| Full name | Alessando Matri | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 19 August 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
Alessandro Matri (born 19 August 1984) is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Juventus
Club career
Milan
Born in Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, Lombardy, Matri started his career at A.C. Milan (30 km away from Sant'Angelo Lodigiano) and played his first Serie A match as a starter on 24 May 2003, the 3rd last match of the season before the 2003 UEFA Champions League Final and 2003 Coppa Italia Final. The match Piacenza Calcio was won by Milan 4–2, as Milan rested almost all the regular starters. Matri did not score in that match, partnered with Michele Piccolo and replaced by Roberto Bortolotto in the 71st minute.[3] In the next season, he played all the time at Primavera (U20) Team and has not played in the first team. In the 2004–05 and 2005–06 seasons, he left on loan to Prato (along with Piccolo) and Lumezzane, played 64 Serie C1 matches.In 2006–07 season, he left for Rimini along with Digão.
Cagliari
In June 2007, as part of David Suazo's deal to Milan, he left for Cagliari in co-ownership deal. (Suazo eventually joined city rival Internazionale). He partnered with Robert Acquafresca, which Internazionale sent him to the Sardinia as part of Suazo's deal. The young strikers scored 16 goals for the team, ahead midfielder Pasquale Foggia and Daniele Conti (both 5 goals). Their replacement, Jeda and Larrivey, scored 3 goals in half season and 1 goal in full season respectively. In June 2008, Cagliari bought another half of the player's registration rights.In the next season, Matri became the 3rd choice, as Jeda and Acquafresca netted more goals. But he also scored 6 goals in 31 matches, but only 11 of them as starter.
After the exit of Acquafresca, Matri became the starting pair along with Jeda, with new signing Nenê, the 2008–09 Portuguese Liga top-scorer, played as substitute. He is the team top-scorer, having scored 12 league goals, ahead Nenê (7 goals) and Jeda (6 goals). At the start of the 2010–11 Serie A season he was re-united with Acquafresca as he re-joined Cagliari. Matri, Acquafresca and Nenê scored 11 goals in 22 games, 3 goal in 21 game (only 11 starts) and 4 times in 20 games (14 starts) in the league respectively before Matri's departure.
Juventus
On 31 January 2011, in the final hours of the January transfer window, Matri moved to Juventus until the end of the season in loan deal that saw the remaining half of Lorenzo Ariaudo's registration rights, worth €2.5 million, being acquired to Cagliari; Juventus will also have an option to permanently acquire the player at the end of the season for €15.5 million in three installments.[4] The acquisition was a consequence of Juventus' striking vacancies caused by a out-of-season injury to Fabio Quagliarella and the loan of Amauri to Parma.Matri made his Juventus debut only two days later, playing in a league game against Palermo, ended in a 2–1 win for the Sicilian opponents. On 5 February 2011 Matri scored his first two goals for Juventus on his return to Cagliari, when he latched onto a Krasić pass and drove into the near corner for the first, and volleyed again for the second, choosing not to celebrate on both occasions. Matri scored his third goal for Juventus in the classic Derby d'Italia, scoring a header and defeating Inter 1-0.He wasn't able to score in the three upcoming matches Vs Lecce , Bologna and A.C. Milan .In the next match, he scored another brace although Juventus managed to get only 1 point on a 2-2 away draw match against Cesena . On 4 April 2011 Matri scored his 6th goal for Juventus against AS Roma which ended with a 2-0 victory for Juventus.The next match,he again scored one goal helping the Bianconeri side to get 3 points against Genoa.
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