Alex Iacovitti

Alexander Iacovitti (born 2 September 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Scottish Premiership club Ross County.

Alex Iacovitti
Iacovitti with Nottingham Forest in 2016
Personal information
Full name Alexander Iacovitti[1]
Date of birth (1997-09-02) 2 September 1997
Place of birth Nottingham, England
Playing position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Ross County
Number 16
Youth career
2012–2019 Nottingham Forest
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Nottingham Forest 2 (0)
2016–2017 → Mansfield Town (loan) 8 (0)
2017–2018 → Forest Green Rovers (loan) 14 (1)
2019 → Oldham Athletic (loan) 9 (1)
2019–2020 Oldham Athletic 24 (0)
2020– Ross County 3 (0)
National team‡
2014 Scotland U17 6 (0)
2015–2016 Scotland U19 12 (0)
2016–2017 Scotland U21 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 August 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 March 2019

Club career

Nottingham Forest

Iacovitti progressed through the academy of Nottingham Forest and made his professional debut for the club on 6 August 2016, starting at left-back in a 4–3 win against Burton Albion.[2][3] On 31 August 2016 Iacovitti joined Mansfield Town on loan for the 2016–17 season.[4]

Stags manager Adam Murray revealed that there had been a lot of interest from other clubs in Iacovitti, and described the player as an "old-school centre-half".[5] On 12 November, Iacovitti was shown a red card in the 74th minute away at Portsmouth. A goal down at the time, Mansfield Town went on to lose the game 4–0 having also had Kyle Howkins dismissed.[6] On 1 January 2017, Mansfield Town confirmed that Iacovitti would be returning to Forest early from his loan spell. Mansfield manager Steve Evans, who had replaced Murray in November, cited the reason as a lack of playing time.[7]

On 31 July 2017 Iacovitti was loaned to League Two club Forest Green Rovers for the 2017–18 season.[8] However, his loan was cut short at the beginning of 2018 and he returned to Nottingham.[9]

On 28 January 2019, Iacovitti joined League Two side Oldham Athletic on loan for the remainder of the season.[10]

Iacovitti was released by Forest at the end of their 2018–19 season.[11]

Oldham Athletic

On 21 May 2019, Iacovitti re-joined League Two side Oldham Athletic permanently on a two-year deal.

Ross County

On 26 June 2020, Iacovitti joined Ross County on a permanent contract.[12]

Career statistics
As of match played 12 August 2020
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nottingham Forest 2016–17[13] Championship 200000—20
2017–18[14] Championship 000000—00
Total 200000—20
Mansfield Town (loan) 2016–17[13] League Two 8000000080
Forest Green Rovers (loan) 2017–18[14] League Two 14110004[lower-alpha 1]0191
Oldham Athletic (loan) 2018–19[15] League Two 9100000091
Oldham Athletic 2019–20[16] League Two 24020103[lower-alpha 1]1301
Ross County 2020–21 Scottish Premiership 300000—30
Career total 602301071713
  1. Appearances in the EFL Trophy

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Oldham Athletic" (PDF). English Football League. p. 50. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  2. "Nottingham Forest 4–3 Burton Albion". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  3. "Matty Cash and Alex Iacovitti handed Nottingham Forest senior debuts against Burton Albion". Nottingham Post. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  4. "Alex Iacovitti: Nottingham Forest defender joins Mansfield Town on loan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  5. "Stags thank Forest for shock Iacovitti loan". Chad. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  6. "Nottingham Forest's Alex Iacovitti sent off as nine-man Mansfield Town lose". Nottingham Post. 12 November 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  7. "Alex Iacovitti returns to Forest after Mansfield Town loan spell". Nottingham Post. 1 January 2017.
  8. "Iacovitti loaned to Forest Green". Nottingham Forest Football Club Official Website. 5 August 2017.
  9. Cooper, Barry (2 January 2018). "Alex Iacovitti 'delighted' to return to Forest after loan spell at Forest Green". Nottingham Post.
  10. "Latics Sign Fullback On Loan". Oldham Athletic. 28 January 2019.
  11. "Forest confirm retained list". Nottingham Forest. 13 May 2019.
  12. "Iaocovitti joins Kettlewell's county". Ross County. 26 June 2020.
  13. "Games played by Alex Iacovitti in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  14. "Games played by Alex Iacovitti in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  15. "Games played by Alex Iacovitti in 2018/2019". Soccerbase.
  16. "Games played by Alex Iacovitti in 2019/2020". Soccerbase.
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