Alessandro Russo (footballer, born 2001)

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Alessandro Russo
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-03-31) 31 March 2001 (age 20)
Place of birth Reggio Calabria, Italy
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Sint-Truiden
(on loan from Sassuolo)
Youth career
Carmine Coppola
2015–2016 F24 Messina
2016–2019 Genoa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Sassuolo 0 (0)
2020–2021 → Virtus Entella (loan) 18 (0)
2021–2022 → Alessandria (loan) 2 (0)
2022– → Sint-Truiden (loan) 2 (0)
National team‡
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)
Honours
Representing  Italy
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Runner-up England 2018 U-17 Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:43, 29 January 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:41, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

Alessandro Russo (born 31 March 2001) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Belgian club Sint-Truiden, on loan from Sassuolo.

Club career[]

Russo is a youth product of Carmine Coppola, F24 Messina, and Genoa.[1] On 12 September 2019, Russo signed with Sassuolo.[2] Russo made his professional debut with Sassuolo in a 2-1 Coppa Italia loss to Perugia on 4 December 2019.[3]

On 29 August 2020 he went to Virtus Entella on loan.[4]

On 15 July 2021 he joined Alessandria on loan.[5] On 24 January 2022, he moved on a new loan to Sint-Truiden in Belgium.[6]

Personal life[]

On 12 October 2020, he tested positive for COVID-19.[7] He tested negative 18 days later.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ Straface, Scritto da: Francesco (June 28, 2016). "Il portiere dell'F24 Messina Alessandro Russo passa a titolo definitivo al Genoa".
  2. ^ "Presentati alla stampa Vlad Chiriches e Alessandro Russo".
  3. ^ "Sassuolo vs. Perugia - 4 December 2019 - Soccerway". ca.soccerway.com.
  4. ^ "Ufficiale, Alessandro Russo è un nuovo giocatore dell'Entella" (Press release) (in Italian). Virtus Entella. 29 August 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  5. ^ "RUSSO È UN GIOCATORE DEI GRIGI" (Press release) (in Italian). Alessandria. 15 July 2021.
  6. ^ "WELCOME ALESSANDRO!" (Press release). Sint-Truiden. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Comunicato Ufficiale Virtus Entella" (Press release) (in Italian). Virtus Entella. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  8. ^ "COMUNICATO VIRTUS ENTELLA, Alessandro Russo non è più positivo" (Press release) (in Italian). Virtus Entella. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

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