Alessio Romagnoli

Alessio Romagnoli

Romagnoli with Roma in 2012
Personal information
Full name Alessio Romagnoli
Date of birth (1995-01-12) 12 January 1995
Place of birth Anzio, Italy
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Milan
Number 13
Youth career
Roma
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Roma 13 (1)
2014–2015 → Sampdoria (loan) 30 (2)
2015– Milan 47 (0)
National team‡
2011 Italy U16[1] 3 (0)
2011–2012 Italy U17[1] 6 (0)
2011–2014 Italy U19[1] 12 (0)
2014– Italy U21[1] 15 (1)
2016– Italy 4 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 December 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2016

Alessio Romagnoli (Italian pronunciation: [aˈlɛssjo romaɲˈɲɔːli]; born 12 January 1995) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Serie A club Milan and the Italy national football team.

He began his career with Italian club Roma in 2012, and later spent a season on loan with Sampdoria in 2014, before moving to Milan in 2015.

Club career

Roma

A youth product of Roma, Romagnoli was surprisingly included despite his 17 years of age by new head coach Zdeněk Zeman in the first team squad, joining the pre-season camp and being regularly called up as a reserve for the league games. Romagnoli made his senior debut on 11 December 2012 against Atalanta, playing the full game as a starter.[2] He then made his Serie A debut twelve days later, as a substitute in the final minutes of a league game against Milan.[3] He scored his first goal in Serie A on 3 March 2013 against Genoa.

He found more first team opportunities in the second half of the 2013–14 season under new manager Rudi García both at full back and in the centre of defence. On 31 May 2014 Romagnoli, signed a new four-year contract with Roma.[4]

Loan to Sampdoria

On 1 September 2014, Romagnoli joined Sampdoria on a season long loan for €500,000, with an option to purchase for €2 million, as well as a counter-option of €750,000.[5][6][7] Romagnoli made his Sampdoria debut as a late substitute in a 2–0 victory against Torino on 14 September. He scored his first goal for Sampdoria on 24 September 2014 in a 2–1 defeat of Chievo. In June 2015 Roma activated the counter-option, which the deal had also cost Roma an additional €550,000 as agent fee, making the return of Romagnoli cost €1.3 million (or €800,000 in net deducting the loan revenue).[8]

Milan

On 11 August 2015 he was sold to Milan for a fee of €25 million, signing a five-year contract.[9] Roma also eligible to 30% of the value adding if the player was subsequent sold for a fee above €25 million.[10]

Romagnoli made his official Milan debut on the 18th of August, 2015, in the 2015–16 Coppa Italia, playing the full 90 minutes and keeping a clean sheet in a 2–0 win over A.C. Perugia Calcio.[11] Six days later, the young central defender then made his first appearance in the league with his new club, as Milan lost 2–0 to ACF Fiorentina.[12] Romagnoli was sent off for the first time in his Milan career on the 27th of September, 2015, after receiving two bookable offences in the first half of a 1–0 loss to Genoa C.F.C. at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris.[13] Upon returning from his one match ban, Romagnoli re-established himself as the team's first choice centre-back, and went on to perform on a consistent basis, in addition to providing stability in Milan's back line which has been not been seen since the sales of the legendary Milan defenders Alessandro Nesta and Thiago Silva.

On 1 March 2016, he was praised for his strong performance in a 5–0 Coppa Italia defeat of Alessandria, scoring his first Milan goal as well as forcing an own goal from opposition defender Roberto Sabato. This match sent Milan to the final for the first time since 2003.[14]

International career

Romagnoli has represented Italy on multiple occasions at Under-16, Under-17 & Under-19 level. He made his first appearance for the Italy Under-21 team against Northern Ireland on 5 March 2014, playing the full 90 minutes. With the Italy U-21 he took part at the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. He has since formed an effective partnership with fellow centre-back Daniele Rugani.

Romagnoli was tipped to be called up to the senior squad for UEFA Euro 2016 after a good debut season with Milan,[15] but he eventually wasn't even called up for the preliminary squad.

