Alex Meret

Alex Meret
Meret in 2017
Personal information
Full name Alex Meret[1]
Date of birth (1997-03-22) 22 March 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Udine, Italy[2]
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[3]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Napoli
Number 1
Youth career
2007–2012 Donatello Calcio[4]
2012–2015 Udinese
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Udinese 0 (0)
2016–2017SPAL (loan) 30 (0)
2017–2018SPAL (loan) 13 (0)
2018– Napoli 139 (0)
International career
2012–2013 Italy U16 4 (0)
2013–2014 Italy U17 13 (0)
2014 Italy U18 2 (0)
2014–2016 Italy U19 19 (0)
2018–2019 Italy U21 5 (0)
2019– Italy 3 (0)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Italy
UEFA European Championship
Winner 2020 Europe
UEFA Nations League
Third place 2021 Italy
Third place 2023 Netherlands
CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions
Runner-up 2022 England
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Runner-up 2016 Germany
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:00, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 November 2022

Alex Meret Cavaliere OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [ˈaːleks meˈrɛt]; born 22 March 1997) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Napoli and the Italy national team.

Born in Udine, Meret began his career at an early age with amateur club Donatello Calcio before making a switch to the famous Udinese youth system in 2012. After rising through the academy system at the club, he made his senior debut in 2015. He later had spells on loan with SPAL, whom he helped win the Serie B title in 2017, and achieve promotion to Serie A. He joined Napoli in 2018, winning a league title in 2023.

At international level, Meret has represented Italy at U16, U17, U18, U19 and U21 levels, and made his senior debut for Italy in 2019, also representing the nation at their victorious UEFA Euro 2020 campaign.

  1. ^ "Comunicato Ufficiale N. 175" [Official Press Release No. 175] (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Serie A. 5 March 2019. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 May 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  2. ^ "La Juventus segue da vicino Alex Meret: sarà lui l'erede di Buffon?" (in Italian). Eurosport. 5 November 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Player summary: Alex Meret". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Alex Meret(In Italian)". calcionapoli24. Retrieved 6 March 2017.