Duccio Degli Innocenti

Duccio Degli Innocenti (born 28 April 2003) is an Italian football player. He plays as a defensive midfielder for Serie A club Empoli.

Duccio Degli Innocenti
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-04-28) 28 April 2003
Place of birth Montevarchi, Italy[1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Empoli
Number 20
Youth career
Empoli
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– Empoli 1 (0)
International career‡
2019–2020 Italy U17 9 (0)
2021 Italy U18 1 (0)
2021–2022 Italy U19 5 (1)
2022– Italy U20 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 February 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2022

Club career

Degli Innocenti was raised in the youth system of Empoli. He represented the club in the 2021–22 UEFA Youth League.[2]

Degli Innocenti made his debut for the senior squad of Empoli on 6 August 2022 in a Coppa Italia game against SPAL.[3] He made his Serie A debut on 21 October 2022 against Juventus.[4]

International career

Degli Innocenti was first called up to represent his country for Under-17 squad friendlies in September 2019.[5] He then played in Under-17 Euro qualifiers before the tournament was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

He then represented Italy at the 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, where Italy reached the semi-finals: Degli Innocenti made one appearance in a group stage game.[6]

In May 2023, he was included by head coach Carmine Nunziata in the Italian squad that took part in the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina.[7]

References
  1. Duccio Degli Innocenti at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
  2. "Crvena Zvezda U19 v Empoli U19 game report". UEFA. 3 November 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  3. "Empoli v SPAL game report". Soccerway. 6 August 2022.
  4. "Juventus v Empoli game report". Soccerway. 21 October 2022.
  5. "Delgi Innocenti Italy U17 game list". Italian Football Federation. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  6. "France U19 v Italy U19 game report". UEFA. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  7. "Ufficializzata la lista dei 21 convocati per il Mondiale in Argentina" (in Italian). FIGC. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
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