Alessandro Russo (footballer, born 2001)

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Alessandro Russo
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-03-31) 31 March 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Reggio Calabria, Italy
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Sassuolo
Number 1
Youth career
Carmine Coppola
2015–2016 F24 Messina
2016–2019 Genoa
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019– Sassuolo 1 (0)
2020–2021 → Virtus Entella (loan) 18 (0)
2021–2022 → Alessandria (loan) 2 (0)
2022 → Sint-Truiden (loan) 2 (0)
2023–2024 → Trento (loan) 34 (0)
International career‡
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)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Runner-up England 2018 U-17 Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 May 2024
‡ 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 Serie B club Sassuolo.

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Club career

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

On 29 August 2020, he went to Virtus Entella on loan. [5]

On 15 July 2021, he joined Alessandria on loan. [6] On 24 January 2022, he moved on a new loan to Sint-Truiden in Belgium. [7]

Russo spent the 2022–23 season back with Sassuolo as a back-up to Andrea Consigli. Russo made his Serie A debut in the last league game of the season on 2 June 2023 against Fiorentina. [8]

On 12 July 2023, Russo moved to Serie C club Trento on a season-long loan. [9]

Personal life

On 12 October 2020, he tested positive for COVID-19. [10] He tested negative 18 days later. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Alessandro Russo". U.S. Sassuolo Calcio. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  2. ↑ Straface, Scritto da: Francesco (28 June 2016). "Il portiere dell'F24 Messina Alessandro Russo passa a titolo definitivo al Genoa".
  3. ↑ "Presentati alla stampa Vlad Chiriches e Alessandro Russo".
  4. ↑ "Sassuolo vs. Perugia - 4 December 2019". Soccerway.
  5. ↑ "Ufficiale, Alessandro Russo è un nuovo giocatore dell'Entella" (Press release) (in Italian). Virtus Entella. 29 August 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "RUSSO È UN GIOCATORE DEI GRIGI" (Press release) (in Italian). Alessandria. 15 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "WELCOME ALESSANDRO!" (Press release). Sint-Truiden. 24 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  8. ↑ "Sassuolo v Fiorentina game report". Soccerway. 2 June 2023.
  9. ↑ "ALESSANDRO RUSSO È UN NUOVO GIOCATORE DEL TRENTO. IL CLASSE 2001 ARRIVA IN PRESTITO DAL SASSUOLO" [ALESSANDRO RUSSO IS A NEW PLAYER OF TRENTO. THE CLASS OF 2001 ARRIVES ON LOAN FROM SASSUOLO] (in Italian). Trento. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  10. ↑ "Comunicato Ufficiale Virtus Entella" (Press release) (in Italian). Virtus Entella. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  11. ↑ "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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