Alessandro Busti
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alessandro Carlo Matthew Busti[1] | ||
| Date of birth | June 30, 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | 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) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of February 4, 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals 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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]Early career
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]On September 10, 2019, he signed with Serie D club Belluno.[9]
FC Vado
[edit | edit source]In December 2020, Busti would sign with Serie D club Vado.[10]
ASD Valdruento
[edit | edit source]In 2021, he joined ASD Valdruento in the sixth tier Promozione.[11]
Rivarolese 1906
[edit | edit source]In July 2023 Alessandro Busti signed with Promozione side Rivarolese.[12]
International career
[edit | edit source]Youth
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]Club
[edit | edit source]| 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
[edit | edit source]- As of November 18, 2018[3]
| Canada National Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 |
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- 2000 births
- Living people
- Soccer players from Toronto
- Canadian men's soccer players
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Canada men's youth international soccer players
- Canada men's international soccer players
- Canadian sportspeople of Italian descent
- Juventus Next Gen players
- Juventus FC players
- AC Belluno 1905 players
- FC Vado players
- Serie C players
- Serie D players
- Promozione players
- Canadian expatriate men's soccer players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Footballers from Turin
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- 21st-century Canadian sportsmen