italian football player

Alessandro Bastoni ( born 13 April 1999 ) is an italian professional football player who plays as a centre-back for Inter Milan and the Italy national team .

early career [edit ]

Bastoni was born in Casalmaggiore, Lombardy, and began his career in the local anesthetic Rivarolo Mantovano youth slope, where his father was passenger car. [ 2 ] At the age of 7, he joined the young person side of Serie A clubhouse Atalanta.

Club career [edit ]

Atalanta [edit ]

Bastoni progressed through diverse old age groups at Bergamo, including making about 30 appearances for the under-17 english, before finally progressing to the Primavera slope, where he established himself as a regular starter at the center of defense. He was named on the first-team bench for the first time on 30 October 2016, for the game against Genoa, and made his full moon debut a month late in the Coppa Italia plot against Pescara, playing the full game in a 3–0 victory. [ 3 ] In Serie A, Bastoni remained as an idle ersatz for the six games after Genoa until making his debut in a 1–0 winnings over Sampdoria on 22 January 2017, playing full 90 minutes. [ 4 ]

Inter Milan [edit ]

On 31 August 2017, Inter Milan announced the sign of Bastoni for €31 million, [ 5 ] and on the like sidereal day, his loan at Atalanta for the following two seasons. [ 6 ] Inter officially recalled defender Alessandro Bastoni early from his lend with Atalanta and renewed his abridge until 2023 on 14 July 2018. [ 7 ]

loan to Parma [edit ]

On 7 August 2018, Bastoni joined to Parma on loanword until 30 June 2019. [ 8 ] He made his debut on 7 October 2018, in the league equal won 3–1 away against Genoa .

International career [edit ]

Bastoni has been capped by Italy at every level from U15 to U19. His first base international goal came in a 4–0 winnings over Norway whilst play for the under-16 team. He was inaugural called up to the under-18 side by passenger car Paolo Nicolato in August 2016, [ 9 ] and was made captain in his second game ; a 2–2 draw with the Netherlands. He was called up to the Italy under-19 side by passenger car Paolo Nicolato on 9 August 2017 at the old age of 18. He made his introduction with the Italy U21 team on 11 October 2018, in a friendly match lost 1–0 against Belgium. He became immediately a appetizer and he took part in the 2019 UEFA european Under-21 Championship on family land. [ 10 ] Bastoni received his first call up to the senior Italy squad from director Roberto Mancini, for the UEFA Nations League matches against Bosnia Herzegovina and Netherlands in September 2020. [ 11 ] He made his aged debut for Italy on 11 November, starting in a 4–0 friendly win against Estonia in Florence. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ]

In June 2021, Bastoni was included in Italy ‘s police squad for UEFA Euro 2020. [ 15 ] He made his first and entirely appearance of the tournament in Italy ‘s concluding group match, starting in a 1–0 victory against Wales in Rome on 20 June ; the leave allowed them to top their group. [ 16 ] On 11 July, Bastoni won the european backing with Italy following a 3–2 penalty shoot-out victory over England at Wembley Stadium in the final examination, after a 1–1 draw in extra-time. [ 17 ]

style of play [edit ]

A left–footed defender, Bastoni started his career as a full-back, but is besides able of playing as a centre-back, a role in which he became increasingly deployed as his career progressed. He is chiefly known for his elapse ability and ball restraint, while his altitude and ability to exploit spaces allows him to be effective in the vent, which makes him a goal threat from indirect set–pieces. [ 14 ] [ 18 ] [ 19 ] [ 20 ] Regarded as a promise young player in the media, in 2020, he was included in the list of “ Fifty for the future : UEFA.com ‘s ones to watch. ” [ 21 ] [ 22 ]

personal liveliness [edit ]

Bastoni ‘s church father, Nicola, was besides a football player, who played as a left–back for Cremonese. [ 23 ] On 6 October 2020, it was announced that Bastoni tested positive for COVID-19, while being asymptomatic, amid its pandemic in Italy. [ 24 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of match played 22 December 2021[25]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Atalanta 2016–17 Serie A 3 0 1 0 – – 4 0
Atalanta (loan) 2017–18 Serie A 4 0 1 0 0 0 – 5 0
Parma (loan) 2018–19 Serie A 24 1 0 0 – – 24 1
Inter Milan 2019–20 Serie A 25 2 3 0 5 0 – 33 2
2020–21 33 0 2 0 6 0 – 41 0
2021–22 17 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 23 0
Total 75 2 5 0 17 0 0 0 97 3
Career total 106 3 7 0 17 0 0 0 130 3

International [edit ]

As of match played 10 October 2021[25]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Italy 2020 3 0
2021 6 0
Total 9 0

Honours [edit ]

Inter Milan
Italy

Orders [edit ]

References [edit ]