Michele Messina (born 9 March 1996) is an Italian football player who plays as a defender for Serie D club Brusaporto.

Michele Messina
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-03-09) 9 March 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Vimercate, Italy
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Brusaporto
Youth career
0000–2015 Atalanta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Atalanta 0 (0)
2015–2017Parma (loan) 33 (2)
2017–2018Pro Piacenza (loan) 20 (0)
2018–2019 Viterbese Catrense 7 (0)
2019Triestina (loan) 1 (0)
2019–2020 Rimini 5 (0)
2020–2021 Ghiviborgo 27 (1)
2021 Aglianese 0 (0)
2021 Tritium 14 (3)
2021–2023 Ponte San Pietro 41 (2)
2023– Brusaporto 19 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 December 2023

Club career edit

Atalanta edit

Loan to Parma edit

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 sent 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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

Career statistics edit

Club edit

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 edit

  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. ^ a b c "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.

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