Alessandro Del Grosso (born 27 August 1972) is an Italian

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Football career

Early years

Del Grosso started his career at teams of

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. He followed

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promoted to

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in summer 1996.

Salernitana & Bari

After played 10 matches in Serie C1 1996–97 season, he joined

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of Serie B in November 1996 and followed the team promoted to Serie A in summer 1998. After Salernitana relegated in summer 1999, he joined

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of Serie A on free transfer. After Bari relegated, he rejoined Salernitana in summer 2001, but also at Serie B. He played for Salernitana for a season.

Catania & Napoli

In summer 2002, he joined

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, at that time new promoted to Serie B. He survived in relegation in summer 2003, because that season only one team relegated. He then joined

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in on 31 January 2004. But this time Napoli relegated due to financial reason, despite finished 13th in Serie B.

Lega Pro clubs

He then played for

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(Serie C1A),

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(Serie C1B),

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(Serie C1B). He then shortly back to Serie B for

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on 5 January 2006, but fail to avoid relegation. He then joined Martina (Serie C1B) and then his first club Celano (Serie C2) in January 2007. He survived in relegation playoffs against Pro Vasto.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Del Grosso, Alessandro 1972 births Living people People from Ardea, Lazio Italian men's footballers Serie A players Serie B players US Salernitana 1919 players SSC Bari players Catania FC players SSC Napoli players Pisa SC players SSD Città di Teramo players SS Chieti Calcio players US Catanzaro 1929 players Men's association football defenders ASD Martina Calcio 1947 players Avezzano Calcio players Footballers from the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital