Alessio Furlanetto

Key strength: Shot-stopping

Shot-stopper

In the goalkeeping shadows at SS Lazio, 24-year-old Alessio Furlanetto endures the cruel irony of professional football: the better your club performs, the further from the pitch you drift. As Lazio occupy 8th place in Serie A, Furlanetto remains cemented as third choice behind Christos Mandas and Ivan Provedel, his solitary career appearance totaling just 90 minutes without a single competitive start this season. His €50,000 market value—a stark reflection of enforced inactivity—belies whatever shot-stopping ability he hones daily at Formello alongside teammates like Mattéo Guendouzi and Taty Castellanos. While his more celebrated colleagues battle through Lazio's league campaign, Furlanetto's contributions exist only in training ground whispers. At 24, these should be formative years for a goalkeeper, yet he finds himself at a career crossroads: remain patient at one of Italy's storied institutions hoping injury or circumstance creates opportunity, or seek minutes elsewhere to prove his worth. For now, Furlanetto waits—a virtue that in football's ruthless economy can quickly become a career-limiting vice.