Nicolò Armini (born 7 March 2001) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie C Group C club Potenza on loan from Lazio.[1][2]
Personal information | |||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (2001-03-07) 7 March 2001 (age 21) | ||||||||||||
Place of birth | Marino, Italy | ||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||
Current team | Potenza | ||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||
Santa Maria delle Mole | |||||||||||||
2016-2018 | Lazio | ||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
2018– | Lazio | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||
2021–2022 | → Piacenza (loan) | 18 | (0) | ||||||||||
2022– | → Potenza (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||
2016 | Italy U15 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||
2016–2017 | Italy U16 | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||
2017–2018 | Italy U17 | 22 | (0) | ||||||||||
2018–2019 | Italy U18 | 7 | (1) | ||||||||||
2018–2020 | Italy U19 | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||
2021 | Italy U20 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 May 2022 |
Armini is a youth product of Lazio, whom he joined from Santa Maria delle Mole.[3] Considered one of the club's most promising prospects, he has been compared to Lazio legend Alessandro Nesta.[4]
On 29 November 2018, Armini made his professional debut in a UEFA Europa League game against Apollon Limassol. He came on as a substitute for Felipe Caicedo as his team lost 2–0.[5] On 20 May 2019, Armini made his first Serie A appearance, coming into play instead of Luiz Felipe, who came off due to an injury, in a match against Bologna which ended in a 3–3 draw.[6][7]
On 10 August 2021 he joined Piacenza on loan.[8] He made his debut for the club on 29 August in a Serie C match against Trento which finished 0–0.[9]
On 27 July 2022, Armini was loaned to Potenza in Serie C.[10]
With the Italy U17 team, Armini participated in the 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in England. A starter in central defense throughout the tournament, he took part in all of his team's six games. He even appeared as team captain in the semi-final, which was won over Belgium.[11] Italy eventually lost to the Netherlands in the final after a penalty-shootout. Armini was subsequently included in the UEFA team of the tournament.[12]
With the under-18 team, Armini appeared as captain five times, and scored a goal against Slovenia in August 2018.[13]
With the under-19 team, he participated in the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship in Armenia. He only took part in one match during this competition, against the hosts Armenia, where the Italians won by a large margin of 0–4.[14]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Lazio | 2018–19 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2019–20 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2020–21 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Piacenza (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie C | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 20 | 0 |
Career total | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
Lazio[15]
Italy U17[16]