Alessandro Confente

Alessandro Confente (born 7 June 1998) is an Italian football player. He plays for Catania on loan from Chievo.

Alessandro Confente
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-06-07) 7 June 1998
Place of birth Soave, Italy
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Catania
Number 32
Youth career
0000–2012 Sambonifacese
2012–2017 Chievo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– Chievo 0 (0)
2018–2019 → Reggina (loan) 31 (0)
2019–2020 → Robur Siena (loan) 27 (0)
2020– → Catania (loan) 4 (0)
National team‡
2016–2017 Italy U-19 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 January 2017

Club career

ChievoVerona

He joined Chievo in 2012 and played for their junior squads, including the Under-19 team.[1] From late on in the 2015–16 season, he also became the second- or third-choice goalkeeper for the senior squad and appeared on the bench in most Serie A games, but did not appear on the field throughout 2016–17 and 2017–18 season, behind the first-choice goalkeepers Albano Bizzarri and then Stefano Sorrentino.[2][3]

Loan to Reggina

On 9 July 2018, Confente joined Serie C club Reggina on a season-long loan.[4] He made his Serie C debut for Reggina on 18 September 2018 in their season opener against Trapani.[5] Four days later, on 22 September, Confente kept his first clean sheet for Reggina in a 1–0 home win over Bisceglie.[6] He continued to hold the starting goalkeeper spot for Reggina early in the season. On 15 October he kept his second clean sheet in another 1–0 home win against Siracusa and, two months later, on 16 December, his third in a 1–0 away win over Casertana.[7][8] Confente helped the club to reach the play-offs, however Reggina loss 4–1 against Catania in the second round.[9] He ended his season-long loan to Reggina with 33 appearances, 11 clean sheets and 35 goals conceded.[10]

Loan to Robur Siena

On 16 July 2019, Confente was loaned to Serie C side Robur Siena on a season-long loan deal.[11] On 4 August he made his debut for the club in a 2–0 home defeat against Mantova in the first round of Coppa Italia.[12] Three weeks later, on 25 August, he made his Serie C debut for Robur Siena, a 2–1 home defeat against Olbia.[13] He became Robur Siena's first-choice early in the season. On 15 September, Confente kept his first clean sheet for the club in a 2–0 away win over Lecco.[14] One month later, on 25 September, he kept his second clean sheet in a 2–0 away win over Monza and two more weeks later his third in a 1–0 away won over AlbinoLeffe.[15][16] Confente ended ended his loan to Robur Siena with 29 appearances, 33 goals conceded and 8 clean sheet.[10]

Loan to Catania

He appeared as a back up to Andrea Seculin in the first games of the 2020–21 season for Chievo. On 5 October 2020, he joined Catania on loan for the season.[17] On 29 November he made his league debut for the club in a 2–1 away win over Avellino.[18] Three days later he kept his first clean sheet for the club in a 3–0 home win over Bisceglie.[19]

International career

He was called up to the Italy national under-19 football team on two occasions in 2016 and 2017, both time for friendlies.[20]

Career statistics

Club
As of 19 December 2020
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Reggina (loan) 2018–19 Serie C 31 0 0 0 — 2[lower-alpha 1] 0 33 0
Robur Siena (loan) 2019–20 Serie C 27 0 1 0 — 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 29 0
Catania (loan) 2020–21 Serie C 4 0 0 0 — — 4 0
Career total 62 0 1 0 — 3 0 66 0
  1. All appearance(s) in Serie C play-off.

References
  1. "Profile by TuttoCalciatori" (in Italian). TuttoCalciatori. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  2. "Atalanta - Chievo game report". ESPN. 24 April 2016.
  3. "Napoli - Chievo game report". Sky Sports. 8 April 2018.
  4. "Confente e Pogliano in prestito dal Chievo Verona" (in Italian). Reggina. 9 July 2018.
  5. "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 18 September 2018.
  6. "Reggina vs. Bisceglie - 22 September 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-10-24.
  7. "Reggina vs. Siracusa - 15 October 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-10-24.
  8. "Casertana vs. Reggina - 16 December 2018 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
  9. "Catania vs. Reggina - 15 May 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  10. "Italy - A. Confente - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
  11. "UFFICIALE - Siena, due volti nuovi dal Chievo: Confente e Andreoli". www.tuttoc.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-07-17.
  12. "Robur Siena vs. Mantova - 4 August 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
  13. "Robur Siena vs. Olbia - 25 August 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  14. "Lecco vs. Robur Siena - 15 September 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
  15. "Monza vs. Robur Siena - 25 September 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  16. "AlbinoLeffe vs. Robur Siena - 6 October 2019 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  17. "Alessandro Confente dall'A.C. ChievoVerona al Catania, a titolo temporaneo" (in Italian). Catania. 5 October 2020.
  18. "Avellino vs. Catania - 29 November 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  19. "Catania vs. Bisceglie - 2 December 2020 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  20. "National team player profile" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
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