| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Francesco Bolzoni | ||
| Date of birth | 7 May 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Lodi, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Siena | ||
| Number | 36 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Internazionale | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2008–2009 | Internazionale | 1 | (0) |
| 2009– | Genoa | 0 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | → Frosinone (loan) | 25 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → Siena (loan) | 26 | (3) |
| 2011- | Siena | 4 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007–2010 | Italy U-21 | 14 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 October 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Francesco Bolzoni (born 7 May 1989) in Lodi is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie A club Siena.
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Bolzoni started out at San Colombano al Lambro before joining Inter's academy. Bolzoni has played for every academy team from the Esordienti (under-13) to the Primavera (under-20).
During the season 2006–2007, Bolzoni was part of the winning side, when F.C. Internazionale Milano Primavera won the Trofeo Giacinto Facchetti (under-20 Italian Championship).
He made his first-team debut on February 1, 2007, playing 26 minutes of the Tim Cup (Italian Cup) semi-final return leg against U.C. Sampdoria at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza.
On 19 September 2007, Bolzoni, alongside with Esposito and Puccio, was selected for the first time in the 20 man squad for the UEFA Champions League match against Fenerbahçe. However he failed to make his debut in the UEFA Champions League, on that day. In the following match against PSV Eindhoven he came on as a substitute for Santiago Solari in the 70th minute, making his first UEFA Champions League appearance.
On 12 December, during an away match against PSV Eindhoven, Bolzoni started his first UEFA Champions League match, and also played the whole 90 minutes. The game ended in 1–0 win for Internazionale.[1]
Bolzoni has renewed his contract with the club until 30 June 2012.[2]
On 24 May 2009, in a match against Cagliari he made his Serie A debut for Inter coming in as substitute for Cristian Chivu.
On 1 July 2009 it was announced that Bolzoni had signed for Genoa as part of the deal that saw Thiago Motta sign for Internazionale.
On 17 August 2009 he was loaned to Frosinone.[3]
On 8 July 2010 Siena bought Bolzoni on loan with the possibility to acquire 50% of his ecnomic rights,[4] fact that occurred on 22 June 2011.[5]
On 5 October 2007 Pierluigi Casiraghi called up Bolzoni, although still 18 years old, to form part of the Italy U-21 national team for the matches against Croatia and Greece.[6]
On 21 November 2007, he made his debut for the Italy U-21 national team, in a qualification match against Faroe Islands but did not make the final 23-man squad for the tournament.
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