Full name Elia Benedettini Years Team Height 1.89 m Date of birth 22 June 1995 2012–2013 San Marino Calcio Weight 90 kg | Place of birth San Marino Name Elia Benedettini Date joined 2013 Playing position Role Footballer | |
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Current teams U.S. Pianese A.S.D. (Goalkeeper), San Marino national football team (Goalkeeper) | ||
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Elia Benedettini (born 22 June 1995) is a Sammarinese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Italian club Novara.
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Club career
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. On 10 February 2013 he was called up again and remained unused in a 2–0 home win over PortoSummaga. 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.
On 21 July 2013, he joined Cesena for an undisclosed fee.
International career
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 which was Slovenia's biggest ever victory.