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Michele Di Gregorio

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Michele Di Gregorio
Di Gregorio with Monza in 2021
Personal information
Full name Michele Di Gregorio[1]
Date of birth (1997-07-27) 27 July 1997 (age 28)[1]
Place of birth Milan, Italy
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Juventus
Number 16
Youth career
2003–2017 Inter Milan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2022 Inter Milan 0 (0)
2017–2018 → Renate (loan) 33 (0)
2018–2019 → Novara (loan) 30 (0)
2019–2020 → Pordenone (loan) 33 (0)
2020–2022 → Monza (loan) 64 (0)
2022–2025 Monza 70 (0)
2024–2025 → Juventus (loan) 33 (0)
2025– Juventus 30 (0)
International career
2014 Italy U17 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:08, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

Michele Di Gregorio (born 27 July 1997) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Juventus.

Club career

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Inter Milan

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Born in Milan, Italy, Di Gregorio was a youth product of Inter Milan.[citation needed]

Loan to Renate

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On 12 July 2017, Di Gregorio and Alessandro Mattioli were signed by Serie C side Renate on a season-long loan deal.[2] On 30 July he made his debut for Renate in the first round of Coppa Italia in a 3–1 home win over Siracusa.[3] On 3 September, Di Gregorio made his Serie C debut for Renate and he kept his first clean sheet in a 3–0 home win over Padova.[4] One week later he kept his second clean sheet in a 1–0 away win over FeralpiSalò.[5] On 16 September, Di Gregorio kept his third clean sheet in a 3–0 away win over Modena.[6] On 17 December, Di Gregorio kept his 10th clean sheet in a 1–0 home win over Pordenone.[7] Di Gregorio ended his season-long loan to Renate with 38 appearances, 14 clean sheets, and 36 goals conceded.[8]

Loan to Novara

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On 4 July 2018, it was announced that Di Gregorio was loaned to a Serie B club Avellino.[9] However, he did not play any matches for the team and returned to Inter Milan. On 24 August 2018 he was loaned to Novara.[10] On 30 September he made his Serie C debut for Novara in a 1–1 home draw against Juventus U23.[11] On 7 October he kept his first clean sheet for Novara in a 3–0 away win over Piacenza.[12] Three week later he kept his second clean sheet in a 2–0 away win over Pistoiese.[13] On 18 November he kept his third clean sheet in a 0–0 away draw against Cuneo.[14] On 12 December he was sent-off with a red card in the 90th minute of a 1–1 away draw against Alessandria.[15] Di Gregorio ended his loan to Novara with 32 appearances, 12 clean sheets and 28 goals conceded.[8]

Loan to Pordenone

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On 10 July 2019, Di Gregorio was loaned to Serie B club Pordenone on a season-long loan deal.[16] On 13 September he made his debut in Serie B for Pordenone and he kept his first clean sheet for the team in a 1–0 home win over Spezia.[17] Three weeks later, on 5 October, he kept his second clean sheet in a 2–0 home win over Empoli and three more weeks later, on 26 October, he kept his third in a 0–0 home draw against Cittadella.[18][19] Di Gregorio ended his season-long loan to Pordenone with 35 appearances, 41 goals conceded and 11 clean sheets, and he also help the club to reach the play-off semi-finals, however they lose 2–1 on aggregate against Frosinone.[8]

Monza

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On 27 August 2020, Di Gregorio was sent on loan for the 2020–21 season to newly-promoted Serie B club Monza, on a one-year deal with an option to buy.[20] Following 31 appearances with Monza, 29 in the league, he was re-loaned on 29 June 2021, on a one-year deal with option to buy, counter-option for Inter Milan and conditional obligation to buy.[21] Di Gregorio's obligation for purchase clause was triggered on 29 May 2022, after helping Monza top their first-ever Serie A promotion.[22]

Di Gregorio made his Serie A debut on 13 August, in a 2–1 home defeat to Torino in the first matchday.[23] He kept his first Serie A clean sheet on 18 September, after helping Monza win their first game in the top flight against Italian giants Juventus 1–0.[24] On 7 July 2023, Di Gregorio's contract with Monza was renewed until 30 June 2027.[25]

On 29 December 2023, Di Gregorio kept a clean sheet in a 0–0 away draw against Napoli, producing nine saves – the most by a goalkeeper in a single Serie A match that season – including a penalty stop on Matteo Pessina.[26][27] He won the Serie A Best Goalkeeper award in the 2023–24 season, keeping 14 clean sheets, and conceding 35 goals in 33 games, in addition to making a league best 127 saves.[28][29][30]

Juventus

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On 5 July 2024, Di Gregorio joined Serie A club Juventus on a one-year loan, worth €4.5 million, with an obligation to buy at the end of the season for a further €13.5m, plus performance-related bonuses up to €2m.[31][32]

International career

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On 19 February 2014, Di Gregorio made his Italy under-17 debut as a substitute, replacing Emil Audero in the 59th minute of a 6–0 home win over Hungary U17.[citation needed]

In October 2024, he was selected for the senior Italy squad for 2024–25 UEFA Nations League matches against Belgium and Israel on 10 and 14 October 2024, respectively.[33]

Style of play

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During his time at Monza, Di Gregorio established himself as one of the best goalkeepers in Italy, standing out for his shot-stopping ability, his ability to keep clean sheets while producing many saves, stop penalties, and distribute the ball effectively and launch attacks; he was named the Serie A Best Goalkeeper of the 2023–24 season for his performances, and drew praise from former Juventus and Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, even being touted as a potential successor to him at the Turin-based side.[29][30] Upon signing with Juventus, his club profile described him as an "all-round goalkeeper," with a "modern" style, who possessed good reflexes and shot-stopping abilities, in addition to being adept at playing with his feet.[26][34] During the latter half of his second season at the club, however, he suffered a decline in form, which led his shot-stopping ability to be brought into question by several pundits, in particular following a series of poor performances in Serie A and the Coppa Italia, which led him to be dropped from the starting line-up in favour of Mattia Perin.[35][36][37]

