Andrea Russotto
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 25 May 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Rome, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) |
Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Siracusa | ||
| Youth career | |||
|
Lazio | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2011 | Bellinzona | 17 | (1) |
| 2005 |
→ Cisco Roma (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2005–2008 |
→ Treviso (loan) | 67 | (5) |
| 2008–2009 |
→ Napoli (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 |
→ Crotone (loan) | 45 | (3) |
| 2011–2012 |
Livorno | 3 | (0) |
| 2012 |
→ Carrarese (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2012–2015 |
Catanzaro | 79 | (15) |
| 2015 |
Salernitana | 0 | (0) |
| 2015–2018 |
Catania | 75 | (14) |
| 2018–2019 |
Sambenedettese | 32 | (1) |
| 2019–2021 | Cavese | 40 | (8) |
| 2021–2022 |
Catania | 39 | (6) |
| 2022–2023 |
Catania | 26 | (8) |
| 2023– | Siracusa | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2003 | Italy U15 | 4 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Italy U16 | 14 | (6) |
| 2003–2005 | Italy U17 | 11 | (3) |
| 2005 | Italy U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2006 | Italy U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Italy U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | Italy U21 | 9 | (2) |
| 2008 | Italy U23 | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 May 2023 | |||
Andrea Russotto (born 25 May 1988) is an Italian
.Club career
Hailed as one of the most promising Italian youngsters, he started his career as part of the
Bellinzona and loans
In 2004, Russotto, already a regular in the national youth teams, was approached by football agency GEA World who wanted to represent the rising star. Russotto refused the pressure from GEA and, in order to get away from their continuing pressure, he moved to Switzerland, where he signed for AC Bellinzona, a team from the Italian part of Switzerland that were playing in Swiss Challenge League at the time.[1]
In 2005, newly promoted Serie A club
The following season Treviso extended the loan (although they had been relegated to Serie B) and Russotto finally started to show signs of a potential explosion. He made his Italy U21 debut at the age of 18 and racked up 32 appearances and 4 goals that season. Treviso extended his loan for one more year in 2007–08 but even though he played 31 times and scoring 1 goal, Russotto failed to perform at a high level like the previous season and was used mainly as a sub.
In the summer of 2008, he finally returned to Bellinzona, and then left out again on loan, this time to join
He consequently returned in Switzerland, where he spent the first half of the season playing with AC Bellinzona's first team in the
Livorno
In summer 2011 Russotto was signed by Serie B club
Serie C
In October 2012 Russotto was signed by
On 16 July 2015, Russotto was sold to Serie B club
.On 31 August 2015, Russotto and
On 19 July 2019, he signed with Cavese.[12]
On 14 January 2021, he returned to
In August 2022, Russotto re-signed for refounded
International career
Russotto made his U21 team debut against Luxembourg U21, 12 December 2006, replacing Valerio Virga at half-time and notching an assist.[16] He played once for the U23 team in a friendly match.[17] He was then placed on reserve for the 2008 Olympics squad and was later called up to replace the injured Claudio Marchisio.
References
- ^ "Russotto: "La Gea ha tentato di distruggermi la carriera"" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 7 October 2005. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
- ^ "De Silvestri fra i 50 baby d'oro" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport – Stadio. 19 November 2007. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
- ^ "UFFICIALE: Andrea Russotto al Crotone" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 14 January 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
- ^ "Volpato e Russotto lasciano la maglia amaranto" (in Italian). A.S. Livorno Calcio. 31 January 2012. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
- ^ "ULTIMI ACQUISTI E CESSIONI" (in Italian). Carrarese Calcio. 31 January 2012. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
- ^ "RUSSOTTO IN GIALLOROSSO" [Russotto in "Yellow-Red"] (in Italian). U.S. Catanzaro 1929. 13 October 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ^ Parma F.C. S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2013 (in Italian), PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Andrea Russotto è un giocatore della Salernitana" (in Italian). U.S. Salernitana 1919. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ^ "RUSSOTTO CEDUTO ALLA SALERNITANA" (in Italian). U.S. Catanzaro 1929. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ^ "Donnarumma, Odjer e Frison sono giocatori della Salernitana. Calil, Liverani e Russotto al Catania" (in Italian). U.S. Salernitana 1919. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ^ "Andrea Russotto, Caetano Calil e Luca Liverani dalla Salernitana al Catania" (in Italian). Calcio Catania. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ^ "ANDREA RUSSOTTO É DELLA CAVESE" (Press release) (in Italian). Cavese. 19 July 2019.
- Catania. 14 January 2021.
- ^ "Delibera del Presidente federale: revocata l'affiliazione al Calcio Catania" (in Italian). FIGC.it. 9 April 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ^ "Catania, ufficiale il ritorno di Lodi: le altre operazioni" (in Italian). LiveSicilia.it. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ FIGC Archived 5 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
- ^ "Tie against Romania. Official list of 18+4 for Beijing". FIGC. 24 July 2008. Archived from the original on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
External links
- "Profile at Swiss Super League 2009-10" (in German). Archived from the original on 11 February 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
- Andrea Russotto – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Andrea Russotto at Soccerway
