Michele Camporese (; born 19 May 1992) is an

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professional

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who plays as a defender for club

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, the

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club

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Club career

Born in

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, Camporese is a product of

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's youth system. He made his debut for the ''Viola'' in the

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tie against

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on 26 October 2010, replacing

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in the 66th minute and played the whole

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. Fiorentina won the match 1–0 assuring qualification to the successive round; Camporese was cautioned in the added time of second half. On 20 November 2010, he made his

debut, replacing the injured

Cesare Natali Cesare Natali (born 5 April 1979) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Club career Atalanta Natali started his career at Atalanta. He scored the opening goal in the relegation playoffs second legs in June 20 ...

at half time in the match against

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. In the next match he replaced suspended

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as starting centre back, partnered with

against

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. On 13 February 2011 he scored his first goal in Serie A in a match won 4–2 against

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. In November 2011 he signed a new 5-year contract with ''La Viola''. On 13 July 2013, Fiorentina confirmed on their website that Michele Camporese had joined Cesena on a season-long loan. On 25 July 2015, Camporese departed Fiorentina for

after spending five seasons in

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. It was confirmed by Empoli that he had agreed a contract until 30 June 2018. On 18 July 2019, he signed a 2-year contract with

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. On 31 January 2022, Camporese moved on loan to

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. On 20 July 2022, he signed a three-year contract with

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. On 4 September 2023, Camporese joined Feralpisalò on a contract until June 2025. On 10 January 2024, he returned to

on loan with an obligation to buy. On 17 January 2025, Camporese joined the newly created Serie C club

, which serves as the

club

International career

Camporese has played for every Italy's youth team level, except for the U-20. With the Italy U-17 team he capped twice at the

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and another two times in the

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. In the

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, his only appearance arrived as a second half cameo in the semi-final defeat against Germany U-17. He then started all four matches in

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, in which the ''Azzurrini'' bowed out from the competition after defeat against Switzerland in the quarter finals. With Italy U-19 he played all three matches of the 2011 UEFA U-19 Championship qualifiers. Under the new regime of

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, he received his first call-up for Italy U-21 in November 2010. He made his debut on 17 November 2010, replacing

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in the first half of the

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, winning

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2–1.

References

External links

FIGC National Teams Archive
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Camporese, Michele 1992 births Living people Footballers from Pisa Men's association football central defenders Italian men's footballers Serie A players Serie B players ACF Fiorentina players AC Cesena players SSC Bari players Empoli FC players Benevento Calcio players Calcio Foggia 1920 players Nuovo Pordenone 2024 FC ASD players Cosenza Calcio players AS Reggina 1914 players Feralpisalò players Milan Futuro players Italy men's youth international footballers Italy men's under-21 international footballers 21st-century Italian sportsmen