Costantino Favasuli

Costantino Favasuli
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-04-26) 26 April 2004
Place of birth Reggio Calabria, Italy
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Positions
Team information
Current team
 Napoli
Number 2
Youth career
SC Segato
2014–2023 Fiorentina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023–2025 Fiorentina 0 (0)
2023–2024 → Ternana (loan) 28 (0)
2024–2025 → Bari (loan) 29 (1)
2025– Catanzaro 36 (2)
2026– → Napoli (loan) 0 (0)
International career‡
2022 Italy U19 2 (0)
2026 Italy U21 1 (0)
2026– Italy 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 August 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 June 2026

Costantino Favasuli (born 26 April 2004) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a full-back and wing-back for Serie A club Napoli, on loan from Catanzaro, and the Italy national team.

Club career

Born in Reggio Calabria, Favasuli grew up in Africo, in the province of Reggio.[1][2] He is a youth product Fiorentina, which he joined in 2018 from the Scuola Calcio Segato, in the capital of Calabria.[3]

In August 2023, he signed his first professional contract with Fiorentina,[4] after which followed a loan to Ternana in Serie B for the 2023–24 season.[5]

Favasuli made his professional debut with Ternana in a 1–0 Coppa Italia loss to Salernitana on 13 August 2023.[6][7]

In the following summer, he was loaned again in Serie B this time to Bari.[8]

After another season as a starter in the second tier, he was transferred to Catanzaro, in the same championship,[9] with Fiorentina keeping a buyout option for the player.[10]

During the 2025–26 season, he cemented his status as one of the most promising youngsters of Italian football,[2][11] earning him interest from the senior Italian team.[1]

On 19 August 2026, Favasuli joined Serie A team Napoli on a season-long loan with an obligation to buy.[12]

International career

Favasuli is a youth international for Italy, having played for the under-19 and under-21.[13][14]

In May 2026 he obtained his first call-up to the national senior team for two friendlies against Greece and Luxembourg, after interim coach Silvio Baldini decided to focus on young players as a result of Italy failing to qualify for the World Cup.[1][15]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 7 June 2026[16]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Italy 202620
Total20

References

  1. 1 2 3 Balì, Ilario. "Dalla Locride all'Azzurro, Costantino Favasuli convocato in Nazionale". il Reggino (in Italian). Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  2. 1 2 Cristofaro, Giampaolo. "Costantino Favasuli dal campetto di Africo alla Serie B, il talento di Calabria che fa volare il Catanzaro". La C News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  3. ↑ "Costantino Favasuli - Fiorentina". Segato (in Italian). Archived from the original on 7 December 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  4. ↑ "Fiorentina, UFFICIALE: rinnova Favasuli, verso il prestito in Serie B". Calciomercato (in Italian). Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "Dalla Fiorentina arrivano Lorenzo Lucchesi e Costantino Favasuli". Ternana Calcio (in Italian). 5 August 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  6. ↑ Farinacci, Mattia (13 August 2023). "Salernitana-Ternana 1-0, rossoverdi fuori dalla Coppa Italia: Candreva decide il match". Umbria 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  7. ↑ "Salernitana - Ternana : 1 - 0 (Coppa Italia): cronaca, tabellino e statistiche". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  8. ↑ "Benvenuto Costantino Favasuli !". SSC Bari (in Italian). Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  9. ↑ Magno, Andrea Celia (30 July 2025). "Catanzaro, il mercato è in fermento: c'è Bettella, quadriennale a Favasuli". Gazzetta del Sud (in Italian). Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  10. ↑ "Favasuli lascia la Fiorentina: ecco dove giocherà". Firenze e Dintorni (in Italian). Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  11. ↑ La Cava, Leonardo (6 February 2026). "Il futuro passa da Catanzaro: Cisse e Favasuli due giallorossi tra i migliori giovani al mondo". Us Catanzaro Calcio News (in Italian). Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  12. ↑ "Favasuli joins Napoli". SSC Napoli. 19 August 2026. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
  13. ↑ "Favasuli veste azzurro, l'esterno del Catanzaro convocato in Nazionale U21". La Nuova Calabria (in Italian). Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  14. ↑ "Genoa, Ekhator convocato per l'Under 21". Il Secolo XIX (in Italian). 30 August 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  15. ↑ "Favasuli convocato in nazionale, i complimenti della società". US Catanzaro 1929 (in Italian). 25 May 2026. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  16. ↑ "Costantino Favasuli". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
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