Personal life

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Di Gregorio is affectionately nicknamed "L'Uomo Digre", a play on words in reference to television anime Tiger Mask (L'Uomo Tigre in Italian).[38] He and his partner Samantha have a son named Marcello (b. 2020).[39]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 17 May 2026[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Coppa Italia Europe Other Total
LeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Renate (loan) 2017–18 Serie C 33030—1[a]0370
Novara (loan) 2018–19 Serie C 30000—2[a]0320
Pordenone (loan) 2019–20 Serie B 33000—2[b]0350
Monza (loan) 2020–21 Serie B 27020—2[b]0310
2021–22 Serie B 37010—4[b]0420
Monza 2022–23 Serie A 37000——370
2023–24 Serie A 33040——340
Monza total 134010—601440
Juventus (loan) 2024–25 Serie A 330108[c]05[d]0470
Juventus 2025–26 Serie A 300106[c]0—370
Juventus total 6302014050840
Career total 2930901401603320
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Serie C promotion play-offs
  2. 1 2 3 Appearances in Serie B promotion play-offs
  3. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ↑ One appearance in Supercoppa Italiana, four appearances in FIFA Club World Cup

Honours

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Inter Milan Primavera

Individual

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ – Squad List: Juventus FC (ITA)" (PDF). FIFA. 4 July 2025. p. 21. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 July 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  2. ↑ "Di Gregorio e Mattioli al Renate". FC Internazionale - Inter Milan. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Renate vs. Siracusa - 30 July 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Renate vs. Calcio Padova - 27 August 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 3 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "Modena vs. Renate - 16 September 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "Renate vs. Pordenone - 17 December 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Michele Di Gregorio at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  9. ↑ "Il portiere Di Gregorio è dell'Avellino" (Press release) (in Italian). usavellino.club. 4 July 2018. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  10. ↑ "Di Gregorio al Novara" (Press release) (in Italian). inter.it. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  11. ↑ "Novara vs. Juventus II - 30 September 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  12. ↑ "Piacenza vs. Novara - 7 October 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  13. ↑ "Pistoiese vs. Novara - 21 October 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  14. ↑ "Cuneo vs. Novara - 18 November 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  15. ↑ "Alessandria vs. Novara - 12 December 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  16. ↑ "UFFICIALE: Pordenone, dall'Inter arriva Di Gregorio". www.tuttomercatoweb.com (in Italian). Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  17. ↑ "Pordenone vs. Spezia - 13 September 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  18. ↑ "Pordenone vs. Empoli - 5 October 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  19. ↑ "Pordenone vs. Cittadella - 26 October 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  20. ↑ "Rinforzo in porta: ecco Di Gregorio" (Press release) (in Italian). monzacalcio.com. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  21. ↑ "Welcome back Di Gregorio! - Associazione Calcio Monza S.p.A." www.acmonza.com (in Italian). Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  22. ↑ "TMW - Monza, con la Serie A scattano gli obblighi di riscatto per Di Gregorio, Bettella e Colpani - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". www.tuttomercatoweb.com (in Italian). Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  23. ↑ "MONZA-TORINO 1-2 - Radonjic show e Juric esulta con i timbri di Miranchuk e Sanabria". Tutto Monza (in Italian). Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  24. ↑ "Verso Sampdoria-Monza, Audero contro Di Gregorio. I numeri". Club Doria 46 (in Italian). 23 September 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  25. ↑ "Michele Di Gregorio rinnova fino al 2027 - Associazione Calcio Monza S.p.A." www.acmonza.com (in Italian). Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  26. 1 2 "Michele Di Gregorio is a Juventus player! - Juventus". Juventus.com. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  27. ↑ "Napoli-Monza 0-0: gli azzurri sbattono su Di Gregorio, Meret para un rigore a Pessina". la Repubblica (in Italian). 29 December 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  28. ↑ "Official: Di Gregorio named best Serie A goalkeeper for 2023-24". football-italia.net. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  29. 1 2 3 "MVPs of the Serie A Made in Italy 2023/2024". Serie A. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  30. 1 2 Digby, Adam (5 July 2024). "Who Is New Juventus Goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio?". Forbes. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  31. ↑ Juventus.com (5 July 2024). "ACCORDO CON IL MONZA PER L'ACQUISIZIONE DEL CALCIATORE DI GREGORIO" (PDF). Juventus.com (in Italian). Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  32. ↑ "Official : Juventus sign Di Gregorio from Monza for 18m agreement". football-italia.net. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  33. ↑ "Per gli Azzurri allenamento nel pomeriggio a Coverciano, convocato Nicolò Zaniolo" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 11 October 2024. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  34. ↑ "Michele Di Gregorio Goalkeeper Juventus Men's First Team". Juventus.com. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  35. ↑ "Struggling Juventus goalkeeper Di Gregorio wanted by Besiktas in 2026-27, claims Turkish report". Football Italia. 4 April 2026. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  36. ↑ "Juventus goalkeeper Di Gregorio and family receive threats after poor performances - Football ltalia". Football Italia. 24 February 2026. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  37. ↑ "Juventus' Michele Di Gregorio: Poor in Fiorentina meeting |…". thescore.com. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  38. ↑ "Vichingo, Imperatore e Pess: i soprannomi dei giocatori del Monza". il Cittadino di Monza e Brianza (in Italian). 23 September 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  39. ↑ "E' nato il piccolo Marcello Di Gregorio!" (Press release) (in Italian). Monza. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
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