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Alessia Mia Teresa Russo (Italian: [aˈlɛssja ˈmia teˈrɛza ˈrusso]; born 8 February 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Manchester United in the Women's Super League and the England national team.

Alessia Russo

Russo in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Alessia Mia Teresa Russo[1]
Date of birth	(1999-02-08) 8 February 1999 (age 23)
Place of birth	Maidstone, England
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Manchester United
Number	23
Youth career
	Charlton Athletic
	Chelsea
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2019	North Carolina Tar Heels	57	(28)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2017	Chelsea	0	(0)
2017	Brighton & Hove Albion	7	(3)
2020–	Manchester United	30	(14)
National team‡
2013–2014	England U15	2	(0)
2014–2016	England U17	27	(17)
2017	England U19	11	(0)
2017	England U20	7	(4)
2019	England U21	8	(0)
2020–	England	16	(10)
Honours Women's football Representing  England UEFA Women's Championship Winner 2022 England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 November 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 November 2022

She has previously played for Chelsea, Brighton & Hove Albion and North Carolina Tar Heels, as well as representing England at all age groups.

Club career

Early career

After playing for Bearsted Girls U10 as a child,[2] Russo also played county schools' football for Kent Schools FA whilst attending St Simon Stock School in Maidstone. She began her career at Charlton Athletic's centre of excellence,[3] before joining and captaining Chelsea's development squad.[4] Her first and only senior appearance with Chelsea came during the first round of the FA WSL Continental Cup on 2 July 2016.[5]

Brighton & Hove Albion

In January 2017, Russo joined newly promoted WSL 2 side Brighton & Hove Albion ahead of the 2017 FA WSL Spring Series.[6] She made her Brighton debut on 5 February 2017 in an FA Cup third round victory against AFC Wimbledon. On 11 February, Russo scored Brighton's first ever goal at WSL level in the team's Spring Series opener, a 1–1 draw with London Bees.[7]

North Carolina Tar Heels

In autumn 2017, Russo moved to the United States to play college soccer, joining ACC team North Carolina Tar Heels alongside England youth teammate Lotte Wubben-Moy.[8] As a freshman she appeared in 19 games, making 18 starts.[9] She finished as the leading scorer on the team with nine goals as well as two assists and earned several accolades including co-ACC Freshman of the Year, ACC All-Freshman Team selection and United Soccer Coaches All-East Region first team selection. The team won the 2017 ACC Women's Soccer Tournament, beating Duke 1–0 in the final having finished runners-up to Duke in the regular season. Russo was named tournament MVP.[10] In 2018, despite missing the postseason with a broken leg,[11] Russo earned a United Soccer Coaches first-team All-America selection, the first Tar Heel to make the first team since Crystal Dunn in 2013, and was named ACC Offensive Player of the Year as North Carolina won the regular season title for the first time since 2008.[12] In 2019, Russo returned from injury to make a career-high 24 appearances and once again led the team in goals with 13. The team defended the regular season title, won the 2019 ACC Women's Soccer Tournament and reached the 2019 Women's College Cup Final, losing on penalties to Stanford after a goalless draw. Individually Russo was named first-team All-ACC for the third year in a row, ACC Tournament MVP for a second time and United Soccer Coaches first team All-American for a second time.[13] In August 2020, Russo announced she was forgoing her final year of college eligibility amid uncertainty around the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[14][15]

Manchester United

On 10 September 2020, Russo signed a two-year contract with the option for a third year with Manchester United, the club she grew up supporting.[16] She made her debut three days later as a half-time substitute in a 5–2 league victory over Birmingham City, registering an assist.[17] She scored her first goal for the club in the following game, starting in a 3–0 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion.[18] Russo was nominated for WSL Player of the Month in October 2020 with three goals and one assist in three appearances.[19][20] However, she would miss the rest of the 2020-21 season after tearing her hamstring during training.[21]

In the 2021–22 season, Russo led the team in goals with 11 goals in 30 appearances in all competitions and was named the inaugural winner of the team's Players' Player of the Year award.[22]

International career

Youth

Russo has represented England on the under-15,[23] under-17 and under-19, under-20 and under-21 national teams.[24] In October 2015, she scored five goals against Croatia during a 13–0 2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification win before scoring a hat-trick against Estonia in the following game.[25][26] Russo finished joint top-scorer in qualifying with 9 goals and then again at 2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, scoring 5 goals including a brace against Germany in a 4–3 semi-final defeat as England finished third.[27] She competed at the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan[28] and was part of the squad that finished third at the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[29]

Senior

On 26 February 2020, Russo was called up to the senior England national team for the first time as part of the 2020 SheBelieves Cup squad, initially as a training player but was later added as an injury replacement for Lucy Bronze.[30] She made her senior international debut on 11 March 2020 in the final game of the tournament, appearing as a 76th minute substitute for Toni Duggan in a 1–0 defeat to Spain.[31] On 30 November 2021, she scored her first international goals, a hat-trick in a national record 20–0 victory over Latvia during 2023 World Cup qualifying.[32] Timed at 11 minutes, the hat-trick was the fastest by any England player in history.[33]

In June 2022, Russo was included in Sarina Wiegman's England squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2022.[34][35] She appeared in all six games, all as a substitute, during the campaign as England won the Euros for the first time.[36] She ended the tournament with four goals, the fourth an audacious back-heel between the legs of Sweden keeper Hedvig Lindahl in the semi-final. This total placed her third highest, behind her teammate Beth Mead and Germany's Alexandra Popp (six each).[37] Her goal against Sweden was awarded "Goal of the Tournament" by UEFA.[38]

