Denis Franchi (born 22 October 2002) is an Italian professional

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who plays as a

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for club

Pro Vercelli Football Club Pro Vercelli 1892, commonly referred to as Pro Vercelli, is an Football in Italy, Italian football club based in Vercelli, Piedmont. The club is mostly renowned as one of the most successful teams in the early football era of Ital ...

on loan from

Ternana Ternana Calcio, commonly referred to as Ternana, is an Italian football club based in Terni, Umbria and currently compete in the Serie C. The club was founded in 1925 and refounded in 1993. In its history, Ternana has twice played in Serie A ...

Career

The first club that Franchi joined in his career was ACD Pravisdomini. He also went on to play for U.S. Opitergina before joining ASD Prata Falchi Visinale. From 2018 to 2019, Franchi was on loan at

Udinese Udinese Calcio (; "Udinese Football") is a professional football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. The team currently competes in the Serie A, the first tier of Italian football. It was founded on 30 November 1896 as a sport ...

. He joined the

Paris Saint-Germain Academy The Paris Saint-Germain FC Youth Academy () is the youth system of both Paris Saint-Germain FC, Paris Saint-Germain's male and Paris Saint-Germain FC (women), female teams. Managed by the Association Paris Saint-Germain, the men's section of ...

in July 2019. On 30 November 2020, Franchi signed his first professional contract with

Paris Saint-Germain Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain () or simply PSG, is a French professional Association football, football club based in Paris. They compete in Ligue 1, the French football league system, top d ...

, a deal that would last until 2023. On 26 August 2022, Franchi signed for

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club

Burnley Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2021 population of 78,266. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River B ...

on a three-year contract. On 1 February 2024, Franchi signed for

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club

on a three-and-a-half-year contract.

Personal life

Born in

San Vito al Tagliamento San Vito al Tagliamento () is a (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Pordenone, in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about southeast of Pordenone. Main sights It is a me ...

, Franchi originates from Pordenone in Italy's northeast. He is a supporter of

AC Milan (), commonly referred to as Milan or AC Milan () mainly outside of Italy, is an Italian professional Football club (association football), football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Founded in 1899, the club competes in the Serie A, the top tie ...

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* * * 2002 births Living people Sportspeople from San Vito al Tagliamento Footballers from the Province of Pordenone Italian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Udinese Calcio players Paris Saint-Germain FC players Burnley F.C. players Ternana Calcio players FC Pro Vercelli 1892 players Championnat National 3 players Serie C players Italy men's youth international footballers Italian expatriate men's footballers Italian expatriate sportspeople in France Italian expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in England 21st-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-footy-goalkeeper-stub