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Simone Pafundi (born 14 March 2006) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Udinese.

Simone Pafundi
Personal information
Date of birth (2006-03-14) 14 March 2006 (age 16)
Place of birth Monfalcone, Italy
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
Udinese
Number 80
Youth career
2011–2014 Monfalcone
2014– Udinese
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– Udinese 1 (0)
National team
2021– Italy U16 1 (0)
2021– Italy U17[1] 5 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 May 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 October 2022

Club career


Born in Monfalcone, the city his parents had moved to from Naples,[2] Pafundi started his footballing career with his hometown club, until he got noticed by Udinese scouts during a youth tournament in 2014, and was signed by the Serie A side soon thereafter.[3]

Throughout the 2021-2022 season, he emerged as a star player and a regular for the club's Under-19 team, having scored six goals and provided seven assists in 16 games in the Campionato Primavera 2 at just sixteen years of age: around this period of time, he signed his first professional contract with Udinese and got his first call-ups to the club's first team.[4][5][6]

On 22 May 2022, Pafundi made his professional and league debut for Udinese, coming in as a substitute for Roberto Pereyra at the 68th minute of the team's final game of the season, a 4–0 away win against Salernitana. In the occasion, he became the first player born in 2006 to ever take part in a Serie A match.[3][7]


International career


Pafundi has represented Italy at several youth international levels.

In May 2022, he was called-up by head coach Roberto Mancini to join a training camp with the Italian senior national team, as part of a stage reserved to the most promising players in the country.[5]


Style of play


A diminutive, left-footed trequartista, Pafundi has his most notable qualities in his ball control, his vision and his pace, which allow him to be a frequent threat in the final third, both as an assist-man and as a finisher.[2][8]

He's been compared to former Udinese captain and striker Antonio Di Natale.[8]


Personal life


He has an older brother, named Andrea (b. 2004), who is also a footballer: they played alongside each other in the youth ranks of Udinese.[2]


Career statistics



Club


As of 22 May 2022[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Udinese 2021–22 Serie A 10000010
Career total 10000010

References


  1. "Convocazioni e presenze in campo SIMONE PAFUNDI" (in Italian). FIGC.it. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  2. Pietrella, Francesco (24 May 2022). "Il "mancino di Maradona" e l'esordio in Serie A a 16 anni e due mesi". Cronache di spogliatoio (in Italian). Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  3. "Il primo 2006 della storia in Serie A: chi è Simone Pafundi". Gianlucadimarzio.com (in Italian). 22 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  4. Nalesso, Pietro (14 March 2022). "Udinese, Pafundi da record: primo contratto da professionista". MondoPrimavera (in Italian). Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  5. Sala, Federico (21 May 2022). "Simone Pafundi, chi è il classe 2006 convocato in Nazionale da Mancini" [Simone Pafundi, who is in the class of 2006 called up for the national team by Mancini]. repubblica.it (in Italian). Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  6. Nalesso, Pietro (14 May 2022). "Udinese, scatta l'ora Pafundi: prima chiamata tra i grandi". MondoPrimavera (in Italian). Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  7. Bergantini, Luca (22 May 2022). "Udinese, per Pafundi arriva la ciliegina sulla torta. Esordio in Serie A". MondoPrimavera (in Italian). Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  8. Dafirbillah, Karim (3 April 2022). "Simone Pafundi, l'X Factor della Primavera dell'Udinese". MondoPrimavera (in Italian). Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  9. Simone Pafundi at Soccerway



На других языках


[de] Simone Pafundi

Simone Pafundi (* 14. März 2006 in Monfalcone) ist ein italienischer Fußballspieler, der in der Serie A bei Udinese Calcio unter Vertrag steht und als offensiver Mittelfeldspieler fungiert.
- [en] Simone Pafundi

[ru] Пафунди, Симоне

Симоне Пафунди (итал. Simone Pafundi; 14 марта 2006) — итальянский футболист, атакующий полузащитник итальянского клуба «Удинезе».



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