Alessandro Bianco
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-10-01) 1 October 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth Turin, Italy
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Reggiana
Number 42
Youth career
2009–2010 Orbassano Gabetto
2010–2016 Torino
2016–2019 Chisola Calcio
2018–2019 → Fiorentina (loan)
2019–2021 Fiorentina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Fiorentina 7 (0)
2023– → Reggiana (loan) 18 (1)
International career‡
2020 Italy U18 1 (0)
2021–2022 Italy U20 5 (0)
2023– Italy U21 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 November 2023

Alessandro Bianco (born 1 October 2002) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie B club Reggiana on loan from Fiorentina.

Early life

Alessandro Bianco was born in Turin, spending most of its youth in the Metropolitan City of Turin, in a family from Piedmont.[1][2][3]

A promising cyclist during his early years, Bianco started to play football as a 7-year-old in Orbassano, but soon joining Torino's academy, Juve's old rival.[1][2][4] After progressing through the youth ranks of the club from his hometown, Bianco was not retained by Il Toro as an under-15, and went on to play with amateur side Chisola Calcio, in Vinovo.[1][2][5][6]

Enjoying a few regional and national success with the youth team from Chisola, Bianco quickly attracted the attention of another great Serie A club, signing on loan to ACF Fiorentina in 2018, before making his move a permanent one a year later.[1][2][5]

Club career

After a first season with Fiorentina's Primavera, where his team won the Coppa after beating the likes of Milan and Juventus,[6][7] he made his first apparences on the bench in Serie A during the 2020–21 season, under Cesare Prandelli.[1][5]

For his second season in Alberto Aquilani’s primavera team, Bianco definitely became one of the most prominent member of the under-19, leading his team to another Coppa Primavera win, once more with victories against Milan and Juventus—during which he respectively delivered an assist and scored a goal from a free-kick—before defeating Genoa and eventually Lazio in the final.[1][8]

After impressing new manager Vincenzo Italiano during the early 2021–22 season,[3][9][10] Bianco made his professional debut for ACF Fiorentina on the 13 August 2021, replacing Erick Pulgar during a 4–0 home Coppa Italia win against Cosenza.[10][11][12]

Announced on a potential loan move to the Serie B team against which he made his debut,[12][13] he eventually stayed in Florence, making more bench appearances in Serie A[5] and another on the field in Coppa, again replacing Pulgar,[14] while still playing with the Primavera squad, notably during their victorious Supercoppa Primavera campaign against Empoli.[15][16]

On 13 July 2023, Bianco moved to Serie B club Reggiana on a loan deal until 30 June 2024.[17]

International career

Alessandro Bianco is youth international for Italy, having already played with the under-18 before his debut professional season at Fiorentina.[1][5][6][9]

Honours

Fiorentina Youth

Fiorentina

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Lepore, Marco (6 April 2021). "Alessandro Bianco - Da promessa del ciclismo a certezza nel calcio". Tutto Calcio Giovanile (in Italian). Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Collini, Marco (29 June 2021). "Babbo Bianco: "Alessandro resta in Primavera a fare la differenza. Italiano? Meglio di Gattuso coi giovani"". Labaro Viola (in Italian). Archived from the original on 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b Di Chiaro, Michael (1 August 2021). "Alessandro Bianco, il baby regista che può prendersi la Fiorentina". Goal. Archived from the original on 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Primavera, Bianco: "Pulgar mio viola preferito. Sogno di vincere Scudetto a Firenze"". Fiorentina.it (in Italian). 12 May 2020. Archived from the original on 24 May 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d e Pallante, Daniele (6 February 2021). "Alessandro Bianco non si ferma più: prima panchina in serie A per il 2002 cresciuto nel Chisola". 11giovani (in Italian). Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d Del Corona, Stefano; Razzolini, Filippo (2 May 2020). "Bianco a FN: "Mi ispiro a Castrovilli per diventare uno dei protagonisti nella Fiorentina dei grandi. Commisso ci ha fatto capire che ha voglia di primeggiare e con il nuovo centro sportivo..."". Fiorentina News (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. Archived from the original on 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021 – via quinews.net.
  7. ^ a b "Primavera, trionfo Fiorentina in Coppa Italia". Sky Sport (in Italian). 27 August 2020. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  8. ^ a b Giannattasio, Andrea (27 April 2021). "La Primavera è abbonata alle finali Bianco: "Siamo pronti alla battaglia"". La Nazione (in Italian). Archived from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Calciomercato Fiorentina, Italiano punta sui talenti fatti in casa". Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 14 July 2021. Archived from the original on 14 July 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  10. ^ a b Alessandro Artuso (13 August 2021). "Fiorentina, tutti pazzi per Alessandro Bianco: chi è la giovane promessa viola". CalcioToday.it (in Italian). Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Cronaca Fiorentina - Cosenza - Live: la partita in diretta". Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). 13 August 2021. Archived from the original on 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  12. ^ a b Bergantini, Luca (18 August 2021). "Fiorentina, il Cosenza mette gli occhi su Alessandro Bianco". MondoPrimavera (in Italian). Archived from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  13. ^ Bargellini, Luca (17 August 2021). "Cosenza, asse caldo con la Fiorentina: dopo Gori possono arrivare Dalle Mura e Bianco". TUTTOmercatoWEB.com (in Italian). Archived from the original on 17 August 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  14. ^ Zamorano, Javier (15 December 2021). "Alcanzó a jugar 10 minutos: Erick Pulgar abandonó lesionado en triunfo de la Fiorentina". BioBioChile (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  15. ^ a b "Bianco: "Torreira punto di riferimento. Mi sento un leader di questa squadra"". Viola News (in Italian). Gazzetta dello Sport. 8 December 2021. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  16. ^ a b "La Fiorentina Primavera vince la Supercoppa: battuto l'Empoli ai rigori". La Nazione (in Italian). 9 December 2021. Archived from the original on 9 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  17. ^ "L'AC Reggiana annuncia lingaggio di Alessandro Bianco" (in Italian). Reggiana. 14 July 2023.
  18. ^ Porzio, Francesco (24 May 2023). "Inter win Coppa Italia as Lautaro Martinez brace downs Fiorentina, build momentum for Champions League final". CBS Sports. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  19. ^ Stone, Simon (7 June 2023). "Fiorentina 1–2 West Ham United: Jarrod Bowen goal decides Europa Conference League final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 June 2023.

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