Alessandro Carlo Matthew Busti (born June 30, 2000) is a Canadian

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who plays as a

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in Italy for ASD Valdruento.

Early life

Busti was born in

Toronto, Ontario Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...

, Canada to Italian parents and raised in

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, Italy. Busti grew up playing soccer and tennis. At age 9, he played started to play soccer for

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. When Busti was 10, he joined

Juventus Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football leagu ...

Club career

Busti began his playing career with

at the age of nine, and joined

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club

a year later. On December 5, 2017, Busti made his European debut in a 2–0 defeat to

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

in the

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. In August 2018, Busti was named to the Juventus U23 squad for their inaugural season in Serie C. Busti made his debut for Juventus U23 in a Serie C match against

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on April 18, 2019, coming on as an 89th minute substitute for

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. In August 2019, he went on trial with

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playing in an exhibition match against the

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. On September 10, 2019, he signed with

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club

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. In December 2020, Busti would sign with Serie D club Vado. In 2021, he joined ASD Valdruento in the sixth tier

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International career

Youth

In May 2018, Busti was called up to the Canadian U21 national team for the

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. He acted as back-up to

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in the opening game of the tournament, and made his youth debut in a 1–0 victory against Turkey U20s on May 31, 2018. Busti was an unused substitute in the final group game as Canada finished second and failed to progress to the knockout rounds. The team would finish sixth overall after a loss to

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in the fifth place playoff. Busti was named to the Canada u20 team for the

2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship The 2018 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship was the 6th edition of the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship (27th edition if all eras included), the men's under-20 international football tournament organized by CONCACAF. It was hosted at Bradenton, Florida, ...

on October 24, 2018, a week after making his debut for the senior team.

Senior

In August 2018, Busti was named in the Canada national team for the first time to face the

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in CONCACAF Nations League qualifying the following month. Busti would be an unused substitute in an 8–0 victory. In October 2018, Busti was again named to the roster for the Nations League qualifying game against

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. He would make his senior national team debut in this game, recording a clean sheet in a 5–0 victory.

Career Statistics

Club

International

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Busti, Alessandro 2000 births Living people Soccer players from Toronto Canadian soccer players Association football goalkeepers Canada men's youth international soccer players Canada men's international soccer players Canadian sportspeople of Italian descent Juventus Next Gen players Juventus F.C. players A.C. Belluno 1905 players F.C. Vado players Serie C players Serie D players Promozione players Canadian expatriate soccer players Expatriate footballers in Italy Footballers from Turin Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Italy