| Simone Santarelli | |
| Birth Date: | 7 September 1988 |
| Birth Place: | Rome, Italy |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Youthclubs1: | Lazio |
| Years1: | 2007–2010 |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Clubs1: | Lazio |
| Years2: | 2007–2008 |
| Caps2: | 2 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Clubs2: | → Gallipoli (loan) |
| Years3: | 2010–2011 |
| Caps3: | 20 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Clubs3: | Foggia |
| Nationalyears1: | 2004–2005 |
| Nationalteam1: | Italy U-17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Simone Santarelli (born 7 September 1988) is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.
Born in Rome, Lazio, Santarelli is a supporter of S.S. Lazio and started his career in its youth teams. In 2007–08 season he moved to Gallipoli[1] along with Lucas Correa, Daniele Greco and Matteo Merini. He was the understudy of Generoso Rossi along with Joachim Spina. He played twice in Serie C1 and played a few matches in Coppa Italia Serie C.[2] [3] He returned to Lazio on 1 July 2008 and later frozen by the club. He unable to train along with the first team and the club demanded a high transfer fee.[4] On 5 August 2010 he signed a 1+1 contract with Prima Divisione team Foggia.[5] Half of the matches was played by Santarelli, shared with Mihail Ivanov.
Santarelli became an emergency third keeper for the Italy Under-17 side at 2005 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship. He replaced injured Paolo Tornaghi (himself replaced suspended Enrico Alfonso) to play for Bronze match, beaten the original third keeper Alberto Frison[6] who also injured.[7] He also selected to 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship.