Alessandro Russo (born 31 March 2001) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie B club Sassuolo.
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| Date of birth | 31 March 2001 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Reggio Calabria, Italy | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[1] | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||
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Current team | Sassuolo | |||||||||||||
| Number | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| Carmine Coppola | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | F24 Messina | |||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Genoa | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2019– | Sassuolo | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | → Virtus Entella (loan) | 18 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | → Alessandria (loan) | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2022 | → Sint-Truiden (loan) | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | → Trento (loan) | 34 | (0) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Italy U16 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Italy U17 | 18 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2018 | Italy U18 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Italy U19 | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2021 | Italy U21 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:41, 16 November 2021 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||
Club career
editRusso is a youth product of Carmine Coppola, F24 Messina, and Genoa.[2] On 12 September 2019, Russo signed with Sassuolo.[3] Russo made his professional debut with Sassuolo in a 2-1 Coppa Italia loss to Perugia on 4 December 2019.[4]
On 29 August 2020, he went to Virtus Entella on loan.[5]
On 15 July 2021, he joined Alessandria on loan.[6] On 24 January 2022, he moved on a new loan to Sint-Truiden in Belgium.[7]
Russo spent the 2022–23 season back with Sassuolo as a back-up to Andrea Consigli. Russo made his Serie A debut in the last league game of the season on 2 June 2023 against Fiorentina.[8]
On 12 July 2023, Russo moved to Serie C club Trento on a season-long loan.[9]
Personal life
editOn 12 October 2020, he tested positive for COVID-19.[10] He tested negative 18 days later.[11]
References
edit- ^ "Alessandro Russo". U.S. Sassuolo Calcio. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- ^ Straface, Scritto da: Francesco (28 June 2016). "Il portiere dell'F24 Messina Alessandro Russo passa a titolo definitivo al Genoa".
- ^ "Presentati alla stampa Vlad Chiriches e Alessandro Russo".
- ^ "Sassuolo vs. Perugia - 4 December 2019". Soccerway.
- ^ "Ufficiale, Alessandro Russo è un nuovo giocatore dell'Entella" (Press release) (in Italian). Virtus Entella. 29 August 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ "RUSSO È UN GIOCATORE DEI GRIGI" (Press release) (in Italian). Alessandria. 15 July 2021.
- ^ "WELCOME ALESSANDRO!" (Press release). Sint-Truiden. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ "Sassuolo v Fiorentina game report". Soccerway. 2 June 2023.
- ^ "ALESSANDRO RUSSO È UN NUOVO GIOCATORE DEL TRENTO. IL CLASSE 2001 ARRIVA IN PRESTITO DAL SASSUOLO" [ALESSANDRO RUSSO IS A NEW PLAYER OF TRENTO. THE CLASS OF 2001 ARRIVES ON LOAN FROM SASSUOLO] (in Italian). Trento. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
- ^ "Comunicato Ufficiale Virtus Entella" (Press release) (in Italian). Virtus Entella. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ "COMUNICATO VIRTUS ENTELLA, Alessandro Russo non è più positivo" (Press release) (in Italian). Virtus Entella. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
External links
edit- Alessandro Russo at Soccerway
- FIGC U16
- FIGC U17
- FIGC U18
- FIGC U19