dello Sport (in Italian). 17 August 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  11. "Official: De Silvestri to Torino". Football Italia. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  12. "UFFICIALE: Lorenzo De Silvestri è un nuovo terzino del Bologna".
  13. "Italy vs. Faroe Islands 5 - 0". Soccerway. 7 September 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  14. "De Silvestri and Buffon injuries". Football Italia. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  15. Lorenzo De Silvestri at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  16. "Lorenzo de Silvestri ESPN Profile". ESPN. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  17. "Lorenzo De Silvestri". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
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