Alessandro Golinucci (born 10 October 1994 in

San Marino San Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino, is a landlocked country in Southern Europe, completely surrounded by Italy. Located on the northeastern slopes of the Apennine Mountains, it is the larger of two European microstates, microsta ...

) is a

Sammarinese Sammarinese () are citizens and people of the Republic of San Marino. Language San Marino recognizes Italian as the official language. The indigenous Sammarinese language is a variety of Romagnol spoken by approximately 83 percent of the populati ...

footballer who plays for

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and the

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Club career

Golinucci joined

in 2021, where he won his first title by achieving the

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International career

On 27 March 2015, Golinucci made his international debut for

in a

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match against

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. He captained his national team for the first time on 19 June 2023 in a

UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying The UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying tournament was a football competition that was played from March 2023 to March 2024 to determine the 23 UEFA member men's national teams that would join the automatically qualified host team Germany in the UEFA Eur ...

match against

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. On 17 October 2023, Golinucci scored his first international goal in a 2–1 defeat against

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in the same Euro 2024 qualification campaign, to be his country's first goal in a European qualifying match in four years, and first competitive goal since 2021. On 18 November 2024, during a UEFA Nations League D game against

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, he scored his second goal with his country, becoming the sixth Sammarinese to score more than one goal, and at 30 years and 1 months San Marino’s oldest goalscorer ever in

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International goals

:''As of match played 18 November 2024. San Marino score listed first, score column indicates score after each Golinucci goal.''

Personal life

His brother,

Enrico Enrico is both an Italian masculine given name and a surname, Enrico means homeowner, or king, derived from '' Heinrich'' of Germanic origin. It is also a given name in Ladino. Equivalents in other languages are Henry ( English), Henri ( French), ...

, is also a footballer. Golinucci works by day at a toy company's distribution factory.

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