Biography
Career Highs:
Goals: 1 (15x, last at Dartmouth, 11/4/23)
Assists: 3 (at Fairfield, 9/19/23)
Points: 3 (9x, last vs. Yale, 10/14/23)
2023 • Junior:
Earned Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year honors … Gained First Team All-Ivy for the third straight year … Selected for the Ivy League All-Tournament Team … Captured Third Team CSC Academic All-America honors … Took home CSC Academic All-District accolades … Claimed spots on the United Soccer Coaches Midfielders to Watch List and Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Top 100 … Ranked fourth in the Ivy League in points (18) and assists (six), sixth in goals (six), second in shots (53), and third in shots on goal (22) … During Ivy only play, led the league in points (13), goals (five), and shots (25), while ranking second in assists (three) and shots on goal (12) … Led the team in points, goal, assists, shots, and shots on goal … Stood as one of two Crimson to start all 17 games and one of five to play in all 17 games … Started all seven Ivy games, one of four Crimson to do so … Tallied a goal and an assist in each of two games – at Columbia (Sept. 30) and vs. Yale (Oct. 14) … Posted a career-high three assists at Fairfield (Sept. 19) … Scored one goal in each of four other games – vs. Cornell (Sept. 23), vs. Boston U. (Oct. 10), at Penn (Oct. 22), and at Dartmouth (Nov. 4) … Went 2-for-2 on penalty kicks on the year.
2022 • Sophomore:
Earned First Team All-Ivy honors … Gained College Sports Communicators Academic All-District … Captured Ivy League Player of the Week on Oct. 31 … Ranked 28th in the NCAA in assists per game (0.47), 28th in total assists (seven), 29th in shots on goal per game (1.41), 50th in shot accuracy (.511), and 53rd in shots per game (2.76) … Stood sixth in the Ivy League in points (17), fifth in assists, and third in both shots and shots on goal per game … In Ivy League play only, ranked third in the conference in points (eight), third in goals (three), fourth in shots on goal per game (1.14), and fifth in shots per game (2.29) … Ranked second on the team in points, second in assists, third in goals (five), first in shots (47), first in shots on goal (24), and second in game-winning goals (two) … Finished second among the team’s field players in minutes played (1,180) on the year … Led the team in goals (three) and points (eight) during Ivy League play … Started all 17 games on the season … Tallied a season-high three points on a goal and an assist vs. Penn (Oct. 29) … Scored one goal in each of four other games – vs. CCSU (Sept. 3), vs. New Hampshire (Sept. 27), at Cornell (Oct. 1), and vs. Dartmouth (Nov. 12).
2021 • First-year:
Earned Ivy League Rookie of the Year honors … Gained First Team All-Ivy accolades … Garnered Ivy League Rookie of the Week twice (Sept. 27, Nov. 15) … Ranked third in the NCAA in game-winning goals (six), 31st in goals per game (0.56), and 19th in points per game (1.56) … Stood first in the Ivy League in game-winners (six), second in goals (nine), second in points (25), and fourth in assists (7) … In Ivy play only, sat second in game-winners (two), fourth in goals (four), fourth in points (11), and fifth in assists (three) … Tallied points in 11 of 16 games on the year, including in 10 of his final 12 matches … Posted a goal and an assist in each of five games – at CCSU (Sept. 5), vs. Vermont (Sept. 24), at Holy Cross (Oct. 19), at Columbia (Nov. 6), and vs. Penn (Nov. 13) … Netted a goal in each of nine games … Played in 16 games with 14 starts … Totaled 32 shots and 21 shots on goal.
Before Harvard:
A multi-year member of the Italian youth national teams where he was a quarter finalist in the U17 World Cup in Brazil as well as finalist in The U17 European Championship in Dublin … Was a member of AS Monaco FC's Academy for 11 years before moving to Delfino Pescara 1936 of Italy's Series B during 2020-21 … While at Monaco he was the captain of the U17 team where he was the leading scorer with 22 goals and 12 assists in 23 matches … At the U19 level he scored nine goals and added 11 assists while leading his team to the quarterfinals of the French National Championship … Was an honor roll student in school … Brother, Gianluca, studied and played soccer at Boston University.
