Andrea Raggi
Raggi playing for Monaco in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-06-24) 24 June 1984
Place of birth La Spezia, Italy
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
2002–2003 Empoli
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2008 Empoli 101 (2)
2003–2004 → Carrarese (loan) 29 (1)
2008–2011 Palermo 2 (0)
2009 → Sampdoria (loan) 13 (0)
2009–2010 → Bologna (loan) 31 (1)
2010–2011 → Bari (loan) 16 (0)
2011–2012 Bologna 31 (0)
2012–2019 Monaco 161 (8)
Total 374 (12)
International career
2007 Italy U21 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrea Raggi (Italian pronunciation: [anˈdrɛːa ˈraddʒi]; born 24 June 1984) is an Italian retired professional footballer who played as a defender. He was a versatile player, being capable of playing both as a centre back and as a right back.

Club career

Raggi started his footballing career with Empoli, where he spent a total of four seasons with the first team.

Palermo

On 28 May 2008, Empoli announced his sale to Palermo for €7 million[1] on a four-year contract.[2]

His failure to break into the first team led Palermo to send Raggi out on loan to a number of teams. In January 2009 he joined Sampdoria, then moving again to spend the whole of the 2009–10 season with Bologna.[3]

Bari loan

In July 2010, he was loaned out for a third consecutive time, joining Bari.[4] He was out-favoured by Giampiero Ventura in mid-season, who originally expected Raggi to play as a centre-back. Instead, Raggi was the starting right-back as Andrea Masiello, originally a right-back, remained as a temporary centre-back which Masiello already played since January 2010. He also played as a left-back to replace Alessandro Parisi against Roma on 12 December. After the closure of the winter transfer window, Parisi and Masiello re-took the full-backs position, after the signing of centre-back Kamil Glik. Raggi blamed Ventura for playing so few games.[5]

The following August, he permanently moved to Bologna, for €200,000.[6][7]

Monaco

In July 2012, Raggi moved to Monaco, and later signed a three-year contract with the team. On 19 April 2017, after defeating Borussia Dortmund 6–3 on aggregate,[8] AS Monaco reached the semi–finals of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League.[9] Later that year, Raggi won the 2016–17 Ligue 1 title with the club. In September 2017, he signed a two-year contract extension on a €2 million annual salary, which would keep him at the club until June 2019,[10] with AS Monaco confirming Raggi's departure on 28 June 2019[11]

International career

On 24 March 2007, Raggi made his International debut for the Italy U-21 side against the England U21 team in a 3–3 draw at the new Wembley Stadium.[12]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Carrarese (loan) 2003–04 Serie C 29100——291
Empoli 2004–05 Serie B 9011——101
2005–06 Serie A 24000——240
2006–07 35100——351
2007–08 3312010—361
Total 10123110001053
Palermo 2008–09 Serie A 2010——30
Sampdoria (loan) 2008–09 Serie A 1303010—170
Bologna (loan) 2009–10 Serie A 31110——321
Bari (loan) 2010–11 Serie A 16020——180
Bologna 2011–12 Serie A 31011——321
Monaco 2012–13 Ligue 2 35430——384
2013–14 Ligue 1 28150——331
2014–15 2704080—390
2015–16 3124191—444
2016–17 14080150—370
2017–18 201602000281
2018–19 60004010110
Total 16183013811023010
Career total 384124134011046616

Honours

Empoli[13]

Monaco[13]

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Ceduto Andrea Raggi". Empoli FC. 28 May 2008. Archived from the original on 1 June 2008. Retrieved 28 May 2008.
  2. ↑ "Dichiarazione di Zamparini". US Città di Palermo (in Italian). ilpalermocalcio.it. 2 September 2008. Archived from the original on 29 April 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
  3. ↑ "Raggi in perstito a Bologna" (in Italian). U.S. Palermo. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "Movimenti in uscita del Palermo" (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 16 July 2010. Archived from the original on 21 July 2010. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
  5. ↑ "Raggi rages at ex-Bari boss". Football-Italia. 14 April 2011. Archived from the original on 19 April 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  6. ↑ "Andrea Raggi al Bologna" [Andrea Raggi to Bologna] (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 24 August 2011. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  7. ↑ US Città di Palermo SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2012 (in Italian)
  8. ↑ "Monaco 3–1 Borussia Dortmund". The Guardian. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  9. ↑ "Monaco 3–1 Borussia Dortmund". Goal. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  10. ↑ "Monaco, Raggi rinnova fino al 2020: al difensore due milioni a stagione". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 20 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  11. ↑ "Grazie Andrea !". asmonaco.com/ (in French). AS Monaco FC. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  12. ↑ "England U21 3 – 3 Italy U21". Sky Sports. 24 March 2007. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  13. 1 2 "A. Raggi". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  14. ↑ "2012/13 UNFP Awards". French Football Weekly. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
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