Alessandro Noselli (born 1 September 1980) is an Italian footballer who plays as a

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Club career

Early career

Born in

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, Friuli, Noselli started his career at hometown club

Udinese Calcio Udinese Calcio, commonly referred to as Udinese, is a professional Football in Italy, Italian association football, football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, that currently plays in Serie A. It was founded on 30 November 1896 as a ...

. Noselli graduated from the Primavera under-20 reserve team in 2000. That transfer window he left for Castel di Sangro of

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. In mid-2001 he left for

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, but Noselli failed to play any games.

South Tyrol

In October 2001 Noselli went down to

Serie C2 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consisted of 36 teams, but in the 2011–12 season, there were 41 teams divided geographically into two divisions of 2 ...

club

South Tyrol it, Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano – Alto Adige lld, Provinzia Autonoma de Balsan/Bulsan – Südtirol , settlement_type = Autonomous province , image_skyline = , image_alt ...

. Noselli scored a double figure of 10 goals, the first time in his career. In

Bolzano Bolzano ( or ; german: Bozen, (formerly ); bar, Bozn; lld, Balsan or ) is the capital city of the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy. With a population of 108,245, Bolzano is also by far the largest city in South Tyrol and the third la ...

, he partnered with another Udine youth product

Simone Motta Simone Motta (born 26 August 1977) is an Italian football coach and a former player who is the manager of the Under-19 squad of Pordenone. Motta spent most of his career in Italian lower divisions, scored 85 goals in Lega Pro Prima Divisione; 3 ...

. Udinese turned the deal to co-ownership on 30 August 2002. On that day Udinese bought back Noselli from South Tyrol and re-sold him to South Tyrol, and made South Tyrol the "active" stakeholder and Udinese the "passive" one.

Triestina

In June 2003 the co-ownership deal was renewed, and Udinese farmed Noselli to

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club

Triestina Unione Sportiva Triestina Calcio 1918, commonly referred to as Triestina, is an Italian football club based in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Originally founded in 1918, the club has been re-established several times in its history. As of the ...

in July 2003. The club was located in

Trieste Trieste ( , ; sl, Trst ; german: Triest ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital city, and largest city, of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, one of two autonomous regions which are not subdivided into provi ...

, the capital of

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, where city of

is also located. Noselli picked no.32 as shirt number. However Noselli failed to enter the starting XI and scored once. Both South Tyrol and Udinese failed to agree on a price before the deadline on 23 June, thus they had to submit a bid to

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in a sealed envelope. On the next day the league committee announced that South Tyrol outbid Udinese. However the tiny Serie C2 club sold Noselli to

Mantova Mantua ( ; it, Mantova ; Lombard and la, Mantua) is a city and ''comune'' in Lombardy, Italy, and capital of the province of the same name. In 2016, Mantua was designated as the Italian Capital of Culture. In 2017, it was named as the Europ ...

, the champion of Serie C2 Group A.

Mantova

Noselli joined

in mid-2004. Noselli had yet to score regularly since leaving the fourth division. In

2004–05 Serie C1 The 2004–05 Serie C1 was the twenty-seventh edition of Serie C1, the third highest league in the Italian football league system. Overview Serie C1/A It was contested by 19 teams, and U.S. Cremonese won the championship. It was decided that U. ...

, Noselli only scored once. Mantua was promoted as the promotion playoffs winner. However Noselli, scored 8 goals in

2005–06 Serie B The 2005–06 Serie B is the 74th season since its establishment in 1929. It is the second highest football league in Italy. Teams Cremonese, Rimini, Mantova and Avellino had been promoted from Serie C, while Bologna, Brescia and Atalanta ha ...

, with only 18 starts. Noselli spent almost half his appearances as substitute and as starter. Noselli also started in 3 out of 4 games of the promotion playoffs, losing to

Torino Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. T ...

. Noselli became more important in the next season, with 28 starts and 7 goals. However, in the last season in

2007–08 Serie B The 2007–08 Serie B regular season is the seventy-sixth since its establishment. It started on August 25, 2007, and ended with the promotion playoff final on June 15, 2008. At the end of the year, three teams were promoted to Serie A, the fir ...

