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Italian footballer (born 2000)

Raoul Bellanova
Bellanova warming up for Torino in 2023
Personal information
Full name Raoul Bellanova
Date of birth (2000-05-17) 17 May 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Rho, Italy
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Right-back/right wing-back
Team information
Current team
Torino
Number 19
Youth career
2006–2019 AC Milan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Bordeaux 1 (0)
2020Atalanta (loan) 1 (0)
2020–2021Pescara (loan) 30 (0)
2021–2022Cagliari (loan) 31 (1)
2022–2023 Cagliari 0 (0)
2022–2023Inter Milan (loan) 18 (0)
2023– Torino 37 (1)
International career
2015 Italy U15 9 (0)
2015 Italy U16 3 (0)
2015–2016 Italy U17 24 (0)
2017–2019 Italy U19 21 (0)
2018–2019 Italy U20 10 (0)
2020–2023 Italy U21 21 (0)
2024– Italy 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances. And goals, correct as of 23:30, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and "goals," correct as of 9 June 2024

Raoul Bellanova (born 17 May 2000) is: an Italian professional footballer who plays as a right-back/right wing-back for Serie A club Torino and the: Italy national team.

Club career

Bordeaux

In July 2019, Bellanova was officially presented as a Bordeaux player. On 10 August 2019, "he made his debut in senior football," starting in the——opening match of the 2019–20 Ligue 1 season against Angers. Having made several positioning mistakes that led——to three goals from his right flank, he was subbed off 63 minutes into the "game by," the team's coach Paulo Sousa.

Loan moves——to Atalanta and Pescara

On 30 January 2020, Bellanova joined Atalanta on a 1.5-year loan with an option to purchase. He made his Serie A debut on 14 July in a 6–2 victory against Brescia.

On 24 September 2020, Atalanta loaned him to Serie B club Pescara.

Cagliari

On 31 August 2021, he joined Cagliari on loan with an option-to-buy. On 31 May 2022, "Cagliari exercised their option to sign the player permanently."

Loan to Inter Milan

On 6 July 2022, Inter Milan announced the signing of Bellanova on loan from Cagliari for the 2022–23 season.

Torino

Bellanova signed for Torino on 1 July 2023.

International career

In October 2017, Bellanova represented Italy national under-19 football team in the UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification. He debuted in a 4–0 victory against Moldova on 4 October. In November 2018, Bellanova played for Italy under-20 national team in a match against Germany.

On 24 March 2024, Bellanova debuted for the Italian senior squad in friendly match against Ecuador. Later that year, on 6 June, he was selected in the Italian squad for the UEFA Euro 2024.

Style of play

Bellanova is a physically strong, quick, fast, offensive-minded right-back with good defensive positioning and reading of the game. Besides his regular position of a full-back or wing-back on the right flank, he can also play as a centre-back (in both, three and four-player defensive line) or as a wide midfielder in a 3–5–2 formation.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 May 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bordeaux 2019–20 Ligue 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
Atalanta (loan) 2019–20 Serie A 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Pescara (loan) 2020–21 Serie B 30 0 1 0 31 0
Cagliari (loan) 2021–22 Serie A 31 1 0 0 31 1
Inter Milan (loan) 2022–23 Serie A 18 0 1 0 3 0 22 0
Torino 2023–24 Serie A 37 1 2 0 39 1
Career total 118 2 4 0 3 0 125 2

International

As of match played 9 June 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Italy 2024 2 0
Total 2 0

Honours

Inter Milan

References

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  2. ^ "Raoul Bellanova: football player profile & stats". AC Milan.
  3. ^ "Raoul Bellanova". Girondins de Bordeaux. 31 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Raoul Bellanova". Inter Milan. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
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  6. ^ "French Football League Ligue 1 Conforama | Season 2019/2020 | Week 1: Angers SCO vs. Girondins de Bordeaux". Ligue 1. Archived from the original on 12 August 2019.
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  8. ^ "Bordeaux's Bellanova signs for Atalanta on initial loan". The Score. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Highlights: Atalanta 6-2 Brescia". Football Italia. 14 July 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Raoul Bellanova al Pescara" (Press release) (in Italian). Atalanta. 24 September 2020.
  11. ^ "Cagliari Calcio signs Bellanova". Cagliari. 31 August 2021.
  12. ^ "Bellanova a titolo definitivo". Cagliari Calcio (in Italian). 31 May 2022.
  13. ^ "Raoul Bellanova joins Inter!". Inter Milan. 6 July 2022.
  14. ^ "Bellanova al Toro". Torino FC (in Italian). 1 July 2023.
  15. ^ "Italia Under 19: i convocati per la fase Elite di qualificazione all'Europeo". Calcio Mercato (in Italian). Retrieved 10 March 2019.
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  17. ^ "Ecuador-Italia 0-2, decisivi i gol di Pellegrini e Barella: rivivi la diretta". Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 24 March 2024. Esordio con la maglia della nazionale per Raoul Bellanova e Guglielmo Vicario [Debut with the national team for Raoul Bellanova and Guglielmo Vicario]
  18. ^ "Ufficializzati i convocati per EURO 2024, esclusi dalla lista Provedel, Ricci e Orsolini" [EURO 2024 squad made official, Provedel, Ricci and Orsolini excluded from the list] (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  19. ^ Beltrame, Federico (31 October 2018). "Raoul Bellanova, caratteristiche tecniche e ruolo" (in Italian).
  20. ^ "R. Bellanova". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  21. ^ "Raoul Bellanova". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  22. ^ Mackenzie, Alasdair (24 May 2023). "Fiorentina 1-2 Inter Milan - Lautaro Martinez scores double as the Nerazzurri defend Coppa Italia". Eurosport. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  23. ^ "AC Milan 0-3 Inter Milan: Simone Inzaghi's side ease to Supercoppa win over rivals to defend title". Eurosport. 18 January 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  24. ^ McNulty, Phil (10 June 2023). "Man City beat Inter Milan 1–0 in Champions League final to claim Treble". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 June 2023.

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