Andrea Pastore (born 14 June 1994) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Miami United FC in the National Premier Soccer League.

Career

Pastore played for

Bari Bari ( , ; nap, label= Barese, Bare ; lat, Barium) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, southern Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy a ...

until the age of 17, then moved to

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club Robur Siena in order to play the Campionato Primavera 1. He signed his first contract and was loaned to

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team

U.S. Borgo a Buggiano 1920 Unione Sportiva Borgo a Buggiano 1920 is an Italian football club based in Borgo a Buggiano, a ''frazione'' of Buggiano, Tuscany. History The club was founded in 1920. Borgo a Buggiano won group D of the 2010-11 Serie D season and was pro ...

, where he made 29 appearances and scored 1 goal. He made his Serie C debut for Pontedera on 1 September 2013 in a game against Grosseto, collecting 25 appearances and scoring 2 goals. After two consecutive seasons of high quality performances, he was bought by Serie B team Trapani Calcio signing a 2-year contract. He will make his debut with

Serse Cosmi Serse Cosmi (born 5 May 1958) is an Italian football coach, most recently in charge of Rijeka. Career Early career Cosmi was born in 1958 in Ponte San Giovanni, a Perugia ''frazione''. His father, a cycling fan, called him Serse after Faust ...

as head-coach during an away match against

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. On 7 August 2018, he signed a two-year contract with Serie C] club Virtus Francavilla Calcio, Virtus Francavilla, where he collected 33 appearances and managed to score up to 5 goals and 5 assists under the management of head-coach

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, helping his team reach the historical Lega Pro 2016-2017 Promotion Playoffs milestone. In July 2017 he signed a three-year contract with U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912, where he participated in winning the

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. He later joined Akragas Calcio for a five-month loan, collecting 14 appearances and scoring a goal. In August 2018 he returned to Virtus Francavilla, where he played 25 games, scoring one goal. Ending his contract later that year, he was called to train with one of the biggest teams in Morocco, Wydad AC, close to signing a multi-year deal before the

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final against Espérance Sportive de Tunis. On 20 September 2019, he joined Lecco under the supervision of coach

Gaetano D'Agostino Gaetano D'Agostino (; born 3 June 1982) is an Italian former professional football midfielder and current coach. Usually a playmaker, D'Agostino is best known for his incisive passing. Club career Early career D'Agostino was brought up in the P ...

. In November 2021, he moved to National Premier Soccer League team Miami United FC. During an international friendly match against Liga Mexicana de Futbol Champions C.F. Pachuca, he scored a brace for the 3–0 win.

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* Living people 1994 births Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Bari Italian men's footballers Footballers from Apulia Men's association football defenders Serie B players Serie C players ACR Siena 1904 players US Città di Pontedera players SSD FC Trapani 1905 players Forlì FC players US Alessandria Calcio 1912 players ASD Akragas 2018 players Virtus Francavilla Calcio players Calcio Lecco 1912 players {{Italy-footy-defender-1990s-stub