Simone Benedetti (born 3 April 1992) is an Italian professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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. He is the son of former Italian football player,

Silvano Benedetti Silvano Benedetti (born 5 October 1965) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a defender. His son Simone is a footballer. Club career Raised in Turin, after two years in Serie B with Parma and Palermo he was loaned to As ...

Club career

Torino

He grew up from an early age in the

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youth system and played for all the youth teams up to the Primavera in 2008, under the guidance of

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. After collecting an appearance on the bench in

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on 16 January 2008 in a match away against

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, he made his debut among the professionals ranks in the last round of the 2009–10 season, playing as a starter against

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, won 1–0. The team reached the playoffs, but lost in the final with

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, but except for an appearance on the bench against

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, he was only a spectator.

Internazionale

On 22 July 2010 he was sold to

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in co-ownership deal for €2 million in 5-year contract,FC Internazionale Milano Report and Accounts on 31 June 2011
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but did not play. With Inter's ''Primavera'' under-20 team, he won

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. On 13 July 2011 he left for Serie B newcomer

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on loan. He was one of the starting centre-back of the team, in either 3–5–2 or 4–4–2 formation. In June 2012 the co-ownership between Torino and Inter was renewed. As Torino was promoted to Serie A, Benedetti continued his Serie B career with

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. In June 2013 Benedetti joined Inter outright; Stevanović also joined Turin in the same formula. On 20 July 2013 he was signed by another Serie B club

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Cagliari and loan

On 7 July 2014 he was purchased by

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, coached by Zdenek Zeman, for €1 million. On 19 October 2014 he made his debut in Serie A at home to

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. After only five appearances he was loaned to Bari in Serie B, making his first appearance for the ''Galletti'' on 3 March 2015 against Catania.

Entella

On 26 January 2016 he was signed by

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, in a temporary deal as well as a pre-set price. On 1 July Entella excised the option to sign Benedetti outright.

Pisa

On 16 January 2019, he joined

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Alessandria

On 3 August 2021, he signed a two-year contract with Alessandria.

Feralpisalò

On 23 August 2022, Benedetti moved to Feralpisalò on a two-year deal.

Avellino

On 20 January 2023, Benedetti joined

International career

Benedetti started his youth international career in a born 1992/1993 training camp., he then received first call-up for 2007 under-16 international

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tournament. He played the first two match of 2009 U-17 Euro qualifying, which Italy was the group runner-up. In the elite round he played all 3 games and Italy was the group winner. Despite named as the captain, he did not play the first match of the

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and only made a substitute appearance in the second match, for

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. Benedetti returned to the starting XI and partnered with Alessio Campoli (due to the injury of Camilleri) in the third group stage match and the semi-final, losing to

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. Despite finished fourth, ''Azzurrini'' still qualified for

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. In the World Junior Cup,

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and Camilleri became the new starting centre-backs and Benedetti only played the third group stage match and the round of 16 as sub. He only started the last match, the quarter-finals due to the suspension of

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(who succeed Camilleri as starter), losing to Switzerland, which also the Euro losing semi-finalists. In 2011 U-19 Euro qualifying, Benedetti started twice (partnered with Camporese) and also played twice in the elite round as captain (partnered with

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), only replaced by Camporese in the last match. Italy finished as the runner-up, failed to qualify to the next stage by losing to the Group winner

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. In 2011–12 member he was selected as a member of U-20 team for 2011–12 Four Nations Tournament. He played three times, against Switzerland twice and Germany once.Italy v Switzerland match report
He also played another friendlies against Ghana, Macedonia and Denmark.

Honours

Club

;Internazionale (U19) *

Torneo di Viareggio The Torneo di Viareggio ( en, Viareggio Tournament), officially named the Viareggio Cup World Football Tournament Coppa Carnevale, is a youth association football tournament held annually in the commune of Viareggio, Italy and its surrounding area ...

: 2011

References

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FIGC
{{DEFAULTSORT:Benedetti, Simone 1992 births Footballers from Turin Living people Italian footballers Italy youth international footballers Association football central defenders Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Torino F.C. players Inter Milan players A.S. Gubbio 1910 players Spezia Calcio players Calcio Padova players Cagliari Calcio players S.S.C. Bari players Virtus Entella players Pisa S.C. players U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912 players FeralpiSalò players U.S. Avellino 1912 players