Alessandro Russo (born 31 March 2001) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Sassuolo.
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| Date of birth | (2001-03-31) 31 March 2001 (age 21) | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Reggio Calabria, Italy | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||
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Current team | Sassuolo | ||||||||||||
| Number | 64 | ||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||
| Carmine Coppola | |||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | F24 Messina | ||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Genoa | ||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
| 2019– | Sassuolo | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | → Virtus Entella (loan) | 18 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | → Alessandria (loan) | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||
| 2022 | → Sint-Truiden (loan) | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||
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| 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) | ||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 April 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:41, 16 November 2021 (UTC) | |||||||||||||
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]
On 12 October 2020, he tested positive for COVID-19.[8] He tested negative 18 days later.[9]
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