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Andrea Russotto

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Andrea Russotto
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-05-25)25 May 1988(age 36)
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 Italianfootballerwho plays as anattacking midfielderforSerie DclubSiracusa.

Club career

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Hailed as one of the most promising Italian youngsters, he started his career as part of theS.S. Lazioyouth system.

Bellinzona and loans

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In 2004, Russotto, already a regular in the national youth teams, was approached by football agencyGEA Worldwho 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 forAC Bellinzona,a team from the Italian part of Switzerland that were playing inSwiss Challenge Leagueat the time.[1]

In 2005, newly promoted Serie A clubTrevisoacquired his services on loan but made him play with thePrimaveraside all season, where he formed a valid striking partnership with Italian youth internationalRobert Acquafresca.Russotto did later make his debut in Serie A that season, at the age of 17, and completed the season with four first team appearances. Famed magazine World Soccer even inserted Russotto on the list of the top 50 young players in the world, as one of only two Italians (the other beingLorenzo De Silvestri).[2]

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 joinNapoliin the Serie A, with an option for the Southern Italian side to make the move permanent. However the youngtrequartistawas used sparingly by head coachEdy Rejaand his end-of-season substituteRoberto Donadoni,and Napoli then decided not to exercise the buy-out clause and therefore Russotto was sent back to Switzerland again.

He consequently returned in Switzerland, where he spent the first half of the season playing with AC Bellinzona's first team in theSwiss Super League.In January 2010, he was sent on loan (with a permanent move option) to Serie B clubCrotone.[3]

Livorno

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In summer 2011 Russotto was signed by Serie B clubLivornoin a definitive deal. On 31 January 2012, he was signed byCarrarese Calcio.[4][5]

Serie C

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In October 2012 Russotto was signed byLega Pro Prima DivisioneclubCatanzaroas a free agent.[6]In January 2013 Serie A clubParmasigned half of the registration rights of Russotto (by signing Russotto outright and sold back 50% registration rights of Russotto to Catanzaro for a peppercorn fee of €500.[7]). In June 2014 Parma gave up the 50% registration rights for free.

On 16 July 2015, Russotto was sold to Serie B clubSalernitana.[8][9]He played twice for the team in2015–16 Coppa Italia.

On 31 August 2015, Russotto andCaetanowere signed byLega ProclubCalcio Cataniain definitive deals, withAlberto Frisonmoved to opposite direction in a definitive deal.[10][11]

On 19 July 2019, he signed withCavese.[12]

On 14 January 2021, he returned toCataniaon a 1.5-year contract.[13]On 9 April 2022, he was released together with all of his Catania teammates following the club's exclusion from Italian football due to its inability to overcome a number of financial issues.[14]

In August 2022, Russotto re-signed for refoundedSerie DclubCatania.[15]

International career

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Russotto made his U21 team debut againstLuxembourg U21,12 December 2006, replacingValerio Virgaat 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 injuredClaudio Marchisio.

References

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  1. ^"Russotto:" La Gea ha tentato di distruggermi la carriera ""(in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 7 October 2005.Retrieved7 March2010.
  2. ^"De Silvestri fra i 50 baby d'oro"(in Italian). Corriere dello Sport – Stadio. 19 November 2007. Archived fromthe originalon 19 July 2011.Retrieved7 March2010.
  3. ^"UFFICIALE: Andrea Russotto al Crotone"(in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 14 January 2010.Retrieved7 March2010.
  4. ^"Volpato e Russotto lasciano la maglia amaranto"(in Italian). A.S. Livorno Calcio. 31 January 2012. Archived fromthe originalon 28 September 2013.Retrieved25 May2012.
  5. ^"ULTIMI ACQUISTI E CESSIONI"(in Italian). Carrarese Calcio. 31 January 2012. Archived fromthe originalon 4 February 2012.Retrieved25 May2012.
  6. ^"RUSSOTTO IN GIALLOROSSO"[Russotto in "Yellow-Red" ] (in Italian). U.S. Catanzaro 1929. 13 October 2012.Retrieved8 May2016.
  7. ^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]
  8. ^"Andrea Russotto è un giocatore della Salernitana"(in Italian). U.S. Salernitana 1919. 22 July 2015.Retrieved8 May2016.
  9. ^"RUSSOTTO CEDUTO ALLA SALERNITANA"(in Italian). U.S. Catanzaro 1929. 16 July 2015.Retrieved8 May2016.
  10. ^"Donnarumma, Odjer e Frison sono giocatori della Salernitana. Calil, Liverani e Russotto al Catania"(in Italian). U.S. Salernitana 1919. 31 August 2015.Retrieved8 May2016.
  11. ^"Andrea Russotto, Caetano Calil e Luca Liverani dalla Salernitana al Catania"(in Italian). Calcio Catania. 31 August 2015.Retrieved8 May2016.
  12. ^"ANDREA RUSSOTTO É DELLA CAVESE"(Press release) (in Italian).Cavese.19 July 2019.
  13. ^"Andrea Russotto dalla Cavese al Catania: l'attaccante si lega al nostro club fino al 30 giugno 2022"(in Italian).Catania.14 January 2021.
  14. ^"Delibera del Presidente federale: revocata l'affiliazione al Calcio Catania"(in Italian). FIGC.it. 9 April 2022.Retrieved9 April2022.
  15. ^"Catania, ufficiale il ritorno di Lodi: le altre operazioni"(in Italian). LiveSicilia.it. 7 August 2022.Retrieved21 August2022.
  16. ^FIGCArchived5 June 2016 at theWayback Machine(in Italian)
  17. ^"Tie against Romania. Official list of 18+4 for Beijing".FIGC. 24 July 2008. Archived fromthe originalon 5 June 2016.Retrieved8 May2016.
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