Enrico Alfonso
Encyclopedia
Enrico Alfonso is an Italian football
er who plays for Cremonese
on loan from Internazionale
(co-owned by Chievo
).
at the age of 10.
After that season, Alfonso joined Chievo
's Giovanissimi. He was sent on loan to Pizzighettone
of Serie C1
in summer 2006. He was competing with Alex Cordaz
for first choice until Cordaz ended his loan.
on co-ownership deal, for €1.9 million, signing a five-year deal with the club. He replaced Fabián Carini
, who left for Real Murcia
, as fourth goalkeeper (but in UEFA Champions League
the 4th keeper was Paolo Tornaghi
). He took the 71 shirt, which was previously owned by Cordaz.
On 17 January 2008 Alfonso made his debut against Reggina in the Coppa Italia
, in the match he was forced to make two good saves in the end Inter won 3–0, and 7–1 on aggregate.
In January 2008 Alfonso was loaned out to Venezia until the end of the 2007–08 season.
Alfonso spent the 2008–09 season on loan to Serie B
side Pisa
. After Pisa's relegation to Lega Pro Prima Divisione, and ultimately its financial collapse, Internazionale secured a loan move to Modena
for Alfonso for the 2009-10 Serie B season. In the next season he beceame the starting goalkeeper of Modena, played 31 times.
In July 2011 he was transferred to Cremonese
along with Michele Rigione
and Riccardo Bocalon
.
s, from the under-15 till the under-21. He took part in 2005 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship
(which he was sent off in the third match) and 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship
. He was not played in any match of 2007 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship elite qualification
and rarely selected to U-19 team.
On 5 September 2007, during a Four Nations Tournament
held at Lugano
, Alfonso played the whole match of Italy under-20 national team against Switzerland
. Alfonso managed to hold a clean sheet, as the match ended in a goalless draw.
On 5 October 2007, Pierluigi Casiraghi called up Alfonso, alongside with teammate Francesco Bolzoni
, to form part of the Italy national under-21 football team
. The national side would be involved in the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification
matches against Croatia
and Greece. However he did not play nor on the bench. That season he only managed to play the third and sixth round of the Four Nations Tournament.
He was called up to the 2008 Toulon Tournament
from Italy Olympic
where he played 2 games keeping one clean sheet, during the group stages, after Italy already qualified for the next round with a win. He was not selected to 2008 Olympics
in August. Despite still eligible to 2011 U-21
, he did not received any call-up since May 2008.
Football in Italy
Football is the most popular sport in Italy. The Italian national football team has won the FIFA World Cup 4 times , trailing only Brazil . Italy's club sides have won 27 major European trophies, making them the most successful European nation in the subject of football...
er who plays for Cremonese
U.S. Cremonese
Unione Sportiva Cremonese is an Italian football club, based in Cremona. The club was founded in 1903. Cremonese played the 2005/2006 season in Serie B, having won Serie C1/A the previous season. However, in the 2005/2006 Serie B campaign, Cremonese came out twenty-first, being therefore relegated...
on loan from Internazionale
F.C. Internazionale Milano
Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...
(co-owned by Chievo
A.C. ChievoVerona
Associazione Calcio Chievo Verona is a professional Italian football club named after and based in Chievo, a suburb of 2,800 inhabitants in Verona, Veneto, and owned by Paluani, a cake company and the inspiration for their original name, Paluani Chievo...
).
Early Career
Aged only 6 years old, Alfonso began his playing career with Alte di Montecchio. He spent 4 years with the club, before moving for one season at Montecchio MaggioreMontecchio Maggiore
Montecchio Maggiore is a town and comune in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. It is situated approximately 12 km west of Vicenza and 43 km east of Verona, SP 246 passes through it....
at the age of 10.
After that season, Alfonso joined Chievo
A.C. ChievoVerona
Associazione Calcio Chievo Verona is a professional Italian football club named after and based in Chievo, a suburb of 2,800 inhabitants in Verona, Veneto, and owned by Paluani, a cake company and the inspiration for their original name, Paluani Chievo...
