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Simone Branca

Simone Branca (born 25 March 1992) is an Italian professional fotballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie C Group B club Milan Futuro, the reserve team of Serie A club AC Milan. Besides Italy, he has played in Denmark.[1]

Club career

He is the product of Novara youth teams. He made a couple of bench appearances for Novara's senior squad in 2011–12 Serie A, but did not see any field time.[2]

Before the 2012–13 season he joined Serie C club Südtirol on loan. He made his Serie C debut for Südtirol on 2 September 2012 in a game against AlbinoLeffe as a starter.[3] Before the next season, he dissolved his Novara contract by mutual consent and rejoined Südtirol on a permanent basis.[4]

On 30 June 2015 Branca signed a three-year contract with another Serie C club Alessandria.[5]

On 26 January 2018, he moved to Denmark, signing with Vejle in the second-tier Danish 1st Division. He reunited with the Italian manager Adolfo Sormani, who previously coached Branca at Südtirol. He became the first Italian to play for Vejle.[6] He contributed to Vejle getting promotion back to Danish Superliga.

On 6 July 2018, he returned to Italy, signing with Serie B club Cittadella.[7]

On 3 February 2025, Branca joined Serie C club Milan Futuro, which serves as the newly created reserve team of Serie A club AC Milan.[8]

Career statistics

As of match played 27 April 2025[9][10]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup [a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Novara 2011–12 Serie A 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
Südtirol 2012–13 Lega Pro 1 A 29 1 0 0 — 29 1
2013–14 23 2 2 0 — 4[b] 0 29 2
2014–15 Lega Pro 27 2 2 0 — 29 2
Total 79 5 4 0 0 0 4 0 87 5
Alessandria 2015–16 Lega Pro 33 3 8 0 — 1[c] 0 42 3
2016–17 27 1 2 0 — 6[d] 0 35 1
2017–18 Serie C 16 0 2 0 — 18 0
Total 76 4 12 0 0 0 7 0 95 4
Vejle 2017–18 Danish 1st Division 14 0 0 0 — 14 0
Total 14 0 0 0 — 14 0
Cittadella 2018–19 Serie B 34 1 2 0 — 4[e] 0 39 1
2019–20 32 0 2 0 — 1[f] 0 35 0
2020–21 32 1 1 0 — 4[g] 0 37 1
2021–22 29 2 2 0 — 2[h] 0 33 2
2022–23 32 0 2 0 — 0 0 34 0
2023–24 32 2 2 0 — 0 0 34 2
2024–25 21 0 1 0 — 0 0 34 0
Total 212 6 12 0 0 0 11 0 235 6
Milan Futuro 2024–25 Serie C 13 0 — 0 0 13 0
Total 13 0 — 0 0 13 0
Career totals 394 15 28 0 0 0 15 0 437 15
Notes
  1. ^ Includes Coppa Italia Lega Pro, Coppa Italia Serie C, Coppa Italia
  2. ^ Appearances in the 2014 Lega Pro Prima promotion play-offs
  3. ^ Appearance in the 2016 Lega Pro promotion play-offs
  4. ^ Appearances in the 2017 Lega Pro promotion play-offs
  5. ^ Appearances in the 2019 Serie B promotion play-offs
  6. ^ Appearances in the 2020 Serie B promotion play-offs
  7. ^ Appearances in the 2021 Serie B promotion play-offs
  8. ^ Appearances in the 20222 Serie B promotion play-offs

References

  1. ^ Interview with Simone Branca goal.com
  2. ^ "Novara-Atalanta Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 19 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 2 September 2012.
  4. ^ "PERFEKT! SIMONE BRANCA GEHÖRT DEM FC SÜDTIROL" (in Italian). Südtirol. 11 July 2013.
  5. ^ "NUOVO ACQUISTO IN CASA ALESSANDRIA" (in Italian). Alessandria. 30 June 2015.
  6. ^ "VB sikrer sig italiensk midtbanespiller" (in Danish). Vejle. 26 January 2018.
  7. ^ "Simone Branca è granata!" (in Italian). Cittadella. 6 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Finisce un'era a Cittadella: capitan Branca ufficiale al Milan Futuro". padovaoggi.it. 3 February 2025.
  9. ^ Simone Branca at Soccerway
  10. ^ "Simone Branca » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 31 May 2019.