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Raffaele Russo

Raffaele Russo
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-02-25) 25 February 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Capua, Italy
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Avellino
Number 10
Youth career
–2018 Napoli
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Napoli 0 (0)
2018–2019Albissola (loan) 22 (0)
2019–2020Pro Vercelli (loan) 9 (0)
2020Rieti (loan) 9 (1)
2020–2021Grosseto (loan) 27 (0)
2021–2022 ACR Messina 28 (3)
2022– Avellino 59 (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 December 2024

Raffaele Russo (born 25 February 1999) is an Italian football player who plays as a forward for Serie C Group C club Avellino.

Club career

Napoli

Born in Capua, Russo was a youth exponent of Napoli.

Loan to Albissola

On 21 July 2018, Russo was signed by Serie C side Albissola on a season-long loan deal.[1] On 19 September he made his professional debut in Serie C for Albissola as a substitute replacing Amir Mahrous in the 71st minute of a 3–2 home defeat against Olbia.[2] On 21 October he played his first match as a starter for Albissola, a 2–0 away defeat against Arezzo, he was replaced by Guido Bennati in the 90th minute.[3] One week later he played his first entire match, a 1–1 home draw against Pro Patria.[4] On 30 March, Russo was sent-off with a red card, as a substitute, in the 95th minute of a 1–0 home defeat against Pisa.[5] Russo ended his loan to Albissola with 22 appearances, including 7 as a starter, and 2 assists.[6]

Loan to Pro Vercelli and Rieti

After extended his contract for another year of contract, plus two more optionable, on 14 August 2019, Russo was loaned to Serie C club Pro Vercelli on a season-long loan deal.[7][8] Two weeks later, on 25 August, Russo made his debut for the club as a substitute replacing Matteo Della Morte in the 71st minute of a 2–0 home win over Pianese.[9] However, in January 2020, his loan was terminated by Pro Vercelli and he returned to Napoli leaving the club with only 9 appearances in the league (all as substitute), he also remained an unused substitute for other 6 matches during the loan.[10]

On 9 January 2020, Russo was signed by Serie C side Rieti on a 6-month loan deal.[11] Two days later, on 11 January he made his debut for the club as a substitute replacing Pasquale De Sarlo in the 62nd minute of a 1–0 home defeat against Picerno.[12] One week later, on 19 January, he played his first entire match for Rieti, a 5–2 away defeat against Bari.[13] On 26 January he scored his first professional goal for Rieti in the 60th minute of a 1–0 home win over Casertana.[14] Russo ended his loan to Rieti with 9 appearances, 1 goal and 1 assist, however Rieti was relegated in Serie D.[6]

Loan to Grosseto

On 24 September 2020, he joined newly promoted Serie C club Grosseto.[15] Three days later, on 27 September he made his debut for the club as a substitute replacing Filippo Moscati in the 75th minute of a 2–0 away win over Piacenza.[16] On 11 October, Russo played his first match as a starter for Grosseto, a 2–1 away win over Pergolettese, he was replaced by Filippo Boccardi after 54 minutes.[17] On 28 March 2021, Russo played his first entire match for the club, a 1–0 away defeat against Novara.[18] On 25 April he was sent-off with a double yellow card in the 42nd minute of a 1–0 away win over Pistoiese.[19] Russo ended his season-long loan to Grosseto with 28 appearances, only 7 of them as a starter, and 1 assist, he also helped the club to reach the play-off, however the club was eliminated by AlbinoLeffe in the second round.[6]

Avellino

On 11 July 2022, Russo signed a two-year contract with Avellino.[20]

Career statistics

Club

As of match polayed 16 April 2022[21]
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Albissola (loan) 2018–19 Serie C 22 0 0 0 22 0
Pro Vercelli (loan) 2019–20 Serie C 9 0 0 0 9 0
Rieti (loan) 2019–20 Serie C 9 1 9 1
Grosseto (loan) 2020–21 Serie C 27 0 0 0 1[a] 0 28 0
ACR Messina 2021–22 Serie C 28 3 0 0 28 3
Career total 95 4 0 0 1 0 96 4
  1. ^ All appearance(s) in Serie C play-off.

References

  1. ^ "UFFICIALE: Albissola, triplice tesseramento in entrata - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Albissola vs. Olbia - 19 September 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Arezzo vs. Albissola - 21 October 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Albissola vs. Pro Patria - 28 October 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Albissola vs. Pisa - 30 March 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  6. ^ a b c "Italy - R. Russo - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  7. ^ "TN - Rinnovo per il \'99 azzurro Russo: c\'è la firma, il Napoli lo manderà ancora in prestito". www.tuttonapoli.net (in Italian). Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  8. ^ "UFFICIALE - Pro Vercelli, dal Napoli arriva in prestito Raffaele Russo". www.tuttoc.com (in Italian). Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Pro Vercelli vs. Pianese - 25 August 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  10. ^ "UFFICIALE: Raffaele Russo lascia la Pro Vercelli" (Press release) (in Italian). Pro Vercelli. 10 January 2020.
  11. ^ "F.C. RIETI: UFFICIALI CELLI E RUSSO" (Press release) (in Italian). Rieti. 9 January 2020.
  12. ^ "FC Rieti vs. Picerno - 11 January 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  13. ^ "Bari vs. FC Rieti - 19 January 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  14. ^ "FC Rieti vs. Casertana - 26 January 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  15. ^ "ANTONINO E RUSSO ALLA CORTE DEL GRIFONE" (Press release) (in Italian). Grosseto. 24 September 2020.
  16. ^ "Piacenza vs. Grosseto - 27 September 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  17. ^ "Pergolettese vs. Grosseto - 11 October 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  18. ^ "Novara vs. Grosseto - 28 March 2021 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  19. ^ "Pistoiese vs. Grosseto - 25 April 2021 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  20. ^ "RAFFAELE RUSSO È UN NUOVO GIOCATORE DELL'AVELLINO" (in Italian). Avellino. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  21. ^ Raffaele Russo at Soccerway