Riccardo Sottil

Riccardo Sottil
Sottil with Pescara in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-06-03) 3 June 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Torino, Italy
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, winger
Team information
Current team
 Fiorentina
Number 7
Youth career
0000–2013 Genoa
2013–2016 Torino
2016–2018 Fiorentina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Fiorentina 91 (5)
2019 → Pescara (loan) 10 (1)
2020–2021 → Cagliari (loan) 21 (2)
International career‡
2016–2017 Italy U18 3 (0)
2017 Italy U19 1 (0)
2018–2019 Italy U20 3 (0)
2019–2021 Italy U21 12 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:20, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 May 2021

Riccardo Sottil (born 3 June 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Fiorentina.

Club career

Fiorentina

Sottil joined Fiorentina youth teams in January 2016.[1] He was first called up to Fiorentina's senior squad late in the 2017–18 season.

He made his Serie A debut for Fiorentina on 19 September 2018 in a game against Sampdoria as an 82nd-minute substitute for Federico Chiesa.[2]

Pescara (loan)

On 27 January 2019, Sottil joined to Serie B side Pescara on loan until 30 June 2019.[3]

Cagliari (loan)

On 10 September 2020, Sottil joined to Serie A side Cagliari on loan until 30 June 2021 with an option to buy.[4]

International career

Sottil was first called up to represent his country in August 2016, for Italy national under-18 football team friendlies.[5]

In October 2017, he made one appearance in the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification.[6] He was not selected for the final tournament.

In 2018, he was included in the Italy U20 squad hat played at the 2018–19 Under 20 Elite League.

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

Personal life

His father Andrea Sottil is a football coach and a former player who played 14 seasons in the Serie A.[7]

Career statistics

As of match played 31 October 2024[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Fiorentina 2018–19 Serie A 2 0 0 0 – – 2 0
2019–20 Serie A 18 0 3 0 – – 21 0
2021–22 Serie A 24 3 5 1 – – 29 4
2022–23 Serie A 18 0 2 0 6[a] 1 – 26 1
2023–24 Serie A 22 2 1 0 11[a] 2 1[b] 0 35 4
2024–25 Serie A 7 0 0 0 4[a] 1 — 11 1
Total 91 5 11 1 21 4 1 0 124 10
Pescara (loan) 2018–19 Serie B 10 1 0 0 – 2[c] 0 12 1
Cagliari (loan) 2020–21 Serie A 21 2 3 2 – – 24 4
Career total 122 8 14 3 21 4 3 0 160 15
  1. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  2. ^ Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
  3. ^ Appearance in Serie B play-offs

Honours

Fiorentina

References

  1. ^ "Profile by TuttoCalciatori" (in Italian). TuttoCalciatori. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 19 September 2018.
  3. ^ "UFFICIALE: Fiorentina, Sottil ceduto in prestito al Pescara fino a giugno" (in Italian). Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  4. ^ "UFFICIALE: Riccardo Sottil è un nuovo giocatore del Cagliari. Arriva dalla Fiorentina".
  5. ^ "Sottil U-18 squad statistics" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Sottil U-19 squad statistics" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Andrea Sottil: "Mio figlio, Cerofolini e Gori pronti per il salto. Spero che Riccardo resti con Pioli"" (in Italian). Fiorentina.It. 6 June 2018.
  8. ^ "Riccardo Sottil".
  9. ^ Porzio, Francesco (24 May 2023). "Inter win Coppa Italia as Lautaro Martinez brace downs Fiorentina, build momentum for Champions League final". CBS Sports. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
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