Personal information | |||
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Full name | Andrea Bertolacci | ||
Date of birth | 11 January 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Rome, Italy | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Milan | ||
Number | 91 | ||
Youth career | |||
2006–2010 | Roma | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2012 | Roma | 0 | (0) |
2010–2012 | → Lecce (loan) | 43 | (6) |
2012–2015 | Genoa | 88 | (12) |
2015– | Milan | 41 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2006 | Italy U16 | 2 | (0) |
2008 | Italy U17 | 4 | (0) |
2009 | Italy U18 | 1 | (0) |
2009–2010 | Italy U19 | 6 | (0) |
2010–2011 | Italy U20 | 2 | (0) |
2011–2013 | Italy U21 | 7 | (1) |
2014– | Italy | 5 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 May 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 October 2015 |
Andrea Bertolacci (Italian pronunciation: [anˈdrɛa bertoˈlattʃi]; born 11 January 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Milan and the Italian national team.
Bertolacci began his career at Roma, and was signed by Milan in 2015. He has represented the Italy national team and Italy U21 national team, and also played for the Italy U17 national team and Italy U19 national team. He made his senior international debut in November 2014, in a friendly match against Albania.
Bertolacci started his career with the Roma academy. In January 2010 he was sent on loan to Serie A team, Lecce. He scored the first goal for Lecce against Juventus a game in which he scored a brace. In summer 2010, Lecce extended the loan and borrowed Simone Sini also from Roma.
On 22 June 2011, Lecce excised the option to purchase 50% of his registration rights for a pre-agreed fee of €500,000. However, Roma excised the rights against the option for €500,000. Thus, Lecce received €500,000 in net as an incentive for the loan. Then Bertolacci was loaned for another season to Lecce, in order to play as a regular and gain more experience.
Bertolacci scored against his parent club in a 2–1 defeat on 20 November 2011. On 30 June 2012, Bertolacci returned to Roma. In summer 2012 he was involved in the deal to sign Genoa's Panagiotis Tachtsidis. 50% of Bertolacci's player rights were tagged for €1 million and also 50% of Tachtsidis's rights for €2.5 million.