Filippo Romagna (born 26 May 1997) is an Italian professional

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who plays as

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for club

Sassuolo Sassuolo (; ) is an Italian town, ''comune'', and industrial centre of the Province of Modena in Emilia-Romagna. Standing on the right bank of the river Secchia some southwest of Modena, the town is best known for being the centre of the Ita ...

Club career

Early career

Born in 1997, Romagna started his football career with the local team in his hometown,

Fano Fano () is a city and ''comune'' of the province of Pesaro and Urbino in the Marche region of Italy. It is a beach resort southeast of Pesaro, located where the ''Via Flaminia'' reaches the Adriatic Sea. It is the third city in the region by pop ...

. At the age of 10, Romagna moved to

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. In 2011,

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tried to sign with Romagna but he eventually joined

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. During his stay within Juventus academy, he became also captain of the Under-19 team, which plays in

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Juventus

Loan to Novara and Brescia

On 29 August 2016, he was loaned to

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club

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until the end of 2016–17 season. On 22 October, he made his professional and league debut against at Stadio Silvio Piola, replacing Gianluca Sansone in the 79th minute of a 1–0 home win over

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. On 29 November. Romagna played in the fourth round of

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in a 3–0 away defeat against ChievoVerona, he played the full match. Romangna ended his loan with only five appearances. In January he was recall to the first team. In January 2017 he was sent on loan to

club

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, in order to find more playing time. He made his debut with Brescia on 24 February 2017, in the league match won 4–1 against

Cittadella Cittadella () is a medieval walled city in the province of Padua, northern Italy, founded in the 13th century as a military outpost of Padua. The surrounding wall has been restored and is in circumference with a diameter of around . There are fo ...

. Romagna ended his six-month loan to Brescia with 14 appearances, all as a starter.

Cagliari

On 28 July 2017,

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confirmed the signing of Romagna on a five-year contract. On 17 September he made his debut for Cagliari in

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as a substitute, replacing Joao Pedro in the 91st minute of 2–0 away win over

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Loan to Sassuolo

On 2 September 2019, Romagna joined

on loan until 30 June 2020.

Sassuolo

On 17 September 2020, Romagna signed to

International career

Romagna has represented his country at various age groups. On 19 October 2013, he was first called up and played for Italy U17 against Ukraine U17. With the Italy U19 he took part at the

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, playing five games in the tournament, Italy finishing the competition as a runners-up. With the Italy U20 he took part at the

2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 21st edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, the biennial international men's youth football championship contested by the under-20 national teams of the member associations of FIFA, since its inception in 1977 a ...

. He made his debut with the Italy U21 team on 1 September 2017, in a friendly match lost 3–0 against

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Career statistics

Club

Honours

Sassuolo *

: 2024–25 Italy U20 *

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bronze medals:

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References

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