Raoul Bellanova (born 17 May 2000) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Serie A club Inter Milan, on loan from Cagliari.[5]
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Raoul Bellanova[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2000-05-17) 17 May 2000 (age 22)[2][3] | ||
| Place of birth | Rho, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[4] | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Inter Milan (on loan from Cagliari) | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2019 | AC Milan | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2020 | Bordeaux | 1 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Atalanta (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → Pescara (loan) | 30 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Cagliari (loan) | 31 | (1) |
| 2022– | Cagliari | 0 | (0) |
| 2022– | → Inter Milan (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015 | Italy U15 | 9 | (0) |
| 2015 | Italy U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Italy U17 | 24 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Italy U19 | 21 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Italy U20 | 10 | (0) |
| 2020– | Italy U21 | 16 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:53, 13 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 September 2022 | |||
Bellanova was born in Rho, in the province of Milan on 17 May 2000.[citation needed]
Bellanova started playing at age 4, for Azzurra.[citation needed] In 2005, he moved to FC Parabiago, and in 2006 his contract was bought by AC Milan.[citation needed] From 2006 to 2019, Bellanova played for teams of various age groups at Milan's youth academy.[citation needed] In January 2019, after failing to negotiate a desired wage, he declined a professional contract offer from Milan.[citation needed]
In July 2019, Bellanova was officially presented as a Bordeaux player.[citation needed] On 10 August 2019, he made his debut in senior football, starting in the opening match of the 2019–20 Ligue 1 season against Angers.[6] Having made several positioning mistakes that led to three goals from his right flank, he was subbed off 63 minutes into the game by the team's coach Paulo Sousa.[7]
On 30 January 2020, Bellanova joined Atalanta on a 1.5-year loan with an option to purchase.[citation needed] He made his club (and Serie A) debut on 14 July in a 6–2 win against Brescia.[citation needed]
On 24 September 2020, Atalanta loaned him to Serie B club Pescara.[8]
On 31 August 2021, he joined Cagliari on loan with an option-to-buy.[9] On 31 May 2022, Cagliari exercised their option to sign the player permanently.[10]
On 6 July 2022, Inter Milan announced the signing of Bellanova on loan from Cagliari for the 2022–23 season.[11]
In October 2017, Bellanova played in the qualifiers,[12] He debuted on 4 October 2017, against Moldova, The match ended 4–0 for Italy. In November 2018, Bellanova played for Italy under-20 national team in a match against Germany.[13]
On 12 November 2020, he made his debut with the Italy U21 playing as a starter in a qualifying match won 2–1 against Iceland in Reykjavík.[citation needed]
Bellanova is a physically strong, quick, fast, offensive-minded right-back with good defensive positioning and reading of the game. Besides his regular position of a full-back or wing-back on the right flank, he can also play as a centre-back (in both, three and four-player defensive line) or as a wide midfielder in a 3–5–2 formation.[14]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup[lower-alpha 1] | Europe | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Bordeaux | 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Atalanta (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pescara (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie B | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 31 | 0 | |
| Cagliari (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie A | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 31 | 1 | |
| Inter Milan (loan) | 2022–23 | Serie A | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Career total | 72 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 75 | 1 | ||
Inter Milan – current squad | |
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