Alessandro Potenza
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Alessandro Potenza | |
| Date of birth | March 8, 1984 | |
| Place of birth | San Severo, Italy | |
| Playing position | Right back | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Calcio Catania | |
| Number | 2 | |
| Youth career | ||
| Internazionale | ||
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2002-2006 2003 2004 2005 2005-2006 2006-2008 2008-2009 2009- |
Internazionale → Ancona (loan) → Parma (loan) → Chievo (loan) → Mallorca (loan) Fiorentina Genoa Calcio Catania |
0 (0) 1 (0) 29 (0) 4 (0) 17 (0) 34 (1) 12 (0) 16 (1) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2002-2003 2003 2004-2007 |
Italy U-19 Italy U-20 Italy U-21 |
9 (0) 2 (0) 27 (1) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Alessandro Potenza (born 8 March 1984 in San Severo) is an Italian football defender, who currently plays for Calcio Catania of the Italian Serie A. Potenza is co-owned by his current team Catania and Genoa.
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[edit] Football Career
[edit] Early Career
Potenza came from the youth system of Inter Milan, and was called up to the first team squad for the 2002-2003 Serie A season. He only made one appearance for Inter's first team in a Coppa Italia match against A.S. Bari, 4 December 2002.
[edit] Loan Spells
In 2003 he was loaned out to Serie B side Ancona, to gain experience. After finding playing time limited at Ancona, he was loaned out to Serie A outfit Parma. With Parma, he found more success and plenty of first team action. In 2005 Inter loaned him out to another Serie A side. This time it was Chievo. After another decent campaign, Spanish side Mallorca wanted to bring Potenza out to La Liga. Again, Inter opted to loan him out. After yet another fairly impressive season, he caught the eye of Serie A side Fiorentina, who wanted to bring the player back to Italy. In 2006, Fiorentina made a bid for the player, and Inter Milan decided to sell the young talent. In his early stages with the Tuscan team, he found plenty of playing time, and even some first team action. During the 2007/2008 Serie A season, Alessandro found playing time very hard to find and was seldom used in the starting XI. In the summer of 2008, Fiorentina decided to sell the player to Genoa CFC. In the first half of the 2008/2009 Serie A season, Potenza also found playing time hard to come by with the Genoa based team.
[edit] Calcio Catania
During the 2009 winter transfer market, Potenza was looking for a way out of the side from Liguria. On January 31, 2009, it was confirmed that Potenza had joined Sicilian giants, Calcio Catania, in a co-ownership deal. He was brought in to strengthen the defensive line of the southern team, who are pushing for UEFA Cup football next season. As a result of his arrival, Gennaro Sardo was sent out on loan from Catania to relegation battlers Chievo Verona.
[edit] International Career
Potenza has 9 caps with the Italy U-19 team, as well as 2 caps for the Italy U-20 team. His international career took off with the Italy U-21 team, where he made a total of 27 appearances, along with having the delite of scoring a single goal. He is yet to be called up for the Italian National Team, but at the mere age of 24, easily has a chance of being called up by Italy coach Marcello Lippi at some point in the future.
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