Francesco Monterosso
| Francesco Monterosso | ||
 Monterosso for the Adelaide youth team, 2010
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | Francesco Battiste Monterosso | |
| birthday | April 20, 1991 | |
| place of birth | Adelaide , Australia | |
| size | 187 cm | |
| position | Storm | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| North Eastern MetroStars | ||
| 2008 | South Australian Sports Institute | |
| 2008-2011 | Adelaide United | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 2009-2011 | Adelaide United | 7 (0) |
| 2009 | → North Eastern MetroStars (loan) | |
| 2011– | North Eastern MetroStars | |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| Australia U-20 | ||
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1 Only league games are given. Status: October 15, 2012 |
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Francesco Monterosso (born April 20, 1991 in Adelaide ) is an Australian football player .
Career
Monterosso, whose parents immigrated to Australia from Italy in the 1970s, played for North Eastern MetroStars in his youth . In early 2008, the striker attended the South Australian Sports Institute before he was signed by A-League club Adelaide United for the newly created national youth league National Youth League . With 13 goals in the 2008/09 season Monterosso won the title of top scorer in the youth league and helped his team to participate in the championship final, in which they were defeated by Sydney FC 2-0. During the break of the season he played at times for his youth club MetroStars and came to some appearances in the South Australian Super League , the highest league in the state of South Australia .
For the following season, Monterosso received a professional contract with Adelaide and came on August 16, 2009 in a 0-1 defeat in Sydney to his league debut in the A-League. In the course of the season he still played mostly for the youth team and was again top scorer of the youth competition with 17 goals this season in the 2009/10 season. In March 2010, Monterosso took part in a trip to South America with the Australian U-20 selection.
In addition to his football career, Monterosso studies economics and finance.
Web links
- Francesco Monterosso in the database of weltfussball.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b weekly-times-messenger.com.au: Straight 'A' striker (Jan. 12, 2010)
- ↑ theworldgame.sbs.com.au: Versleijen ready for challenge (March 31, 2010) ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Monterosso, Francesco |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1991 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Adelaide |