{{short description|Italian footballer (born 1991)}} {{EngvarB|date=June 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Davide Petrucci | image = Davide Petrucci, Manchester United 2012.jpg | caption = Davide Petrucci shoots in practice as Alex Ferguson watches | fullname = Davide Petrucci<ref name="Premier League Clubs submit Squad Lists">{{cite news |title=Premier League Clubs submit Squad Lists |url=http://www.premierleague.com/content/dam/premierleague/site-content/News/publications/squad-lists/Premier-League-squad-lists-September-2014.pdf |publisher=Premier League |date=3 September 2014 |page=26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022192726/http://www.premierleague.com/content/dam/premierleague/site-content/News/publications/squad-lists/Premier-League-squad-lists-September-2014.pdf |archive-date=22 October 2014 }}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|10|5|df=y}} | birth_place = Rome, Italy | height = 1.84 m | position = Midfielder | currentclub = | clubnumber = 16 | youthyears1 = 2001–2008 | youthclubs1 = Roma | youthyears2 = 2008–2013 | youthclubs2 = Manchester United | years1 = 2013–2014 | clubs1 = Manchester United | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2013 | clubs2 = → Peterborough United (loan) | caps2 = 4 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 2013 | clubs3 = → Antwerp (loan) | caps3 = 12 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2014 | clubs4 = → Charlton Athletic (loan) | caps4 = 5 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2014–2016 | clubs5 = CFR Cluj | caps5 = 58 | goals5 = 7 | years6 = 2016–2019 | clubs6 = Çaykur Rizespor | caps6 = 55 | goals6 = 2 | years7 = 2019–2020 | clubs7 = Ascoli | caps7 = 29 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2020–2021 | clubs8 = Cosenza | caps8 = 23 | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 2021–2023 | clubs9 = Hapoel Be'er Sheva | caps9 = 25 | goals9 = 2 | years10 = 2023–2024 | clubs10 = Brindisi | caps10 = 24 | goals10 = 2 | years11 = 2024–2025 | clubs11 = Messina | caps11 = 27 | goals11 = 1 | nationalyears1 = 2006–2007 | nationalteam1 = Italy U16 | nationalcaps1 = 12 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | nationalyears2 = 2007–2008 | nationalteam2 = Italy U17 | nationalcaps2 = 8 | nationalgoals2 = 1 | nationalyears3 = 2008–2010 | nationalteam3 = Italy U19 | nationalcaps3 = 3 | nationalgoals3 = 0 | club-update = 27 April 2025 | nationalteam-update = }} '''Davide Petrucci''' (born 5 October 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. He most recently played for {{Italian football updater|Messina}} club Messina.
==Club career==
===A.S. Roma=== Born in the San Basilio suburb of Rome, Petrucci began his football career with his local club, Roma, playing in their youth team.<ref name="moore">{{cite news |first=Malcolm |last=Moore |title=Davide Petrucci was stolen from us by Manchester United, claim angry Romans |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/manutd/2303122/Davide-Petrucci-was-stolen-from-us-by-Manchester-United-claim-angry-Romans.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204013833/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/manutd/2303122/Davide-Petrucci-was-stolen-from-us-by-Manchester-United-claim-angry-Romans.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 February 2009 |website=The Daily Telegraph|location=London |date=13 June 2008 |access-date=3 February 2009 }}</ref> During the 2007–08 season, he scored 14 goals in 19 appearances for the Roma youth team, alerting Manchester United to his talents. But the AS Roma offered him a contract worth only around £16,000 ''per annum'', the minimum wage for Italian youth team players, claiming that it would upset the other youth players who had already accepted similar deals if they offered him any more.<ref name="moore"/> However, despite the club's claims that he would have been given opportunities in the first team in the 2008–09 season, Petrucci expressed concerns that he had not already been called up.<ref name="moore"/> When he asked Roma for some time to consider their offer, the club gave him a three-day deadline.<ref name="moore"/> Around this time, Manchester United offered Petrucci a £95,000-a-year contract, which the Italian youngster accepted on 13 June 2008. To comply with FIFA regulations with regard to the international transfer of players under the age of 18, United also offered Petrucci's father, Stefano, a job as well as offering to pay for regular flights back to Italy.<ref name="moore"/>
