Alessandro Buongiorno

Alessandro Buongiorno (born 6 June 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Torino and the Italy national team.

Alessandro Buongiorno
Buongiorno with Torino in 2023
Personal information
Full name Alessandro Buongiorno[1]
Date of birth (1999-06-06) 6 June 1999
Place of birth Turin, Italy
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Torino
Number 4
Youth career
Torino
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Torino 73 (2)
2018–2019 → Carpi (loan) 18 (0)
2020 → Trapani (loan) 13 (0)
International career‡
2016–2017 Italy U18 6 (0)
2017–2018 Italy U19 9 (0)
2018–2019 Italy U20 11 (0)
2020 Italy U21 2 (0)
2023– Italy 1 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Italy
UEFA Nations League
Third place2023 Netherlands
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:25, 18 September 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:57, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

Club career

On 14 February 2018, Buongiorno signed a professional contract with Torino, keeping him in the club until 2022.[3] He made his Serie A debut for Torino in a 4–1 win over Crotone on 4 April 2018, coming on as a substitute in the 82nd minute.[4]

In the 2018–19 season, he was loaned to Carpi in Serie B.

On 11 January 2020, Buongiorno joined Serie B club Trapani on loan until 30 June 2020.[5]

International career

Buongiorno took part in the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup with the Italy U20 squad.

On 13 October 2020, he made his debut with the Italy U21 playing as a starter in a qualifying match won 2–0 against Republic of Ireland in Pisa.

On 17 March 2023, Buongiorno received his first official call up to the senior Italy national team at two UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches against England and Malta.[6]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 18 September 2023[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Torino 2017–18 Serie A 1000—10
2020–21 12020—140
2021–22 23020—250
2022–23 34140—381
2023–24 4110—51
Total 7329000822
Carpi (loan) 2018–19 Serie B 18000—180
Trapani (loan) 2019–20 Serie B 13000—130
Career total 104290001132

Honours

Torino

Italy U20

References
  1. "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Italy" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
  2. "Alessandro Buongiorno". Torino F.C. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  3. "Primavera, Torino: Alessandro Buongiorno rinnova fino al 2022 - Toro News". 14 February 2018.
  4. "Fixtures and Results - Season 2017-18 - 27^ Match Day - Lega Serie A". www.legaseriea.it. Archived from the original on 10 June 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  5. "UFFICIALE: Trapani, dal Torino arriva in prestito il difensore Buongiorno". Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  6. "Nazionale, Mancini chiama l'argentino Retegui. Prima anche Falcone e Buongiorno" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 17 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  7. "A. Buongiorno". Soccerway.
  8. "Mina sparks historic finish for Ecuador". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 14 June 2019. Archived from the original on 15 June 2019.
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