Alessandro Vogliacco (born 14 September 1998) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Genoa.

Alessandro Vogliacco
Vogliacco with Padova in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-09-14) 14 September 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Genoa
Number 14
Youth career
0000–2014 Bari
2013–2014Juventus
2014–2018 Juventus
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Juventus 0 (0)
2018–2019Padova (loan) 1 (0)
2019Pordenone (loan) 7 (0)
2019–2021 Pordenone 51 (0)
2021– Genoa 54 (2)
2021–2022Benevento (loan) 27 (0)
International career
2013 Italy U15 2 (0)
2013 Italy U16 1 (0)
2014–2015 Italy U17 5 (0)
2015 Italy U18 1 (0)
2016–2017 Italy U19 11 (0)
2017–2018 Italy U20 3 (0)
2020–2021 Italy U21 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:05, 7 November 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:41, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

Club career

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Juventus

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Vogliacco began to represent the Under-19 squad of Juventus in the 2015–16 season.[2]

Loan to Padova

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On 17 August 2018, he joined Serie B club Padova on a season-long loan.[3]

He made his Serie B debut for Padova on 24 November 2018 in a game against Carpi, as a 69th-minute substitute for Luca Ravanelli.[4] That was the only league game he played for Padova.

Loan to Pordenone

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On 21 January 2019, he was loaned to Serie C club Pordenone.[5]

Pordenone

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On 24 July 2019, he moved to Pordenone (which was promoted to Serie B) on a permanent basis, signing a 3-year contract.[6]

Genoa

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Loan to Benevento

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On 13 August 2021, he signed with Genoa and was immediately loaned to Benevento.[7]

International career

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He was first called up to represent his country in June 2013, for Italy national under-15 football team friendlies.[8] He represented Italy in every subsequent age bracket up to Under-20 team.

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.

Personal life

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Vogliacco has two sons, Violante born in 2021 and Siniša Leone born in 2024, with his partner Virginia Mihajlović, daughter of Siniša Mihajlović.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Alessandro Vogliacco". Genoa C.F.C. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Profile by TuttoCalciatori" (in Italian). TuttoCalciatori. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Alessandro Vogliacco è un giocatore del Calcio Padova, arriva in prestito dalla Juventus" [Alessandro Vogliacco is a Padova player, he comes on loan from Juventus] (in Italian). Calcio Padova. 17 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 24 November 2018.
  5. ^ "DALLA JUVENTUS UN GIOVANE DIFENSORE PER IL PORDENONE: VOGLIACCO È NEROVERDE" [FROM JUVENTUS A YOUNG DEFENDER FOR PORDENONE: VOGLIACCO IS BLACK AND GREEN] (in Italian). Pordenone. 21 January 2019.
  6. ^ "IL DIFENSORE VOGLIACCO TORNA AL PORDENONE: ACQUISIZIONE DEFINITIVA DALLA JUVENTUS" (Press release) (in Italian). Pordenone. 24 July 2019.
  7. ^ "VOGLIACCO DAL PORDENONE, IN PRESTITO AL BENEVENTO" (in Italian). Genoa. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Vogliacco Italy U15 statistics" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  9. ^ "Sinisa Mihajlovic è nonno: la figlia Virginia è diventata mamma di Violante" (in Italian). SKY Sport. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
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