, Noselli made 11 starts in 22 appearances. He also only scored twice. Noselli wore the no.32 shirt in his 3 seasons in second division.

Sassuolo

Noselli joined second division newcomer

Sassuolo Sassuolo (; egl, label=Modenese dialect, Modenese, Sasól ) is an Italian town, ''comune'', and industrial centre of the Province of Modena in Emilia-Romagna. Standing on the right bank of the river Secchia some southwest of Modena, the town ...

in August 2008 for an undisclosed fee, wearing no.18. Noselli also re-joined former team-mate Nicola Donazzan. Noselli scored an impressive 16 Serie B goals, his career high. His attacking partners,

Riccardo Zampagna Riccardo Zampagna (born 15 November 1974) is an Italian former footballer who played as a striker. Playing career After spending most of his career in the lower leagues ( Serie C1, Serie C2 and D, from 2000 in the second tier), Zampagna final ...

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, and Horacio Erpen, scored 11 goals, 4 goals and 3 goals respectively. Noselli also made Sanmarinese international

Andy Selva Andy Selva (born 23 May 1976) is a Sammarinese former footballer and current manager of Tre Fiori. During his playing career he played as a forward and captained the San Marino national team, finishing his career as their record goal scorer ...

his backup. Coach

Stefano Pioli Stefano Pioli (; born 20 October 1965) is an Italian football manager and a former footballer who played as a defender. He is the head coach at Serie A club AC Milan, whom he led to the Serie A title in 2022. Playing career Pioli, a native of ...

used either 4–3–3 formation or 4–3–1–2 formation in

2009–10 Serie B The 2009–10 Serie B season is the seventy-eighth edition since its establishment in 1929. Serie B is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega ...

. Noselli was the team top-scorer again with 18 goals. In the playoffs Noselli lost to Torino again. Coach used Quadrini – Martinetti – Noselli (Zampagna) in the formation against Turin. Noselli lost his starting place in

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. Neither Masucci nor Noselli was the favourite of the coach. Noselli only made 14 starts in the half-season.

Daniele Arrigoni Daniele Arrigoni (born 28 August 1959) is an Italian football manager and former player, who played as a defender. Playing career Arrigoni was born in Cesena. A defender, made fifteen Serie A appearances in his first professional playing se ...

(and later

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) used Martinetti and Quadrini as the starting forwards, plus Masucci and Noselli competed in the last place. In January 2011 Masucci left the club and Noselli did not play any more games for the club, (due to injury), instead Salvatore Bruno entered the starting XI. Under care-taker

Paolo Mandelli Paolo Mandelli (born 4 December 1967 in Milan) is an Italian football coach and former player. After retiring as a player, he coached youth teams at clubs including Sassuolo. Club career Originally a forward from the Inter youth system, Mandelli ...

, the coach used 4–4–2 formation, with

Andrea Catellani Andrea Catellani (born May 26, 1988) is a former Italian football player, who played as a forward. Club career Catania Catellani began his career in the youth ranks of Reggiana, before being signed in a co-ownership deal with Catania in June 2 ...

as right winger. Noselli did not enter the starting XI either under new coach

Fulvio Pea Fulvio Pea (born 10 February 1967) is an Italian football coach. Career Coaching The first experiences Pea has no playing experience whatsoever, as he entered directly into coaching in 1989 as youth coach of Fanfulla, when aged 22. He then to ...

. Pea used 3–5–2 formation. Noselli was also injured in November.

New York Cosmos

Noselli signed with NASL club New York Cosmos on 17 July 2013.

International career

Noselli represented Italy internationally at the youth level. He was capped for the Italy U-16 team in friendlies to prepare for the team's 1997 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship qualification campaign. However Noselli failed to play in the qualifier.

Honours

Club

;New York Cosmos * NASL 2013 Fall Champions * NASL

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References

External links

Football.it Profile

Lega Serie B Profile

FIGC
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