Samuele Parlati (born 5 February 1997) is an Italian professional

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who plays as a

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for club AlbinoLeffe. In February 2023, during a Serie C game against

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, he became one of the several outfield players to have ever saved a

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while playing in goal.

Club career

Early career and Ascoli

Born in

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, Parlati started his playing career at local clubs Taviano and

, before entering the youth sector of

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in 2011, and then joining Ascoli in 2015. The following year, he took part with Ascoli's under-19 squad in the

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Paganese (loan)

After signing a pre-contract with Ascoli, in August 2016 Parlati was sent out on a season-long loan to

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side Paganese. He made his league debut for the club on 4 September 2016, starting in a 2–1 loss to

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. On 19 April 2017, he scored his first professional goal, coming off the bench and rounding up a 0–4 league win over

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. At the end of the

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, in May 2017, he signed his first professional contract with Ascoli, penning a three-year deal.

Return to Ascoli

On 28 October 2017, Parlati made his debut for Ascoli, starting and playing 90 minutes in a 3–0

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defeat to

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. On 4 November, he scored his first goal for the club in a 4–2 league defeat to

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. In the evening of 11 March 2018, following a 1–0 league loss to

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, he was attacked and threatened, together with team-mate Vincenzo Venditti, by a group of Ascoli

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. Both players received support from the AIC, as well as local authorities, including

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Bisceglie (loan)

Having found limited game time at Ascoli, on 10 January 2019 Parlati joined

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side

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on loan until the end of the 2018–19 season. The club would eventually get relegated to

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, after losing the last play-out match to

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on penalties.

Fano and Catanzaro

On 26 July 2019, he joined fellow third-tier club

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on a permanent deal, signing a two-year contract. Since the 2019–20 season was cut short due to the

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, his side was involved in a relegation play-off against

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: Parlati scored in the first leg, which was won by Fano (2–0), as the team went on to win the second leg, as well (0–1), thus avoiding relegation from the third tier. On 1 February 2021, Parlati joined Serie C side

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on a permanent deal, as part of a swap deal that saw Francesco Urso go in the opposite direction. He went on to make his debut for the club on 7 March, coming on as a substitute during the second half of a goalless

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draw against

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Monterosi

On 27 July 2021, he signed permanently for newly promoted Serie C side

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. He then made his debut for the club on 28 August, starting in a goalless

draw against

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, which was his side's first ever game in a professional league. In his first league campaign at the club, Monterosi reached the promotional play-offs, although they were eliminated in the first round, following a 2–2 draw with Virtus Francavilla, which went through due to their better ranking in the regular season. Having featured regularly in his first two seasons at Monterosi, Parlati extended his contract with the club in January 2023, signing a new deal until 2026. On 12 February of the same year, in the

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of a

match against

, the midfielder volunteered to play in goal, after

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Marco Alia had been sent off; he managed both to save the subsequent

by Francesco Salvemini and keep a

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, as his side eventually gained a 2–0 victory through a last-minute goal by Filippo Tolomello. Parlati left the club at the end of the 2023–24 season, following their relegation to

AlbinoLeffe

On 6 July 2024, Parlati joined Serie C club AlbinoLeffe on a free transfer.

International career

In 2011, Parlati took part in a training camp with the staff of the Italian under-15 national team.

Career statistics

Club

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Parlati, Samuele 1997 births People from Gallipoli, Apulia Living people Italian men's footballers US Lecce players Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC players Paganese Calcio 1926 players AS Bisceglie Calcio 1913 players Alma Juventus Fano 1906 players US Catanzaro 1929 players Monterosi Tuscia FC players UC AlbinoLeffe players Serie B players Serie C players Men's association football midfielders Footballers from the Province of Lecce 21st-century Italian sportsmen