Sandro Tonali

Sandro Tonali
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-05-08) 8 May 2000
Place of birth Lodi, Italy
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Brescia
Number 4
Youth career
Piacenza
Brescia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Brescia 26 (2)
National team‡
2018– Italy U19 9 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 October 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 October 2018

Sandro Tonali (born 8 May 2000) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie B club Brescia.

Club career

He made his professional debut for Brescia on 26 August 2017, aged 17, coming on as substitute in the Serie B away match lost 2–1 against Avellino.[1] On 28 April 2018 he scored his first professional career goal, in a 4–2 defeat against Salernitana in Serie B.[2] He obtained 19 league appearances in total during his first season as a professional player, scoring two goals and providing two assists during the 2017–18 Serie B season.[3]

International career

With the Italy U19 he took part in the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, reaching the final of the tournament lost 4–3 after extra time against Portugal.[4]

Style of play

Regarded as a promising young Italian player in his position in the media, Tonali is a regista, and is often likened to Andrea Pirlo – who also started his career with Brescia – in terms of his movement, coordination, technical qualities, position, and playing style. A strong, energetic, and creative, right-footed midfielder, Tonali usually plays in a central or defensive midfield role as deep-lying playmaker in a 4–3–3 formation, and shows maturity and character beyond his young age. Dictating play for Brescia with his passing in midfield, he set up two goals and even scored two himself in his 19 appearances in Serie B during the 2017–18 season.[2][3][5][6][7][8][9][10]

Honours

International

Italy

References

  1. ↑ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 26 August 2017.
  2. 1 2 Angelo Taglieri (28 April 2018). "Tonali, primo gol in carriera: Juve e Inter lo hanno già chiesto, il Milan..." (in Italian). www.calciomercato.com. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  3. 1 2 Nikita Fesyukov (14 October 2018). "Introducing Tonali, 'the next Pirlo' wanted by Sarri and Allegri". www.calciomercato.com. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Under-19 - Portugal win epic U19 EURO final". UEFA. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Sandro Tonali" (in Italian). www.tuttocalciatori.net. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  6. ↑ "Agent: 'Tonali better than Pirlo!'". Football Italia. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  7. ↑ Angelo Taglieri (30 July 2018). "Inter, Juve e Roma avvisate: per Tonali Cellino studia un affare alla Nainggolan" (in Italian). www.calciomercato.com. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  8. ↑ Amie Wilson (15 February 2018). "6 Serie A Clubs in Battle to Sign 'New Pirlo' Sandro Tonali From Serie B Side Brescia". www.90min.com. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  9. ↑ Gian Paolo Laffranchi (5 February 2018). "Brescia al passo di Tonali in viaggio sulle orme di Pirlo" (in Italian). www.bresciaoggi.it. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  10. ↑ Fabio Pettenò (9 July 2018). "Brescia, rifondazione in atto: cambia più di metà squadra" (in Italian). www.bresciaoggi.it. Retrieved 14 October 2018.


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