Jonatan Alessandro

Jonatan Alessandro

Personal information
Full name	Jonatan Alberto Alessandro
Date of birth	(1987-01-05) 5 January 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Forward [1]
Team information
Current team	L'Aquila
Number	20
Youth career
	Ternana
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2011	Ternana	40	(3)
2007	→ Igea Virtus (loan)	7	(0)
2007–2008	→ Catanzaro (loan)	17	(2)
2009	→ Cisco Roma (loan)	11	(4)
2011–2012	Sporting Terni	20	(8)
2012–2013	Chieti	56	(10)
2013–2014	Cosenza	42	(5)
2014–2015	Sambenedettese	12	(3)
2015–2016	Campobasso	34	(15)
2016–2018	Delta Rovigo	53	(22)
2018	Avezzano	13	(1)
2018–2019	Campobasso	24	(13)
2019–2020	Pineto	19	(3)
2020–2021	Latina	32	(9)
2021–2022	Vastese	32	(14)
2022–	L'Aquila	8	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 February 2023

Jonatan Alberto Alessandro (born 5 January 1987) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Italian Serie D club L'Aquila. ^[2]

Biography

Ternana

Born in Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina, Alessandro moved to Italy at young age. He was a youth product of Ternana. ^[3] He made his debut in 2006–07 Serie C1. In January 2007, he was loaned to Serie C2 side Igea Virtus – Barcellona ^[4] along with Alessandro Marotta. ^[5] On 31 August 2007 he was signed by Catanzaro. ^[6] On 30 January 2009 Alessandro left for Cisco Roma. ^[7] Alessandro became a regular member for Ternana from 2009 to 2011, despite mainly as substitute (27 as substitutes out of 35 appearances).

In 2011, he left for Serie D club Sporting Terni (top level of amateur football and Italian fifth level until 2014). The club used different stadium despite in the same city with Ternana.

Chieti

On 28 January 2012 Alessandro returned to professional football for Lega Pro Seconda Divisione (ex–Serie C2) club Chieti. ^[8] Alessandro was the centre forward in 4-2-3-1 formation in the first 3 matches of promotion playoffs. ^{[9] [10] [11]} Alessandro returned to play his usual position in the midfield in the last game, with Giuseppe Lacarra as forward. ^[12]

He renewed the contract on 22 July. ^[13]

Cosenza

On 28 July 2013 Alessandro was signed by Cosenza. ^[14] The club was among 7 additional teams that admitted to the fourth division from 2013–14 Serie D to fill the vacancies on 5 August. ^{[nb 1]} However it also saw at the end of 2013–14 season the two divisions of Lega Pro would be merged, as well as the reduction of 69 teams to 60 teams, thus 18 teams instead of 9 teams would be relegated.

As of round 32 the club was the runner-up, and had been mathematically promoted to Serie C. Alessandro scored 5 goals as the fourth scorer of the team, behind Gianluca De Angelis, Manolo Mosciaro and Elio Calderini.

Serie D

In July 2020 Alessandro signed for Latina ^[16] where he played a big part in Latina getting promoted back to the Serie C. In the 2020–21 season he scored 9 goals in 32 matches as Latina finished second in the Serie D Girone G.

On 11 August 2021, he joined Vastese in Serie D. ^[17]

Footnotes

1. Originally 9 promoted (1 non-admission), now 13 promoted from 2012–13 Serie D plus 2 re-admission of relegated teams of 2012–13 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione. ^[15]

References

1. Jonatan Alessandro at WorldFootball.net
2. , https://www.latinacalcio1932.com/, 8 August 2021
3. Fullsoccer (in Italian)
4. "Bilancio mercato di Gennaio" (in Italian). Ternana Calcio. 1 February 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
5. Mastrocola, Marcello (4 January 2007). "Igea Virtus: ecco Marotta dal Martina" (in Italian). Tutto Mercato Web. Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
6. "Ceduti tre giovani" (in Italian). Ternana Calcio. 31 August 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
7. "Alessandro ceduto alla Cisco Roma" (in Italian). Ternana Calcio. 30 January 2009. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
8. "Calciomercato: il Chieti ufficializza l'acquisto di Jonathan Alessandro" (in Italian). Chieti Calcio. 28 January 2012. Archived from the original on 25 April 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
9. "Aprilia - Chieti 2-2: pari spettacolo con eurogol di Del Pinto, appuntamento a domenica prossima!" (in Italian). Chieti Calcio. 20 May 2012. Archived from the original on 25 April 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
10. "Chieti-Aprilia 1-1: a Sabbatini risponde Germani. La finale è Chieti-Paganese!" (in Italian). Chieti Calcio. 27 May 2012. Archived from the original on 25 April 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
11. "Paganese-Chieti 2-0: ko pesante ma ora tutti uniti a caccia dell'impresa!" (in Italian). Chieti Calcio. 3 June 2012. Archived from the original on 25 April 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
12. "Chieti - Paganese 0-0: il bunker campano regge, solo tanti applausi per i neroverdi" (in Italian). Chieti Calcio. 10 June 2012. Archived from the original on 25 April 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
13. "Anche Jonatan Alessandro a Colledimezzo: con l'italo argentino gli ex Lanciano Verna e Di Filippo" (in Italian). Chieti Calcio. 22 July 2012. Archived from the original on 25 April 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
14. "Ecco Jonathan Alessandro: le sue serpentine ci faranno dimenticare presto Biccio Arcidiacono" (in Italian). Cosenza Calcio. 28 July 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
15. Il Consiglio Federale (5 August 2013). "C.U. N°44/A (2013–14)" (PDF) (in Italian). FIGC. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
16. , https://www.latinacalcio1932.com/, 8 August 2021
17. "Jonatan Alberto Alessandro è un nuovo giocatore della Vastese" (in Italian). Vastese. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.

External links

• AIC profile (data by football.it) (in Italian)
• Jonatan Alessandro at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)