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Francesco Palmieri
Personal information
Date of birth (1967-09-24) 24 September 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth Bari, Italy
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1987 Bologna
1987–1989 Centese
1989–1992 Virtus Francavilla
1992–1993 Baracca [it]
1994 Bologna
1994–1995 Cosenza
1995–1998 Lecce
1998–2000 Sampdoria 64 (14)
2000 Piacenza 7 (0)
2000 Pescara 8 (2)
2001 Salernitana 13 (1)
2001–2003 Bari 39 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francesco Palmieri (born 24 September 1967) is an Italian former professional footballer who is sporting director at Sassuolo. He played as a forward.[1]

Playing career

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Palmieri began his career with Centese, Virtus Francavilla, Baracca [it], Bologna, and Cosenza.[2]

During his time at Lecce, Palmieri was given the nickname "Highlander".[3] Between 1995 and 1998 he scored 35 goals in 102 appearances for the club.[4] At Lecce, he formed a goal-scoring partnership with Cosimo Francioso [it][5] and achieved two successive promotions, from Serie C to Serie A, under the guidance of manager Gian Piero Ventura.[2]

In summer 1998 Sampdoria paid a transfer fee of three billion lire to Lecce to sign Palmieri.[2] In the 1998–99 season he scored on his debut for Sampdoria, in a UEFA Intertoto Cup match, helping his club qualify for the third round of the competition.[2] The goal also made him the first Italian player to score in the season.[2] At the end of the 1998–99 season he suffered relegation to Serie B,[6] having scored eight league goals.[7]

In his second season at Sampdoria, he captained the team and scored six goals, while the club missed out on Serie A promotion by one point.[7] At the end of the season, he suffered a serious muscle injury, which subsequently plagued him for more than a year.[7]

Managerial career

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In November 2016, while working as academy manager at Sassuolo Palmieri was linked with the position of sporting director at Parma.[8] For the 2021–22 season, he received the Mino Favini Award, which is awarded to the best youth sector manager.[9]

At the end of the 2023–24 season, he was appointed sporting director of Sassuolo.[10]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[11]
Club Season League Coppa Italia Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bologna 1986–87 2 0 – 2 0
Centese 1987–88 2 0 – 2 0
Lecce 1994–95 –
1995–96 Serie B 34 12 2 1 – 36 13
1996–97 Serie A 32 10 4 1 – 36 11
Total 66 22 6 2 0 0 72 24
Sampdoria 1998–99 Serie A 33 8 3 1 6[a] 4 42 13
1999–2000 Serie B 31 6 3 2 – 34 8
Total 64 14 6 3 6 4 76 21
Piacenza 2000–01 Serie B 7 0 4 0 – 11 0
Pescara 2000–01 Serie B 8 2 0 0 – 8 2
Salernitana 2000–01 Serie B 13 1 0 0 – 13 1
Bari 2001–02 Serie B 28 7 0 0 – 28 7
2002–03 Serie B 11 1 2 0 – 13 1
Total 39 8 2 0 0 0 41 8
Career total 197 47 22 5 6 4 224 56
  1. ^ Appearance in UEFA Intertoto Cup

Honours

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Individual

References

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  1. ^ a b Francesco Palmieri at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ a b c d e "E' Palmieri il primo nome del gol all' italiana" [Palmieri is the first name of the Italian goal]. Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 6 July 1998. p. 43. Archived from the original on 9 November 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  3. ^ "Palmieri: Lecce, continua a lavorare sui giovani, è la strada giusta" [Palmieri: Lecce, keep working on youngsters, it's the right path]. Nuovo Quotidiano di Puglia [it] (in Italian). 19 July 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  4. ^ de Lorenzis, Lino (26 September 2024). "Palmieri: Lecce, punta su Krstovic: è forte. E' stato bellissimo tornare al Via del Mare" [Palmieri: Lecce, bet on Krstovic: he is strong. It was great to return to the Via del Mare]. Nuovo Quotidiano di Puglia (in Italian). Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  5. ^ Verri, Pierpaolo (18 March 2022). "Bomber Palmieri: "Grande Lecce, meriti il salto in serie A"" [Bomber Palmieri: ‘Great Lecce, you deserve the jump to Serie A’]. La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno. p. Italian. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  6. ^ Mangini, Lorenzo (29 December 2023). "Samp, senti Francesco Palmieri: "Il Doria mi è rimasta dentro. I playoff? Pirlo è l'uomo giusto per risalire"" [Samp, hear Francesco Palmieri: "Doria has stayed with me. The playoffs? Pirlo is the right man to go up".]. la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  7. ^ a b c "L' ex Palmieri non dimentica applausi e guai" [Former Palmieri does not forget applause and trouble]. la Repubblica (in Italian). 1 March 2002. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  8. ^ Trupo, Gugliemo (28 November 2016). "Parma, per Palmieri situazione in stand-by: la palla passa al Sassuolo" [Parma, stand-by situation for Palmieri: the ball passes to Sassuolo]. ParmaToday (in Italian). Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  9. ^ a b de Magistris, Raimondo (20 February 2023). "A Francesco Palmieri del Sassuolo il premio miglior responsabile settore giovanile" [Sassuolo's Francesco Palmieri receives best youth sector manager award]. Tutto Mercato Web (in Italian). Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  10. ^ "Palmieri: "Sassuolo, partenza positiva. Berardi un campione"" [Palmieri: ‘Sassuolo, positive start. Berardi a champion’]. Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 19 November 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  11. ^ "Francesco Palmieri » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 February 2025.


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