Andrea Bertolacci
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Andrea Bertolacci is an Italian
Italian people
The Italian people are an ethnic group that share a common Italian culture, ancestry and speak the Italian language as a mother tongue. Within Italy, Italians are defined by citizenship, regardless of ancestry or country of residence , and are distinguished from people...

 footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...

 club Lecce
U.S. Lecce
Unione Sportiva Lecce or simply U.S. Lecce is an Italian football club based in Lecce, Apulia who play in the Italian Serie A. After being crowned Serie B champions in 2009–10, the team successfully managed to avoid relegation in 2010-11....

, on loan from Roma
A.S. Roma
Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...

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Club career

Bertolacci started his career with the Roma
A.S. Roma
Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...

 academy. On January 2010 he was sent on loan to Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...

 team, Lecce
U.S. Lecce
Unione Sportiva Lecce or simply U.S. Lecce is an Italian football club based in Lecce, Apulia who play in the Italian Serie A. After being crowned Serie B champions in 2009–10, the team successfully managed to avoid relegation in 2010-11....

. He scored the first goal for Lecce
U.S. Lecce
Unione Sportiva Lecce or simply U.S. Lecce is an Italian football club based in Lecce, Apulia who play in the Italian Serie A. After being crowned Serie B champions in 2009–10, the team successfully managed to avoid relegation in 2010-11....

 against Juventus a game in which he scored a brace.

On 22 June 2011 Lecce excised the option to buy 50% of his registration rights for a pre-agreed fee of €500,000. However Roma excised his rights against the option for €500,000. Then Bertolacci was loaned for another season to Lecce, in order to play as a regular and gain more experiance.

Bertolacci scored against his parent club in a 2-1 defeat on the 20th November, 2011.

International career

Bertolacci started his international experience in Val-de-Marne
Val-de-Marne
Val-de-Marne is a French department, named after the Marne River, located in the Île-de-France region. The department is situated to the southeast of the city of Paris.- Geography :...

 under-16 international tournament. He played all 3 matches of 2008 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship elite qualification
2008 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship elite qualification
UEFA U-17 Championship 2008 is the second round of qualifications for the final tournament of UEFA U-17 Championship 2008. The winners of each group join hosts at the final tournament.-Table:-Results:-Table:-Results:-Table:...

, which Italy did not qualify to the next round. He then promoted to U-19 team in January 2009 (as a consequence of the early exit of U-19 born 1990 team), played twice in 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship elite qualification
2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship elite qualification
2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship was the second round of qualifications for the final tournament of 2010 UEFA U-19 Championship....

 and once in the elite round
2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship elite qualification
2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship was the second round of qualifications for the final tournament of 2010 UEFA U-19 Championship....

. He also selected to the final stage
2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship
-Group B:---------------------Bracket:-Semi-finals:-----Final:-Goalscorers:4 goals Daniel Pacheco3 goals Zvonko Pamić Cédric Bakambu Alexandre Lacazette...

, played twice as starter. In 2010–11 season he capped twice for the U-20 team in the Four Nations Tournament
Italy/Germany/Switzerland under-20 Four Nations Tournament
Torneo Quattro Nazioni Under-20 is the annual under-20 football tournament. Since 2003-04 edition until 2009-10 edition, the participate nations were Austria, Germany, Italy and Switzerland, the Alps nations.-2009–10:----------------------------...

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In April 2011 he received his first U-21
Italy national under-21 football team
The Italy national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation.The team competes in the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years...

 call-up. However he was injured and missed the friendly. On 10 August 2011 he made his debut with the Italy U-21
Italy national under-21 football team
The Italy national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation.The team competes in the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years...

 team, in a friendly match against Switzerland
Switzerland
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