Stefano Sensi (born 5 August 1995) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Inter Milan.
2007
While at Urbania, he was spotted by a Rimini scout, joining the youth team in 2007.
2009
He spent three years in Rimini, until the end of the 2009–10 season when the club bankrupted, releasing all the players.
Sensi was taken by the youth academy of the local rivals Cesena.
Sensi began his senior career with Cesena.
2012
He was first included in a matchday squad for their Coppa Italia fourth-round game on 28 November 2012, remaining unused in a 3–1 loss to Atalanta at the Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia.
2013
He began his career with Italian side Cesena in 2013, and was subsequently loaned out to San Marino for two seasons before returning to the club.
On 23 July 2013, he was one of a quintet of Cesena players who moved to San Marino Calcio, in his case a loan with the option of co-ownership.
He made his professional debut on 8 September, playing the full 90 minutes of a 2–0 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione loss away to Reggiana.
A week later he scored his first goal, finishing from the edge of the penalty area to conclude a 2–0 win over Como at the Stadio Olimpico.
2014
On 16 March 2014, he was one of three Titani players sent off in a 2–0 defeat at Cremonese.
He played 26 games in his first professional season, scoring another goal in the last game, a 2–2 home draw with Vicenza on 4 May.
San Marino did not take up the option to obtain Sensi, but on 7 July 2014 he went to the club for a second loan.
In his second match of the season, on 8 September, he was sent off in added time at the end of a 2–1 loss at Pontedera.
2015
He played 33 games in a season which ended with relegation to Serie D, scoring eight goals, including two in a 3–2 home win over L'Aquila on 14 February 2015, in which he was again sent off at the end.
Sensi made his Cesena debut on 20 August 2015, playing the entirety of their 4–1 win at Catania in the third round of the Coppa Italia.
On 5 September, he made his league debut, as the team won 2–0 against Brescia at the Stadio Dino Manuzzi in the first game of the season.
On 3 October he scored from a penalty as Cesena defeated Livorno 1–0.
2016
He joined Sassuolo in January 2016, and was promptly loaned out to Cesena for the remainder of the season.
He became a Sassuolo player in summer 2016.
On 13 January 2016, Sensi was signed by Serie A club Sassuolo.
He would spend the first 6 months of the contract on loan with Cesena.
He returned in Sassuolo in July 2016 ahead of 2016–17 season, making his Serie A debut by playing full 90 minutes in the opening championship match against Palermo, which ended in a 1–0 away win.
His first top flight goal came later in October 2016 in a 2–1 home win over newly promoted side Crotone.
Sensi concluded his first season at Mapei Stadium by playing 19 matches in all competitions, scoring only once.
2017
In the 2017–18 season, he scored two goals in 17 league appearances.
2018
Sensi was a protagonist in the 2018–19 season under manager Roberto De Zerbi, making 30 appearances between league and cup, netting twice in the process.
2019
Sensi was loaned out to Inter Milan in summer 2019, and joined them on a permanent basis in the following year.
Inter loaned him out to Sampdoria and Monza in 2022.
Born in Urbino in the Marche, Sensi started to play football with the local team Urbania at the age of six.
During this time at the club, he played with his older brother.
On 2 July 2019, Inter Milan officially announced that Stefano Sensi had been signed from Sassuolo on an initial paid loan deal, with an option to buy at the end of the season.
The total cost of the operation is expected to reach €25 million.
Sensi made his club debut on 26 August in a 4–0 home win against Lecce, in Inter's opening match of the 2019–20 Serie A season; he marked the occasion by scoring a goal, but later came off in the second half for Roberto Gagliardini.
Sensi made his Champions League debut on 17 September in a 1–1 home draw against Slavia Prague; he contributed to Inter's injury-time equaliser, as his free kick struck the cross-bar, and was subsequently turned in by Nicolò Barella to tie the game.
Starting from January, he picked a series of injuries that effectively ruled him out of the latter half of the 2019–20 season.
2020
On 31 August 2020, Inter exercised the buyout clause in his contract and Sensi signed a four-year deal with the club.
On 29 January 2022, Sensi moved on loan to Sampdoria.
On 2 July 2022, Sensi joined newly-promoted Serie A side Monza on a one-year loan.
He made his debut on 8 August, as a substitute in a 3–2 Coppa Italia win against Frosinone.
