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| Full name | Alessandro Fontanarosa[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (2003-02-07) 7 February 2003 (age 21)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | San Gennaro Vesuviano, Italy | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Inter Milan | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Empoli | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Inter Milan | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Inter Milan | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | → Cosenza (loan) | 21 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Italy U17 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Italy U18 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Italy U19 | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Italy U20 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 August 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
Alessandro Fontanarosa (born 7 February 2003)[1] is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Inter Milan.[2][3][4][5]
Having previously played for Sampdoria, Fontanarosa joined Empoli's youth academy in 2018.[citation needed]
In August 2019, he joined Inter Milan for an estimated fee of €750,000.[citation needed] After featuring for the under-17 team, he made his debut for the under-19 team in February 2020.[6] In the following season, Fontanarosa became a regular starter for Inter's under-19 team, as he helped them win the Campionato Primavera 1, the Coppa Italia Primavera and the Supercoppa Primavera.[7] He also played in the 2020–21 UEFA Youth League, scoring one goal in six appearances.[7]
At the start of the 2022–23 season, Fontanarosa was promoted to Inter Milan's first team.[citation needed] He went on to feature on the bench for several Serie A and UEFA Champions League matches.[8]
On 9 August 2023, Fontanarosa went to Cosenza on loan.[9]
Fontanarosa has represented Italy at various youth levels. He made his debut for the under-17 team on 7 September 2019, in a friendly match against Turkey national under-17 football team. He also played for the under-18 team and the under-19 team.[10]
In May 2023, he was included by head coach Carmine Nunziata in the Italian squad that took part in the FIFA U-20 World CupinArgentina,[11] where the Azzurrini finished runners-up after losing to Uruguay in the final match.[12][13]
Italy U20
