Marco Carnesecchi

Marco Carnesecchi
Personal information
Full name	Marco Carnesecchi
Date of birth	1 July 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth	Rimini, Italy
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Atalanta
Number	29
Youth career
0000–2017	Cesena
2017–2019	Atalanta
2017	→ Cesena (loan)
Senior career*
Years	Team
2019–	Atalanta
2019–2020	→ Trapani (loan)
2021–2023	→ Cremonese (loan)
International career‡
2016–2017	Italy U17
2017–2018	Italy U18
2018–2019	Italy U19
2018–2019	Italy U20
2019–2023	Italy U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:35, 18 January 2025 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 June 2023

Marco Carnesecchi (born 1 July 2000) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Atalanta.

Club career

Atalanta

Carnesecchi started playing for the Under-19 squad of Atalanta in the 2017–18 season.^[2] He was first called up to the senior squad on 14 January 2019 for a 2018–19 Coppa Italia game against Cagliari, but remained on the bench.^[3]

Loan to Trapani

On 25 July 2019, Carnesecchi was loaned to the newly-promoted Serie B club Trapani.^[4] He made his professional Serie B debut for Trapani on 22 September 2019 in a game against Salernitana. He played the whole game.^[5]

Loan to Cremonese

On 5 January 2021, Carnesecchi was loaned to Serie B club Cremonese for the remainder of the 2020–21 season, having spent the first few months as an unused substitute at Atalanta.^[6] In his first season at Cremonese, Carnesecchi kept 8 clean sheets in 20 matches. His loan was subsequently extended for another season.^[7] On 31 August 2022, Carnesecchi returned to Cremonese on a new loan, with the club now in Serie A.^[8]

International career

Carnesecchi was first called up to represent his country for the under-17 squad in October 2016 and made his debut on 14 December 2016 in a friendly against Hungary.^[9] He was selected for Italy's 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship squad, but did not make any appearances behind first-choice Simone Ghidotti.

He was the first-choice goalkeeper for Italy at the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship as the team was eliminated in the group stage.

At the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, he made two appearances in the group game against Japan and the third-place game against Ecuador, backing up Alessandro Plizzari in other games.

On 6 September 2019, he made his debut for the Italy U21 squad in a friendly against Moldova.^[10]

On 24 January 2022, Carnesecchi accepted a call-up by Italy national team manager Roberto Mancini to join the Azzurri for a three-day training camp in Coverciano.^[11]

Career statistics

As of match played 21 January 2025^[12]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Coppa Italia		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Atalanta	2018–19	Serie A	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2020–21	Serie A	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2023–24	Serie A	27	0	4	0	1^[a]	0	—		32	0
	2024–25	Serie A	20	0	0	0	7^[b]	0	1^[c]	0	28	0
	Total		47	0	4	0	8	0	1	0	60	0
Trapani (loan)	2019–20	Serie B	33	0	1	0	—		—		34	0
Cremonese (loan)	2020–21	Serie B	20	0	0	0	—		—		20	0
	2021–22	Serie B	36	0	1	0	—		—		37	0
	2022–23	Serie A	27	0	1	0	—		—		28	0
	Total		83	0	2	0	—		—		85	0
Career total			163	0	7	0	8	0	1	0	179	0

^ Appearance in UEFA Europa League
^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
^ Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana

Honours

Atalanta

UEFA Europa League: 2023–24^[13]

Individual

UEFA European Under-21 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2021^[14]

References

^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Italy" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
^ Marco Carnesecchi at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
^ "Cagliari v Atalanta game report". Soccerway. 14 January 2019.
^ "MARCO CARNESECCHI AL TRAPANI" (Press release) (in Italian). Atalanta. 25 July 2019.
^ "Trapani v Salernitana game report". Soccerway. 22 September 2019.
^ "Ufficiale – Carnesecchi è un nuovo giocatore della Cremonese". calcioatalanta.it (in Italian). 5 January 2021.
^ "UFFICIALE: Cremonese, triplo arrivo dall'Atalanta: Carnesecchi, Okoli e Vido". tuttomercatoweb.com (in Italian). 12 July 2021.
^ Loda, Paolo (31 August 2022). "CARNESECCHI ANCORA IN GRIGIOROSSO". U.S. Cremonese (in Italian). Cremonese. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
^ "Marco Carnesecchi". FIGC U17 profile (in Italian). Retrieved 31 May 2022.
^ "Successo all'esordio per Nicolato, la nuova Under si presenta con un poker alla Moldavia" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 6 September 2019.
^ "Nazionale, convocati per lo stage Balotelli, Joao Pedro, Luiz Felipe e Frattesi" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
^ "M. Carnesecchi". Soccerway.
^ "Atalanta 3-0 Leverkusen: Lookman treble brings UEFA Europa League glory to Bergamo". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
^ "Under-21 EURO Squad of the Tournament". UEFA. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.

External links

Profile at the Atalanta BC website
Marco Carnesecchi – UEFA competition record (archive)

[13] Appearance in UEFA Europa League

[14] Appearances in UEFA Champions League

[15] Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana

[1] "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Italy" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.

[2] Marco Carnesecchi at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)

[3] "Cagliari v Atalanta game report". Soccerway. 14 January 2019.

[4] "MARCO CARNESECCHI AL TRAPANI" (Press release) (in Italian). Atalanta. 25 July 2019.

[5] "Trapani v Salernitana game report". Soccerway. 22 September 2019.

[6] "Ufficiale – Carnesecchi è un nuovo giocatore della Cremonese". calcioatalanta.it (in Italian). 5 January 2021.

[triplocremonese-7] "UFFICIALE: Cremonese, triplo arrivo dall'Atalanta: Carnesecchi, Okoli e Vido". tuttomercatoweb.com (in Italian). 12 July 2021.

[8] Loda, Paolo (31 August 2022). "CARNESECCHI ANCORA IN GRIGIOROSSO". U.S. Cremonese (in Italian). Cremonese. Retrieved 1 September 2022.

[9] "Marco Carnesecchi". FIGC U17 profile (in Italian). Retrieved 31 May 2022.

[10] "Successo all'esordio per Nicolato, la nuova Under si presenta con un poker alla Moldavia" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 6 September 2019.

[11] "Nazionale, convocati per lo stage Balotelli, Joao Pedro, Luiz Felipe e Frattesi" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

[12] "M. Carnesecchi". Soccerway.

[16] "Atalanta 3-0 Leverkusen: Lookman treble brings UEFA Europa League glory to Bergamo". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.

[17] "Under-21 EURO Squad of the Tournament". UEFA. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.

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