| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 October 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Turin, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Monza (on loan from Fiorentina) | ||
| Number | 42 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2010 | Orbassano Gabetto | ||
| 2010–2016 | Torino | ||
| 2016–2019 | Chisola Calcio | ||
| 2018–2019 | → Fiorentina (loan) | ||
| 2019–2021 | Fiorentina | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021– | Fiorentina | 8 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | → Reggiana (loan) | 34 | (2) |
| 2024– | → Monza (loan) | 12 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2020 | Italy U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Italy U20 | 5 | (0) |
| 2023– | Italy U21 | 1 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:18, 30 November 2024 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 November 2023 | |||
Alessandro Bianco (born 1 October 2002) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Monza, on loan from Fiorentina.
Alessandro Bianco was born in Turin, spending most of its youth in the Metropolitan City of Turin, in a family from Piedmont. [1] [2] [3]
A promising cyclist during his early years, Bianco started to play football as a 7-year-old in Orbassano, but soon joining Torino's academy, Juve's old rival. [1] [2] [4] After progressing through the youth ranks of the club from his hometown, Bianco was not retained by Il Toro as an under-15, and went on to play with amateur side Chisola Calcio, in Vinovo. [1] [2] [5] [6]
Enjoying a few regional and national success with the youth team from Chisola, Bianco quickly attracted the attention of another great Serie A club, signing on loan to ACF Fiorentina in 2018, before making his move a permanent one a year later. [1] [2] [5]
After a first season with Fiorentina's Primavera, where his team won the Coppa after beating the likes of Milan and Juventus, [6] [7] he made his first apparences on the bench in Serie A during the 2020–21 season, under Cesare Prandelli. [1] [5]
For his second season in Alberto Aquilani’s primavera team, Bianco definitely became one of the most prominent member of the under-19, leading his team to another Coppa Primavera win, once more with victories against Milan and Juventus—during which he respectively delivered an assist and scored a goal from a free-kick—before defeating Genoa and eventually Lazio in the final. [1] [8]
After impressing new manager Vincenzo Italiano during the early 2021–22 season, [3] [9] [10] Bianco made his professional debut for ACF Fiorentina on the 13 August 2021, replacing Erick Pulgar during a 4–0 home Coppa Italia win against Cosenza. [10] [11] [12]
Announced on a potential loan move to the Serie B team against which he made his debut, [12] [13] he eventually stayed in Florence, making more bench appearances in Serie A [5] and another on the field in Coppa, again replacing Pulgar, [14] while still playing with the Primavera squad, notably during their victorious Supercoppa Primavera campaign against Empoli. [15] [16]
On 13 July 2023, Bianco moved to Serie B club Reggiana on a loan deal until 30 June 2024. [17]
Upon his return from loan, Bianco made a substitute appearance for Fiorentina in their 2024–25 Serie A season opener and he started their Conference League qualifier against Puskás Akadémia, which ended in a 3–3 draw. [18]
On 30 August 2024, Bianco was loaned by Serie A side Monza. [19]
Alessandro Bianco is youth international for Italy, having already played with the under-18 before his debut professional season at Fiorentina. [1] [5] [6] [9]
| Club | Season | League | Coppa Italia | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Fiorentina | 2022–23 | Serie A | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 [a] | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |
| 2024–25 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Reggiana (loan) | 2023–24 | Serie B | 35 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 2 | ||
| Monza (loan) | 2024–25 | Serie A | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 48 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 3 | ||
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