's Giovanissimi. He was sent on loan to Pizzighettone
A.S. Pizzighettone
Associazione Sportiva Pizzighettone is an Italian association football club, based in Pizzighettone, Lombardy. The club was founded in 1919 and up to season 1995-94 took part just to regional amateur championships...
of Serie C1
Serie C1
Lega Pro Prima Divisione is the name of the third highest football league in Italy. It consists of 36 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 18 teams each. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1....
in summer 2006. He was competing with Alex Cordaz
Alex Cordaz
Alex Cordaz is an Italian footballer who plays for Cittadella.-Internazionale:Cordaz started his career at Internazionale...
for first choice until Cordaz ended his loan.
Internazionale
On 27 August 2007, he joined InternazionaleF.C. Internazionale Milano
Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...
on co-ownership deal, for €1.9 million, signing a five-year deal with the club. He replaced Fabián Carini
Fabián Carini
Héctor Fabián Carini Hernández is a Uruguayan football goalkeeper who plays for C.A. Peñarol in the Primera División from Uruguay.- Career :...
, who left for Real Murcia
Real Murcia
Real Murcia Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in the region of Murcia. Founded in 1908, it currently plays in the second division, playing home matches at Estadio Nueva Condomina, which can hold 33,045 spectators....
, as fourth goalkeeper (but in UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
the 4th keeper was Paolo Tornaghi
Paolo Tornaghi
Paolo Tornaghi is an Italian football goalkeeper.-Youth career:Born in Garbagnate Milanese, the Province of Milan, Tornaghi started his career with Internazionale...
). He took the 71 shirt, which was previously owned by Cordaz.
On 17 January 2008 Alfonso made his debut against Reggina in the Coppa Italia
Coppa Italia
The Coppa Italia is an Italian football annual cup competition. Its first edition was held in 1922, but the second champions were not crowned until 1936. Roma and Juventus lead the way with nine wins. Roma has contested more finals, 16, while Torino and Juventus follow with 13...
, in the match he was forced to make two good saves in the end Inter won 3–0, and 7–1 on aggregate.
In January 2008 Alfonso was loaned out to Venezia until the end of the 2007–08 season.
Alfonso spent the 2008–09 season on loan to Serie B
Serie B
Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...
side Pisa
Pisa Calcio
Associazione Calcio Pisa 1909 is an Italian association football club, based in Pisa, Tuscany. The club was founded in 1909 as Pisa Sporting Club and refounded in 1994 as A.C. Pisa , after the cancellation of the old one because of economical troubles...
. After Pisa's relegation to Lega Pro Prima Divisione, and ultimately its financial collapse, Internazionale secured a loan move to Modena
Modena F.C.
Modena Football Club is an Italian football club based in Modena, Emilia-Romagna. The club was formed in 1912 and currently plays in Italian Serie B, after being relegated from a two year period in Serie A in the year 2004. The team's previous stay in Italy's top division ended in 1964. The team...
for Alfonso for the 2009-10 Serie B season. In the next season he beceame the starting goalkeeper of Modena, played 31 times.
In July 2011 he was transferred to Cremonese
U.S. Cremonese
Unione Sportiva Cremonese is an Italian football club, based in Cremona. The club was founded in 1903. Cremonese played the 2005/2006 season in Serie B, having won Serie C1/A the previous season. However, in the 2005/2006 Serie B campaign, Cremonese came out twenty-first, being therefore relegated...
along with Michele Rigione
Michele Rigione
Michele Rigione is an Italian footballer who plays for Cremonese on loan from Internazionale.-Biography:Born in Naples, Campania, Rigione had played for Veneto club Chievo since 2001. In August 2007 he joined Inter's Allievi Nazionali team on loan with option to co-own the player, and made his...
and Riccardo Bocalon
Riccardo Bocalon
Riccardo Bocalon is an Italian footballer who plays for Cremonese on loan from Internazionale.-Biography:Born in Venice, Veneto, Bocalon started his career with Treviso. In January 2008, he was signed by Internazionale along with Jacopo Fortunato in co-ownership deal, but Bocalon was loaned back...
