| Intro | Italian footballer |
| Is |
Athlete Football player Association football player |
| From | Italy |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 3 August 1993, Rome |
| Age: | 27 years |
Matteo Politano (born 3 August 1993) is an Italian footballer who plays as a winger for Serie A club Sassuolo.
Club career
Roma
Politano was a youth product of A.S. Roma as the winner of 2010 “Allievi” U17 league, 2011 reserve league and 2012 Coppa Italia Primavera. He was the sixth scorer of Roma’s reserve in 2011–12 season (7 goals), behind Tallo, Nicolás López, Gianluca Leonardi, Federico Viviani and Giammario Piscitella. In July 2012 Politano was loaned to Perugia. Politano made his professional debut in 2012–13 Coppa Italia. He was the starting forward in 2012–13 Lega Pro Prima Divisione, with 3 goals in first 5 league matches in September.
Pescara
On 30 June 2013 Pescara signed Politano (€500,000) and Giammario Piscitella (€1.5 million) as part of the deal that Caprari returned to Roma (€2 million) ; however, Caprari returned to Pescara again (€1.5 million) for Piscitella (€1.5 million) in January 2014.
On 27 June 2015 Roma bought back Politano for €601,000, with Caprari moved to Pescara outright for €125,000.
Sassuolo
On 2 July 2015 Serie A club Sassuolo signed Politano in a temporary deal with an option to purchase. In June 2016 Sassuolo excised the option.
International career
Politano received his first Italy U19 call-up against Italy U20 “C” in December 2011, he then played 2 times in 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship elite qualification (as the sub of Elio De Silvestro and one of starting XI respectively) and two friendlies before the elite round.
On 5 November 2016, Politano was called up to the senior squad for the first time for 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification match against Liechtenstein and friendly match against Germany.