Alessandro Busti

Alessandro Busti
Personal information
Full name Alessandro Carlo Matthew Busti[1]
Date of birth (2000-06-30) June 30, 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 ASD Valdruento
Youth career
2009–2010 Lascaris
2010–2018 Juventus
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Juventus U23 1 (0)
2019–2020 Belluno 15 (0)
2020–2021 Vado
2021–2023 ASD Valdruento
2023– Rivarolese
International career‡
2018 Canada U20 3 (0)
2018 Canada U21 1 (0)
2018 Canada 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of February 4, 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of November 18, 2018

Alessandro Carlo Matthew Busti (born June 30, 2000) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper in Italy for ASD Valdruento.

Early life

Busti was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to Italian parents and raised in Turin, Italy.[2] Busti grew up playing soccer and tennis. At age 9, he played started to play soccer for Lascaris. When Busti was 10, he joined Juventus.

Club career

Early career

Busti began his playing career with Lascaris at the age of nine, and joined Serie A club Juventus a year later.[3] On December 5, 2017, Busti made his European debut in a 2–0 defeat to Olympiacos in the UEFA Youth League.[4] In August 2018, Busti was named to the Juventus U23 squad for their inaugural season in Serie C.[5] Busti made his debut for Juventus U23 in a Serie C match against A.C. Gozzano on April 18, 2019, coming on as an 89th minute substitute for Mattia Del Favero.[6]

In August 2019, he went on trial with Toronto FC II playing in an exhibition match against the Saskatchewan Selects.[7][8]

Belluno

On September 10, 2019, he signed with Serie D club Belluno.[9]

FC Vado

In December 2020, Busti would sign with Serie D club Vado.[10]

ASD Valdruento

In 2021, he joined ASD Valdruento in the sixth tier Promozione.[11]

Rivarolese 1906

In July 2023 Alessandro Busti signed with Promozione side Rivarolese.[12]

International career

Youth

In May 2018, Busti was called up to the Canadian U21 national team for the 2018 Toulon Tournament.[13] He acted as back-up to James Pantemis in the opening game of the tournament, and made his youth debut in a 1–0 victory against Turkey U20s on May 31, 2018.[14][15] Busti was an unused substitute in the final group game as Canada finished second and failed to progress to the knockout rounds.[16] The team would finish sixth overall after a loss to France in the fifth place playoff.[17]

Busti was named to the Canada u20 team for the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship on October 24, 2018,[18] a week after making his debut for the senior team.

Senior

In August 2018, Busti was named in the Canada national team for the first time to face the US Virgin Islands in CONCACAF Nations League qualifying the following month.[19] Busti would be an unused substitute in an 8–0 victory. In October 2018, Busti was again named to the roster for the Nations League qualifying game against Dominica.[20] He would make his senior national team debut in this game, recording a clean sheet in a 5–0 victory.[21]

Career Statistics

Club

[22]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Juventus U23 2018–19 Serie C 1 0 — 1 0
Belluno 2019–20 Serie D 12 0 12+ 0+
Vado 2020–21 Serie D
Valdruento 2021–22 Promozione
Career total 13+ 0+ 0+ 0+ 13+ 0+

International

As of November 18, 2018[3]
Canada National Team
Year Apps Goals
2018 1 0
Total 1 0

References

  1. ^ "40-Player National Team Roster: 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup: Canada" (PDF). CONCACAF. p. 2. Retrieved May 20, 2019 – via Bernews.
  2. ^ Molinaro, John (October 12, 2018). "Why Juventus prospect Alessandro Busti chose to play for Canada". Sportsnet. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Alessandro Busti Canada profile". Canadian Soccer Association. August 30, 2018. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  4. ^ "Alessandro Busti". UEFA.com. UEFA. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  5. ^ "Juventus U23". Juventus. Archived from the original on November 11, 2018. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  6. ^ "Esordio Busti: il portiere canadese debutta tra i professionisti" [Busti debut: the Canadian goalkeeper makes his debut among the professionals]. Juventus News 24 (in Italian). April 18, 2019. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  7. ^ Jacques, John (August 11, 2019). "Is Alessandro Busti With Toronto FC?". Northern Tribune.
  8. ^ Jacques, John (August 12, 2019). "SK Summer Soccer Series Finishes On A High Note For Football In Saskatchewan". Northern Tribune.
  9. ^ "Ufficiale:Alessandro Busti e Raffaele Vuolo sono due Nuovi Giocatori Dell'A,C, Belluno 1905" [Official:Alessandro Busti and Raffaele Vuolo are Two New Players of A.C. Belluno 1905] (Press release) (in Italian). Belluno. September 10, 2019. Archived from the original on August 14, 2020.
  10. ^ "Alessandro Busti e Stefano D'Agostino approdano in rossoblù" [Football: Alessandro Busti and Stefano D'Agostino arrive at Vado]. F.C. Vado (in Italian). December 15, 2020.
  11. ^ "Valdruento: Ufficializzato un nuovo arrivo nella rosa di mister Rosario Ligato" [Valdruento: A new arrival in the squad of Mr. Rosario Ligato has been made official]. Tuttocampo (in Italian). June 13, 2021.
  12. ^ "RIVAROLO CANAVESE: La Rivarolese Calcio riparte affidandosi a Giancarlo Cavaliere" [RIVAROLO CANAVESE: Rivarolese Calcio restarts by relying on Giancarlo Cavaliere]. Davide Gotta (in Italian). July 6, 2023.
  13. ^ "Festival International Espoirs Provence". www.canadasoccer.com. Canadian Soccer Association. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  14. ^ "Portugal U19 0–0 Canada U21". Festival Foot Espoirs (in French). Toulon Tournament. May 28, 2018. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  15. ^ "Canada U23 1–0 Turkey U20". Festival Foot Espoirs (in French). Toulon Tournament. May 31, 2018. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  16. ^ "Japan U21 1–1 Canada U23". Festival Foot Espoirs. Toulon Tournament. June 3, 2018. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  17. ^ "Canada finishes 6th in first appearance at Toulon tournament". Sportsnet. June 7, 2018. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  18. ^ "Canada announces squad for the Concacaf Men's Under-20 Championship". Canadian Soccer Association. October 24, 2018. Archived from the original on May 2, 2019. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  19. ^ Arnold, Jon (September 4, 2018). "Watch out Mexico & USMNT! Davies, David lead a new generation of Canada stars set to take Concacaf by storm". Goal. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  20. ^ "Ballou Tabla to make debut for Canada men's soccer team against Dominica". The Globe and Mail. October 2, 2018. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  21. ^ Molinaro, John (October 16, 2018). "Canada cruises over lowly Dominica in Concacaf Nations League qualifying". Sportsnet. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  22. ^ Alessandro Busti at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)