Alessandro Pio Riccio (born 6 February 2002) is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie C Group A Juventus Next Gen.
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Date of birth | (2002-02-06) 6 February 2002 (age 20) | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Naples, Italy | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Juventus Next Gen | |||||||||||||||
Number | 6 | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
0000–2016 | Sport Village | |||||||||||||||
2016–2021 | Juventus | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2021– | Juventus Next Gen[lower-greek 1] | 30 | (1) | |||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
2017 | Italy U15 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Italy U16 | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Italy U17 | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Italy U18 | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2021 | Italy U20 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:10, 20 November 2022 (UCT) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:27, 18 April 2022 (UTC) |
Riccio started playing football at Sport Village, in Qualiano.[2] In 2016, Riccio moved to Juventus.[2] In the 2016–17 season, Riccio won the league with the under-15s.[3] On 28 October 2020, Andrea Pirlo called up Riccio for a match against Barcelona.[2] On 15 September 2021, Riccio made his debut for Juventus U23 in a 3–2 Coppa Italia Serie C win against Feralpisalò.[4] On 31 October, during a match against Südtirol, he injured his zygomatic bone.[5] His first match after this injury came on 18 December, in a 2–1 win against Legnago.[6] On 17 February 2022, Riccio scored his first goal in his career with an header from a corner kick in a match eventually won 4–0 against Piacenza.[7] On 29 April, he extended his contract at Juventus until 2024.[8]
Riccio represented Italy internationally at under-15,[9] under-16,[10] under-17,[11] under-18.[12] He was called up the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship losing 4–2 the final against Netherlands.[13] He was also called up for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup, where Italy were eliminated against Brazil in the quarter-finals.[13]
Club | Season | League | Coppa Italia | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Juventus Next Gen[lower-greek 1] | 2021–22 | Serie C | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 27 | 1 |
2022–23 | Serie C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
Total | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 1 | ||
Career total | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 1 |
Juventus Next Gen – current squad | |
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