Rodney Strasser

Last updated

Rodney Strasser
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-03-30) 30 March 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Freetown, Sierra Leone
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Cattolica
Youth career
2006–2007 Kallon
2007–2010 AC Milan
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2010 AC Milan 2 (0)
2010–2011 Genoa 0 (0)
2010–2011 → AC Milan (loan) 5 (1)
2011–2013 AC Milan 2 (0)
2011–2012 → Lecce (loan) 13 (1)
2013 → Parma (loan) 2 (0)
2013–2017 Genoa 0 (0)
2013–2014 → Reggina (loan) 22 (0)
2015 → Livorno (loan) 2 (0)
2015–2016 → Lupa Castelli Romani (loan) 16 (1)
2016 → NK Zagreb (loan) 12 (0)
2016–2017 → Gil Vicente (loan) 13 (0)
2018–2019 Villafranca 14 (0)
2020–2021 TPS 9 (0)
2021–2022 Cattolica 6 (0)
2023– FAVL Cimini
International career‡
2010– Sierra Leone 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 November 2023

Rodney Strasser (born 30 March 1990) is a Sierra Leonean professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder. [2]

Contents

Club career

AC Milan

Born in Freetown, Strasser began his career at local club Kallon, before moving to Italy to join AC Milan in 2007. [3] During his time in Milan's youth system, he was a member of the under-20 side, who won the 2009–10 Coppa Italia Primavera. [4] He made his first-team debut on 21 December 2008, in a 5–1 win against Udinese, coming on as a substitute for Kakha Kaladze in the 82nd minute. [5] [6]

Genoa

On 20 July 2010, Milan announced that half of the rights to Strasser had been purchased by Genoa for €2.25 million, [7] as part of the deal that saw defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos move to Milan. [8] Strasser, however, would stay at Milan on loan, [9] joining the first-team squad permanently. His first appearance of the season was in a UEFA Champions League group stage 2–0 win against Auxerre – which also marked his debut in European club competition – on 23 November. [10] He went on to score his first professional goal in a 1–0 league win over Cagliari, on 6 January. [11]

Milan return

In May 2011, his co-ownership was dissolved in favour of Milan for the same price and renewed his contract to June 2016. [12] [13] (with Papastathopoulos moved back to Genoa), [14] but Strasser subsequently joined Lecce on loan. [15] He appeared in 13 games and scored one goal for his new team, before suffering a broken ankle in a game against Juventus on 9 January and subsequently being called back to Milan to undergo rehabilitation. [16] He made his return on 10 April, coming on as a substitute in the second half of a game against Chievo, which Milan won 1–0. [17] At the start of the following season, Strasser sustained another injury which would rule him out for three months. [18] After recovering he struggled to get playing time, making only one Coppa Italia appearance before being loaned out to Parma during the January transfer window. [19]

Genoa return

On 27 July 2013, Strasser joined Genoa on a permanent deal for €3.5 million, as part of Kévin Constant's co-ownership resolution in favour of Milan for €6 million. [20] Strasser was loaned out to Serie B team Reggina in August 2013. [21] As of January 2019, Strasser played for the Serie D team Villafranca.

International career

Strasser made his international debut for the Sierra Leone national team on 5 September 2010, in a 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification game against Egypt. [3] [22]

Career statistics

Club

As of 27 July 2013 [23] [24]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinental [a] OtherTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
AC Milan 2008–09 100000–10
2009–10 100000–10
2010–11 310020–51
2011–12 100000–10
2012–13 001000–10
Total6110200091
Lecce (loan) 2011–12 12110––131
Parma (loan) 2012–13 20–––20
Career total202202000242

International

As of 3 October 2013 [25]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Sierra Leone 201020
201140
201200
201320
Total80

Honours

Milan

References

  1. ↑ "Prima Squadra". Archived from the original on 23 January 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Strasser in Zagreb". Jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). 7 February 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  3. 1 2 Mohamed Fajah-Barrie (28 August 2010). "Strasser ready for Sierra Leone". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
  4. ↑ "Il Milan del futuro vola con Verdi e Zigoni". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 15 April 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
  5. ↑ "Milan 5 – 1 Udinese". legaseriea.it (in Italian). Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A. 21 December 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  6. ↑ Peter Pedroncelli (21 December 2008). "Super Milan Destroy Udinese in Six-Goal Thriller". Goal. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  7. ↑ "AC Milan Group 2010 Annual Report" (PDF). AC Milan (in Italian). April 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  8. ↑ "Milan pick up Genoa starlet Papastathopoulos". UEFA. 20 July 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  9. ↑ "Calcio Mercato Squadre". legaseriea.it (in Italian). Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A . Retrieved 26 July 2010.
  10. ↑ "Auxerre-Milan". UEFA. 23 November 2010. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
  11. ↑ "Important victory". acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. 6 January 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  12. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. ↑ "Official A.C. Milan press release". acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. 14 June 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  15. ↑ "Official Statement". acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. 19 July 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  16. ↑ Alie Bittar (6 February 2012). "Strasser – Milan is my second home". sierraexpressmedia.com. Sierra Express Media. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  17. ↑ "Report: Chievo v AC Milan". ESPNsoccernet . ESPN. 10 April 2012. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  18. ↑ "A.C. Milan official statement". acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  19. ↑ "A.C. Milan official communication". acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. 25 January 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  20. ↑ "Dal Milan arriva Strasser". genoacfc.it (in Italian). Genoa Cricket and Football Club. 27 July 2013. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  21. ↑ "Reggina capture Sierra Leone midfielder Strasser on loan". Sahr Morris Jr. Goal. 26 August 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  22. ↑ "Egypt vs. Sierra Leone". soccerway.com. Global Sports Media. 5 September 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  23. ↑ "Rodney Strasser » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  24. ↑ "Rodney Strasser". ESPNsoccernet . ESPN. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  25. ↑ Rodney Strasser at National-Football-Teams.com
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.