Andrea Russotto

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Personal information
Andrea Russotto
Date of birth	May 25, 1988 (age 18)
Place of birth	Rome, Italy
Height	1.74 m
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Treviso
Number	22
Youth clubs
2003-2004	Lazio
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007	Bellinzona Cisco Lodigian (loan) Treviso (loan)	12 (2) 3 (0) 17 (1)
National team²
2006- 2006- 2006-	Italy U-15 Italy U-16 Italy U-17 Italy U-18 Italy U-19 Italy U-20 Italy U-21	1 (0) 1 (0) 1 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 February, 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 13 December, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Andrea Russotto (born 25 May 1988 in Rome) is an Italian football (soccer) striker. He currently plays for Treviso, on loan from Bellinzona.

In the World U17s tournament in 2005 Russotto was seen by many as one of the best players in the tournament despite Italy's poor showing.

In the Euro U17s tournament Russotto was again one of the stars of the tournament scoring the winning goals against Turkey and England and ended top scorer for Italy.

Russotto signed a deal with GEA agency when he was in the Lazio youth teams, many people in Italy believe the GEA agency used and exploited Russotto who told him to leave Lazio if he ever wanted to become a star, for the next year Russotto fell off the footballing radar but his talent has seen him rise again and while at Treviso he has amazed everybody who has watched him with that talent, Comparisons with Barcelona's Lionel Messi are been made due to dribbling ability and pace, many fans of Terviso say they see more of a comparison to his idol and Italian football legend, Roberto Baggio

Liverpool have watched the youngster play many times this season as Rafa Benitez looks for a long term replacement for Robbie Fowler, Manchester United, Inter Milan and AS Roma have all been noted as admirers of the talented youngster. His link up play and natural ability on the ball makes him one of the stand out player in Serie B and with a price tag said to be around the 3million euros (£2million)($4million) mark, the above teams would be very interested, as would many other teams.

[edit] International career

He made his U-21 team debut against Luxembourg U-21, 12 December 2006, replacing Valerio Virga at half-time and notching an assist.

[edit] External links

fbctreviso.it (Italian)
FIGC (Italian)

Treviso F.B.C. - Current Squad
1 Avramov \| 3 Mignogna \| 5 Lorenzi \| 6 Valdez \| 7 Baldi \| 9 Beghetto \| 10 Guigou \| 11 Fava \| 12 Frison \| 13 Martina \| 15 Fietta \| 16 Moro \| 18 Acquafresca \| 19 Muntasser \| 20 Giuliatto \| 21 Quadrini \| 22 Russotto \| 23 Mallus \| 25 Wilker \| 29 Fabris \| 30 Gissi \| 31 Anderson \| 33 Montresor \| 55 Viali \| -- Mezzano \| Coach Bortoluzzi