Marco Carnesecchi (born 1 July 2000) is an Italian professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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Club career

Atalanta

Carnesecchi started playing for the Under-19 squad of Atalanta in the 2017–18 season. He was first called up to the senior squad on 14 January 2019 for a 2018–19 Coppa Italia game against

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, but remained on the bench.

Loan to Trapani

On 25 July 2019, Carnesecchi was loaned to the newly-promoted

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club

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. He made his professional Serie B debut for Trapani on 22 September 2019 in a game against

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. He played the whole game.

Loan to Cremonese

On 5 January 2021, Carnesecchi was loaned to Serie B club

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for the remainder of the 2020–21 season, having spent the first few months as an unused substitute at Atalanta. In his first season at Cremonese, Carnesecchi kept 8 clean sheets in 20 matches. His loan was subsequently extended for another season. On 31 August 2022, Carnesecchi returned to Cremonese on a new loan, with the club now in

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International career

Carnesecchi was first called up to represent his country for the under-17 squad in October 2016 and made his debut on 14 December 2016 in a friendly against Hungary. He was selected for Italy's

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squad, but did not make any appearances behind first-choice Simone Ghidotti. He was the first-choice goalkeeper for Italy at the

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as the team was eliminated in the group stage. At the

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, he made two appearances in the group game against Japan and the third-place game against Ecuador, backing up Alessandro Plizzari in other games. On 6 September 2019, he made his debut for the Italy U21 squad in a friendly against Moldova. On 24 January 2022, Carnesecchi accepted a call-up by Italy national team manager

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to join the ''Azzurri'' for a three-day training camp in Coverciano.

Career statistics

Honours

Atalanta *

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: 2023–24 Individual *

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Team of the Tournament:

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References

External links

Profile
at the Atalanta BC website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Carnesecchi, Marco Living people 2000 births Footballers from Rimini Italian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Italy men's under-21 international footballers Italy men's youth international footballers Serie A players Serie B players Atalanta BC players FC Trapani 1905 players US Cremonese players UEFA Europa League–winning players 21st-century Italian sportsmen