Elia Benedettini

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Elia Benedettini
Benedettini against Liechtenstein on 8 September 2020
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-06-22) 22 June 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Borgo Maggiore, San Marino
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Murata
Number 1
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 San Marino Calcio 1 (0)
2013–2014 Cesena 0 (0)
2014–2016 Pianese 46 (0)
2016–2020 Novara 16 (0)
2021–2022 Cesena 3 (0)
2022–2023 Cailungo 28 (0)
2023 Libertas 13 (0)
2024– Murata 10 (0)
International career‡
2010–2011 San Marino U17 2 (0)
2012 San Marino U19 3 (0)
2013–2016 San Marino U21 13 (0)
2015–2024 San Marino 48 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2023

Elia Benedettini (born 22 June 1995) is a Sammarinese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Murata. He is the cousin of San Marino goalkeeper Simone.

Club career[edit]

Benedettini began his career at San Marino Calcio in Lega Pro, the third tier of the Italian football system. He was first called up to a matchday squad on 24 September 2012, remaining an unused substitute in a 0–1 home loss against Pavia at the Stadio Olimpico in Serravalle.[1] On 10 February 2013 he was called up again and remained unused in a 2–0 home win over PortoSummaga.[2] His third call-up on 5 May resulted in his only appearance of the season, in a home match against Cremonese. Starting goalkeeper Mattia Migani was sent off in the second minute, so forward Francesco Cassola was substituted for Benedettini, who immediately conceded a penalty kick by Giuseppe Le Noci in an eventual 1–6 defeat.[3]

On 21 July 2013, he joined Cesena for an undisclosed fee.[4]

In July 2014, Benedettini moved to Serie D club Pianese.[5]

In July 2016, he moved to Serie B club Novara on a free transfer.[4] He made his competitive debut for the club on 24 December 2016 in a 4–1 away defeat to Virtus Entella.[6] He was released by Novara by mutual consent on 9 October 2020.[7]

On 14 January 2021, he returned to Cesena.[8]

On 11 July 2022, Benedettini agreed to join Cailungo in Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio.[9]

Benedettini agreed to terms with Libertas on 31 July 2023.[10]

International career[edit]

He made his senior international debut for San Marino on 27 June 2015, in a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match against Slovenia in Ljubljana, a 0–6 defeat.[11] Prior to this, he had played for San Marino's youth teams.

Personal life[edit]

Benedettini works for his parents' transport company while also playing football.[12]

Career statistics[edit]

International[edit]

As of match played 17 November 2023[13]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
San Marino 2015 2 0
2016 1 0
2017 4[a] 0
2018 6 0
2019 4 0
2020 3 0
2021 11 0
2022 8 0
2023 9 0
Total 48 0
  1. ^ One NonFIFA match

References[edit]

  1. ^ "San Marino 0-1 Pavia". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  2. ^ "San Marino 2-0 PortoSummaga". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  3. ^ "San Marino 1-6 Cremonese". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  4. ^ a b Elia Benedettini at Soccerway
  5. ^ "Elia Benedettini, il "guardiano" di San Marino". toscananews.net (in Italian). 29 May 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Virtus Entella vs. Novara – 24 December 2016 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  7. ^ "TUTTI I TRASFERIMENTI DI QUESTA SESSIONE DI MERCATO" (in Italian). Novara. 9 October 2020. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  8. ^ "TESSERATO IL PORTIERE ELIA BENEDETTINI" (in Italian). Cesena. 14 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Elia Benedettini è con sp Cailungo" (in Italian). Cailungo. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  10. ^ "Elia Benedettini alla Libertas" (in Italian). RTV San Marino. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  11. ^ Sever, Grega (27 March 2015). "Slovenia set new record win against San Marino". UEFA. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  12. ^ "San Marino haven't won since 2004 and are world's worst team, but they're not giving up". dailymail. 11 October 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  13. ^ Elia Benedettini at National-Football-Teams.com

External links[edit]

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