Michele Di Gregorio (born 27 July 1997) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Juventus, on loan from Monza.
![]() Di Gregorio with Monza in 2021 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 27 July 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Milan, Italy | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
Juventus (on loan from Monza) | ||
Number | 29 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2017 | Inter Milan | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2022 | Inter Milan | 0 | (0) |
2017–2018 | → Renate (loan) | 33 | (0) |
2018–2019 | → Novara (loan) | 30 | (0) |
2019–2020 | → Pordenone (loan) | 33 | (0) |
2020–2022 | → Monza (loan) | 64 | (0) |
2022– | Monza | 70 | (0) |
2024– | → Juventus (loan) | 0 | (0) |
International career | |||
2014 | Italy U17 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:18, 13 May 2024 (UTC) |
Club career
editInter Milan
editBorn in Milan, Italy, Di Gregorio was a youth product of Inter Milan.[citation needed]
Loan to Renate
editOn 12 July 2017, Di Gregorio and Alessandro Mattioli were signed by Serie C side Renate on a season-long loan deal.[2] On 30 July he made his debut for Renate in the first round of Coppa Italia in a 3–1 home win over Siracusa.[3] On 3 September, Di Gregorio made his Serie C debut for Renate and he kept his first clean sheet in a 3–0 home win over Padova.[4] One week later he kept his second clean sheet in a 1–0 away win over FeralpiSalò.[5] On 16 September, Di Gregorio kept his third clean sheet in a 3–0 away win over Modena.[6] On 17 December, Di Gregorio kept his 10th clean sheet in a 1–0 home win over Pordenone.[7] Di Gregorio ended his season-long loan to Renate with 38 appearances, 14 clean sheets, and 36 goals conceded.[8]
Loan to Novara
editOn 4 July 2018, it was announced that Di Gregorio was loaned to a Serie B club Avellino.[9] However, he did not play any matches for the team and returned to Inter Milan. On 24 August 2018 he was loaned to Novara.[10] On 30 September he made his Serie C debut for Novara in a 1–1 home draw against Juventus U23.[11] On 7 October he kept his first clean sheet for Novara in a 3–0 away win over Piacenza.[12] Three week later he kept his second clean sheet in a 2–0 away win over Pistoiese.[13] On 18 November he kept his third clean sheet in a 0–0 away draw against Cuneo.[14] On 12 December he was sent-off with a red card in the 90th minute of a 1–1 away draw against Alessandria.[15] Di Gregorio ended his loan to Novara with 32 appearances, 12 clean sheets and 28 goals conceded.[8]
Loan to Pordenone
editOn 10 July 2019, Di Gregorio was loaned to Serie B club Pordenone on a season-long loan deal.[16] On 13 September he made his debut in Serie B for Pordenone and he kept his first clean sheet for the team in a 1–0 home win over Spezia.[17] Three weeks later, on 5 October, he kept his second clean sheet in a 2–0 home win over Empoli and three more weeks later, on 26 October, he kept his third in a 0–0 home draw against Cittadella.[18][19] Di Gregorio ended his season-long loan to Pordenone with 35 appearances, 41 goals conceded and 11 clean sheets, and he also help the club to reach the play-off semi-finals, however they lose 2–1 on aggregate against Frosinone.[8]
Monza
editOn 27 August 2020, Di Gregorio was sent on loan for the 2020–21 season to newly-promoted Serie B club Monza, on a one-year deal with an option to buy.[20] Following 31 appearances with Monza, 29 in the league, he was re-loaned on 29 June 2021, on a one-year deal with option to buy, counter-option for Inter Milan and conditional obligation to buy.[21] Di Gregorio's obligation for purchase clause was triggered on 29 May 2022, after helping Monza top their first-ever Serie A promotion.[22]
Di Gregorio made his Serie A debut on 13 August, in a 2–1 home defeat to Torino in the first matchday.[23] He kept his first Serie A clean sheet on 18 September, after helping Monza win their first game in the top flight against Italian giants Juventus 1–0.[24] On 7 July 2023, Di Gregorio's contract with Monza was renewed until 30 June 2027.[25] He won the Serie A Best Goalkeeper award in the 2023–24 season.[26]
Juventus
editOn 5 July 2024, Di Gregorio joined Serie A club Juventus on a one-year loan, worth €4.5 million, with an obligation to buy at the end of the season for a further €13.5m, plus performance-related bonuses up to €2m.[27][28]
International career
editOn 19 February 2014, Di Gregorio made his Italy under-17 debut as a substitute, replacing Emil Audero in the 59th minute of a 6–0 home win over Hungary U17.[citation needed]
Personal life
editDi Gregorio is affectionately nicknamed "L'Uomo Digre", a play on words in reference to television anime Tiger Mask (L'Uomo Tigre in Italian).[29] He and his partner Samantha have a son named Marcello (b. 2020).[30]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 13 May 2024[8]
Club | Season | League | Coppa Italia | Other | Total | |||||
