Alessandro Del Grosso
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Alessandro Del Grosso (born 27 August 1972) is an Italian footballer.

Early years

Del Grosso started his career at teams of Serie C2
Serie C2
Lega Pro Seconda Divisione is the name of the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consists of 54 teams, but in the season 2010–11 the teams are only 49 divided geographically into three divisions of 17, 16 and 16 teams each...

. He followed Avezzano
Nuova Avezzano Calcio
Nuova Avezzano Calcio was an Italian association football club located in Avezzano, Abruzzo.Following financial problems, the club tried to merge with the newly promoted to Serie C2 A.S. Pescina Valle del Giovenco. When the merging was denied by the Lega Calcio Serie C, the club folded and sold its...

 promoted to Serie C1
Serie C1
Lega Pro Prima Divisione is the name of the third highest football league in Italy. It consists of 36 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 18 teams each. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1....

 in summer 1996.

Salernitana & Bari

After played 10 matches in Serie C1 1996-97 season, he joined Salernitana
Salernitana Calcio 1919
Salerno Calcio, or simply Salerno is an Italian association football club from Salerno, Campania.The club is not the legitimate heir of the former Salernitana Calcio 1919, but there is however a sports continuity between the two companies thanks to Article 52 NOIF of FIGC, and the fact that they...

 of Serie B in November 1996 and followed the team promoted to Serie A in summer 1998.

After Salernitana relegated in summer 1999, he joined A.S. Bari
A.S. Bari
Associazione Sportiva Bari is an Italian football club founded in 1908, they are based in Bari, Apulia and plays in Serie B. The club have spent many seasons bouncing between the top two divisions in Italian football, Serie A and Serie B....

 of Serie A on free transfer. After Bari relegated, he rejoined Salernitana in summer 2001, but also at Serie B.

He played for Salernitana for a season.

Catania & Napoli

In summer 2002, he joined Calcio Catania
Calcio Catania
Calcio Catania is an Italian football club founded in 1908 and based in Catania, Sicily. The club has spent much of its history in Serie B, gaining promotion to Italy's top league Serie A five times...

, at that time new promoted to Serie B. He survived in relegation in summer 2003, because that season only one team relegated. He then joined S.S.C. Napoli
S.S.C. Napoli
Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli, commonly referred to as Napoli, is a professional Italian football club based in Naples and founded in 1926. The club has spent most of its history in Serie A, where it currently plays its 2011–12 season....

 in on 31 January 2004. But this time Napoli relegated due to financial reason, despite finished 13th in Serie B.

Lega Pro clubs

He then played for Pisa
Pisa Calcio
Associazione Calcio Pisa 1909 is an Italian association football club, based in Pisa, Tuscany. The club was founded in 1909 as Pisa Sporting Club and refounded in 1994 as A.C. Pisa , after the cancellation of the old one because of economical troubles...

 (Serie C1A), Teramo
Teramo Calcio
Società Sportiva Dilettantistica Teramo Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Teramo, Abruzzo. It is currently in the season 2011–12 playing in Serie D, the fourth division of Italian football...

 (Serie C1B), Chieti
Calcio Chieti
Società Sportiva Chieti Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Chieti, Abruzzo.The team's colors are green and black.The club was founded in 1922 as Calcio Chieti. Chieti played 2005/2006 in Serie C1/B, ending last-placed and being therefore relegated to Serie C2 for the next season...

 (Serie C1B). He then shortly back to Serie B for Catanzaro
F.C. Catanzaro
Catanzaro Calcio 2011 is an Italian football club based in Catanzaro, Calabria.The club were founded in 1929 as Catanzarese, then changed their denomnation to Unione Sportiva Catanzaro in 1946, shortly after the end of the World War II and in 2006 to Football Club Catanzaro...

 on 5 January 2006, but fail to avoid relegation. He then joined Martina
A.C. Martina
A.S.D. Martina Franca is an Italian association football club, based in Martina Franca, Apulia. The team's colors are blue and white. In the season 2011-12 it plays in Serie D.- History :...

 (Serie C1B) and then his first club Celano
Celano F.C. Olimpia
Celano F.C. Marsica is an Italian association football from Celano, Abruzzo.The club was founded in 1978, and has played Serie D/F in 2005/2006, ending it in second place, and successively reaching the Serie D playoff finals; therefore, Celano has played Serie C2 in 2006/2007 and currently plays...

 (Serie C2) in January 2007.

He survived in relegation playoffs against Pro Vasto
F.C. Pro Vasto
Football Club Dilettantistico Vasto Marina is an Italian association football club based in Vasto, Abruzzo. The club was founded in 1902 and subsequently refounded in 1981, 1995, and 2010...

.

External links

  • http://www.tuttocalciatori.net/Del_Grosso_Alessandro
  • http://aic.football.it/scheda/87/del-grosso-alessandro.htm
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