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Simone Canestrelli

Top-tier performerPisa · 26 yrsStarter

based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026

Profile

Full nameSimone Canestrelli
PositionFull-back
NationalityItaly
Age26
Date of birth11 Sept 2000
BirthplaceMontepulciano
Height192 cm
Shirt number#5
ClubPisa
Full-back
4
Appearances
1
Goals
1
Assists
315
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Pisa.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Coppa Italia100966.2

Scout report

Top-tier performerFull-back

S. Canestrelli is a 26-year-old full-back at Pisa, rated 70.5 overall by Field Insider's model. In his prime years, he has been an ever-present this season (93.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.62 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Canestrelli.

On the season, Canestrelli graded 24 for current form (age-blind), on 5 clean sheets and 2.615 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 24 → 24). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2023/24.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 71. At 26 Canestrelli is in his prime years, and a market index of 43.7 reflects that trajectory.

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Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2023/24Trending downBreakout: 2023/24Stepped up 2025/26
70.5
Ratingi
elite — among the best in the position
23.5
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
93.6%
Minutes
near ever-present
2.62
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Pisa finished 20th of 20 · a relegation-threatened side

37
Apps
2.62
Def. / 90
40
Tackles
33
Interceptions
5
Clean sheets

2.62 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 37 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (20th of 20) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 93.6% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

  • Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.

Outlook

Rated 70.5 overall — elite — among the best in the position. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.62 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around. Doing it for a lesser side, he profiles as a value buy for a club higher up the table.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among full-backs in the Serie B with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles40
Interceptions33
Blocks20

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards4
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.