On 27 August, Romagnoli was called up to the senior squad for the first time for a friendly against France on 1 September and a 2018 World Cup qualification match on 5 September against Israel.[16] However, he was later moved to U21 squad for 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against Serbia.[17]

On 6 October, Romagnoli made his senior debut in a 2018 World Cup qualification match, playing all 90 minutes, in a 1–1 home draw against Spain.[18][19]

Style of play

An elegant, versatile, composed and gifted left-footed centre-back, with good technique and confident ball-playing ability,[20] Romagnoli is also capable of functioning as a left-sided full-back;[21] his precocious displays, technique, positional sense, and tackling abilities have led pundits to compare him with legendary Italian defender Alessandro Nesta.[22] He is also effective in the air and known for his ability to time his challenges.[23] In 2015, he was named one of the top 100 young footballers in the world born after 1994 by Don Balón.[24]

Career statistics

Club

As of 4 December 2016.[25]
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Roma2012–13 Serie A2110——31
2013–1411000——110
Total 1311000—141
Sampdoria (loan)2014–15 Serie A30210——312
Milan2015–1634061——401
2016–1713000——130
Total 4706100—531
Career Total 9038100—984

    International

    As of 15 November 2016[26]
    Italy national team
    YearAppsGoals
    201640
    Total40

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 "Convocazioni e presenze in campo - ROMAGNOLI ALESSIO". FIGC. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
    2. ↑ "Romagnoli, buonissima la prima" (in Italian). Il Romanista. 13 December 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
    3. ↑ "Roma-Milan, esordio in serie A per Romagnoli" (in Italian). Il Romanista. 23 December 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
    4. ↑ "Prolungato il contratto economico per le prestazioni sportive del calciatore Romagnoli" (in Italian). A.S. Roma. 31 May 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
    5. ↑ "OPERAZIONI DI MERCATO Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa e Alessio Romagnoli" (PDF) (in Italian). A.S. Roma. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
    6. ↑ "Alessio Romagnoli alla Sampdoria a titolo temporaneo" (in Italian). U.C. Sampdoria. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
    7. ↑ "Romagnoli officially joins Sampdoria". Gianluca Di Marzio. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
    8. ↑ "Progetto di Bilancio di esercizio e Consolidato al 30 giugno 2015" (PDF) (in Italian). A.S. Roma. 5 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
    9. ↑ http://www.repubblica.it/sport/calcio/serie-a/milan/2015/08/09/news/fatta_per_romagnoli-120714843/
    10. ↑ "OPERAZIONI DI MERCATO Alessio Romagnoli" (PDF) (in Italian). A.S. Roma. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
    11. ↑ http://au.soccerway.com/matches/2015/08/17/italy/coppa-italia/ac-milan/perugia-calcio/2137029/
    12. ↑ http://au.soccerway.com/matches/2015/08/23/italy/serie-a/acf-fiorentina/ac-milan/2120377/
    13. ↑ http://au.soccerway.com/matches/2015/09/27/italy/serie-a/genoa-cfc/ac-milan/2120429/
    14. ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-ng/news/4055/main/2016/03/02/20915862/fantastic-to-open-my-ac-milan-account-romagnoli
    15. ↑ Devrup Jyoti Gupta (14 February 2016). "Why Antonio Conte Should Call Alessio Romagnoli to the Italy Squad for Euro 2016". The Hard Tackle. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
    16. ↑ "Italy: Ventura calls new faces". Football Italia. 27 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
    17. ↑ "Italy vs. Serbia: Azzurrini fly to Vicenza, Romagnoli joins squad". La Community Ufficiale delle Nazionali di Calcio Italiane. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
    18. ↑ "Italy vs. Spain - Football Match Line-Ups". ESPN. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
    19. ↑ "Romagnoli: 'No Italy nerves'". Football Italia. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
    20. ↑ Stefano Dolci (2 October 2014). "Alessio Romagnoli, il giovane "Nesta più tecnico"". eurosport.yahoo.com (in Italian). Eurosport. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
    21. ↑ Marco Calabresi (25 February 2014). "Roma, Romagnoli conquista la conferma". gazzetta.it (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
    22. ↑ Filippo Grimaldi (16 March 2015). "Roma-Sampdoria, il derby di Romagnoli, il nuovo Nesta che Ferrero vuole tenere". gazzetta.it (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
    23. ↑ Daniele Longo (14 September 2016). "Milan: Romagnoli vale 40 milioni?" (in Italian). CalcioMercato.com. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
    24. ↑ "La lista dei 101 migliori giovani talenti del calcio mondiale" [The list of the 101 best young talents in world football]. eurosport.com (in Italian). Eurosport. 24 November 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
    25. ↑ "Alessio Romagnoli Socceway Profile". Retrieved 22 November 2016.
    26. ↑ Alessio Romagnoli profile at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 July 2015.

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