Antonio Santurro Bueno (born 29 February 1992) is a professional
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
who plays as a
goalkeeper. Born in Italy, he plays for the
Dominican Republic national team.
Club career
Born in Parma, Emilia-Romagna region to a father from
Frosinone and a Dominican mother,
Campionato Nazionale Primavera
The Campionato Nazionale Primavera – Trofeo Giacinto Facchetti, was an Italian football youth competition. It is organised by the Lega Serie A and the participating teams that take part in Serie A and Serie B: the first edition was held in th ...
(Italian under-20 league) from 2009 to 2011 for Parma's reserves. In 2011 he was transferred to Serie D club Bagnolese
The Bagnolese is a breed of sheep from the area surrounding Bagnoli Irpino in the province of Avellino, in Campania in southern Italy. It takes its name from that of the town. It is raised principally in Irpinia, in the Monti Picentini, in the ...
.Lega Pro Seconda Divisione
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 Renate on loan. In 2013 the contract was extended. In 2014 he left for Lega Pro club Savoia. Circa January 2015 he was loaned to Juve Stabia
Società Sportiva Juve Stabia is an Italian football club based in Castellammare di Stabia, Campania.
Juve Stabia currently plays in Serie C, the third tier of Italian football system.
History
The football in Castellammare di Stabia
From St ...
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In 2015 he was signed by Melfi
Melfi (Neapolitan language, Lucano: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Vulture area of the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. Geographically, it is midway between Naples and Bari. In 2015 it had a population of 17,7 ...
. In 2016 he left for another third-tier club Siracusa. The club entered the promotion play-off in 2017, losing to Casertana in the first stage. He was the starting keeper of the team, only missing once due to suspension.
On 11 July 2017, Santurro was signed by Serie A club Bologna. He was recommended by Luca Bucci
Luca Bucci (; born 13 March 1969) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a football goalkeeper. Bucci played for several Italian clubs throughout his career; he is mostly remembered for his successful spell with Parma, where ...
, goalkeeping coach of Bologna and former coach of Parma youth team. He made his debut for Bologna at home against Roma
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Places Australia
* Roma, Queensland, a town
** Roma Airport
** Roma Courthouse
** Electoral district of Roma, defunct
** Town of Roma, defunct town, now part of the Maranoa Regional Council
*Roma Street, Brisbane, a ...
on 31 March 2018.
On 8 July 2019, Santurro joined to Sambenedettese on loan until 30 June 2020.
On 18 September 2020, he went to Catania
Catania (, , Sicilian and ) is the second largest municipality in Sicily, after Palermo. Despite its reputation as the second city of the island, Catania is the largest Sicilian conurbation, among the largest in Italy, as evidenced also by ...
on loan.
On 3 October 2021. he went to Udinese.
On 1 November 2022, Santurro returned to Parma.
International career
On 20 May 2022, Santurro received his first call up to the Dominican Republic national football team.[ He debuted with the Dominican Republic in a 3–2 CONCACAF Nations League loss to French Guiana on 5 June 2022, coming on as a substitute in the 67th minute.
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Personal life
He has a twin brother Riccardo,[ a former youth footballer of Inter Club Parma][ Due to his Dominican background, his favorite music genres are reggaeton and ]bachata
Bachata may refer to:
* Bachata (music), a genre of Latin American music
**Traditional bachata, a subgenre of bachata music
* Bachata (dance), a dance style from the Dominican Republic
* Bachatón, a hybrid bachata/reggaeton music style
* "Bachata ...
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References
External links
AIC profile (data by football.it)
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1992 births
Living people
Footballers from Parma
Dominican Republic men's footballers
Dominican Republic men's international footballers
Italian men's footballers
Dominican Republic people of Italian descent
Italian people of Dominican Republic descent
Men's association football goalkeepers
Sportspeople of Italian descent
Parma Calcio 1913 players
AC Renate players
US Savoia 1908 players
SS Juve Stabia players
AS Melfi players
Bologna FC 1909 players
US Sambenedettese players
Catania FC players
Udinese Calcio players
Serie A players
Serie C players
Serie D players
Italian twins
Sportspeople of Dominican Republic descent