Simone Romagnoli (born 9 February 1990) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie B club Sampdoria.
Born in Cremona, Romagnoli joined Milan from Cremonese in January 2007, shortly before turning 17.[2] Throughout his time in the club's youth system, he has been a member of the under-17 squad who won the Campionato Nazionale Allievi in 2007,[3] as well as the captain of the under-20 side who won the Coppa Italia Primavera in 2010, 25 years after their last success.[4][5]
During the 2009–10 season, Romagnoli also started being selected for the first-team.[5] In particular, he was named on the bench for a league match against Palermo, though he did not come on.[6]
In order to gain some first team experience, Romagnoli was loaned out to Prima Divisione club Foggia for the 2010–11 season.[7] He made his official debut for the club in the first game of the Coppa Italia Lega Pro group stage against L'Aquila — which Foggia won 2–1 – on 14 August 2010.[8] The next week, in the first league game of the season, he also scored his maiden goal with a header from a corner.[9]
On 8 July 2011, after the end of the loan to the Foggia, he moved from Milan to the Serie B team Pescara on a co-ownership deal.[10]
On 24 June 2022, Romagnoli signed with Parma.[11]
On 31 January 2023, Romagnoli joined Lecce in Serie A.[12]
On 21 July 2024, Romagnoli moved to Sampdoria on loan with an obligation to buy in July 2025.[13]
He made his debut with the Italy U-21 team on 4 June 2012, in a match against Republic of Ireland.
| Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Foggia (loan) | 2010–11 | Lega Pro 1 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 3 | ||
| Pescara | 2011–12 | Serie B | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | Serie A | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Total | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 0 | ||||
| Spezia (loan) | 2012–13 | Serie B | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| Carpi | 2013–14 | Serie B | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 2 | ||
| 2014–15 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 3 | ||||
| 2015–16 | Serie A | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | Serie B | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 5[b] | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Total | 127 | 5 | 7 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | 139 | 5 | |||
| Empoli (loan) | 2017–18 | Serie B | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | ||
| Bologna (loan) | 2017–18 | Serie A | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Brescia (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie B | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 2 | ||
| Empoli | 2019–20 | Serie B | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 33 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 1 | ||||
| 2021–22 | Serie A | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 2 | |||
| Total | 81 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 86 | 3 | |||
| Parma | 2022–23 | Serie B | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| Lecce | 2022–23 | Serie A | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| Frosinone | 2023–24 | Serie A | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 1 | ||
| Sampdoria (loan) | 2024–25 | Serie B | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 400 | 14 | 18 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | 424 | 14 | |||
