Salvatore Bocchetti
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 30 November 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Naples, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Spartak Moskva | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Ascoli | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2007 | Ascoli | 2 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | → Lanciano (loan) | 21 | (1) |
| 2007 | → Frosinone (loan) | 17 | (2) |
| 2007–2008 | Frosinone | 38 | (2) |
| 2008–2010 | Genoa | 60 | (1) |
| 2010–2013 | Rubin Kazan | 52 | (9) |
| 2013- | Spartak Moskva | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007 | Italy U-20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Italy U-21 | 10 | (0) |
| 2008 | Olympic Italy | 9 | (0) |
| 2009– | Italy | 5 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 December 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 June 2010 | |||
Salvatore Bocchetti (Italian pronunciation: [salvaˈtore bokˈketti]; born 30 November 1986) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Russian Premier League club Spartak Moskva.
Club career
Bocchetti started his professional career at Ascoli. He made his Serie A debut against Palermo on 20 December 2006. He was on loan to Serie C1 for Lanciano, and Frosinone of Serie B on second half of 2006–07 season. In the 2008–09 season Bocchetti was signed by Genoa and has become a regular starter in central defence. He can also play fullback role. In the 2010-2011 season he signed by Rubin Kazan with fee reported around €15 million for the transfer with a-three-and-half-year deal. On 2 October 2011 Bocchetti scored 2 goals in a league match against Tom Tomsk. Kazan won the game 2-0.[citation needed]
International career
In March 2008 Bocchetti made his debut with the Italy U-21 squad. He established himself in Pierluigi Casiraghi's Azzurrini squad at the 2008 Toulon Tournament and retained his place in the starting line up for the Summer Olympics.[1] Together with Marco Andreolli, he was first-choice in central defense during the 2009 U-21 European Championship.
On 22 March 2009 Bocchetti received his first call up to the senior Italy squad for two World Cup qualifiers matches but remained an unused substitute.[2] On 10 October 2009 he made his senior national team international debut against Ireland coming on as a second half substitute in Croke Park. He was named in Marcello Lippi's 23 men squad for the 2010 World Cup. Bocchetti was also selected for Italy's preliminary squad for Euro 2012, but was not picked for the final squad.
References
- ^ "Salvatore Bocchetti Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
- ^ "Football News". Sky Sports. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
External links
- Profile on Genoa official website
- Template:It icon Profile on FIGC website
- OFFICIAL: Rubin Kazan Sign Salvatore Bocchetti From Genoa Goal.com
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- Italian footballers
- Ascoli Calcio 1898 players
- S.S. Virtus Lanciano 1924 players
- Frosinone Calcio players
- Serie A footballers
- Serie B footballers
- Sportspeople from Naples
- People from Ascoli Piceno
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Italy under-21 international footballers
- Genoa C.F.C. players
- Olympic footballers of Italy
- Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Italy international footballers
- 2010 FIFA World Cup players
- Italian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Russia
- Italian expatriate sportspeople in Russia
- FC Rubin Kazan players
- Russian Premier League players