Alessandro Della Valle

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Alessandro Della Valle
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Personal information
Full name Alessandro Della Valle
Date of birth (1982-06-08) 8 June 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Borgo Maggiore
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000–2002 San Marino Calcio
2002–2003 SS Folgore/Falciano
2003–2006 Tropical Coriano
2006 Marignano Calcio
2007–2008 USD Scot Due Emme
2008–2009 PD Fontanelle
2009–2010 Tropical Coriano
2010–2011 ACD Sanvitese
2011–2016 Sant'Ermete Sanvitese
2016–2018 A.C. Juvenes/Dogana 33 (0)
International career
2002–2017 San Marino 65 (1)
Managerial career
2020– S.S. Pennarossa (assistant manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alessandro Della Valle (born 8 June 1982) is a former Sammarinese footballer who last played with A.C. Juvenes/Dogana and formerly the San Marino national football team. He scored San Marino's first competitive goal in 5 years against Poland in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification on 10 September 2013. [1]

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Football career

Della Valle started his career in 2000 at San Marino Calcio in the Italian leagues. In 2002, he moved to SS Folgore/Falciano in the Sammarinese Football Championship before moving to Italian club Tropical Coriano. Until 2012, he played for Marignano Calcio, USD Scot Due Emme, FV Fontanelle, returned to Tropical Coriano and ASD Sanvitese before returning to Folgore/Falciano in 2012. In 2013, following his goal against Poland, the Polish club Polonia Warsaw offered him a one year contract. [2] Initial reports claimed that he had accepted it but this was attributed to misunderstanding due to Della Valle's level of English and he later affirmed that he had not agreed due to the terms not being sufficient to persuade him to give up his non-football career. [3] He then moved to AC Juvenes/Dogana in 2017 and retired from football the same year. [4]

During the FIFA World Cup 2014 qualifying campaign, Della Valle scored San Marino's first competitive goal in five years in their match against the Poland national football team. [5] This brought him to international media attention, despite Polish media erroneously describing him as a banker, [6] and he claimed he was welcomed back to San Marino like a national hero. [7] [8] During UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying, in both of San Marino's matches against the England national football team, Della Valle was noted as having scored two own-goals, one in each match. [9]

International goals

Score and Result lists San Marino's goals first
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
14.10 September 2013 Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1–11–5 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Personal life

Outside of football, Della Valle's full-time job was as a commercial advisor for a commercial tile company, working to focus on the Italian market. He often had to take time off work in order to train and play for San Marino. [10]

References

  1. ↑ San Marino-Poland on whoscored.com
  2. ↑ "Amator z San Marino ma zagrać w Polsce!". Fakt (in Polish). 19 September 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "Alessandro Della Valle woli jednak być sprzedawcą niż grać w Polonii". dziennik.pl (in Polish). 20 September 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "Alessandro Della Valle, international football player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  5. ↑ Williams, Tom. "What's It Like to Support the World's Worst International Football Teams?". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "Alessandro Della Valle - wieczorem strzelił Polakom bramkę, rano siedział w biurze". Onet Sport (in Polish). 12 September 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "Beers and pizzafter Alessandro Della Valle scores the first San Marino goal in five years". News.com.au. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "Beers and pizza for 1st San Marino goal in 5 years". The New Zealand Herald . 30 March 2025. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  9. ↑ "England 5-0 San Marino". BBC Sport. 8 October 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  10. ↑ "Critics don't realise the many sacrifices we make to live dream: Della Valle". Belfast Telegraph. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
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