Sebastiano Desplanches (born 11 March 2003) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie B club Palermo.[1]
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Full name | Sebastiano Desplanches | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 11 March 2003 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Novara, Italy | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Palermo | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
–2014 | Inter Milan | ||||||||||||||||
2014–2022 | AC Milan | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | Vicenza | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2023 | → Trento (loan) | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | Palermo | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2018 | Italy U15 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Italy U16 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2021 | Italy U18 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Italy U19 | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | Italy U20 | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | Italy U21 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024 |
Club career
editBorn in Novara, Desplanches started his career in AC Milan's youth sector.[2] On 1 September 2022, he left Milan and signed with Serie C club Vicenza.[2]
On 5 January 2023, he was loaned to fellow third-tier club Trento until the end of the season.[3]
On 17 July 2023, Desplanches joined Serie B side Palermo for an undisclosed fee, signing a five-year contract with the club.[4][5] He spent the 2023–24 season as an understudy to Mirko Pigliacelli, and made his Rosanero debut only on the final home game of the season, a 2–2 draw to Ascoli on 5 May 2024.[6]
International career
editDesplanches was born in Italy to a French father and an Italian mother.[7] He is a youth international for Italy, having represented the Italy U15s, U16s, U18s and U19s.
In June 2022, he was included in the squad that took part in the UEFA Under-19 European Championship in Slovakia,[8] where Italy reached the semi-finals before getting knocked out by eventual champions England.
In May 2023, he was included in the Italy U20 squad that took part in the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina.[9] The Azzurrini finished runners-up after losing to Uruguay in the final,[10][11] but he eventually received the Golden Glove award as the tournament's best goalkeeper.[12][13]
On 8 September 2023, he made his debut with the Italy U21, in the qualifying match against Latvia.
Honours
editItaly U20
- FIFA U-20 World Cup runner-up: 2023[10][11]
Individual
References
edit- ^ Sebastiano Desplanches at Soccerway
- ^ a b "Qui LR Vicenza: torna a disposizione di mister Baldini e viene presentato il giovane portiere Sebastiano Desplanches". Vicenza Today (in Italian). 22 September 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ "Calcio Trento, arriva in prestito dal Vicenza il portiere Sebastiano Desplanches". L'Adige (in Italian). Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ "DESPLANCHES È ROSANERO" (in Italian). Palermo FC. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ Capone, Marco (17 July 2023). "Calciomercato, il Palermo blinda la porta: Desplanches sposa il rosanero fino al 2028". PalermoToday (in Italian). Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ "Palermo: Desplanches celebra il suo debutto in rosanero sui social" (in Italian). I Love Palermo Calcio. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ Saeli, Alessandro (18 July 2023). "Nuovi volti rosanero: Sebastiano Desplanches, il futuro è nelle giuste mani". PalermoLive (in Italian). Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ^ "Gli Azzurrini in Slovacchia alla conquista dell'Europa. Ufficializzata la lista dei 20 convocati, non ci sono Gnonto e Scalvini". Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (in Italian). 16 June 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ^ "Ufficializzata la lista dei 21 convocati per il Mondiale in Argentina" (in Italian). FIGC. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ a b "Returning Rodriguez snatches Uruguay maiden title". FIFA. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ a b Di Chiaro, Michael (11 June 2023). "Uruguay-Italia Under 20 1-0: Luciano Rodriguez stende gli Azzurrini, sudamericani Campioni del Mondo". Goal.com (in Italian). Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Casadei claims a golden double". FIFA. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ a b "Italia, i premi del Mondiale U20: ci sono anche Casadei e Desplanches". Tuttosport (in Italian). 12 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ "IFFHS MEN'S YOUTH (U20) WORLD TEAM 2023". IFFHS. 5 January 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2024.