{{short description|Italian footballer (born 1997)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Paolo Grillo | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|2|8|df=yes}} | birth_place = Partinico, Italy | image = Sikelia Cup Sicily - Corsica, 2023-06-10 — 78.jpg | caption = Paolo Grillo with Sicily national football team in 2023 | height = 1.78 m<ref name="TuttoC">{{TuttoCalciatori|Grillo_Paolo}}</ref> | position = Forward | currentclub = Athletic Club Palermo | clubnumber = 44 | youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2016 | youthclubs1 = Palermo | years1 = 2016–2018 | clubs1 = Palermo | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2016–2017 | clubs2 = → Siena (loan) | caps2 = 26 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 2017–2018 | clubs3 = → Siracusa (loan) | caps3 = 17 | goals3 = 1 | years4 = 2018–2019 | clubs4 = Pro Vercelli | caps4 = 8 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2019–2020 | clubs5 = Sicula Leonzio | caps5 = 27 | goals5 = 5 | years6 = 2020–2021 | clubs6 = Cittadella | caps6 = 4 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2021 | clubs7 = → Catanzaro (loan) | caps7 = 6 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2021–2022 | clubs8 = Vibonese | caps8 = 26 | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 2022–2023 | clubs9 = Messina | caps9 = 22 | goals9 = 1 | years10 = 2023–2024 | clubs10 = Akragas | caps10 = 23 | goals10 = 5 | years11 = 2024–2025 | clubs11 = Reggina | caps11 = 28 | goals11 = 3 | years12 = 2025– | clubs12 = Athletic Club Palermo | caps12 = 16 | goals12 = 4 | pcupdate = 19 April 2026 | ntupdate = }} '''Paolo Grillo''' (born 8 February 1997) is an Italian football player who plays for Serie D club Athletic Club Palermo.
==Club career== He was raised in the youth teams of Palermo, but did not appear for the senior squad. He spent the first 4 seasons of his senior career in Serie C.<ref name="TuttoC" />
On 21 August 2020, he joined Serie B club Cittadella.<ref>{{cite press release|publisher=Cittadella|url=https://www.ascittadella.it/notizie/paolo-grillo/|title=Paolo Grillo|date=21 August 2020|accessdate=19 November 2020|language=it}}</ref> He made his Serie B debut for Cittadella on 31 October 2020 in a game against Monza. He substituted Christian D'Urso in the 90th minute.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2020/10/31/italy/serie-b/as-cittadella/ac-monza-brianza-1912/3372626/|title=Cittadella v Monza game report|date=31 October 2020}}</ref> On 1 February 2021, he was loaned to Serie C club Catanzaro.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Catanzaro|url=https://www.uscatanzaro1929.com/2021/02/01/in-giallorosso-lattaccante-paolo-grillo/|title=IN GIALLOROSSO L’ATTACCANTE PAOLO GRILLO|date=1 February 2021|language=it}}</ref>
On 22 July 2021, he signed with Vibonese.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Vibonese|url=https://www.usvibonesecalcio.com/news/ufficiale-ingaggiato-lesterno-paolo-grillo.html|title=Ingaggiato l’esterno Paolo Grillo|date=22 July 2021|accessdate=1 November 2021|language=it}}</ref>
On 26 July 2022, Grillo moved to Messina on a one-year contract with an option to extend.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=ACR Messina|url=https://www.messinacalcio.org/2022/07/26/il-messina-ha-ingaggiato-lesterno-dattacco-paolo-grillo/|title=Il Messina ha ingaggiato l’esterno d’attacco Paolo Grillo|date=26 July 2022|access-date=23 September 2022|language=it}}</ref>
After Messina, Grillo played for Akragas and Reggina before joining Athletic Club Palermo on 4 December 2025.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.athleticclubpalermo.it/2025/12/04/paolo-grillo-e-un-nuovo-giocatore-dellathletic-club-palermo/|title=Paolo Grillo è un nuovo giocatore dell’Athletic Club Palermo|author=Giovanni Mazzola|date=4 December 2025|access-date=19 April 2026|language=it}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Soccerway|paolo-grillo/450766}}
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