Alessandro Melli

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Alessandro Melli
Personal information
Date of birth (1969-12-11) 11 December 1969 (age 54)
Place of birth Agrigento, Italy
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1994
Parma
199 (52)
1988–1989
Modena
(loan)
8 (0)
1994–1995
Sampdoria
8 (1)
1995
Milan
6 (1)
1995–1997
Parma
42 (4)
1997–2000
Perugia
51 (3)
2000
Ancona
13 (4)
Total 327 (65)
International career
1988 Italy U18 2 (0)
1989–1992 Italy U21 20 (8)
1993 Italy 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alessandro "Sandro" Melli (Italian pronunciation: [(ales)ˈsandro ˈmɛlli]; born 11 December 1969) is an Italian former footballer who played as a striker. He won five team honours in his professional career.[1]

Club career

Melli's father was a professional footballer, playing as a

Parma AC, and the son followed in his footsteps. He made his Parma debut aged 17, and was part of the team that was promoted from the third to the top level
.

After a loan spell at

the final of which he scored), being part of an attacking line-up that featured also Faustino Asprilla, Tomas Brolin and Gianfranco Zola
.

Melli left Parma in 1994, spending six months each at

A.C. Milan (who swapped Ruud Gullit for him), before returning to the Ennio Tardini after a year away. This lasted two years, but he did not manage to recapture his old form. In total, Melli scored 56 goals in 241 games for Parma.[1]

He was transferred to

A.C. Ancona
.

After retiring, Melli eventually rejoined former side Parma's non-playing staff, serving as general manager.[2]

International career

During Parma's heyday, Melli was awarded with two caps for Italy, which came in the team's 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Malta and Estonia.

Previously, in 1992, he appeared at the

UEFA European Championship
.

Honours

Club

Parma[1]

Milan[1]

International

Italy U-21[1]

  • 1992

References

  1. ^
    Parma F.C. 11 December 2012. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link
    )
  2. ^ "Organigramma" [Organigram] (in Italian). Parma FC. Archived from the original on 26 November 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ Alessandro MelliFIFA competition record (archived)

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