Fabio Miretti

Fabio Miretti (born 3 August 2003) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie C Group A club Juventus U23.

Fabio Miretti
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-08-03) 3 August 2003
Place of birth Pinerolo, Italy
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Juventus U23
Number 21
Youth career
2007–2008 Auxilium Saluzzo
2008–2011 Cuneo
2011–2021 Juventus
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Juventus U23 30 (3)
2021– Juventus 3 (0)
National team‡
2018 Italy U15 2 (0)
2018–2019 Italy U16 12 (2)
2019–2020 Italy U17 6 (2)
2021– Italy U19 10 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:11, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:30, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

Miretti joined Auxilium Saluzzo's youth setup in 2007 and moved on to Cuneo's the following year. In 2011, Miretti was bought by Juventus with which he played across its youth levels. In February 2021, Miretti made his professional debut with the U23 team, aged 17. The following season, he became a Juventus U23 starter, and he made his Serie A and UEFA Champions League debuts with the first team and helped the U19 team reach the UEFA Youth League semi-finals.

Miretti has also represented Italy at youth levels since 2018. He has since scored eight goals in 30 appearances across Italy's youth levels.

Club career

Early career

Miretti started playing football at Auxilium Saluzzo's youth sector at the age of four.[2][3] One year later, his talent was recognised by scout Ermanno Demaria, and he was acquired by the Cuneo's Youth Team, with which he played their friendlies with children one year older, singing his first contract in 2010.[3] The following year, he joined the Juventus Youth Sector after being reported by sporting observer Santo Borza and after training with Juventus and Torino.[3] By the time he turned 11, Miretti had scored 177 goals for the Pulcini side.[4] Miretti scored 16 goals in 17 appearances with the under-17s in the 2019–20 season, subsequently suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.[5][6][7]

Juventus
Miretti (right) in action with Juventus U19 in 2021

In October 2020, Miretti was included in The Guardian's list of the 60 best talents in the world born in 2003.[8][9] On 13 February 2021, Miretti made his professional debut with Serie C side Juventus U23 – the reserve team of Juventus – in a 3–0 away win against AlbinoLeffe.[5] During the 2020–21 season, as a mezz'ala in a 4–3–3 formation, he played for the Primavera (under-19s) side with the addition of four substitute appearances with the under-23s.[9][10][11]

Miretti began the 2021–22 season by taking part in Juventus' pre-season friendlies.[12] In August, he was given the number 21 jersey for Juventus U23.[13] For the under-23s, he scored his first career goal on 22 August, in a 3–2 win against Pro Sesto in the Coppa Italia Serie C, converting a penalty in the 108th minute.[14] Six days after, Miretti scored his first Serie C goal, the opener of Juventus U23's away match against Pergolettese, eventually won 2–1.[11] On 10 September, Miretti received his first call up by the first team, by coach Massimiliano Allegri, alongside his U23 teammates Koni De Winter and Matías Soulé for the Serie A match against Napoli, played the following day.[12] Miretti captained the U23s in a 3–2 Coppa Italia Serie C win against Feralpisalò on 15 September.[15] His Juventus first-team debut came on 8 December, in a 1–0 UEFA Champions League home win against Malmö FF, coming on as substitute in the 89th minute.[10] In the post-match interview, Miretti said "[It] was an incredible emotion. The dream of every kid who comes to Juve[ntus]' youth sector is to make his debut in front of his own fans and in his own stadium. [It] was an emotion never felt before".[16] Miretti was awarded Best Youth Player of the first half of the Serie C season.[17]

"[He]'s a boy who knows the football and [he's] ready to stay among the big [ones]."

—Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri on Miretti, 1 May 2022[7]

On 20 January 2022, Miretti extended his contract with Juventus until 2026.[2] Miretti played his first Serie A match on 20 March, replacing Juan Cuadrado in stoppage time in a home 2–0 win against Salernitana.[18] Additionally, in this match, for preferring to adapt full-back Danilo as a midfielder instead of deploying Miretti as a starter against a newly promoted team, Allegri was criticised by Juventus fans on social media.[19] His debut as a starter in Serie A and with the first team was on 1 May, in a match against Venezia at home won 2–1,[11][20] becoming the first Juventus player born after 2002 to play as a starter.[21] Miretti was decisive in the actions of the two goals scored by Leonardo Bonucci, having taken the free kick and the corner kick which led Bonucci to score his goals.[22] At the 78th minute, he was replaced by Arthur Melo, receiving a standing ovation from the stadium.[22]

Throughout the season, he also played some UEFA Youth League matches with Juventus U19.[23] Miretti scored two goals in five matches for the U19s who were eliminated in the semi-finals, their best-ever placing in the competition.[23][24]

International career

Miretti represented Italy internationally at under-15,[25] under-16,[26] under-17,[27] and under-19 levels.[28]

Miretti debuted with the under-19s on 13 August 2021, in a match against Albania won 1–0.[28] Two months later, on 6 October, Miretti scored a goal against Lithuania, his first with Italy U19.[28] Miretti was called up for the last two games of the 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification against Finland and Belgium;[29] he scored one goal in both matches, helping Italy qualify to the tournament.[30][31]

Style of play

Starting his career as a central midfielder, Miretti moved up the pitch with time and became a trequartista through his eye for the goal.[6] During his year at the under-19s Miretti changed his position in the field, becoming a mezz'ala due to the absence of a trequartista in his coaches' modules.[9] The website Numero Diez described him as a flexible, technical and dynamic midfielder who features excellent vision, precision, speed of thought and ball control, who can also use his weak foot.[9] Goal.com and TUTTOmercatoWEB added that his qualities were also dribbling and passing, shooting, eye for the goal and insertion which allow him to set up his teammates with assists.[10][32] He was also likened to former Juventus midfielder Claudio Marchisio by Goal.com for his qualities as a finisher and for his career across Juventus' youth levels.[10]

Personal life

Miretti was born in Pinerolo on 3 August 2003, but he is originally from Saluzzo.[2][3][7] On 30 December 2021, Miretti tested positive for COVID-19 amid its pandemic in Italy;[33] he fully recovered on 9 January 2022.[34] Miretti's idol is former Juventus' midfielder Pavel Nedvěd and his reference point is Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne for his role and characteristics.[35] He has been a Juventus supporter since his childhood.[36] Miretti currently attends Juventus in-house Liceo Scientifico con indrizzo sportivo (Scientific high school with sports focus).[37] Miretti has a girlfriend called India[38] and has a sister called Alessia.[39] He does not enjoy playing football videogames and prefers basketball videogames, where he always chooses the team of his idol James Harden.[40]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 1 May 2022[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Coppa Italia Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Juventus U23 2020–21 Serie C 40— ——40
2021–22 Serie C 263——3[lower-alpha 1]1294
Total 303000031334
Juventus 2021–22 Serie A 30001[lower-alpha 2]00040
Career total 333001031374
  1. Appearances in Coppa Italia Serie C
  2. Appearance in UEFA Champions League

International
As of match played 29 March 2022
Appearances and goals by national team, year and competition
Team Year Competitive Friendly Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Italy U15[25] 2018 —2020
Italy U16[26] 2018 —6 262
2019 —6060
Total 00122122
Italy U17[27] 2019 3[lower-alpha 1]22052
2020 —1010
Total 323062
Italy U19[28] 2021 3[lower-alpha 2]13061
2022 3[lower-alpha 2] 21143
Total 6341104
Career total 95213308
  1. Appearances in 2020 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification
  2. Appearances in 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

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