Michele Rocca (footballer)

Michele Rocca
Personal information
Full name Michele Rocca
Date of birth (1996-02-06) 6 February 1996
Place of birth Milan, Italy
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Latina
(on loan from Sampdoria)
Number 29
Youth career
0000–2015 Internazionale
2012–2014Novara (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– Sampdoria 1 (0)
2016Virtus Lanciano (loan) 19 (0)
2016–Latina (loan) 10 (0)
National team
2015– Italy U20[1] 3 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:20, 25 November 2016 (UTC).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2015

Michele Rocca (born 6 February 1996) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie B side Latina on loan from Serie A club Sampdoria.

Club career

Born in Milan, Lombardy, Rocca was a youth product of F.C. Internazionale Milano. He was a member of their under-16 side in the National Allievi League (Lega Pro Group).[2] Rocca was signed by Serie B club Novara on a temporary deal on 22 August 2012.[3][4] He represented their under-17 team in the National Allievi League (Serie A and Serie B Group). The loan was renewed on 9 August 2013.[5] Rocca returned to play for Inter's Primavera side in the 2014–15 Campionato Nazionale Primavera season.

Sampdoria

On 31 August 2015, he was signed by fellow Serie A club Sampdoria.[6] Rocca was afforded the number 92 shirt by Sampdoria.[7] On 28 September 2015, he made his Serie A debut in a 2–1 away defeat to Atalanta at Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia.[8] Rocca was one of twelve players included on the bench for Sampdoria when they faced Milan in the Round of 16 of the Coppa Italia on 17 December 2015.[9]

Lanciano (loan)

On 1 February 2016, Sampdoria announced that Rocca had signed a short-term loan with Serie B outfit Virtus Lanciano.[10] His first start for I Frentani came five days later in a 0−2 away victory at Vicenza in the league; of which he played 62 minutes before being replaced by ex-Juventus midfielder Manuel Giandonato.[11] Rocca would receive his first yellow card of his senior club career in a 2–0 away league loss to Spezia on 20 February 2016.[12] His eighteenth appearance for the club came in their 1−4 home thrashing by Salernitana in the 2015–16 Serie B Relegation Play-out first-leg.[13] Rocca was included in the starting lineup for the return leg on 8 June at Stadio Arechi in which Salernitana won by a single goal scored by ex-Parma striker Massimo Coda (with the game finishing 5–1 on aggregate to the home side) thus relegating Virtus Lanciano to Lega Pro.[14]

Latina (loan)

In July 2016, Serie B side Latina announced that they had signed both Rocca and Gabriele Rolando from Sampdoria on loan, with an option to purchase the pair on permanent deals.[15][16]

External links

References

  1. FIGC (in Italian)
  2. "Allievi B: una vittoria 'per i numeri'" (in Italian). F.C. Internazionale Milano. 6 May 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  3. "Settore Giovanile: mercato in uscita" (in Italian). F.C. Internazionale Milano. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  4. "Calcio Mercato" (in Italian). Lega Serie B. October 2012. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  5. "Calcio Mercato" (in Italian). Lega Serie A. Archived from the original on 11 January 2014.
  6. "SAMP SIGN INTER YOUNGSTER ROCCA". U.C. Sampdoria. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  7. "Sampdoria Player Profiles: Michele Rocca". U.C. Sampdoria. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  8. "Michele Rocca: Player Statistics". Lega Serie A. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  9. "SAMPDORIA 0 - 2 MILAN". Soccerway. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  10. "Rocca alla Virtus Lanciano a titolo temporaneo". sampdoria.it (in Italian). U.C. Sampdoria. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  11. "Vicenza vs. Virtus Lanciano 0 - 2". uk.soccerway. Soccerway. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  12. "Spezia vs. Virtus Lanciano 2 - 0". uk.soccerway. Soccerway. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  13. "Virtus Lanciano vs. Salernitana - 4 June 2016 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
  14. "Salernitana vs. Virtus Lanciano - 8 June 2016 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
  15. "U.S. Latina Calcio » "Latina grande opportunità: voglio impormi nel calcio che conta"". www.uslatinacalcio.it (in Italian). U.S. Latina Calcio. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  16. "U.S. Latina Calcio » Rolando e Rocca sono giocatori nerazzurri". www.uslatinacalcio.it (in Italian). U.S. Latina Calcio. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
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