Francesco Folino

Francesco Folino
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-01-23) 23 January 2002
Place of birth Ferrara, Italy[1]
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Cremonese
Number 55
Youth career
SPAL
2016–2017 Cesena
2017 Reggiana
2017–2021 Empoli
2020 →Cosenza (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2022 Empoli 0 (0)
2021–2022 → Pianese (loan) 45 (3)
2022–2024 Carrarese 2 (0)
2023–2024 → Juve Stabia (loan) 24 (1)
2024–2025 Juve Stabia 16 (3)
2025– Cremonese 29 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 May 2026

Francesco Folino (born 23 January 2002) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Cremonese.

Club career

Folino is a product of the youth academies of the Italian clubs SPAL, Cesena, Reggiana, and Empoli, with a short loan stint with Cosenza.[1] On 13 January 2021, Empoli loaned him to Pianese in Serie D for a season and a half.[2] On 11 July 2022, he joined Carrarese on a free transfer on acontract until 2025.[3] On 23 July 2023, he was loaned to Juve Stabia for the 2023–24 season.[4] He helped Juve Stabia win the 2023–24 Serie C and earned promotion to Serie B.[5] On 6 July 2024, Juve Stabia signed Furlanetto permanently on a contract until 2026.[6]

On 24 January 2025, Furlanetto joined Cremonese for the second half of the 2024–25 season remaining in Serie B.[7] He helped Cremonese win the playoffs to earn promotion to the Serie A for the 2025–26 season.[8]

Honours

Juve Stabia

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Cremonese, chi è Francesco Folino". 24 January 2025.
  2. ↑ Siena, Gazzetta di (14 January 2021). "Pianese, arriva il difensore Folino. In partenza Cecconi".
  3. ↑ Chiacchio, Nicola (12 July 2022). "UFFICIALE - Carrerese, ingaggiato il 2002 Francesco Folino | Football Scouting".
  4. ↑ "S.S. Juve Stabia, ufficiale l'arrivo di Folino". 23 July 2023.
  5. 1 2 Sport, Sky (8 April 2024). "Juve Stabia promossa, torna in B dopo 4 anni". Sky Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  6. ↑ "UFFICIALE: Francesco Folino è un nuovo giocatore della Cremonese".
  7. ↑ "Francesco Folino nuovo giocatore della Cremonese – US Cremonese".
  8. ↑ "Cremonese promossa, la Serie A è completa: come Stroppa e giocatori sono tornati nella massima serie | Goal.com Italia". www.goal.com. 1 June 2025.