Simone Pontiggia

Simone Pontiggia
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-04-27) 27 April 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Lissone, Italy[1]
Position(s) Attacking Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sondrio
Youth career
Milan
2011–2012 AlbinoLeffe
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 AlbinoLeffe 29 (3)
2014–2015 Casertana 14 (0)
2015–2016 Monza 8 (1)
2016 Sondrio 13 (3)
2016 Folgore Caratese 12 (0)
2016– Sondrio
International career
2012 Italy U20 Lega Pro 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Simone Pontiggia (born 27 April 1993) is an Italian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Sondrio.

Club career

Milan

Born in Lissone, the Province of Monza–Brianza (historically part of Milan Province), Lombardy, Pontiggia started his career at A.C. Milan. He was part of the under-18 youth team (or called reserve B) in 2010–11 season,[2] but also received call-up to the reserve A for the playoffs round.[3] Previously he was part of Milan's under-17 team in 2009–10 season[4] and was the joint-top-scorer of Milan's under-15 team in 2007–08 playoffs round with 2 goals (along with Alessandro De Respinis).[5]

AlbinoLeffe

In August 2011 he was transferred to another Lombard club AlbinoLeffe along with Marvin Maietti and Matteo Doni. He won 2012 Trofeo Dossena with the reserve in June 2012. In 2012–13 season he made his professional debut, partially due to the club lack of new signing due to relegatation from Serie B and heavy point penalty in 2012–13 season due to involvement in 2011 Italian football scandal. However it still had heavy competition between the former youth products: Andrea Belotti, Massimiliano Pesenti and Manuel Personè (left in January 2013).

International career

representative teams

His performances at the start of 2012–13 season made him earned a call-up from the Lega Pro under-20 representative team (all born 1992 or after), and scored in his debut against Croatia U20 in October 2012, just 6 minute after he substituted Francesco Agnello.[6] In December 2012 he received another call-up from Lega Pro, but from "U19 team" (despite the team consist of players born 1993 or after, the U19 A team in fact in born 1994 season),[7] for a triangular tournament between U19 A team and Serie D representative team. However he withdrew.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Rosa". Archived from the original on 10 August 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Comunicato Ufficiale N°50/TB (2010–11)" (PDF). Campionato Berretti (in Italian). Lega Pro. 9 December 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  3. ^ "FINAL EIGHT PRIMAVERA: I CONVOCATI E LA NUMERAZIONE UFFICIALE" (in Italian). AC Milan official site. 3 June 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  4. ^ "Comunicato Ufficiale N°13 (2009–10)" (PDF) (in Italian). FIGC SGS. 27 October 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  5. ^ "Evento attività: EMPOLI-INTER NEGLI ALLIEVI E EMPOLI-ATALANTA NEI GIOVANISSIMI LE FINALISTE" (in Italian). FIGC SGS. June 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  6. ^ "ITALIA LEGA PRO-CROAZIA 4-2" (in Italian). Lega Pro official site. 10 October 2012. Archived from the original on 24 October 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  7. ^ "L'ITALIA LEGA PRO U.19 E' PRONTA PER IL TRIANGOLARE DI COVERCIANO" (in Italian). Lega Pro official site. 9 December 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  8. ^ "SOSTITUZIONE CONVOCATI ITALIA LEGA PRO U19" (in Italian). Lega Pro official site. 11 December 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2013.