Francesco Urso

Francesco Urso (born 9 June 1994) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Catanzaro.

Francesco Urso
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-06-09) 9 June 1994
Place of birth Fano, Italy
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Catanzaro
Number 8
Youth career
Cesena
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Cesena 1 (0)
2012–2013 → Fano (loan) 27 (2)
2013–2014 → Santarcangelo (loan) 27 (3)
2014–2017 Vicenza 50 (1)
2015 → Prato (loan) 17 (2)
2017–2018 Matera 20 (1)
2019 Virtus Entella 6 (0)
2019– Catanzaro 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:13, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

Career

Born in Fano, Marche region, Urso started his career at Romagna club Cesena. He was a player in the under-17 youth team in 2010–11 season.[1] Urso was promoted to reserve team in 2011–12, which he received first team call-up on 10 March 2012.[2] Urso played a friendly match for the first team on 4 April.;[3] he made his competitive debut in the round 36 (in total 38 rounds) of 2011–12 Serie A, as the half-time substitute of Tommaso Arrigoni.[4] Both players made their unofficial Italy U18 debut on 9 May, against the reserve team of A.S. Livorno Calcio.[5]

On 24 June 2013 Urso was signed by Santarcangelo along with Marco Mariani.[6] Santarcangelo qualified to 2014–15 Serie C as the 5th of Group B of 2013–14 Serie C2.

On 27 June 2014, few days before the closure of 2013–14 financial year, Urso was sold to another third level club Vicenza, with Salvatore Maiorana moved to the Serie A newcomer. Both players were tagged for €2 million transfer fee; Urso signed a 5-yar contract.[7] In January 2015 joined on loan club Prato[8]

On 26 February 2019, he signed with Serie C club Virtus Entella.[9]

On 26 June 2019, Urso signed to Catanzaro until 30 June 2021.[10]

References
  1. "Comunicato Ufficiale N°15 (2010–11)" (PDF). Settore Giovanile Scolastico [SGS] (in Italian). Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio [FIGC]. 26 October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  2. "Cesena-Siena: sono 20 i convocati" (in Italian). AC Cesena. 10 March 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  3. "Cesena - Sanfrecce Hiroshima F.C. : 6-0" (in Italian). AC Cesena. 4 April 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  4. "Cesena - Udinese 0-1" (in Italian). AC Cesena. 2 May 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  5. "Un pareggio con il Livorno Primavera (3-3) chiude lo stage a Coverciano" (in Italian). FIGC. 9 May 2012. Archived from the original on 5 August 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  6. "Report raduno Santarcangelo Calcio" (in Italian). Santarcangelo Calcio. 24 June 2013. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  7. Vicenza Calcio S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2014, PDF purchased from CCIAA (in Italian)
  8. "Francesco Urso in biancorosso. Salvatore Maiorana al Cesena (Francesco Urso in "white-red"; Salvatore Maiorana to Cesena)" (in Italian). Vicenza Calcio. 27 June 2014. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  9. "UFFICIALE: Francesco Urso è un nuovo giocatore dell'Entella" (in Italian). Virtus Entella. 26 February 2019.
  10. "UFFICIALE: Catanzaro, preso Urso dalla Virtus Entella". Retrieved 26 June 2019.
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