Alessandro Busti
Canadian soccer player (born 2000)
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Alessandro Carlo Matthew Busti (born June 30, 2000) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper in Italy for ASD Valdruento.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alessandro Carlo Matthew Busti[1] | ||
| Date of birth | June 30, 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | ASD Valdruento | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2010 | Lascaris | ||
| 2010–2018 | Juventus | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2019 | Juventus U23 | 1 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Belluno | 15 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Vado | ||
| 2021–2023 | ASD Valdruento | ||
| 2023– | Rivarolese | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Canada U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2018 | Canada U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2018 | Canada | 1 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of February 4, 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals as of November 18, 2018 | |||
Early life
Busti was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to Italian parents and raised in Turin, Italy.[2] Busti grew up playing soccer and tennis. At age 9, he played started to play soccer for Lascaris. When Busti was 10, he joined Juventus.
Club career
Early career
Busti began his playing career with Lascaris at the age of nine, and joined Serie A club Juventus a year later.[3] On December 5, 2017, Busti made his European debut in a 2–0 defeat to Olympiacos in the UEFA Youth League.[4] In August 2018, Busti was named to the Juventus U23 squad for their inaugural season in Serie C.[5] Busti made his debut for Juventus U23 in a Serie C match against A.C. Gozzano on April 18, 2019, coming on as an 89th minute substitute for Mattia Del Favero.[6]
In August 2019, he went on trial with Toronto FC II playing in an exhibition match against the Saskatchewan Selects.[7][8]
Belluno
On September 10, 2019, he signed with Serie D club Belluno.[9]
FC Vado
In December 2020, Busti would sign with Serie D club Vado.[10]
ASD Valdruento
In 2021, he joined ASD Valdruento in the sixth tier Promozione.[11]
Rivarolese 1906
In July 2023 Alessandro Busti signed with Promozione side Rivarolese.[12]
International career
Youth
In May 2018, Busti was called up to the Canadian U21 national team for the 2018 Toulon Tournament.[13] He acted as back-up to James Pantemis in the opening game of the tournament, and made his youth debut in a 1–0 victory against Turkey U20s on May 31, 2018.[14][15] Busti was an unused substitute in the final group game as Canada finished second and failed to progress to the knockout rounds.[16] The team would finish sixth overall after a loss to France in the fifth place playoff.[17]
Busti was named to the Canada u20 team for the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship on October 24, 2018,[18] a week after making his debut for the senior team.
Senior
In August 2018, Busti was named in the Canada national team for the first time to face the US Virgin Islands in CONCACAF Nations League qualifying the following month.[19] Busti would be an unused substitute in an 8–0 victory. In October 2018, Busti was again named to the roster for the Nations League qualifying game against Dominica.[20] He would make his senior national team debut in this game, recording a clean sheet in a 5–0 victory.[21]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Other | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Juventus U23 | 2018–19 | Serie C | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Belluno | 2019–20 | Serie D | 12 | 0 | 12+ | 0+ | ||
| Vado | 2020–21 | Serie D | ||||||
| Valdruento | 2021–22 | Promozione | ||||||
| Career total | 13+ | 0+ | 0+ | 0+ | 13+ | 0+ | ||
International
- As of November 18, 2018[3]
| Canada National Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 |