Alexy Bosetti

Alexy Bosetti
Personal information
Full name Alexy Bosetti
Date of birth (1993-04-23) 23 April 1993
Place of birth Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
Sarpsborg 08 (on loan from OGC Nice)
Number 85
Youth career
1999–2009 Cavigal Nice Sports
2009–2012 OGC Nice
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012– OGC Nice 75 (10)
2015Tours FC (loan) 4 (1)
2016Sarpsborg 08 (loan) 2 (0)
National team
2012 France U19 6 (3)
2012–2013 France U20 14 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 5, 2016.

† Appearances (goals)

Alexy Bosetti (born April 23, 1993 in Nice) is a French footballer who plays as a striker for Tours FC on loan from OGC Nice.

Biography

Alexy Bosetti was born in 1993 in Nice family of Italian origins. He is the great grandnephew of the composer and pianist Henri Betti and of the opera singer Freda Betti.

Club career

A member of the Populaire Sud since his early years as a native of Vieux-Nice, the young striker was passed by the Cavigal Nice Sports and J.S.O Villefranche-sur-Mer before committing to OGC Nice. An excellent dribbler, Bosetti has since played as either an attacking midfielder or a striker.[1] Bosetti won the 2011–2012 edition of the Coupe Gambardella with U19 team of OGC Nice on 28 April 2012.[2]

He made his professional debut on 20 May 2012 in a league match against Olympique Lyonnais where he appears as a substitute in the 86th minute of play.[3] He scored his first professional goal against Montpellier HSC in the quarter finals of the 19th edition of the Coupe de la Ligue on 28 November 2012.

On April 6, 2013, at Stadium Municipal, he collected the first red card of his career after a tackle on Cheikh M'Bengue of Toulouse FC.

On July 13, 2013, 15 years and one day after the victory of France national football team at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, he won with France national under-20 football team, 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup by defeating Istanbul, Uruguay national under-20 football team.

On 22 September 2013, he became the first native of Nice to score a goal at the Allianz Riviera during the inaugural match against Valenciennes FC.

On 15 July 2015, Bosetti joined FC Tours on loan, without an option to buy.[4] He scored a goal in his first friendly, securing a 1-1 draw against Chamois Niortais F.C. on 24 July 2015.[5]

Career statistics

Club

Club Season League National Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
OGC Nice 2011–12 100010
2012–13 2701121302
2013–14 2055100256
2014–15 2753200307
Tours FC 2015–16 913000121
Sarpsborg 08 FF 2016 20110031
Career total 8611124210010016

Honours

Club

Nice

Country

France

Notes

    References

    1. "Alexy Bosetti, Niçois parmi les Niçois". OGC Nice (in French). 6 January 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
    2. "Bosetti, l’Aigle a encore frappé". Sport24 (in French). 29 April 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
    3. "Lyon v. Nice Match Report". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 20 May 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
    4. "Mercato: Alexy Bosetti au Tours FC". FC Tours (in French). 15 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
    5. "Match amical Tours FC - Niort: 1-1". FC Tours (in French). 24 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.

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