Simone Muratore

Simone Muratore (born 30 May 1998) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.

Simone Muratore
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-05-30) 30 May 1998
Place of birth Saluzzo, Italy
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2007–2011 Saluzzo
2011–2018 Juventus
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Juventus U23 49 (3)
2019–2020 Juventus 4 (0)
2020–2023 Atalanta 0 (0)
2020–2021 → Reggiana (loan) 25 (2)
2021–2022 → Tondela (loan) 2 (0)
International career‡
2013–2014 Italy U16 6 (0)
2014 Italy U17 3 (0)
2015 Italy U18 1 (0)
2016 Italy U19 1 (0)
2020 Italy U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 May 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2020

In December 2019, he made his senior debut with Juventus in the Champions League against Bayer Leverkusen. In June the following year, he made his Serie A debut with the club against Lecce.

Club career

Juventus

During the 2016–17 and 2017–18 seasons he received a call-up for the Juventus senior side in both the Coppa Italia and the UEFA Champions League respectively, but did not appear on the pitch on either occasion, remaining on the bench.

He made his Serie C debut for Juventus U23 on 16 September 2018 in a 2–1 home defeat against Alessandria.[1]

On 11 December 2019 he made his Champions League debut with Juventus in the team's final group match, a 2–0 away win over Bayer Leverkusen.[2]

On 24 June 2020, it was announced that Muratore had been sold to Atalanta.[3]

On 26 June, he made his Serie A debut, appearing as a second–half substitute in Juventus's 4–0 home win over Lecce.[4]

Atalanta

On 29 June 2020, Muratore signed for Atalanta for a fee of 7 million euros.[5]

On 31 August 2021, he joined Tondela in Portugal on loan.[6] He left Atalanta by the end of his contract on 30 June 2023.

International career

On 13 October 2020 he made his debut with the Italy U21 playing as a starter in a qualifying match won 2–0 against Republic of Ireland in Pisa.

Personal life

In late 2021, Muratore was diagnosed with a benign brain tumor and underwent surgery to remove it; the illness forced him to stop his football career for two years.[7][8]

Career statistics
As of match played 16 October 2021[9]
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Juventus U23 2018–19Serie C 34220––362
2019–20Serie C 15130––181
Total 49350––543
Juventus 2019–20Serie A 40001[lower-alpha 2]00050
Atalanta2020–21 Serie A000000000 0
Reggiana (loan)2020–21 Serie B25200000025 2
Tondela2021–22 Primeira Liga201000003 0
Career total 805601000875
  1. Includes Coppa Italia and Taça de Portugal
  2. Includes UEFA Champions League

Honours

Club

Juventus U23[9]

Juventus[9]

References
  1. "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 16 September 2018.
  2. "CL: Dybala lights up Juve in Leverkusen". Football Italia. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  3. "Atalanta to sign Juve youngster". Football Italia. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  4. Pierelli, Matteo (26 June 2020). ""Dygualdo" e De Ligt: la Juve fa poker al Lecce e vola a +7". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  5. "OFFICIAL | SIMONE MURATORE SOLD TO ATALANTA". Juventus. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  6. "MURATORE É AURIVERDE" (in Portuguese). Tondela. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  7. "La nuova vita di Muratore: "Il tumore mi ha cambiato, la Juventus una seconda famiglia"" (in Italian). Goal.com. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  8. "Muratore si allena a Vinovo da svincolato: "Arrivo da due anni difficili, ora punto a tornare in campo al più presto"" (in Italian). TuttoJuve.com. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  9. Simone Muratore at Soccerway
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