| Michele Cerofolini | |
| Birth Date: | 4 January 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Arezzo, Italy |
| Height: | 1.91 m |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Currentclub: | Frosinone |
| Clubnumber: | 31 |
| Youthyears1: | –2018 |
| Youthclubs1: | Fiorentina |
| Years1: | 2017–2023 |
| Clubs1: | Fiorentina |
| Caps1: | 5 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs2: | → Cosenza (loan) |
| Caps2: | 5 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2019 |
| Clubs3: | → Bisceglie (loan) |
| Caps3: | 17 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2020 |
| Clubs4: | → Casertana (loan) |
| Caps4: | 10 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs5: | → Reggiana (loan) |
| Caps5: | 19 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2022 |
| Clubs6: | → Alessandria (loan) |
| Caps6: | 1 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2023– |
| Clubs7: | Frosinone |
| Caps7: | 8 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2017 |
| Nationalteam1: | Italy U18 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2017–2018 |
| Nationalteam2: | Italy U19 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 8 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2018–2019 |
| Nationalteam3: | Italy U20 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 10 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2020 |
| Nationalteam4: | Italy U21 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 9 June 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 19:40, 18 November 2020 (UTC) |
Michele Cerofolini (born 4 January 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Frosinone.
Cerofolini is a product of Fiorentina youth teams and started playing for their Under-19 squad in the 2015–16 season at the age of 17.[1] He started making bench appearances for Fiorentina's senior squad in the 2016–17 Serie A season.[2] On 23 August 2017, he made his first appearance for Fiorentina's senior squad, coming on as an 87th-minute substitute for Bartłomiej Drągowski (becoming Fiorentina's third goalkeeper of the game) in a friendly Trofeo Santiago Bernabéu matchup against Real Madrid.[3] In 2017–18 season, he appeared on the bench in most of the Serie A games for Fiorentina, but did not play in any, remaining a backup to Marco Sportiello and Dragowski.
On 13 July 2018, Cerofolini joined Serie B club Cosenza on a season-long loan.[4] He made his professional debut in Serie B for Cosenza on 26 September 2018 in a 2–0 away defeat against Cremonese.[5] One month later, on 30 October, he played his second match for the club, a 1–1 home draw against Pescara.[6] However, in January 2019, his loan was interrupted and he returned to Fiorentina leaving Cosenza with only these 2 appearances, remaining an unused substitute for 17 times during the loan, here he was the third goalkeeper after Pietro Perina and Umberto Saracco.[7]
On 25 January 2019, Cerofolini moved on another loan, to Serie C club Bisceglie.[8] Two days later, on 27 January, he made his debut in a 1–0 home defeat against Viterbese Castrense.[9] Two weeks later, on 10 February, he kept his first clean sheet for the team in a 0–0 home draw against Trapani and two more weeks later, on 24 February, he kept his second in a 0–0 away draw against Paganese.[10] [11] He became Bisceglie's first-choice in the second part of the season. Cerofolini ended his six-month loan to Bisceglie with 13 appearances, 11 goals conceded and 6 clean sheets.
After appearing on the bench three times for Fiorentina in November and December 2019, on 9 January 2020 he joined Serie C club Casertana on loan.[12] Three days later, on 12 January, he made his debut for the club in a 2–2 away draw against Rende.[13] Ten more days later, on 22 January, Cerofolini kept his first clean sheet for Casertana in a 0–0 home draw against Potenza.[14] On 9 February he kept his second clean sheet in a 0–0 home draw against Bisceglie.[15] Cerofolini ended his six-month loan to Casertana with eight appearances, eight goals conceded and two clean sheet.
On 20 August 2020, Cerofolini was loaned to newly promoted Serie B club Reggiana on loan for the 2020–21 season.[16]
On 28 January 2022, he joined Alessandria on loan.[17]
At the end of the loan he returned to Fiorentina, and he made his Serie A debut for the club on 30 April 2023 in a 5–0 home win against Sampdoria.[18]
On 14 August 2023, Cerofolini signed a three-year contract with Frosinone.[19]
Cerofolini was first chosen to represent his country when he was called up to Italy national under-18 football team for a series of friendlies in February 2017.[20]
Later in the same year he began to be called up to the Under-19 squad, and eventually was included in Italy's roster for the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, in which Italy was the runner-up to Portugal. He did not make any appearances at the tournament, serving as back-up to Alessandro Plizzari.[21]
In the fall of 2018 he was included in Italy's Under-20 squad and played in 2018–19 Under 20 Elite League games.[22]
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.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Cosenza (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| Bisceglie (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie C | 17 | 0 | — | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Casertana (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie C | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Reggiana(loan) | 2020-21 | Serie B | 19 | 0 | |||||||||
| Alessandria(loan) | 2021-22 | Serie B | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| Fiorentina | 2022-23 | Serie A | 4 | 0 | |||||||||
| Career total | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 | |||||
Fiorentina
Italy U19