Salvatore Bocchetti

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Salvatore Bocchetti
Personal information
Bocchetti with Spartak Moscow in 2013
Full name	Salvatore Bocchetti^[1]
Date of birth	(1986-11-30) 30 November 1986
Place of birth	Naples, Italy
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Spartak Moscow
Number	33
Youth career
	Ascoli
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2004–2007	Ascoli	2	(0)
2005–2006	→ Lanciano (loan)	21	(1)
2007	→ Frosinone (loan)	17	(2)
2007–2008	Frosinone	38	(2)
2008–2010	Genoa	60	(1)
2010–2013	Rubin Kazan	52	(9)
2013–	Spartak Moscow	15	(0)
National team^‡
2007	Italy U20	1	(0)
2008–2009	Italy U21	10	(0)
2008	Olympic Italy	9	(0)
2009–	Italy	5	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 August 2013. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 June 2010

Salvatore Bocchetti (born 30 November 1986) is an Italian footballer who plays as a centre back for Spartak Moscow in the Russian Premier League.

Club career

Bocchetti started his professional career at Ascoli. He made his Serie A debut against Palermo on 20 December 2006. He was on loan to Serie C1 for Lanciano, and Frosinone of Serie B on second half of 2006–07 season. In the 2008–09 season Bocchetti was signed by Genoa and has become a regular starter in central defence. He can also play fullback role. In the 2010–2011 season he was signed by Rubin Kazan on a 3.5-year contract with a fee reported to be around €15 million for the transfer. On 2 October 2011 Bocchetti scored two goals in a league match against Tom Tomsk. Kazan won the game 2–0.^{[citation needed]}

International career

In March 2008 Bocchetti made his debut with the Italy U-21 squad. He established himself in Pierluigi Casiraghi's Azzurrini squad at the 2008 Toulon Tournament and retained his place in the starting line up for the Summer Olympics.^[2] Together with Marco Andreolli, he was first-choice in central defence during the 2009 U-21 European Championship.

On 22 March 2009 Bocchetti received his first call up to the senior Italy squad for two World Cup qualifiers matches but remained an unused substitute.^[3] On 10 October 2009 he made his senior national team international debut against Ireland coming on as a second-half substitute in Croke Park. He was named in Marcello Lippi's 23-men squad for the 2010 World Cup. Bocchetti was also selected for Italy's preliminary squad for Euro 2012, but was not picked for the final squad.

References

↑ "FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 – List of Players" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). Retrieved 5 June 2013.
↑ "Salvatore Bocchetti Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
↑ "Football News". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2012-06-01.

External links

Profile on Genoa official website
Profile on FIGC website (Italian)
OFFICIAL: Rubin Kazan Sign Salvatore Bocchetti From Genoa Goal.com

v t e FC Spartak Moscow – current squad

3 Bryzgalov 4 Parshivlyuk 5 Tino Costa 6 R. Carioca 7 K. Kombarov 8 Glushakov 9 Barrios 10 Movsisyan 11 Özbiliz 14 Yakovlev 15 Rômulo 18 Kutepov 19 Jurado 22 Kozlov 23 D. Kombarov 30 Pesyakov 31 Dykan (c) 32 Rebrov 33 Bocchetti 34 Makeyev 35 Tasci 55 João Carlos 69 Davydov 77 Gatagov Ebert Manager: Karpin

v t e Italy men's football squad – 2008 Summer Olympics

1 Viviano 2 Motta 3 De Ceglie 4 Nocerino 5 Cigarini 6 Criscito 7 Montolivo 8 Marchisio 9 Rocchi 10 Giovinco 11 Rossi 12 Dessena 13 Coda 14 Acquafresca 15 Bocchetti 16 De Silvestri 17 Abate 18 Consigli 20 Candreva 21 Russotto Coach: Casiraghi

v t e Italy squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup

1 Buffon 2 Maggio 3 Criscito 4 Chiellini 5 Cannavaro (c) 6 De Rossi 7 Pepe 8 Gattuso 9 Iaquinta 10 Di Natale 11 Gilardino 12 Marchetti 13 Bocchetti 14 De Sanctis 15 Marchisio 16 Camoranesi 17 Palombo 18 Quagliarella 19 Zambrotta 20 Pazzini 21 Pirlo 22 Montolivo 23 Bonucci Coach: Lippi

Persondata
Name	Bocchetti, Salvatore
Alternative names
Short description	Italian footballer
Date of birth	30 November 1986
Place of birth	Naples
Date of death
Place of death

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