Michele Messina

Michele Messina (born 9 March 1996) is an Italian football player. He plays as a defender.

Michele Messina
Personal information
Full name Michele Messina
Date of birth (1996-03-09) 9 March 1996
Place of birth Vimercate, Italy
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
0000–2015 Atalanta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Atalanta 0 (0)
2015–2017 → Parma (loan) 33 (2)
2017–2018 → Pro Piacenza (loan) 20 (0)
2018–2019 Viterbese Catrense 7 (0)
2019 → Triestina (loan) 1 (0)
2019–2020 Rimini 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 February 2020

Club career

Loan to Parma

On 1 August 2015, Messina was loaned to Serie D side Parma on a 2-season loan deal. On 13 September he made his Serie D debut for Parma as a substitute replacing Lorenzo Adorni in the 84th minute of a 2–1 home win over Villafranca Veronese. On 16 September he played his first entire match for Parma, a 5–0 away win over Fortis Juventus. On 6 December he scored his first goal for Parma in the 11th minute of a 3–2 home win over Ravenna. On 28 February 2016, Messina scored his second goal in the 74th minute of a 1–0 home win over Lentigione Calcio. On 22 May he was send-off with a double yellow card in the 90th minute of a 2–2 home draw against Sambenedettese. Messina ended his first season at Parma with 25 appearances, 2 goals and 2 assists, and with the promotion in Serie C.

On 3 September he made his professional debut in Serie C for Parma as a substitute replacing Desiderio Garufo in the 60th minute of a 1–0 home win over Lumezzane.[1] On 10 September he played hs first entire match for Parma in Serie C, a 0–0 away draw against Santarcangelo.[2] Messina ended his second season at Parma with only 8 appearances, only 1 as a starter and the promotion in Serie B after the play-off, in total he made 33 appearances, 2 goals and 2 assists.[3]

Loan to Pro Piacenza

On 20 July 2017, Messina was signed by Serie C side Pro Piacenza on aseason-long loan deal.[4] On 30 July he made his debut for Pro Picenza in a 4–1 away defeat against Vicenza in the first round of Coppa Italia, he played the entire match.[5] On 3 September he made his Serie C debut for Pro Piacenza as a substitute replacing Matteo Abbate in the 74th minute of a 1–0 away defeat against Carrarese.[6] On 10 September he played his first entire match for Pro Piacenza in Serie C, a 1–1 home draw against Alessandria.[7] Messina ended his season-long loan to Pro Piacenza with 21 appearances, 11 as a starter and 1 assist.[3]

Viterbese Castrense

On 7 July 2018, Messina joined to Serie C club Viterbese Castrense on an undisclosed fee and with a 2-year contract.[8] On 29 July he made his debut for Viterbese Castrense as a substitute replacing Diego Cenciarelli in the 85th minute of a 1–0 home draw against Rende in the first round of Coppa Italia.[9] On 6 November he made his league debut for the club as a substitute replacing Francesco De Giorgi in the 74th minute of a 2–1 home defeat against Sicula Leonzio.[10] In the first half of the season he made only 6 appearances, all as a substitute and he stayed an unused substitute 9 times.[3]

Loan to Triestina

On 30 January 2019, Messina joined Triestina on loan with a purchase option.[11] On 5 May he made his debut for the club in a 1–0 away defeat against Fano, he was replaced by Andrea Marzola after 82 minutes.[12] This was also his only appearances that he made for Triestina.

Rimini

On 2 September 2019 he moved to Serie C club Rimini.[13]

Career statistics

Club
As of 25 October 2019
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Parma (loan) 2015–16 Serie D 25 2 — — — 25 2
2016–17 Serie C 8 0 0 0 — — 8 0
Pro Piacenza (loan) 2017–18 Serie C 20 0 1 0 — — 21 0
Viterbese Castrense 2018–19 Serie C 6 0 2 0 — — 8 0
Triestina (loan) 2018–19 Serie C 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
Viterbese Castrense 2019–20 Serie C 1 0 1 0 — — 2 0
Rimini 2019–20 Serie C 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Career total 61 2 4 0 — — 65 2

References
  1. "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 3 September 2016.
  2. "Santarcangelo vs. Parma - 10 September 2016 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-08-03.
  3. "Italy - M. Messina - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-08-03.
  4. "UFFICIALE: Pro Piacenza, Messina il rinforzo per la difesa - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". Retrieved 2018-08-03.
  5. "Vicenza Virtus vs. Pro Piacenza - 30 July 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-08-03.
  6. "Carrarese vs. Pro Piacenza - 3 September 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-08-03.
  7. "Pro Piacenza vs. Alessandria - 10 September 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-08-03.
  8. "UFFICIALE: Viterbese, contratto biennale per Messina - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". Retrieved 2018-08-03.
  9. "Viterbese Castrense vs. Rende - 29 July 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-08-03.
  10. "Viterbese Castrense vs. Sicula Leonzio - 6 November 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
  11. "UFFICIALE: dalla Viterbese arriva Michele Messina, percorso inverso per Alex Valentini" (in Italian). Triestina. 30 January 2019.
  12. "Fano vs. Triestina - 5 May 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
  13. "MESSINA AL RIMINI, URSO E BOCCACCINI SALUTANO" (Press release) (in Italian). Rimini. 2 September 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.