Andrea Raggi

Andrea Raggi (Italian pronunciation: [anˈdrɛːa ˈraddʒi]; born 24 June 1984) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender. He is a versatile player, being capable of playing both as a centre back and as a right back.

Andrea Raggi
Raggi with Monaco
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-06-24) 24 June 1984
Place of birth La Spezia, Italy
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position(s) 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 171 (8)
National team‡
2007 Italy U21 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 April 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 July 2010

Club career

He 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

On 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
As of match played 16 December 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Carrarese (loan) 2003–04 Serie C 29100——291
Empoli 2004–05 Serie B 9011——101
2005–06 Serie A 24000——240
2006–07 35100——351
2007–08 3312010—361
Total 10123110001053
Palermo 2008–09 Serie A 2010——30
Sampdoria (loan) 2008–09 1303010—170
Bologna (loan) 2009–10 31110——321
Bari (loan) 2010–11 16020——180
Bologna 2011–12 31011——321
Monaco 2012–13 Ligue 2 35430——384
2013–14 Ligue 1 28150——331
2014–15 2704080—390
2015–16 3124191—444
2016–17 14080150—370
2017–18 201602000281
2018–19 60004010110
Total 16183013811023010
Career total 384124134011046616

Honours

Club
Empoli[13]
Monaco[13]

Individual

References
  1. "Ceduto Andrea Raggi". Empoli FC. 28 May 2008. Archived from the original on 1 June 2008. Retrieved 28 May 2008.
  2. "Dichiarazione di Zamparini". US Città di Palermo (in Italian). ilpalermocalcio.it. 2 September 2008. Archived from the original on 29 April 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
  3. "Raggi in perstito a Bologna" (in Italian). U.S. Palermo. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  4. "Movimenti in uscita del Palermo" (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 16 July 2010. Archived from the original on 21 July 2010. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
  5. "Raggi rages at ex-Bari boss". Football-Italia. 14 April 2011. Archived from the original on 29 July 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  6. "Andrea Raggi al Bologna" [Andrea Raggi to Bologna] (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 24 August 2011. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  7. US Città di Palermo SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2012 (in Italian)
  8. "Monaco 3–1 Borussia Dortmund". The Guardian. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  9. "Monaco 3–1 Borussia Dortmund". Goal. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  10. "Monaco, Raggi rinnova fino al 2020: al difensore due milioni a stagione" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  11. "Grazie Andrea !". asmonaco.com/ (in French). AS Monaco FC. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  12. "England U21 3 - 3 Italy U21". Sky Sports. 24 March 2007. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  13. "A. Raggi". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  14. "2012/13 UNFP Awards". French Football Weekly. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
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