Francesco Rossi (born 27 April 1991) is an Italian professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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Club career

Rossi began his footballing career with Atalanta, playing in youth categories including Atalanta B.C. Primavera. In June 2009, he was promoted to first team to be a third-choice goalkeeper, and received the 91 jersey. Despite being at the club for over 15 years, Rossi has only made three appearances for the club, all of which were off the bench. In July 2011, Rossi was loaned to

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, for one season, and he made his debut on 7 August, in a

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match against Pro Patria. In the next phase, he stayed as a starter, and his team played against

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, suffering a 1–0 away defeat and eventually knocked out of the Coppa Italia. However, in January 2012, his loan was terminated, and he joined

Cuneo Cuneo (; pms, Coni ; oc, Coni/Couni ; french: Coni ) is a city and ''comune'' in Piedmont, Northern Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the fourth largest of Italy’s provinces by area. It is located at 550 metres (1,804 ft) in ...

for the rest of the season. His loan was renewed for the 2012–13 season as well. Rossi was signed by

Pavia Pavia (, , , ; la, Ticinum; Medieval Latin: ) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy in northern Italy, south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its confluence with the Po. It has a population of c. 73,086. The city was the capit ...

, Lupa Roma,

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and

Teramo Teramo (; nap, label= Abruzzese, Tèreme ) is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Abruzzo, the capital of the province of Teramo. The city, from Rome, is situated between the highest mountains of the Apennines (Gran Sasso d'Italia) ...

in the 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons respectively, all in temporary deals. In January 2017, he returned to his parent club and was assigned to the first team.

Honours

Atalanta *

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: 2023–24

References

External links

Profile
at the Atalanta BC website
FIGC
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rossi, Francesco 1991 births Living people People from Merate Footballers from the Province of Lecco Italian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Italy men's under-21 international footballers Italy men's youth international footballers UEFA Europa League winning players Serie A players Serie C players Atalanta BC players FC Lumezzane players AC Cuneo 1905 players AC Pavia 1911 SSD players AC Prato players SSD Città di Teramo players