Andy Selva

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Personal information
Andy Selva
Date of birth	May 25, 1976 (1976-05-25) (age 32)
Place of birth	Rome, Italy
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Sassuolo
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994–1995 1995–1996 1996–1998 1998–1999 1999–2000 2000–2001 2001–2002 2002 2002–2003 2003–2005 2005–2006 2006-	Latina Civita Castellana Fano Catanzaro Tivoli San Marino Maceratese Grosseto Bellaria Spal Padova Sassuolo	26 0(5) 31 (10) 32 0(1) 40 0(6) 21 (15) 29 0(4) 05 0(1) 15 0(2) 30 (22) 51 (22) 20 0(2) 53 (22)
National team²
1994-	San Marino	30 0(7)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 8, 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of April 23, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Andy Selva (born May 25, 1976 in Rome, Italy) is a professional sanmarinese footballer currently playing for Serie C1/A side Sassuolo, where he plays as a striker.

Selva is hailed as the greatest player in the current San Marino national football team. He has appeared 30 times for the national team and has scored 7 goals, making him the leading goalscorer in the history of the team. Tipped as a key player for San Marino, Selva is the only player to have scored a winning goal for San Marino, the only goal of the game against Liechtenstein, which is the only win that San Marino have recorded to date. Many fans suggest that Selva could have been a star if he had the chance to play at a higher level.

At the club level, Selva always played in Italian minor leagues, from Serie C1 to the amateur Serie D. More recently, he was Sassuolo's topscorer with 11 goals in the neroverdi's successful Serie C1/A campaign that led them to win the league and ensure a historical first promotion to Serie B.