Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Alessandro Fontanarosa [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [1] | 7 February 2003||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | San Gennaro Vesuviano, Italy | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Inter Milan U23 | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 63 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
–2018 | Sampdoria | ||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Empoli | ||||||||||||||||
2019–2022 | Inter Milan | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2022– | Inter Milan | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2023–2024 | → Cosenza (loan) | 21 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2024–2025 | → Reggiana (loan) | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2025 | → Carrarese (loan) | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2025– | Inter Milan U23 | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2019 | Italy U16 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Italy U17 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2021 | Italy U18 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Italy U19 | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | Italy U20 | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2024– | Italy U21 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12 June 2024 |
Alessandro Fontanarosa (born 7 February 2003) [1] is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie C Group A club Inter Milan U23. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Having previously played for Sampdoria, Fontanarosa joined Empoli's youth academy in 2018.[ citation needed ]
In August 2019, he joined Inter Milan for an estimated fee of €750,000.[ citation needed ] After featuring for the under-17 team, he made his debut for the under-19 team in February 2020. [6] In the following season, Fontanarosa became a regular starter for Inter's under-19 team, as he helped them win the Campionato Primavera 1, the Coppa Italia Primavera and the Supercoppa Primavera. [7] He also played in the 2020–21 UEFA Youth League, scoring one goal in six appearances. [7]
At the start of the 2022–23 season, Fontanarosa was promoted to Inter Milan's first team.[ citation needed ] He went on to feature on the bench for several Serie A and UEFA Champions League matches. [8]
On 9 August 2023, Fontanarosa went to Cosenza on loan. [9]
On 27 August 2024, Fontanarosa joined Serie B club Reggiana on a season-long loan. [10] On 3 February 2025, Fontanrosa joined fellow Serie B side Carrarese on loan for the remainder of the season. [11]
In the summer of 2025, Fontanarosa returned to Inter Milan, where he was assigned to their newly established reserve team.
Fontanarosa has represented Italy at various youth levels. He made his debut for the under-17 team on 7 September 2019, in a friendly match against Turkey national under-17 football team. He also played for the under-18 team and the under-19 team. [12]
In May 2023, he was included by head coach Carmine Nunziata in the Italian squad that took part in the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina, [13] where the Azzurrini finished runners-up after losing to Uruguay in the final match. [14] [15]
Italy U20