Filippo De Col

Filippo De Col

Personal information
Date of birth	(1993-10-28) 28 October 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Agordo, Italy
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Right back
Team information
Current team	Vicenza
Number	26
Youth career
2009–2011	Milan
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2012	Legnago Salus	31	(2)
2012–2013	Virtus Entella	31	(2)
2013–2014	Verona	0	(0)
2013–2014	→ Virtus Lanciano (loan)	36	(0)
2014–2019	Spezia	110	(0)
2015–2016	→ Cesena (loan)	4	(0)
2020–2021	Virtus Entella	25	(0)
2021–2023	Südtirol	68	(3)
2023–	Vicenza	44	(2)
International career
2013–2014	Italy U20[1]	3	(0)
2014	Italy U21[2]	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 December 2024

Filippo De Col (born 28 October 1993) is an Italian footballer who plays as a right defender for Serie C Group A club Vicenza.[3]

Career

De Col started his professional career at Milan, leaving the club in 2011, signing with Legnago Salus. After an outstanding season in Serie D, he then signed with Virtus Entella in July 2012.[4]

On 1 July 2013 De Col signed with Serie A-bound Verona,[5] being immediately loaned to Virtus Lanciano, in Serie B.[6]

De Col and colleague Claudio Terzi were involved in a WhatsApp match-fixing scandal along with Emanuele Calaiò at the end of the 2017–18 season.[7]

On 2 September 2019, his contract with Spezia was dissolved by mutual consent.[8]

On 23 January 2020, he returned to Virtus Entella, signing a contract until the end of the 2019–20 season with an extension option.[9]

On 17 June 2021, he joined Südtirol on a two-year contract.[10]

After two seasons at Südtirol, De Col moved to Vicenza on contract until 30 June 2025.[11]

References

1. FIGC. "Convocazioni e presenze in campo". Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
2. FIGC. "Convocazioni e presenze in campo". Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
3. Filippo De Col at Soccerway
4. Virtus Entella, arriva il 19enne Filippo De Col: è un campione d’Europa (19-year-old Filippo De Col arrives at Virtus Entella: a European champion); Radio Aldebaran, 5 July 2012 (in Italian)
5. Filippo De Col firma all’Hellas Verona (Filippo De Col signs with Hellas Verona); Corriere delle Alpi, 1 July 2013 (in Italian)
6. Mercato: Filippo De Col è un giocatore della Virtus: Arriva in prestito dal Verona (Market: Filippo De Col is a Virtus player: arrives on loan from Verona); Virtus Lanciano's official website, 3 August 2013 (in Italian)
7. "Parma striker Emanuele Calaio accused of match-fixing by messaging opposition". BBC Sport. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
8. "Mercato: rescissione contrattuale per Filippo De Col" (Press release) (in Italian). Spezia. 2 September 2019.
9. "Ufficiale, Filippo De Col torna all'Entella" (Press release) (in Italian). Virtus Entella. 23 January 2020.
10. "Filippo De Col ist ein neuer Spieler des FC Südtirol" (in German). Südtirol. 17 June 2021.
11. "Ufficiale: Filippo De Col in biancorosso a titolo definitvo" (in Italian). Vicenza. 15 July 2023.

External links

• Filippo De Col at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)