Alessandro Tuia

Alessandro Tuia (born 8 June 1990) is an Italian footballer who plays as a central defender for Benevento.

Alessandro Tuia
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-06-08) 8 June 1990
Place of birth Civita Castellana, Italy
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Benevento
Number 13
Youth career
1999–2000 Civita Castellana
2000–2009 Lazio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Lazio 1 (0)
2009–2011 → Monza (loan) 42 (0)
2011–2012 Foligno 25 (0)
2012–2018 Salernitana 106 (2)
2018– Benevento 0 (0)
National team‡
2005–2006 Italy U-16 8 (1)
2005–2007 Italy U-17 23 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 August 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2007

Club career

Tuia is a product of the Lazio youth academy and former captain of the Primavera youth team, being invited to train with the senior side in the 2008-09 season. He made his Serie A debut on 31 May 2009, when he came off the bench in the second half of Lazio's 2–0 defeat to Juventus in the Stadio Olimpico di Torino.[1]

In the summer 2009 he has been loaned to Lega Pro Prima Divisione (Italian third tier) club Monza, in order to gain first team experience.[2] The loan was extended in summer 2010.

In August 2011, he joined Foligno in the Lega Pro Prima Divisione in co-ownership deal and at the end of the season, he came back to Lazio,[3] and then he was immediately sold to Salernitana in another co-ownership deal.[4]

In June 2014 Lazio gave up the remain 50% registration rights of Tuia.[5]

On 5 June 2018, Tuia signed for Benevento for free.[6]

International career

Tuia has been the captain of the Italian U-17 side.[7]

References
  1. Juventus 2–0 Lazio channel4.com/footballitalia
  2. "7 nuovi arrivi : Tuia, Cudini, Fiuzzi, Noventa, Cedric e Stefano Seedorf e Marcandalli". AC Monza Brianza 1912 (in Italian). 14 July 2009. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011.
  3. Co-ownership result Archived 26 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "COMUNICATO" (in Italian). SS Lazio. 18 August 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  5. "Risoluzione Accordi di Partecipazione" (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Serie A. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  6. "Calciomercato, Benevento-Sagna: sì. Preso Tuia a costo zero". Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  7. "Genoa sensation boosts Italy". UEFA.com. 23 March 2007. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
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