Riccardo Sottil (born 3 June 1999) is an Italian professional

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who plays as an

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or winger for

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Club career

Fiorentina

Sottil joined Fiorentina youth teams in January 2016. He was first called up to Fiorentina's senior squad late in the 2017–18 season. He made his

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debut for

on 19 September 2018 in a game against

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as an 82nd-minute substitute for

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Pescara (loan)

On 27 January 2019, Sottil joined to

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side

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on loan until 30 June 2019.

Cagliari (loan)

On 10 September 2020, Sottil joined to

side

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on loan until 30 June 2021 with an option to buy.

International career

Sottil was first called up to represent his country in August 2016, for

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friendlies. In October 2017, he made one appearance in the

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. He was not selected for the

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. In 2018, he was included in the Italy U20 squad hat played at the

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. He made his debut with the Italy U21 on 6 September 2019, in a friendly match won 4–0 against

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Personal life

His father

Andrea Sottil Andrea Sottil (born 4 January 1974) is an Italian football coach and former footballer, who played as a defender, currently in charge of Udinese. Player career Sottil started his career with Torino and made his Serie A debut on 6 December 199 ...

is a football coach and a former player who played 14 seasons in the

. In October 2020 he tested positive for

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Career statistics

Honours

Fiorentina *

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runner-up:

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runner-up

References

External links

Profile
at the ACF Fiorentina website * Living people 1999 births Footballers from Bergamo Italian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Italy men's under-21 international footballers Italy men's youth international footballers ACF Fiorentina players Delfino Pescara 1936 players Cagliari Calcio players Serie A players Serie B players {{Italy-footy-forward-1990s-stub