===Manchester United=== United paid Roma approximately £200,000 in compensation for the transfer, which the Italians were unable to contest as Petrucci was not under contract with them. Italian football regulations state that under-17s may not be signed to professional contracts, meaning that Petrucci would not have been able to sign with Roma until his 17th birthday in October 2008.<ref name="moore"/> He travelled to Manchester on 30 June 2008, and began training with Manchester United the following day.<ref>{{cite news |first=Chris |last=Burton |title=Petrucci welcomes United chance |url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12875_3689446,00.html |publisher=Sky Sports (BSkyB) |date=14 June 2008 |access-date=3 February 2009 }}</ref> At the end of July 2008, Petrucci was part of the Manchester United team that won the Premier (under-17) section of the 2008 Milk Cup. He made regular appearances for the Manchester United under-18 side during the 2008–09 season, and got his first taste of reserve team action on 18 November 2008, when he played 20 minutes of a 2–1 defeat away to Hull City, coming on as a substitute for Antonio Bryan.<ref>{{cite news |first=Steve |last=Bartram |title=Reserves: Hull 2 United 1 |url=http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid={B4CEE8FA-9A47-47BC-B069-3F7A2F35DB70}&newsid=6622800 |publisher=Manchester United F.C. |page=2 |date=18 November 2008 |access-date=3 February 2009 }}</ref> On 22 January 2009, he made another appearance for the reserve team in the Manchester Senior Cup, scoring the first of the team's three goals in the fourth minute of a 3–0 win over Accrington Stanley.<ref>{{cite news |first=Will |last=Cope |author2=Bartram, Steve |title=Reserves: Utd 3 Accrington 0 |url=http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid={B4CEE8FA-9A47-47BC-B069-3F7A2F35DB70}&newsid=6625678 |publisher=Manchester United F.C. |date=22 January 2009 |access-date=3 February 2009 }}</ref>
====Loan to Peterborough United==== On 9 January 2013, Petrucci joined Peterborough United on loan, he joined along with his teammate Scott Wootton who was signed until the end of the season.<ref>{{cite news |first=Gemma |last=Thompson |title=Duo agree Posh loans |url=http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Football-News/2013/Jan/wootton-and-petrucci-agree-loan-moves-to-peterborough.aspx |publisher=Manchester United F.C. |date=9 January 2013 |access-date=9 January 2013 }}</ref> He made his debut on 12 January in a 2–1 defeat to Nottingham Forest.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nottm Forest 2–1 Peterborough |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/20919150 |publisher=BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation) |date=12 January 2013 |access-date=13 January 2013 }}</ref> He scored his first professional goal in a 2–1 win over Leicester City on 9 February 2013.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/21311488 |title=Peterborough 2–1 Leicester |publisher=BBC |date=9 February 2013 |access-date=3 July 2019}}</ref>
====Loan to Royal Antwerp and Charlton Athletic==== On 2 September 2013, Petrucci was initially loaned to Belgian side Royal Antwerp until the end of the season, but was recalled in January 2014.<ref>{{cite news |first=Mark |last=Froggatt |title=Reds trio head overseas |url=http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Football-News/2013/Sep/Three-Manchester-United-players-secure-overseas-loans.aspx |publisher=Manchester United F.C. |date=3 September 2013 |access-date=3 September 2013 }}</ref>
On 27 March 2014, Petrucci joined Championship side Charlton Athletic on loan until the end of the 2013–14 season.<ref>{{cite news |title=Davide Petrucci joins Charlton on loan |url=http://www.cafc.co.uk/news/article/20140327-davide-petrucci-joins-charlton-on-loan-1448779.aspx |publisher=Charlton Athletic F.C. |date=27 March 2014 |access-date=27 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327233842/http://www.cafc.co.uk/news/article/20140327-davide-petrucci-joins-charlton-on-loan-1448779.aspx |archive-date=27 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===CFR Cluj=== On 8 September 2014, after being named in United's 25-man Premier League squad, Petrucci terminated his contract by mutual consent to secure a move to Romanian side CFR Cluj, six days after the transfer window closed.<ref>{{cite news |first=Ben |last=Hibbs |title=Davide Petrucci signs for Cluj |url=http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Football-News/2014/Sep/Davide-Petrucci-signs-for-Cluj-after-being-released-by-Manchester-United.aspx |publisher=Manchester United F.C. |date=8 September 2014 |access-date=8 September 2014 }}</ref>
===Çaykur Rizespor=== On 29 August 2016, Petrucci was reported to have joined Turkish side Çaykur Rizespor.<ref>{{cite news|title=OFICIAL – Davide Petrucci este noul jucător al lui Rizespor. Pierdere mare pentru CFR|url=https://www.digisport.ro/fotbal/liga-1/oficial-davide-petrucci-este-noul-jucator-al-lui-rizespor-pierdere-mare-pentru-cfr-244725|website=digisport.ro|language=ro|date=29 August 2016 |access-date=29 August 2016}}</ref>
