Carmine Setola

Carmine Setola

Personal information
Date of birth	(1999-01-13) 13 January 1999
Place of birth	Cerreto Sannita, Italy
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Full-back/Winger
Team information
Current team	Paganese
Number	16
Youth career
2008–2010	Rimini
2010–2016	Cesena
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2017	Cesena	4	(0)
2017–2019	Palermo	0	(0)
2017–2018	→ Cesena (loan)	0	(0)
2018	→ Pisa (loan)	1	(0)
2018–2019	→ Fano (loan)	15	(0)
2019–2020	Siena	6	(0)
2020	→ Virtus Francavilla (loan)	1	(0)
2020–2021	Casertana	13	(0)
2021	Giugliano	16	(0)
2021–2023	Picerno	33	(2)
2023–	Paganese	1	(0)
International career‡
2015–2016	Italy U17	6	(0)
2016–2017	Italy U18	4	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 September 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 February 2017

Carmine Setola (born 13 January 1999) is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie D Group H club Paganese.

Career

Early career

Setola was born in the Campania town of Cerreto Sannita, but began his career in the youth teams of Lega Pro side Rimini after moving to the Emilia-Romagna region aged 8. After two years at Rimini, including winning the prestigious Imola tournament and being crowned Player of the Tournament, Serie B Cesena signed Setola for their youth teams. Setola impressed at various youth levels, playing in both full-back and wide-midfield roles.

2016–17 Season

Setola was named in the full Cesena squad for the 2016–17 season, but spent the first 14 games of the season as an unused substitute. He eventually made his debut, on 19 November 2016, playing the full game at right-back in a 0–1 loss to Spezia.

Siena

On 29 July 2019, he signed a 2-year contract with Siena. On 31 January 2020, he joined Virtus Francavilla on loan.

Casertana

On 19 September 2020, he joined Casertana. The contract was terminated by mutual consent on 1 February 2021.

Picerno

On 6 August 2021, he signed with Picerno.

National career

Setola was first called into the Italy national set-up by under-17 coach Alessandro Dal Canto for a friendly game against France. He played the full game at right-midfield. He was then involved in all three European Under-17 Championship Elite Round qualification matches. However, he only played in one of the tournament group games, as Italy were eliminated. Setola was called up to the Italy U18 by Paolo Nicolato for friendlies against Slovenia and England. In the 5–1 win over Slovenia, Setola scored his first international goal in the 25th minute, after being assisted by Marco Olivieri.