Raoul Bellanova

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Raoul Bellanova
Bellanova warming up for Torino in 2023
Personal information
Full name Raoul Bellanova[1]
Date of birth (2000-05-17) 17 May 2000 (age 23)[2][3]
Place of birth Rho, Italy
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[4]
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)
2020 → Atalanta (loan) 1 (0)
2020–2021 → Pescara (loan) 30 (0)
2021–2022 → Cagliari (loan) 31 (1)
2022–2023 Cagliari 0 (0)
2022–2023 → Inter Milan (loan) 18 (0)
2023– Torino 31 (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 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:44, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 March 2024

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

Early life[edit]

Bellanova was born in Rho, in the province of Milan on 17 May 2000.[citation needed]

Club career[edit]

Bellanova started playing at age 4, for Azzurra.[citation needed] In 2005, he moved to FC Parabiago, and in 2006 his contract was bought by AC Milan.[citation needed] From 2006 to 2019, Bellanova played for teams of various age groups at Milan's youth academy.[citation needed] In January 2019, after failing to negotiate a desired wage, he declined a professional contract offer from Milan.[citation needed]

Bordeaux[edit]

In July 2019, Bellanova was officially presented as a Bordeaux player.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7]

Loan to Atalanta[edit]

On 30 January 2020, Bellanova joined Atalanta on a 1.5-year loan with an option to purchase.[8] He made his club and Serie A debut on 14 July in a 6–2 win against Brescia.[9]

Loan to Pescara[edit]

On 24 September 2020, Atalanta loaned him to Serie B club Pescara.[10]

Cagliari[edit]

On 31 August 2021, he joined Cagliari on loan with an option-to-buy.[11] On 31 May 2022, Cagliari exercised their option to sign the player permanently.[12]

Loan to Inter Milan[edit]

On 6 July 2022, Inter Milan announced the signing of Bellanova on loan from Cagliari for the 2022–23 season.[13]

Torino[edit]

Bellanova signed for Torino on 1 July 2023 and on 17 February 2024[14]

International career[edit]

In October 2017, Bellanova played in the qualifiers,[15] He debuted on 4 October 2017, against Moldova, The match ended 4–0 for Italy. In November 2018, Bellanova played for Italy under-20 national team in a match against Germany.[16]

On 12 November 2020, he made his debut with the Italy U21 playing as a starter in a qualifying match won 2–1 against Iceland in Reykjavík.[citation needed]

Bellanova made his debut for the senior Italy national team on 24 March 2024 in a friendly against Ecuador.[17]

Style of play[edit]

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.[18]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of match played 13 April 2024[19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] 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[b] 0 22 0
Torino 2023–24 Serie A 31 1 2 0 — 33 1
Career total 112 2 4 0 3 0 119 2
  1. ^ Includes Coupe de France, Coppa Italia
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International[edit]

As of match played 24 March 2024[20]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Italy 2024 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours[edit]

Inter Milan

References[edit]

  1. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Italy" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
  2. ^ Milan, A. C. "Raoul Bellanova: football player profile & stats". AC Milan.
  3. ^ "Raoul Bellanova". Girondins.com. 31 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Raoul Bellanova". Inter Milan. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  5. ^ "BORDEAUX TO LAND AC MILAN RIGHT-BACK RAOUL BELLANOVA ON A FREE". Get Football News France. 19 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Ligue1.com - French Football League - Ligue 1 Conforama - Season 2019/2020 - Week 1 - Angers SCO / Girondins de Bordeaux". www.ligue1.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Angers SCO - Girondins de Bordeaux ( 3-1 ) - Résumé - (SCO - GdB) / 2019-20" – via www.youtube.com.
  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" (in Italian). Cagliari. 31 May 2022.
  13. ^ "Raoul Bellanova joins Inter!". Inter Official Site. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  14. ^ "Bellanova al Toro". Torino FC. 1 July 2023.
  15. ^ "Italia Under 19: i convocati per la fase Elite di qualificazione all'Europeo". Calciomercato.com | Tutte le news sul calcio in tempo reale (in Italian). Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  16. ^ "Raoul Bellanova Archivi". Giovanili Nazionali. Il calcio è dei giovani (in Italian). Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  17. ^ "Ecuador v Italy game report". ESPN. 24 March 2024.
  18. ^ Beltrame, Federico (31 October 2018). "Raoul Bellanova, caratteristiche tecniche e ruolo".
  19. ^ "R. Bellanova". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  20. ^ "Raoul Bellanova". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  21. ^ 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.
  22. ^ "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.
  23. ^ 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.

External links[edit]

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