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Simone Pafundi

Squad depthCatanzaro · 20 yrsFringe player

based on the 2025/26 season · updated 22 Aug 2026

Profile

Full nameSimone Pafundi
PositionWinger
NationalityItaly
Age20
Date of birth14 Mar 2006
Height166 cm
Shirt number#20
ClubCatanzaro
Winger
1
Appearances
0
Goals
1
Assists
90
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Catanzaro.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Coppa Italia110737.9

Scout report

Squad depthCreative Winger

S. Pafundi is a 20-year-old winger at Sampdoria, rated 58.5 overall by Field Insider's model. A young player, he has been a fringe squad member this season (30.8% of available minutes). He brings 0.34 goal contributions per 90 (0.09 goals, 0.26 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Pafundi.

On the season, Pafundi graded 12 for current form (age-blind), on 1 goal and 3 assists in 26 appearances (0.342 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 16 → 16). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 59. At 20 Pafundi is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 19.7 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report
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A career still climbing — Pafundi is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.

Peak: 2025/26Trending upBreakout: 2025/26
58.5
Ratingi
a strong, regular top-tier starter
12.3
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
30.8%
Minutes
limited game time
0.34
Goal contrib / 90
modest end product

Output in context · Sampdoria finished 13th of 20 · a mid-table side

26
Apps
1
Goals
3
Assists
4
G+A
0.04
Goals / app

1 goal in 26 appearances (0.04 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. He also laid on 3 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 4 goal contributions (0.15 per appearance).

Strengths

  • Ceiling. High potential at just 20 — room to grow into a bigger role.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 30.8% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.

Outlook

Rated 58.5 overall — a strong, regular top-tier starter. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.34 goal contributions per 90). At 20 the trajectory points up — potential sits near its ceiling (98/100) and market value should climb as minutes and output follow. With this floor already at 20, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.

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

Season statistics

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

Shooting

Goals1

Passing

Assists3

Defending

Tackles12
Interceptions6

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards4
Red cards0