Michele Fornasier

Michele Fornasier
Personal information
Full name Michele Fornasier
Date of birth (1993-08-22) 22 August 1993
Place of birth Vittorio Veneto, Italy
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
Pescara
Number 6
Youth career
Vittorio Falmec
Conegliano
2007–2009 Fiorentina
2009–2013 Manchester United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Sampdoria 10 (0)
2015– Pescara 10 (0)
National team
2008 Italy U16 1 (0)
2011–2012 Italy U19 2 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 September 2014.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 February 2014

Michele Fornasier (born 22 August 1993) is an Italian footballer who plays for Pescara as a central defender.

Club career

Early career

Born in Vittorio Veneto, Fornasier joined Fiorentina in 2007, but moved to England two years later, signing with Manchester United. Shortly after, Fiorentina applied to FIFA a formal complaint about the transfer.[1] However, no action was taken by FIFA after Fiorentina failed to supply evidences for the case.[2]

Manchester United

When playing for United Fornasier lifted up the 2010–11 FA Youth Cup[3] and appeared with the Under-21 squad; he also appeared in the Dallas Cup twice (2012 and 2013[4]) He left the club in June 2013 after making no first-team appearances.[5]

Sampdoria

On 2 July 2013 Fornasier signed with U.C. Sampdoria.[6] He made his professional debut on 5 December, starting in a 4–1 home win over Verona.[7]

On 9 February of the following year Fornasier made his Serie A debut, starting in a 1–0 win over Cagliari.[8] Fornasier ended the season with 10 appearances.

Pescara

On 23 January 2015 Fornasier was signed by Pescara in a temporary deal with a option to purchase.[9] On 27 June "The Dolphins" excised the option, with Lucas Torreira moved to Sampdoria effectively on 1 July 2016.[10][11]

References

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, July 07, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.