Fabio Franceschini (born 8 May 1988) is a former Italian footballer who played as a defender.

Club career

Born in

Copparo Copparo (, ) is a town and ''comune'' of Emilia Romagna, Italy, in the Province of Ferrara, located northeast of the regional capital of Bologna and east of the provincial capital of Ferrara, Copparo sits in the fertile Po River Delta— sou ...

, the Province of Ferrara, Emilia region, Franceschini started his career at Ferrara team

SPAL Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor, commonly referred to by the acronym SPAL (), is a professional football club based in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. During the 2024–25 season the team played in Serie C, the third tier of the Italian foot ...

. he left for

U.S. Lecce Unione Sportiva Lecce () is a Football in Italy, professional Italian football club based in Lecce, Apulia. The club play in Serie A in the 2023–24 Serie A, 2023–24 season, the top level of the Italian football league system, Italian footb ...

in temporary deal along with Bidre'ce Azor in July 2004. In the end of season Franceschini was signed by Lecce outright and Azor became a free agent after the bankruptcy of SPAL SpA and joined Sampdoria. Franceschini was the member of the reserve from 2005 to 2008. In 2008 Franceschini left for Giacomense. He played 32 games in the fourth division.

International career

Franceschini was included in the preliminary 23-men squad for

2005 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship The 2005 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the fourth edition of UEFA's European Under-17 Football Championship. Italy hosted the championship, during 3–14 May. Turkey defeated Netherlands in the final to win the competition for the secon ...

, but was not included in the final 18-men squad. He also included in the 20-man squad for

2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship The 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship, the eleventh edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Lima, Trujillo, Chiclayo, Piura and Iquitos in Peru from 16 September to 2 October 2005. Players born after 1 January 1988 could participate i ...

as an unused substitute. Franceschini played twice for

Italy national under-19 football team The Italy national under-19 football team is the national under-19 Association football, football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-19 Championship, held every y ...

in October 2006.

References

External links

FIGC

{{DEFAULTSORT:Franceschini, Fabio Italian men's footballers US Lecce players AC Giacomense players Men's association football defenders Footballers from the Province of Ferrara 1988 births Living people 21st-century Italian sportsmen