Simone Franciosi

Simone Franciosi
Franciosi with San Marino against Slovakia (2024)
Personal information
Full name Simone Franciosi
Date of birth (2001-09-03) 3 September 2001
Place of birth San Marino
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
Artella
Youth career
–2019 San Marino Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 A.C.D. Torconca
2021 Juvenes/Dogana 7 (0)
2021–2022 A.C.D. Torconca
2022–2023 A.S.D. Valfoglia
2023–2024 Pietracuta
2024– Artella
International career‡
2017 San Marino U17 3 (0)
2018–2019 San Marino U19 6 (0)
2019–2022 San Marino U21 16 (0)
2022– San Marino 10 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 5 June 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 October 2024

Simone Franciosi (born 3 September 2001) is a Sammarinese footballer who plays as a defender for Artella in Italy and the San Marino national team.

Career

Franciosi made his international debut for San Marino on 26 September 2022 in a UEFA Nations League match against Estonia, which finished as a 0–4 home loss.[1] He scored his first international goal in a 1–3 defeat against Kazakhstan on 17 November 2023.[2]

Career statistics

International

As of 14 October 2024[1]
San Marino
YearAppsGoals
202220
202371
202410
Total101

International goals

As of match played 17 November 2023. San Marino score listed first, score column indicates score after each Franciosi goal.

Personal life

Franciosi is a student by day.[3]

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 17 November 2023Astana Arena, Astana, Kazakhstan8 Kazakhstan1–21–3UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying

References

  1. 1 2 "Simone Franciosi". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  2. ↑ "San Marino score in back-to-back games for first time in 18 years". BBC Sport.
  3. ↑ "San Marino haven't won since 2004 and are world's worst team, but they're not giving up". ESPN. 11 October 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.