Simone Colombi
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 July 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Seriate, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Virtus Entella | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Atalanta | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2014 | Atalanta | 0 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | → Pergocrema (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Alessandria (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | → Juve Stabia (loan) | 39 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | → Modena (loan) | 36 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | → Padova (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Carpi (loan) | 20 | (0) |
| 2014–2017 | Cagliari | 3 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Palermo (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → Carpi (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Carpi | 58 | (0) |
| 2019–2022 | Parma | 9 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Reggina | 26 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | Rimini | 49 | (0) |
| 2025– | Virtus Entella | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007–2008 | Italy U17 | 5 | (0) |
| 2008–2010 | Italy U19 | 16 | (0) |
| 2010 | Italy U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Italy U21 | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 2 July 2013 | |||
Simone Colombi (born 1 July 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie B club Virtus Entella.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Atalanta
[edit | edit source]Born in Seriate, the province of Bergamo, Colombi started his career with hometown club Atalanta Bergamo. He was awarded number 91 shirt in 2008–09 season, as third keeper behind Ferdinando Coppola and Andrea Consigli.[1]
In June 2009, he left for Lega Pro Prima Divisione club Pergocrema.[2] He was the first-choice keeper of Pergocrema until the arrival of Enrico Rossi in February. He regained his place in starting 11 in the return leg of relegation tie-breaker, which the team 1–1 draw with Pro Patria and 3–3 tie in aggregate and won the play-out by more away goal.
In August 2010, he left for fellow Lega Pro club Alessandria via Atalanta,[3] which he was the understudy of Andrea Servili. He also signed a new 3-year contract with Atalanta on 3 August.[4]
In January 2011, he was loaned to Lega Pro Prima Divisione club Juve Stabia. He played regularly since his arrival, helping the team gain promotion to Serie B after the play-offs. As a result, the loan is confirmed for the 2011–12 season. On 31 August 2011, he made his debut in Serie B with Juve Stabia, losing 2–1 at home against Verona. Afterward, he had spells on loan at several Serie B teams, including Modena, Padova and Carpi.
Cagliari
[edit | edit source]On 2 July 2014, Serie A side Cagliari acquired Colombi outright from Atalanta, for €1.4 million fee.[5][6] In the summer of 2015 goes on loan to Palermo.[7]
Carpi
[edit | edit source]On 2 July 2016, Serie B side Carpi reached an agreement with Cagliari for the loan of Colombi for one season.[8] On 10 June 2017 Carpi signed him outright.[9]
Parma
[edit | edit source]On 11 July 2019, Seria A side Parma signed Colombi to a three-year contract.[10]
Reggina
[edit | edit source]On 19 July 2022, Colombia moved to Reggina on a three-year deal.[11]
Rimini
[edit | edit source]After Reggina's exclusion from Serie B due to financial irregularities, on 12 October 2023, Colombi signed with Rimini.[12]
Virtus Entella
[edit | edit source]On 7 July 2025, Colombi signed with Virtus Entella in Serie B.[13]
International career
[edit | edit source]Under-16 and Under-17
[edit | edit source]Colombi made his U16 debut at U16 international Val-de-Marne tournament.[14] He played once in U17 Euro qualification, and the two other matches as Filippo Perucchini's backup. The two goalkeepers were also called up to the 2008 Minsk U17 International Tournament to prepare for the elite round.[15] He received a call-up to the elite round qualification.[16] However, Colombi was dropped from the final squad; Perucchini and Daniele Giordano were the starting and reserve keeper respectively.
Under-19
[edit | edit source]Colombi then trained with the U19 team (born 1990 team) to compete for a place in the keeper role for 2009 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship qualification.[17] However, Perucchini won the backup keeper spot. After the U19 team eliminated early, all born 1990 member were graduated and the season for players born 1991 or after came an early start in December 2008, which Colombi started the match that 3–1 won Romania. He was replaced by Tommaso Scuffia at halftime.[18] He started the next match in March against Norway and Ukraine in April[19][20] (both replaced by Luigi Sepe as second half) However, he also missed the match in January 2009[21] and in April (both U18 team for born 1991 or after).[22] He returned to the team in September, started the match against Denmark (replaced by Sepe at 2nd half) and against the Netherlands in October. He started 2 out of 3 matches in the 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship qualification ahead of Sepe (who also played 1 match). Colombi remained as the starting keeper in the 3 friendlies before the elite round, ahead of his backup Valerio Frasca, Alessandro Iacobucci[23] and Mattia Perin.[24]
Colombi played all 6 matches in elite qualification and the final tournament ahead of Perin. The Azzurrini finished as the bottom of Group B (equal 7th).
Under-20
[edit | edit source]In September 2010, he was called to Italy national under-21 football team, as no.3 keeper behind Vito Mannone and Mattia Perin for the last two qualification matches.[25]
In November 2010, he made his debut on Italy U-20, against Germany He substituted Marco Silvestri in the first half of the match.[26]
Under-21
[edit | edit source]He made his debut with the Italy U-21 on 25 April 2012, in a friendly match against Scotland. Colombi was the backup of Francesco Bardi in 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- FIGC (in Italian)
- Football.it Profile (in Italian)
- Profile and interview
- Simone Colombi at SoccerwayLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Seriate
- Italian men's footballers
- Atalanta BC players
- US Pergolettese 1932 players
- US Alessandria Calcio 1912 players
- SS Juve Stabia players
- Modena FC 2018 players
- Calcio Padova players
- AC Carpi players
- Cagliari Calcio players
- Palermo FC players
- Parma Calcio 1913 players
- AS Reggina 1914 players
- Rimini FC 1912 players
- Virtus Entella players
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- Serie C players
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Italy men's youth international footballers
- Italy men's under-21 international footballers
- Footballers from the Province of Bergamo
- 21st-century Italian sportsmen