Andrea De Falco
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-06-19) 19 June 1986
Place of birth Ancona, Italy
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Tre Fiori
Number 11
Youth career
Ancona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004 Ancona 7 (0)
2004–2006 Fiorentina 0 (0)
2005 → Pisa (loan) 9 (0)
2006–2007 Pescara 25 (2)
2007–2008 Taranto 25 (0)
2008–2011 Chievo 0 (0)
2008–2010 → Ancona (loan) 73 (5)
2010–2011 → Sassuolo (loan) 35 (5)
2011–2014 Bari 65 (6)
2014 → Juve Stabia (loan) 13 (0)
2014–2018 Benevento 52 (2)
2017–2018 → Matera (loan) 28 (1)
2018–2019 LR Vicenza 16 (0)
2019 Reggina 16 (0)
2019–2021 Viterbese 24 (0)
2021 Siena 11 (0)
2021–2022 Nereto 10 (1)
2022– Tre Fiori 37 (5)
International career
2004 Italy U18[1] 4 (0)
2004–2005 Italy U19[1] 10 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 June 2023
Andrea De Falco, playing football for Tre Fiori. In this image, he is about to tackle an opposition player in front of the advertising boards
Andrea De Falco, playing football for Tre Fiori

Andrea De Falco (born 19 June 1986) is an Italian footballer. He plays for Tre Fiori.

Career

Early career

He started his career at native club A.C. Ancona. He was awarded number 37 shirt of the first team on 24 January 2004.[2] After making 7 Serie A appearances for the team in the second half of 2003–04 Serie A, he was signed by newly-promoted Serie A team Fiorentina on a free transfer, which Ancona faced bankruptcy and condemnation to Serie C2.

After playing a half season for the Primavera team, he was loaned to Pisa of Serie C1 in the second half of 2004–05 season. De Falco returned to Primavera team on 1 July and finished as runners-up of Campionato Nazionale Primavera losing to Juventus 0–2.[3]

Pescara

De Falco was sold to Pescara (Serie B) in a co-ownership deal on 20 June 2006 for a peppercorn of five hundred euro,[4] joining Antonio Aquilanti.[5] In June 2007, Pescara bought De Falco outright by winning the auction between the club, for another five hundred euros.[6]

Chievo

De Falco was signed by Chievo in August 2007, for free.[7] However, he was immediately farmed to Taranto in another co-ownership deal, for a peppercorn of five hundred euro.[7] In June 2008 Chievo bought back De Falco for an undisclosed fee.

He returned to Ancona for the 2008/09 season, on loan along with Stefano Olivieri from Chievo.[8]

De Falco then spent 3 more seasons on loan, for Ancona again in 2009–10, Sassuolo in 2010–11 and Bari in 2011–12.[9] De Falco also played once for Chievo in 2011–12 Coppa Italia. Bari did not excised the option to sign De Falco in June 2012. However, the club did in August.

Bari

On 27 August 2012 De Falco was exchanged with Nicola Bellomo, plus €350,000 cash to Bari.[10][11] Both club retained 50% registration rights of their players. De Falco signed a three-year contract.[12] The co-ownership deals were renewed in June 2013. In January 2014 De Falco was signed by S.S. Juve Stabia in a temporary deal. In March 2014 the liquidator of Bari valued the 50% registration rights of De Falco was €161,540.4, instead of the purchase price in 2012 (€1.4 million) nor any partial amortized value.[12] In June 2014 Bari signed De Falco outright, for another €400,000, with Idriz Toskić moved to Chievo also for another €400,000.[11][13]

Benevento

On 16 July 2014 De Falco was signed by Benevento in a two-year contract on a free transfer.[13][14]

Reggina

On 15 January 2019, he signed a 1.5-year contract with Reggina.[15]

Viterbese

On 1 August 2019, he joined Viterbese.[16] On 22 February 2021, his contract was terminated by mutual consent.[17]

Serie D

On 25 February 2021, he joined Siena in Serie D.[18] On 27 September 2021 he signed with Nereto, also in Serie D.[19]

Match-fixing-scandal

De Falco was involved in the 2011–12 Italian football match-fixing scandal.[20]

References

  1. 1 2 FIGC Archived 2016-02-22 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
  2. ↑ "Comunicato Stampa N°97 (2003–04)" (PDF). Lega Calcio (in Italian). Lega Serie A archive. 24 January 2004. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Finale campionato primavera 2005-06".
  4. ↑ ACF Fiorentina S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 31 December 2006 (in Italian), PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.
  5. ↑ Mastrocola, Marcello (20 June 2006). "UFFICIALE: in due a Pescara dalla Fiorentina". tutto mercato web (in Italian). Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  6. ↑ ACF Fiorentina S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 31 December 2007 (in Italian), PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.
  7. 1 2 A.C. Chievo–Verona S.r.l. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2008 (in Italian), PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.
  8. ↑ "MERCATO. DE FALCO E OLIVIERI ALL'ANCONA". AC ChievoVerona (in Italian). 15 July 2008. Archived from the original on 2012-07-23. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
  9. ↑ "De Falco also joining Bari". A.C. ChievoVerona. 27 August 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "De Falco to Bari; Bellomo to Chievo". A.C. ChievoVerona. 27 August 2012. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  11. 1 2 A.C. Chievo-Verona S.r.l. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2013 (in Italian), PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.
  12. 1 2 "Valutazione ramo di azienda sportiva A.S. BARI S.p.A" (PDF). Tribunale di Bari (in Italian). Re-published by Corriere del Mezzogiorno. 28 March 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  13. 1 2 F.C. Bari 1098 S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2015 (in Italian), PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.
  14. ↑ "Perfezionato l'accordo per De Falco" (in Italian). Benevento Calcio. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  15. ↑ "Primo colpo di mercato dell'era Luca Gallo: firma Andrea De Falco" (in Italian). Reggina. 15 January 2019.
  16. ↑ "MERCATO GIALLOBLU – ANDREA DE FALCO E GIUSEPPE SCALERA SONO DUE NUOVI GIOCATORI GIALLOBLU" (Press release) (in Italian). Viterbese. 1 August 2019.
  17. ↑ "RESCISSIONE CONSENSUALE CON ANDREA DE FALCO" (in Italian). Viterbese. 22 February 2021.
  18. ↑ "PADULANO E DE FALCO SONO GIOCATORI DELL'ACN SIENA" (in Italian). Siena. 25 February 2021.
  19. ↑ "ANDREA DE FALCO E' UN NUOVO GIOCATORE ROSSOBLU'" (in Italian). Nereto. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  20. ↑ "Teams Named In Italian Football Match Fixing Probe". forzaitalianfootball.com. 9 May 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
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