===Ascoli=== On 13 July 2019, he signed a 2-year contract with Ascoli.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Ascoli|url=https://www.ascolicalcio1898.it/index.php/news/dettaglio/calciomercato|title=Calciomercato: ufficiale Davide Petrucci fino al 2021.|trans-title=Official: Petruccia signed until 2021|date=13 July 2019|language=it}}</ref>
===Cosenza=== On 5 October 2020 he moved to Cosenza on a one-year contract.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Cosenza|url=http://www.ilcosenza.it/2020/10/05/davide-petrucci-e-un-giocatore-del-cosenza-calcio/|title=DAVIDE PETRUCCI È UN GIOCATORE DEL COSENZA CALCIO|date=5 October 2020|language=it}}</ref>
===Hapoel Be'er Sheva=== On 10 July 2021 Petrucci move to Hapoel Be'er Sheva on a two-year deal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sports.walla.co.il/item/3447079|title=הפועל באר שבע: הקשר האיטלקי דוידה פטרוצ'י סיכם לשנתיים|first=Yaniv|last=Tuchman|date=9 July 2021|accessdate=11 July 2021|language=Hebrew|publisher=Walla!}}.</ref> On 2 February 2023, after a year of not playing, he reached an agreement with the team on the release of his contract.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sports.walla.co.il/item/3556014|title=סוף הדרך: הפועל באר שבע התירה את חוזהו של דוידה פטרוצ'י|first=Yaniv|last=Tuchman|date=2 February 2023|accessdate=2 February 2023|language=Hebrew|publisher=Walla!}}.</ref>
=== Brindisi === On 1 August 2023, Petrucci joined Serie C side Brindisi, signing a two-year contract.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 August 2023 |title=Benvenuto Davide Petrucci {{!}} SSD Brindisi FC |url=https://www.brindisifc.it/news/prima-squadra/897-benvenuto-davide-petrucci |access-date=2023-08-28 |website=brindisifc.it |language=it}}</ref>
== Career statistics ==
=== Club === {{updated|match played 17 May 2025}}<ref>{{Soccerway|davide-petrucci/281456}}</ref> {| class="wikitable", style="text-align:center" |+Appearances by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" |Club ! rowspan="2" |Season ! colspan="3" |League ! colspan="2" |National Cup ! colspan="2" |League Cup ! colspan="2" |Europe ! colspan="2" |Other ! colspan="2" |Total |- !Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |- |Peterborough United (loan) |2012–13 |Championship |4 |1 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |4 |1 |- |Antwerp (loan) |2013–14 |Belgian Second Division |12 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |12 |0 |- |Charlton Athletic (loan) |2013–14 |Championship |5 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |5 |0 |- | rowspan="4" |CFR Cluj |2014–15 |Liga I |14 |1 |3 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |17 |1 |- |2015–16 |Liga I |38 |4 |5 |0 |2 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |45 |4 |- |2016–17 |Liga I |6 |2 | colspan="2" |— |1 |0 | colspan="2" |— |1{{efn|name=SCR|Appearance in Supercupa României}} |0 |8 |2 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !58 !7 !8 !0 !3 !0 ! colspan="2" |— !1 !0 !70 !7 |- | rowspan="4" |Çaykur Rizespor |2016–17 |Süper Lig |30 |2 |6 |1 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |36 |3 |- |2017–18 |TFF First League |15 |0 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |15 |0 |- |2018–19 |Süper Lig |10 |0 |3 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |13 |0 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !55 !2 !9 !1 ! colspan="2" |— ! colspan="2" |— ! colspan="2" |— !64 !3 |- | rowspan="3" |Ascoli |2019–20 |Serie B |28 |0 |2 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |30 |0 |- |2020–21 |Serie B |1 |0 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |1 |0 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !29 !0 !2 !0 ! colspan="2" |— ! colspan="2" |— ! colspan="2" |— !31 !0 |- |Cosenza |2020–21 |Serie B |23 |0 |1 |1 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |24 |1 |- | rowspan="3" |Hapoel Be'er Sheva |2021–22 |Israeli Premier League |15 |1 |2 |0 |2 |0 |6{{efn|name=UECL|Appearances in UEFA Conference League}} |0 | colspan="2" |— |25 |1 |- |2022–23 |Israeli Premier League |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !15 !1 !2 !0 !2 !0 !6 !0 !0 !0 !31 !0 |- |Brindisi |2023–24 |Serie C |25 |2 |2{{efn|name=CIS|Appearances in Coppa Italia Serie C}} |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |27 |2 |- |Messina |2024–25 |Serie C |27 |1 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |2{{efn|name=Serie C–Relegation play-offs|Appearances in Serie C-Relegation play-offs}} |0 |29 |2 |- ! colspan="3" |Career total !253 !14 !24 !2 !5 !0 !6 !0 !1 !0 !289 !16 |} {{notelist}}
==Honours==
'''CFR Cluj''' * Cupa României: 2015–16 * Supercupa României runner-up: 2016
'''Çaykur Rizespor''' * TFF 1. Lig: 2017–18
'''Hapoel Be'er Sheva''' * Israel State Cup: 2021–22 * Toto Cup runner-up: 2021–22 * Israel Super Cup: 2022
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{soccerway|davide-petrucci/281456}} *{{Soccerbase}}
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