Personal life

Born in Maidstone, Kent,[3] Russo is of Italian descent. Her Sicilian grandfather moved to England in the 1950s.[39] Her father, Mario, played non-league football for Metropolitan Police and brother, Giorgio, has also played non-league football for various teams, most recently for Ramsgate.[40] Her brother, Luca, went to the University of Missouri on a track and field scholarship.[41][39]

In 2006, Russo was a mascot for her future United manager Casey Stoney, who was captain of Charlton Athletic while Russo was at the London club's Centre of Excellence.[42]

Career statistics

College

Team	Season	NCAA Regular Season			ACC Tournament		NCAA Tournament		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
North Carolina Tar Heels	2017[43]	Div. I	13	8	3	1	3	0	19	9
	2018[44]		14	6	0	0	0	0	14	6
	2019[45]		15	6	3	3	6	4	24	13
Total			42	20	6	4	9	4	57	28

Club

As of match played 6 November 2022.[46][47]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Chelsea	2016	WSL 1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Brighton & Hove Albion	2017	WSL 2	7	3	2	0	—		9	3
Manchester United	2020–21	Women's Super League	4	3	0	0	1	0	5	3
	2021–22		22	9	2	0	6	2	30	11
	2022–23		4	2	0	0	0	0	4	2
	Total		30	14	2	0	7	2	39	16
Career total			37	17	4	0	8	2	49	19

International

Statistics accurate as of match played 11 November 2022.[48]

Year	England
	Apps	Goals
2020	1	0
2021	1	3
2022	14	7
Total	16	10

International goals

As of match played 6 September 2022. England score listed first, score column indicates score after each Russo goal.

No.	Date	Cap	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	30 November 2021	2	Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster, England	Latvia	14–0	20–0	2023 FIFA World Cup qualifying
2					17–0
3					18–0
4	30 June 2022	7	Letzigrund, Zürich, Switzerland	Switzerland	1–0	4–0	Friendly
5	11 July 2022	9	Brighton Community Stadium, Brighton and Hove, England	Norway	7–0	8–0	UEFA Euro 2022
6	15 July 2022	10	St Mary's Stadium, Southampton, England	Northern Ireland	3–0	5–0
7					4–0
8	26 July 2022	12	Bramall Lane, Sheffield, England	Sweden	3–0	4–0
9	3 September 2022	14	Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt, Austria	Austria	1–0	2–0	2023 FIFA World Cup qualifying
10	6 September 2022	15	Bet365 Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent, England	Luxembourg	2–0	10–0

Honours

North Carolina Tar Heels

• Atlantic Coast Conference regular season: 2018, 2019
• ACC Women's Soccer Tournament: 2017, 2019
• NCAA Division I College Cup runners-up: 2018, 2019

England

• UEFA Women's Championship: 2022[49]
• Arnold Clark Cup: 2022[50]

England U20

• FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup third place: 2018[51]

England U17

• UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship third place: 2016[52]

Individual

• UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2016[53]
• UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship Top Scorer: 2016[54]
• UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification Top Scorer: 2016
• ACC Freshman of the Year: 2017[55]
• ACC Offensive Player of the Year: 2018[56]
• United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I first team All-America: 2018, 2019
• FA Women's Super League Player of the Month: March 2022[57]
• FA Women's Super League Goal of the Month: November 2021[58]
• Manchester United Women's Players' Player of the Year: 2021–22[22]
• UEFA Women's Championship Bronze Boot: 2022[59]
• UEFA Women's Championship Goal of the Tournament: 2022[60]
• Freedom of the City of London (announced 1 August 2022)[61]

References

External links

• University of North Carolina player profile
• Profile at the Manchester United F.C. website
• Profile at the Football Association website
• Alessia Russo – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Alessia Russo – UEFA competition record (archive)
• Alessia Russo at Soccerway

На других языках

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[de] Alessia Russo

Alessia Mia Teresa Russo (* 8. Februar 1999 in Maidstone) ist eine englische Fußballspielerin. Die Spielerin steht bei Manchester United unter Vertrag und spielt seit 2020 für die englische Nationalmannschaft.

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- [en] Alessia Russo

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[es] Alessia Russo

Alessia Mia Teresa Russo (Maidstone; 8 de febrero de 1999) es una futbolista inglesa. Juega como delantera en el Manchester United de la FA Women's Super League de Inglaterra y en la selección de Inglaterra.[1]

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[fr] Alessia Russo (football)

Alessia Russo, née le 8 février 1999 à Maidstone au Royaume-Uni, est une joueuse internationale anglaise de football évoluant au poste d'attaquante à Manchester United.

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[it] Alessia Russo (calciatrice)

Alessia Mia Teresa Russo (Maidstone, 8 febbraio 1999) è una calciatrice inglese, attaccante del Manchester United e della nazionale inglese.

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[ru] Руссо, Алессия

Алессия Миа Териза Руссо (англ. Alessia Mia Teresa Russo; родилась 8 февраля 1999, Олдем) — английская футболистка, выступающая на позиции полузащитника или нападающей за женскую команду «Манчестер Юнайтед» и за женскую сборную Англии.

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