Raffaele Russo

Raffaele Russo (born 25 February 1999) is an Italian football player.

Raffaele Russo
Personal information
Full name Raffaele Russo
Date of birth (1999-02-25) 25 February 1999
Place of birth Capua, Italy
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Youth career
0000–2018 Napoli
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Napoli 0 (0)
2018–2019 → Albissola (loan) 22 (0)
2019–2020 → Pro Vercelli (loan) 9 (0)
2020 → Rieti (loan) 9 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 July 2020

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 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]

Career statistics

Club
As of 22 July 2020
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
Career total 40 1 0 0 — — 40 1
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References
  1. "UFFICIALE: Albissola, triplice tesseramento in entrata - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". Retrieved 2018-09-20.
  2. "Albissola vs. Olbia - 19 September 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
  3. "Arezzo vs. Albissola - 21 October 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
  4. "Albissola vs. Pro Patria - 28 October 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
  5. "Albissola vs. Pisa - 30 March 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
  6. "Italy - R. Russo - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
  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 2020-01-12.
  8. "UFFICIALE - Pro Vercelli, dal Napoli arriva in prestito Raffaele Russo". www.tuttoc.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  9. "Pro Vercelli vs. Pianese - 25 August 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
  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 2020-01-20.
  13. "Bari vs. FC Rieti - 19 January 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  14. "FC Rieti vs. Casertana - 26 January 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-03-08.


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