.
International career
Alfonso has always been part of the minor Italy national football teamItaly national football team
The Italy National Football Team , represents Italy in association football and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation , the governing body for football in Italy. Italy is the second most successful national team in the history of the World Cup having won four titles , just one fewer than...
s, from the under-15 till the under-21. He took part in 2005 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship
2005 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship
The 2005 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship was the fourth edition of UEFA's European Under-17 Football Championship. Italy hosted the championship, during May 3-14...
(which he was sent off in the third match) and 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship
2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship
The 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship was held in the cities of Lima, Trujillo, Chiclayo, Piura and Iquitos in Peru between 16 September and 2 October 2005. Players born after 1 January 1988 could participate in this tournament...
. He was not played in any match of 2007 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship elite qualification
2007 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship elite qualification
UEFA U-19 Championship 2007 is the second round of qualification for the final tournament of the 2007 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship. Spain, Italy, and England automatically qualified for this round...
and rarely selected to U-19 team.
On 5 September 2007, during a Four Nations Tournament
Italy/Germany/Switzerland under-20 Four Nations Tournament
Torneo Quattro Nazioni Under-20 is the annual under-20 football tournament. Since 2003-04 edition until 2009-10 edition, the participate nations were Austria, Germany, Italy and Switzerland, the Alps nations.-2009–10:----------------------------...
held at Lugano
Lugano
Lugano is a city of inhabitants in the city proper and a total of over 145,000 people in the agglomeration/city region, in the south of Switzerland, in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, which borders Italy...
, Alfonso played the whole match of Italy under-20 national team against Switzerland
Switzerland national football team
The Swiss national football team is the national football team of Switzerland...
. Alfonso managed to hold a clean sheet, as the match ended in a goalless draw.
On 5 October 2007, Pierluigi Casiraghi called up Alfonso, alongside with teammate Francesco Bolzoni
Francesco Bolzoni
Francesco Bolzoni in Lodi is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie A club Siena.-Club career:Bolzoni started out at San Colombano al Lambro before joining Inter's academy. Bolzoni has played for every academy team from the Esordienti to the Primavera .During the season 2006–2007, Bolzoni was...
, to form part of the Italy national under-21 football team
Italy national under-21 football team
The Italy national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation.The team competes in the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years...
. The national side would be involved in the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification
2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification
The 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship started on 31 May 2007 with a qualifying competition and finishes on 15 October 2008, before the final tournament on 15–23 June 2009....
matches against Croatia
Croatia national under-21 football team
The Croatia national under-21 football team, also known as Croatia under-21 or Croatia U21 is a youth association football national team which represents Croatia at this age level and is a feeder team for the Croatia national football team....
and Greece. However he did not play nor on the bench. That season he only managed to play the third and sixth round of the Four Nations Tournament.
He was called up to the 2008 Toulon Tournament
2008 Toulon Tournament
The 2008 Toulon Tournament was the 36th edition of the Toulon Tournament, and was held from 20 May to 29 May 2008. Tournament finished with the final between Italy and Chile at Stade Mayol in Toulon as Italy had the title after the final score of 1–0, scored by Pablo Daniel Osvaldo on 70th...
from Italy Olympic
Italy national under-21 football team
The Italy national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation.The team competes in the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years...
where he played 2 games keeping one clean sheet, during the group stages, after Italy already qualified for the next round with a win. He was not selected to 2008 Olympics
Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Beijing and several other cities in the People's Republic of China from 6 August to 23 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their full women's national teams and men's U-23 teams to participate...
in August. Despite still eligible to 2011 U-21
2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
UEFA U-21 Championship 2011 was the 18th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Football Championship. The final tournament was hosted by Denmark between 11 and 25 June 2011....
, he did not received any call-up since May 2008.
External links
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