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
2012–2014 → Novara (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– Sampdoria 1 (0)
2016 → Virtus 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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