{{short description|Italian footballer (born 1999)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Samuele Birindelli | image = INTER MONZA 2025.png | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|7|19|df=yes}} | birth_place = Pisa, Italy | height = 1.75 m<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.acmonza.com/en/player/152/ |title=Samuele Birindelli |publisher=AC Monza |accessdate=3 September 2022}}</ref> | position = Right-back | currentclub = Monza | clubnumber = 19 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Pisa | years1 = 2016–2022 | clubs1 = Pisa | caps1 = 167 | goals1 = 7 | years2 = 2022– | clubs2 = Monza | caps2 = 120 | goals2 = 8 | nationalyears1 = 2017 | nationalteam1 = Italy U18 | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2020 | nationalteam2 = Italy U21 | nationalcaps2 = 1 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | club-update = 12 May 2026 | nationalteam-update = 13 October 2020 }} '''Samuele Birindelli''' (born 19 July 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for {{Italian football updater|Monza}} club Monza.
==Club career== Coming through the youth system,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Perego |first=Massimiliano |date=2022-07-08 |title=Samuele Birindelli è la nuova freccia del Monza - Scheda e curiosità sul nuovo terzino biancorosso |url=https://www.monza-news.it/monza-calcio/samuele-birindelli-e-la-nuova-freccia-del-monza-scheda-e-curiosita-sul-nuovo-terzino-biancorosso/ |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=Monza-News |language=it-IT}}</ref> Birindelli made his professional debut for Pisa in the Coppa Italia, the Italian national cup, on 29 November 2016, in a game against Torino.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2016/12/24/italy/serie-b/pisa-calcio/asd-spezia-calcio-2008/2327666/|title=Game Report by Soccerway|date=24 December 2016}}</ref>
On 7 July 2022, Birindelli signed for newly-promoted Serie A side Monza on a four-year contract.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Samuele Birindelli è del Monza - Associazione Calcio Monza S.p.A. |url=https://www.acmonza.com/it/news/3734/ |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=www.acmonza.com |language=it}}</ref> He made his debut on 8 August, in a 3–2 Coppa Italia win against Frosinone.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Panza |first=Filippo |date=7 August 2022 |title=Coppa Italia, il Monza riparte da Gytkjaer e batte 3–2 il Frosinone! |url=https://www.mbnews.it/2022/08/coppa-italia-monza-frosinone-vittoria/ |access-date=8 August 2022 |website=MBNews |language=it}}</ref> Birindelli's first Serie A game came on 13 August, as a starter in a 2–1 home defeat to Torino.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MONZA-TORINO 1-2 - Radonjic show e Juric esulta con i timbri di Miranchuk e Sanabria |url=https://www.tuttomonza.it/primo-piano/monza-torino-1-2-radonjic-show-e-juric-esulta-con-i-timbri-di-miranchuk-e-sanabria-17776 |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=Tutto Monza |language=it}}</ref>
==International career== On 13 October 2020, Birindelli made his debut with Italy U21 as a starter in a qualifying match for the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship won 2–0 against the Republic of Ireland in Pisa, Italy.<ref>{{FIGC Italy U21 player|46346|access-date=30 June 2022}}</ref>
==Personal life== Samuele is the son of former footballer Alessandro Birindelli.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Serie-B/25-12-2016/samuele-birindelli-figlio-alessandro-esordio-pisa-serie-b-180170988649.shtml?refresh_ce-cp|title=There is another Birindelli in Pisa: Samuel, fullback like Dad|date=25 December 2016|language=Italian}}</ref>
== Career statistics == === Club === {{updated|match played 7 March 2026}}<ref name="SW">{{Soccerway|465264|access-date=13 November 2022}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Coppa Italia !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="7"|Pisa |2016–17 |Serie B |7||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||8||0 |- |2017–18 |rowspan="2"|Serie C |30||0||1||0||2{{Efn|Appearances in play-offs|name=PO}}||0||33||0 |- |2018–19 |31||2||4||0||9{{Efn|Six appearances in play-offs, three appearances in Coppa Italia Serie C}}||0||44||2 |- |2019–20 |rowspan="3"|Serie B |28||2||1||0||colspan="2"|—||29||2 |- |2020–21 |35||2||2||0||colspan="2"|—||37||2 |- |2021–22 |36||1||1||0||4{{Efn|name=PO}}||0||41||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !167!!7!!10!!0!!15!!0!!192!!7 |- |rowspan="5"|Monza |2022–23 |rowspan="3"|Serie A |31||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||33||0 |- |2023–24 |35||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||35||0 |- |2024–25 |21||3||2||0||colspan="2"|—||23||3 |- |2025–26 |Serie B |28||4||1||0||colspan="2"|—||17||4 |- !colspan="2"|Total !115!!7!!5!!0!!0!!0!!120!!7 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !270!!14!!15!!0!!15!!0!!312!!14 |} {{notelist}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{WorldFootball.net|samuele-birindelli}} * {{FIGC Italy U18 player|46346}} * {{FIGC Italy U21 player|46346}} * [https://www.acmonza.com/it/player/152/ Samuele Birindelli] AC Monza profile {{in lang|it}}
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