Fabio Eguelfi

Born in Milan, Lombardy, Eguelfi is a youth product of F.C. Internazionale Milano. He played as a forward for Inter's under-15 team in the 2009–10 season.[3] However, he became a defender in his professional career.

On 10 July 2014, Eguelfi was signed by Serie C club Prato on a season-long loan deal, rejoining Inter teammate Andrea Bandini and Simone Pasa.[4] On 10 August, Eguelfi made his professional debut with Prato in the first round of Coppa Italia in a 1–0 away defeat against Juve Stabia.[5] On 30 August he made his Serie C debut in a 1–1 away draw against San Marino Calcio, he was replaced by Giulio Grifoni in the 55th minute.[6] On 13 December, Eguelfi played his only entire match for the club in a 1–1 home draw against Grosseto.[7] However, in January 2015, his loan was interrupted and he returned to Inter leaving Prato with only 8 appearances.[2]

On 2 January 2015, Eguelfi was signed by another Serie C club, Savona, on a 6-month loan deal.[8] Six weeks later, on 21 February, he made his debut for Savona as a substitute replacing Nicolò Antonelli in the 63rd minute of a 1–0 away defeat against Ascoli.[9] On 18 March he was sent off with a red card in the 87th minute in 2–2 away draw against Carrarese.[10] On 9 May, Eguelfi scored his first professional goal in the 27th minute of a 2–2 away draw against Pistoiese.[11] Eguelfi ended his 6-month loan to Savona with 11 appearances, including 10 as a starter, scoring 1 goal and making 2 assists.[2]

On 15 July 2015, Eguelfi and Francesco Forte were loaned to Cremonese on a season-long loan deal, as part of the deal that Rey Manaj moved to Inter.[12][13] On 2 August, he made his debut for the club in the first round of Coppa Italia, he was replaced by Giovanni Formiconi in the 78th minute of a match lost 4–3 on penalties against Brescia.[14] On 29 November he made his only appearances Cremonese in Serie C as a substitute replacing N'Diaye Djiby in the 80th minute of a 1–1 away draw against Südtirol.[15] Eguelfi was re-called to Inter leaving Cremonese with only 2 appearances, he remained an unused substitute for 15 other times.[2]

On 5 January 2016, Eguelfi returned to Prato with a 6-month loan deal .[16][17] Twelve days later, on 17 January, Eguelfi made his debut for the club in a 1–0 home defeat against Pisa, he played the entire match.[18] On 13 March he scored his first goal of the season for Prato in the 44th minute of a 2–2 away draw against Pistoiese.[19] Eguefi ended his second part of the season to Prato with 18 appearances, all as a starter, scoring 1 goal and making 1 assist, he was replaced only 3 times during the loan. He also helped the club to avoid the relegation in Serie D winning the play-out matches against Lupa Roma.[20][2]

On 15 July 2016, Eguelfi was signed by Serie B club Pro Vercelli on a season.long loan deal.[21][22][23] Three weeks later, on 7 August, he made his debut for Pro Vercelli in the second round of Coppa Italia in a 3–1 home win over Reggiana, he played the entire match.[24] He remained an unused substitute for the first part of the season, but on 24 December, Eguefi made his Serie B debut for the club in a 2–1 away defeat against Brescia, playing the entire match.[25] He became a regular starter in second part of the season. Eguelfi ended his season-long loan to Pro Vercelli with 15 appearances, including 13 as a starter, and 2 assists.[2]

On 30 June 2017, he was sold to Atalanta.[26][27][28]

On 24 July 2017 Eguelfi was loaned out to Serie B side Cesena on season-long loan deal for the 2017–18 season.[29] Three weeks later, on 13 August, he made his debut for Cesena in the third round of Coppa Italia in a 2–1 away defeat against Genoa after extra time, he played the entire match.[30] Two more weeks later, on 28 August, Eguelfi made his Serie B debut for the club in a 3–0 away defeat against Bari, he played the entire match.[31] Eguelfi ended his season-long loan to Cesena with only 5 appearances, all as a starter and he played all entire match, he remained an unused substitute for 25 other matches.[2]

On 18 July 2018 Eguelfi was loaned once again by Atalanta, this time to Serie B club Hellas Verona for the 2018–19 season.[32] On 5 October he made his debut for the club in a 2–0 home defeat against Lecce, he was replaced by Antonino Ragusa after 74 minutes.[33] However, in January 2019, his loan to Hellas Verona was interrupted and he returned to Atalanta after making only one league appearance for the team.[2]

On 31 January 2019, he was loaned again, to Livorno on a 6-month loan deal.[34] Four days later, on 4 February, he made his debut for the club as a substitute replacing Andrea Gasbarro in the 66th minute of a 1–1 away draw against Crotone.[35] On 15 April, Eguelfi played his first match as a starter for the club, a 1–0 home defeat against Brescia, he was replaced after 76 minutes by Nicolò Fazzi.[36] One week later, on 22 April, he played his first entire match for Livorno, a 2–2 away draw against Foggia.[37] Eguelfi ended his second part of the season on loan to Livorno with only 5 appearances.[2]

On 12 August 2019, Eguelfi joined Serie B side Frosinone on loan until 30 June 2020.[38] After four months, on 5 December, he made his debut for the club in the fourth round of Coppa Italia in a 2–1 away defeat against Parma, he was replaced Francesco Zampano in the 89th minute.[39] However, in January 2020, his loan to Frosinone was interrupted and he returned to Atalanta with only one appearance in Coppa Italia, staying on the bench during all league games.[2]

On 9 January 2020, Eguelfi was loaned to Serie C club Feralpisalò.[40]

As of 12 January 2020