Alexy Bosetti

Alexy Bosetti (born 23 April 1993) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for El Paso Locomotive in the USL Championship.

Alexy Bosetti
Personal information
Full name Alexy Bosetti
Date of birth (1993-04-23) 23 April 1993
Place of birth Nice, France
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 El Paso Locomotive
Number 10
Youth career
1999–2009 Cavigal Nice Sports
2009–2012 Nice
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2017 Nice II 27 (13)
2012–2017 Nice 75 (10)
2015 → Tours FC (loan) 9 (1)
2016 → Sarpsborg 08 (loan) 2 (0)
2017–2019 Laval 34 (13)
2018–2019 Laval II 2 (2)
2019 Oklahoma City Energy 19 (1)
2019– El Paso Locomotive 28 (2)
National team
2012 France U19 6 (3)
2012–2013 France U20 14 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 October 2019

Biography

Alexy Bosetti was born in 1993 to a Niçois family of Italian origins. He is the great grandnephew of the composer and pianist Henri Betti and of the opera singer Freda Betti.

Club career

Early career

A member of the Populaire Sud since his early years as a native of Vieux-Nice, the young striker was a member of the Cavigal Nice Sports and J.S.O Villefranche-sur-Mer youth academies before committing to OGC Nice. An excellent dribbler, Bosetti has since played as either an attacking midfielder or a striker.[1] He won the 2011–2012 edition of the Coupe Gambardella with U19 team of OGC Nice on 28 April 2012.[2]

Nice

Bosetti made his professional debut with Nice on 20 May 2012 in a league match against Olympique Lyonnais making a substitute appearance in the 86th minute of play.[3] He scored his first professional goal against Montpellier HSC in the quarter finals of the 19th edition of the Coupe de la Ligue on 28 November 2012. On 6 April 2013, at Stadium Municipal, he collected the first red card of his career after a tackle on Cheikh M'Bengue of Toulouse FC.[4]

On 22 September 2013, Bosetti became the first native of Nice to score a goal at the Allianz Riviera during the inaugural match against Valenciennes FC.[5] On 13 September 2014, he scored a stoppage-time winner in a 1–0 home victory over Metz.[6]

Tours (loan)

On 15 July 2015, Bosetti joined FC Tours on loan, without an option to buy.[7] He scored a goal in his first friendly, securing a 1–1 draw against Chamois Niortais F.C. on 24 July 2015.[8] On 21 August 2015, Bosetti scored his first official goal for Tours, helping his side to a 3–1 victory over Auxerre.[9]

Sarpsborg 08 (loan)

In January 2016, Bosetti joined Norwegian side Sarpsborg 08 on loan until the end of season.[10] He scored for Sarpsborg 08 on 13 April 2016 in a 5–0 victory over Ås in a Norwegian Cup match.[11] His loan was cut short early in April after playing in just two league matches in three months with the club. Having been loaned out to Tours in the first half the season, he was not eligible to play for Nice during the rest of the season.[12]

Return to Nice

After a short loan spell he returned to Nice, but did not feature regularly for the first team. On 8 December 2016, he scored his first goal in Europe for Nice, helping the club to a 2–1 win over FC Krasnodar in a Europa League match.[13] During the 2016–17 season he played primarily for Nice II, scoring 10 goals in 21 appearances in the Championnat de France Amateur.[14]

He left the club at the end of his contract in summer 2017.[15]

Stade Laval

In August 2017, free agent Bosetti joined third-tier side Laval on a one-year contract with the option of another year in case of promotion to Ligue 2.[15]

Oklahoma City Energy

On 24 January 2019, Bosetti moved to the United States when he joined second-tier USL Championship side Oklahoma City Energy.[16]

El Paso Locomotive

On 15 August 2019, Bosetti was traded to El Paso Locomotive in exchange for Derek Gebhard.[17]

International career

On 13 July 2013, 15 years and one day after the victory of France at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Bosetti won the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup with the France U-20 team. The final in Istanbul against Uruguay was decided in a penally shootout with France winning 4–1.[18]

Career statistics

Club
As of 2 July 2016.[19][20]
Club Season League Cup[nb 1] Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
OGC Nice 2011–12 1000——10
2012–13 2703200—302
2013–14 2055120—276
2014–15 2752100–296
2016–17 001011–21
Nice II 2012–13 3100——31
2013–14 210000—21
2014–15 110000—11
2016–17 21100000–2110
Tours FC (loan) 2015–16 915100–142
Sarpsborg 08 FF (loan) 2016 201100–31
Career total 11324176310013331
  1. Includes Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue, Trophée des champions

Honours

Club
Nice

Country
France

References
  1. "Alexy Bosetti, Niçois parmi les Niçois". OGC Nice (in French). 6 January 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-09-06. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  2. "Bosetti, l'Aigle a encore frappé". Sport24 (in French). 29 April 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  3. "Lyon v. Nice Match Report". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 20 May 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  4. "Nice edge seven-goal thriller". Sky Sports. 6 April 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  5. "DIAPO. Nice inaugure l'Allianz Riviera par un festival contre Valenciennes (4-0)". Nice-Matin (in French). 22 September 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  6. "ET BOSETTI SURGIT..." Nice-Matin (in French). 13 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  7. "Mercato: Alexy Bosetti au Tours FC". FC Tours (in French). 15 July 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-04-26. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  8. "Match amical Tours FC - Niort: 1-1". FC Tours (in French). 24 July 2015. Archived from the original on 28 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  9. "Ligue 2 (Week 4) : Tours beats Auxerre 3-1". athlet.org/football/ligue-2. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  10. "Alexy Bosetti prêté à Sarpsborg 08 (off.)". L'Equipe (in French). 25 January 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  11. "Ås - Sarpsborg 08 0 - 5 (0 - 3)". nifs.no (in Norwegian). 13 April 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  12. Kulawik, François (26 April 2016). "Nice: Bosetti quitte la Norvège" [Nice: Boleti leaves Norway]. Europe 1 Sports (in French). Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  13. "A SUPERB ENDING". Europe 1 Sports. 8 December 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  14. Hill, Fabien (26 May 2017). "BOSETTI : " JE NE GARDERAI QUE LE MEILLEUR "". ogcnice.com (in French). Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  15. "Alexy Bosetti rebondit en National, à Laval". L'Équipe (in French). 22 August 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  16. https://www.energyfc.com/news_article/show/988278
  17. https://www.uslchampionship.com/news_article/show/1041863
  18. "France triumph after shootout drama". FIFA. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  19. "A. Bosetti". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  20. "NIFS - Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk". Norsk Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 July 2016.
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