| Wladimiro Falcone | |
| Birth Date: | 12 April 1995 |
| Birth Place: | Rome, Italy |
| Height: | 1.95 m[1] |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Currentclub: | Lecce |
| Clubnumber: | 30 |
| Youthyears1: | –2014 |
| Youthclubs1: | Sampdoria |
| Years1: | 2014–2023 |
| Clubs1: | Sampdoria |
| Caps1: | 12 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2014–2015 |
| Clubs2: | → Como (loan) |
| Caps2: | 9 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2015–2016 |
| Clubs3: | → Savona (loan) |
| Caps3: | 29 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs4: | → Livorno (loan) |
| Caps4: | 1 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2017 |
| Clubs5: | → Bassano Virtus (loan) |
| Caps5: | 0 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2018 |
| Clubs6: | → Gavorrano (loan) |
| Caps6: | 18 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs7: | → Lucchese (loan) |
| Caps7: | 41 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs8: | → Cosenza (loan) |
| Caps8: | 36 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs9: | → Lecce (loan) |
| Caps9: | 38 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Clubs10: | Lecce |
| Years10: | 2023– |
| Caps10: | 38 |
| Goals10: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2012–2013 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 7 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalteam1: | Italy U18[2] |
| Nationalyears2: | 2013–2014 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalteam2: | Italy U19 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2015–2016 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalteam3: | Italy U20 |
| Club-Update: | 9 June 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 20 March 2018 |
Wladimiro Falcone (born 12 April 1995) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Lecce.
Born in Rome, Falcone is a youth product of Ligurian club Sampdoria. He was the first choice of their reserve team from 2012 to 2014,[3] while also appearing as unused bench for the first team.
On 25 July 2014, Falcone was signed by Lega Pro club Como in a temporary deal.[4] [5] The club won promotion to Serie B in 2015 as the promotion playoffs winner.
On 20 July 2015, he was signed by another third-level club, Savona, in a temporary deal.[6] [7]
On 9 July 2016, he left Samp once again for Livorno in another temporary deal.[8] The club was relegated from Serie B to Lega Pro in 2016. On 31 January 2017, he returned to Sampdoria.
In July 2017, he joined Bassano on loan.[9] But in January 2018, he left for Gavorrano.[10] Later he went to Lucchese on loan.[11]
On 2019 he came back to Sampdoria, and he made his debut for the club on 29 July 2020 in a 1–4 loss against Milan.[12]
On 29 August 2020, he extended his contract for Sampdoria until 2024; on the same day he went to Cosenza on a season loan.[13] [14]
During the whole 2020-21 season, Falcone established himself as the first-choice goalkeeper of the Silani and repeatedly stole the scene thanks to his performances,[15] although he couldn't help Cosenza avoid relegation, as a 9-point gap between them and Ascoli allowed the latter team to stay in the second tier without playing a relegation play-out.[16]
On 17 July 2022, Falcone joined recently-promoted to Serie A side Lecce on a season-long loan.[17] That season, he played all available minutes in the league, helping Lecce avoid relegation to Serie B.[18]
On 27 July 2023, Lecce announced the permanent signing of Falcone on a five-year contract,[19] for a reported fee of €4 million.[20]
In 2014, Falcone was a second-choice keeper for Italy's U-19 side during the qualifiers for the UEFA European Under-19 Championship, behind Pierluigi Gollini.
On 17 March 2023, Falcone received his first official callup to the senior Italy national team for two UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches against England and Malta.[21]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Sampdoria | 2012–13 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2019–20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 2021–22 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||||
| Como (loan) | 2014–15 | Lega Pro | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Savona (loan) | 2015–16 | Lega Pro | 29 | 0 | — | — | — | 29 | 0 | ||||
| Livorno (loan) | 2016–17 | Lega Pro | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Bassano Virtus (loan) | 2017–18 | Serie C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gavorrano (loan) | 2017–18 | Serie C | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Lucchese (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie C | 37 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | 41 | 0 | |||
| Cosenza (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie B | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 0 | |||
| Lecce (loan) | 2022–23 | Serie A | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 39 | 0 | |||
| Lecce | 2023–24 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 39 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 76 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 78 | 0 | |||||
| Career total | 216 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 230 | 0 | |||