Raffaele Russo | |
Birth Date: | 1999 2, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Capua, Italy |
Height: | 1.74 m |
Position: | Forward |
Currentclub: | Avellino |
Clubnumber: | 10 |
Youthyears1: | –2018 |
Youthclubs1: | Napoli |
Years1: | 2018–2021 |
Clubs1: | Napoli |
Caps1: | 0 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 2018–2019 |
Clubs2: | → Albissola (loan) |
Caps2: | 22 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2019–2020 |
Clubs3: | → Pro Vercelli (loan) |
Caps3: | 9 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 2020 |
Clubs4: | → Rieti (loan) |
Caps4: | 9 |
Goals4: | 1 |
Years5: | 2020–2021 |
Clubs5: | → Grosseto (loan) |
Caps5: | 27 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Years6: | 2021–2022 |
Clubs6: | ACR Messina |
Caps6: | 28 |
Goals6: | 3 |
Years7: | 2022– |
Clubs7: | Avellino |
Caps7: | 42 |
Goals7: | 7 |
Pcupdate: | 5 May 2024 |
Raffaele Russo (born 25 February 1999) is an Italian football player who plays as a forward for club Avellino.
Born in Capua, Russo was a youth exponent of Napoli.
On 21 July 2018, Russo was signed by Serie C side Albissola on a season-long loan deal.[1] On 19 September he made his professional debut in Serie C for Albissola as a substitute replacing Amir Mahrous in the 71st minute of a 3–2 home defeat against Olbia.[2] On 21 October he played his first match as a starter for Albissola, a 2–0 away defeat against Arezzo, he was replaced by Guido Bennati in the 90th minute.[3] One week later he played his first entire match, a 1–1 home draw against Pro Patria.[4] On 30 March, Russo was sent-off with a red card, as a substitute, in the 95th minute of a 1–0 home defeat against Pisa.[5] Russo ended his loan to Albissola with 22 appearances, including 7 as a starter, and 2 assists.[6]
After extended his contract for another year of contract, plus two more optionable, on 14 August 2019, Russo was loaned to Serie C club Pro Vercelli on a season-long loan deal.[7] [8] Two weeks later, on 25 August, Russo made his debut for the club as a substitute replacing Matteo Della Morte in the 71st minute of a 2–0 home win over Pianese.[9] However, in January 2020, his loan was terminated by Pro Vercelli and he returned to Napoli leaving the club with only 9 appearances in the league (all as substitute), he also remained an unused substitute for other 6 matches during the loan.[10]
On 9 January 2020, Russo was signed by Serie C side Rieti on a 6-month loan deal.[11] Two days later, on 11 January he made his debut for the club as a substitute replacing Pasquale De Sarlo in the 62nd minute of a 1–0 home defeat against Picerno.[12] One week later, on 19 January, he played his first entire match for Rieti, a 5–2 away defeat against Bari.[13] On 26 January he scored his first professional goal for Rieti in the 60th minute of a 1–0 home win over Casertana.[14] Russo ended his loan to Rieti with 9 appearances, 1 goal and 1 assist, however Rieti was relegated in Serie D.
On 24 September 2020, he joined newly promoted Serie C club Grosseto.[15] Three days later, on 27 September he made his debut for the club as a substitute replacing Filippo Moscati in the 75th minute of a 2–0 away win over Piacenza.[16] On 11 October, Russo played his first match as a starter for Grosseto, a 2–1 away win over Pergolettese, he was replaced by Filippo Boccardi after 54 minutes.[17] On 28 March 2021, Russo played his first entire match for the club, a 1–0 away defeat against Novara.[18] On 25 April he was sent-off with a double yellow card in the 42nd minute of a 1–0 away win over Pistoiese.[19] Russo ended his season-long loan to Grosseto with 28 appearances, only 7 of them as a starter, and 1 assist, he also helped the club to reach the play-off, however the club was eliminated by AlbinoLeffe in the second round.
On 11 July 2022, Russo signed a two-year contract with Avellino.[20]
Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||||
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League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Albissola (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie C | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
Pro Vercelli (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie C | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
Rieti (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie C | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | 9 | 1 | ||||
Grosseto (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie C | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[21] | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
ACR Messina | 2021–22 | Serie C | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 3 | |||
Career total | 95 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 96 | 4 |