Andrea Russotto (born 25 May 1988 in Rome) is an Italian footballer who plays for Swiss Super League club Bellinzona.
Russotto was told to sign a deal with GEA World agency when he was in the Lazio youth teams and if he refused to sign the deal then he would not get a chance at Lazio, Russotto refused to sign for the agency and was then for no reason sold to Bellinzona. For the next year Russotto fell off the footballing radar, but his talents an...
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Andrea Russotto (born 25 May 1988 in Rome) is an Italian footballer who plays for Swiss Super League club Bellinzona.
Russotto was told to sign a deal with GEA World agency when he was in the Lazio youth teams and if he refused to sign the deal then he would not get a chance at Lazio, Russotto refused to sign for the agency and was then for no reason sold to Bellinzona. For the next year Russotto fell off the footballing radar, but his talents and good displays at Treviso has boosted his reputation. A recognition of his talent came when World Soccer Magazine named him in their list of top 50 of the worlds best players under the age of 21 calling him "the nearest thing to Roberto Baggio Italy have".
He made his U-21 team debut against Luxembourg U-21, 12 December 2006, replacing Valerio Virga at half-time and notching an assist.
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