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League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Renate (loan) | 2017–18 | Serie C | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 37 | 0 |
Novara (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie C | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 32 | 0 |
Pordenone (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie B | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 35 | 0 |
Monza (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie B | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 31 | 0 |
2021–22 | Serie B | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | 42 | 0 | |
Total | 64 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 73 | 0 | ||
Monza | 2022–23 | Serie A | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 37 | 0 | |
2023–24 | Serie A | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 34 | 0 | ||
Total | 70 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 0 | ||
Career total | 230 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 248 | 0 |
Honours
editInter Milan Primavera
- Campionato Nazionale Primavera: 2016–17
Individual
References
edit- ^ "Michele Di Gregorio". AC Monza. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ "Di Gregorio e Mattioli al Renate". FC Internazionale - Inter Milan. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
- ^ "Renate vs. Siracusa - 30 July 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
- ^ "Renate vs. Calcio Padova - 27 August 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
- ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 3 September 2017.
- ^ "Modena vs. Renate - 16 September 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
- ^ "Renate vs. Pordenone - 17 December 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
- ^ a b c d Michele Di Gregorio at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ "Il portiere Di Gregorio è dell'Avellino" (Press release) (in Italian). usavellino.club. 4 July 2018. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- ^ "Di Gregorio al Novara" (Press release) (in Italian). inter.it. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ^ "Novara vs. Juventus II - 30 September 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- ^ "Piacenza vs. Novara - 7 October 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ "Pistoiese vs. Novara - 21 October 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- ^ "Cuneo vs. Novara - 18 November 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
- ^ "Alessandria vs. Novara - 12 December 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ "UFFICIALE: Pordenone, dall'Inter arriva Di Gregorio". www.tuttomercatoweb.com (in Italian). Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ "Pordenone vs. Spezia - 13 September 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ "Pordenone vs. Empoli - 5 October 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ "Pordenone vs. Cittadella - 26 October 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- ^ "Rinforzo in porta: ecco Di Gregorio" (Press release) (in Italian). monzacalcio.com. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ^ "Welcome back Di Gregorio! - Associazione Calcio Monza S.p.A." www.acmonza.com (in Italian). Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ^ "TMW - Monza, con la Serie A scattano gli obblighi di riscatto per Di Gregorio, Bettella e Colpani - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". www.tuttomercatoweb.com (in Italian). Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ "MONZA-TORINO 1-2 - Radonjic show e Juric esulta con i timbri di Miranchuk e Sanabria". Tutto Monza (in Italian). Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- ^ "Verso Sampdoria-Monza, Audero contro Di Gregorio. I numeri". Club Doria 46 (in Italian). 23 September 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ "Michele Di Gregorio rinnova fino al 2027 - Associazione Calcio Monza S.p.A." www.acmonza.com (in Italian). Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- ^ "Official: Di Gregorio named best Serie A goalkeeper for 2023-24". football-italia.net. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ Juventus.com (5 July 2024). "ACCORDO CON IL MONZA PER L'ACQUISIZIONE DEL CALCIATORE DI GREGORIO" (PDF). Juventus.com (in Italian). Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Official : Juventus sign Di Gregorio from Monza for 18m agreement". football-italia.net. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Vichingo, Imperatore e Pess: i soprannomi dei giocatori del Monza". il Cittadino di Monza e Brianza (in Italian). 23 September 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ "E' nato il piccolo Marcello Di Gregorio!" (Press release) (in Italian). Monza. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ "MVPs of the Serie A Made in Italy 2023/2024". Serie A. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.