Andy Selva (born 23 May 1976) is a Sammarinese former

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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.

Club career

He began his career in 1994–95, playing in the

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with A.S. Latina, in which he scored five goals in 26 appearances. The following season, he produced 10 goals in 31 appearances in

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, before moving to

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( Serie C2), where he remained until March 1998, he played 32 games with only one goal. In 1999, Selva played with another Serie C2 club,

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, making 40 appearances, scoring six goals. Selva went back to the

with Tivoli in 1999, which he scored 15 goals in 21 matches, while for the following season, he moved to

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, where he scored four goals in 26 appearances. In the 2001–02 season playing in three different teams, he collected three appearances with San Marino, then five with Maceratese in

, scoring a goal, and thus finishing the season in

, with

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(15 appearances and two goals). He scored 21 goals in 30 games for Bellaria in the following season. In the summer of 2003, he transferred to

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where, in two seasons in Serie C1 he plays 51 games scoring 22 goals. In 2005–06, he moved to

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( Serie C1), who sold him to

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after only scoring two goals in 20 games. With

, he played two years in Serie C1 and played an important part in the historic breakthrough with a

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promotion, contributing decisively with 11 goals in and became the top scorer in Group A. In mid-2009, he left for

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but was released after Verona were promoted to

. In July 2011, he trained with Santarcangelo. He announced his retirement as a player in July 2018.

International career

Selva was born in

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to an Italian father from

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and a Sammarinese mother, which made him eligible to represent

and he chose for the latter. He made his international debut on 9 September 1997 against Turkey U-21, and scored one goal for his team in 1–4 loss. As one of the few professional practitioners of the sport in the country, he is hailed one of the greatest players in the history of the San Marino national side. He appeared 74 times for the national team and scored eight goals, making him the leading goalscorer in the history of the team. Until 2012, he was the only player to score more than one goal for San Marino. On 28 April 2004, Selva became the first player ever to score a winning goal for San Marino when he netted the only goal in a 1–0 friendly win over

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, which is the only win that San Marino have recorded to date, as well as one of four official matches where San Marino have kept a clean sheet.

Managerial career

After his retirement, he was announced as the head coach of

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. In February 2020, he was appointed as manager of Campionato Sammarinese side Pennarossa. On 13 June 2022, he was appointed as head coach of Sanmarinese team Tre Fiori. On 7 July 2022, he led the team to their first ever away win in a European competition (and the first of any Sanmarinese team), with a 1–0 win over

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ish team Fola Esch. A week later, Tre Fiori beat Fola Esch 3–1 in the return leg, resulting in them qualifying for the 2nd qualifying round of the

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for the first time, and advancing in a European competition for only the second time ever.

Career statistics

Club

International

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References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Selva, Andy 1976 births Living people Footballers from Rome Sammarinese footballers San Marino international footballers Italian footballers Sammarinese people of Italian descent Italian people of Sammarinese descent Association football forwards Serie C players Serie B players U.S. Catanzaro 1929 players A.S.D. Victor San Marino players F.C. Grosseto S.S.D. players A.C. Bellaria Igea Marina players S.P.A.L. players Calcio Padova players U.S. Sassuolo Calcio players Hellas Verona F.C. players Sammarinese expatriate footballers Sammarinese expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate footballers in Italy S.S. Maceratese 1922 players