Andrea Raggi
Italian footballer (born 1984)
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Andrea Raggi (Italian pronunciation: [anˈdrɛːa ˈraddʒi]; born 24 June 1984) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He was a versatile player, being capable of playing both as a centre back and as a right back.
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Raggi playing for Monaco in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 24 June 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | La Spezia, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2003 | Empoli | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2008 | Empoli | 101 | (2) |
| 2003–2004 | → Carrarese (loan) | 29 | (1) |
| 2008–2011 | Palermo | 2 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Sampdoria (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | → Bologna (loan) | 31 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | → Bari (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Bologna | 31 | (0) |
| 2012–2019 | Monaco | 161 | (8) |
| Total | 374 | (12) | |
| International career | |||
| 2007 | Italy U21 | 3 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
Raggi started his footballing career with Empoli, where he spent a total of four seasons with the first team.
Palermo
On 28 May 2008, Empoli announced his sale to Palermo for €7 million[1] on a four-year contract.[2]
His failure to break into the first team led Palermo to send Raggi out on loan to a number of teams. In January 2009 he joined Sampdoria, then moving again to spend the whole of the 2009–10 season with Bologna.[3]
Bari loan
In July 2010, he was loaned out for a third consecutive time, joining Bari.[4] He was out-favoured by Giampiero Ventura in mid-season, who originally expected Raggi to play as a centre-back. Instead, Raggi was the starting right-back as Andrea Masiello, originally a right-back, remained as a temporary centre-back which Masiello already played since January 2010. He also played as a left-back to replace Alessandro Parisi against Roma on 12 December. After the closure of the winter transfer window, Parisi and Masiello re-took the full-backs position, after the signing of centre-back Kamil Glik. Raggi blamed Ventura for playing so few games.[5]
The following August, he permanently moved to Bologna, for €200,000.[6][7]
Monaco
In July 2012, Raggi moved to Monaco, and later signed a three-year contract with the team. On 19 April 2017, after defeating Borussia Dortmund 6–3 on aggregate,[8] AS Monaco reached the semi–finals of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League.[9] Later that year, Raggi won the 2016–17 Ligue 1 title with the club. In September 2017, he signed a two-year contract extension on a €2 million annual salary, which would keep him at the club until June 2019,[10] with AS Monaco confirming Raggi's departure on 28 June 2019[11]
International career
On 24 March 2007, Raggi made his International debut for the Italy U-21 side against the England U21 team in a 3–3 draw at the new Wembley Stadium.[12]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Carrarese (loan) | 2003–04 | Serie C | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 1 | ||
| Empoli | 2004–05 | Serie B | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 10 | 1 | ||
| 2005–06 | Serie A | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 0 | |||
| 2006–07 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 1 | ||||
| 2007–08 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 36 | 1 | |||
| Total | 101 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 3 | ||
| Palermo | 2008–09 | Serie A | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| Sampdoria (loan) | 2008–09 | Serie A | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |
| Bologna (loan) | 2009–10 | Serie A | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 1 | ||
| Bari (loan) | 2010–11 | Serie A | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||
| Bologna | 2011–12 | Serie A | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 32 | 1 | ||
| Monaco | 2012–13 | Ligue 2 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 4 | ||
| 2013–14 | Ligue 1 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 1 | |||
| 2014–15 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 39 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 | — | 44 | 4 | |||
| 2016–17 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 0 | — | 37 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
| 2018–19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Total | 161 | 8 | 30 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 230 | 10 | ||
| Career total | 384 | 12 | 41 | 3 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 466 | 16 | ||