Raoul_Bellanova
Raoul Bellanova
Italian footballer
Raoul Bellanova (born 17 May 2000) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a right-back or right wing-back for Serie A club Torino and the Italy national team.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Raoul Bellanova[1] | ||
Date of birth | (2000-05-17) 17 May 2000 (age 23)[2][3] | ||
Place of birth | Rho, Italy | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[4] | ||
Position(s) | Right-back/right wing-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Torino | ||
Number | 19 | ||
Youth career | |||
2006–2019 | AC Milan | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2020 | Bordeaux | 1 | (0) |
2020 | → Atalanta (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2020–2021 | → Pescara (loan) | 30 | (0) |
2021–2022 | → Cagliari (loan) | 31 | (1) |
2022–2023 | Cagliari | 0 | (0) |
2022–2023 | → Inter Milan (loan) | 18 | (0) |
2023– | Torino | 31 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2015 | Italy U15 | 9 | (0) |
2015 | Italy U16 | 3 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Italy U17 | 24 | (0) |
2017–2019 | Italy U19 | 21 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Italy U20 | 10 | (0) |
2020–2023 | Italy U21 | 21 | (0) |
2024– | Italy | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:44, 13 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 March 2024 |
Bellanova was born in Rho, in the province of Milan on 17 May 2000.[citation needed]
Bellanova started playing at age 4, for Azzurra.[citation needed] In 2005, he moved to FC Parabiago, and in 2006 his contract was bought by AC Milan.[citation needed] From 2006 to 2019, Bellanova played for teams of various age groups at Milan's youth academy.[citation needed] In January 2019, after failing to negotiate a desired wage, he declined a professional contract offer from Milan.[citation needed]
Bordeaux
In July 2019, Bellanova was officially presented as a Bordeaux player.[5] On 10 August 2019, he made his debut in senior football, starting in the opening match of the 2019–20 Ligue 1 season against Angers.[6] Having made several positioning mistakes that led to three goals from his right flank, he was subbed off 63 minutes into the game by the team's coach Paulo Sousa.[7]
Loan to Atalanta
On 30 January 2020, Bellanova joined Atalanta on a 1.5-year loan with an option to purchase.[8] He made his club and Serie A debut on 14 July in a 6–2 win against Brescia.[9]
Loan to Pescara
On 24 September 2020, Atalanta loaned him to Serie B club Pescara.[10]
Cagliari
On 31 August 2021, he joined Cagliari on loan with an option-to-buy.[11] On 31 May 2022, Cagliari exercised their option to sign the player permanently.[12]
Loan to Inter Milan
On 6 July 2022, Inter Milan announced the signing of Bellanova on loan from Cagliari for the 2022–23 season.[13]
Torino
Bellanova signed for Torino on 1 July 2023 and on 17 February 2024[14]
In October 2017, Bellanova played in the qualifiers,[15] He debuted on 4 October 2017, against Moldova, The match ended 4–0 for Italy. In November 2018, Bellanova played for Italy under-20 national team in a match against Germany.[16]
On 12 November 2020, he made his debut with the Italy U21 playing as a starter in a qualifying match won 2–1 against Iceland in Reykjavík.[citation needed]
Bellanova made his debut for the senior Italy national team on 24 March 2024 in a friendly against Ecuador.[17]
Bellanova is a physically strong, quick, fast, offensive-minded right-back with good defensive positioning and reading of the game. Besides his regular position of a full-back or wing-back on the right flank, he can also play as a centre-back (in both, three and four-player defensive line) or as a wide midfielder in a 3–5–2 formation.[18]
Club
- As of match played 13 April 2024[19]
Club | Season | League | National Cup[lower-alpha 1] | Europe | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Bordeaux | 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
Atalanta (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Pescara (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie B | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 31 | 0 | |
Cagliari (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie A | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 31 | 1 | |
Inter Milan (loan) | 2022–23 | Serie A | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 22 | 0 |
Torino | 2023–24 | Serie A | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 33 | 1 | |
Career total | 112 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 119 | 2 |
- Includes Coupe de France, Coppa Italia
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League
International
- As of match played 24 March 2024[20]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Italy | 2024 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 |
Inter Milan
- "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.
- Milan, A. C. "Raoul Bellanova: football player profile & stats". AC Milan.
- "Raoul Bellanova". Girondins.com. 31 January 2019.
- "Raoul Bellanova". Inter Milan. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- "BORDEAUX TO LAND AC MILAN RIGHT-BACK RAOUL BELLANOVA ON A FREE". Get Football News France. 19 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- "Ligue1.com - French Football League - Ligue 1 Conforama - Season 2019/2020 - Week 1 - Angers SCO / Girondins de Bordeaux". www.ligue1.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2019.
- "Angers SCO - Girondins de Bordeaux ( 3-1 ) - Résumé - (SCO - GdB) / 2019-20" – via www.youtube.com.
- "Bordeaux's Bellanova signs for Atalanta on initial loan". The Score. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- "Highlights: Atalanta 6-2 Brescia". Football Italia. 14 July 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- "RAOUL BELLANOVA AL PESCARA" (Press release) (in Italian). Atalanta. 24 September 2020.
- "Cagliari Calcio signs Bellanova". Cagliari. 31 August 2021.
- "Bellanova a titolo definitivo" (in Italian). Cagliari. 31 May 2022.
- "Raoul Bellanova joins Inter!". Inter Official Site. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
- "Bellanova al Toro". Torino FC. 1 July 2023.
- "Italia Under 19: i convocati per la fase Elite di qualificazione all'Europeo". Calciomercato.com | Tutte le news sul calcio in tempo reale (in Italian). Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- "Raoul Bellanova Archivi". Giovanili Nazionali. Il calcio è dei giovani (in Italian). Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- "Ecuador v Italy game report". ESPN. 24 March 2024.
- Beltrame, Federico (31 October 2018). "Raoul Bellanova, caratteristiche tecniche e ruolo".
- "R. Bellanova". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- "Raoul Bellanova". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
- Mackenzie, Alasdair (24 May 2023). "Fiorentina 1-2 Inter Milan - Lautaro Martinez scores double as the Nerazzurri defend Coppa Italia". Eurosport. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- "AC Milan 0-3 Inter Milan: Simone Inzaghi's side ease to Supercoppa win over rivals to defend title". Eurosport. 18 January 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- McNulty, Phil (10 June 2023). "Man City beat Inter Milan 1–0 in Champions League final to claim Treble". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- Raoul Bellanova at Soccerway
- Raoul Bellanova at WorldFootball.net (archive)
- Raoul Bellanova – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French