Date of birth: 20 December 1993 (age 20)
Place of birth: Calcinate, Italy
Height: 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Weight 77 kg
Playing position: Forward
Andrea Belotti (born 20 December 1993) is an Italian footballer who plays as a forward for Italian Serie B club Palermo, on loan from AlbinoLeffe.
Club Career
Born in Calcinate, Province of Bergamo, Lombardy, Belotti started his career at the second largest team of the province, then-Serie B club AlbinoLeffe. A youth team player since 2010, Belotti made his first team debut on 10 March 2012 (league week 30). He then played a successive substitute appearances from rounds 32 to 34 and started 4 games from rounds 35 to 39, only missing round 37. He also scored 13 goals as team top-scorer for the youth team throughout the 2011–12 season, also winning a youth title, Trofeo Dossena, in June 2012.
AlbinoLeffe were relegated at the end of season, and played the 2012–13 season in Lega Pro Prima Divisione, with Belotti as the starting striker of the club. Belotti played his first senior match of the season during the 2012–13 Coppa Italia, partnering Simone Pontiggia and Karamoko Cissé. The club lost 0–3 to Chieti.
He completed the season with 14 goals, and gained interest from higher-level teams; in August 2013, recently relegated Serie B club Palermo agreed a loan bid with AlbinoLeffe, with an option to turn the move into a co-ownership by the end of the season. Belotti made his debut with the Sicilians on 24 September 2013, as a substitute for Davide Di Gennaro in a game against Bari, and immediately provided an assist to Kyle Lafferty in a 1–2 loss. In his second game of the season, against Brescia, he was again used during the game and scored the equaliser (match ended in a 1–1 draw).
International Career
Belotti received his first U19 call-up in December 2011, against Lega Pro representatives. He scored a goal in the match, winning 4–2. He played all 3 friendlies for U19 before the elite qualification of U19 EURO; In the elite qualification, Belotti was the centre forward in the 4–2–3–1 formation, but only scored once in the all 3 appearances.
Transfermarkt Profile: http://www.transfermarkt.de/andrea-belotti/profil/spieler/167727
Last season stats: Games (22), goals (8), assists (4), minutes (1064).
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