Alessandro Iacobucci (born 3 June 1991) is an Italian footballer who plays as a

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for Renato Curi Angolana.

Club career

Youth career

Born in

Pescara Pescara (; ; ) is the capital city of the province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo Regions of Italy, region of Italy. It is the most populated city in Abruzzo, with 118,657 (January 1, 2023) residents (and approximately 350,000 including the surround ...

, Abruzzo, Iacobucci started his career at home province club Renato Curi Angolana (located at

Città Sant'Angelo Città Sant'Angelo () is a city and ''comune'' in the province of Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy"). History The origins of Città Sant'Angelo are uncertain and have always ...

, the Province of Pescara). He joined ''

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'' club Mantova in 2007 in temporary deal, rejoining former Curi Angolana team-mate Alberto Creati.

Siena

After the bankrupt of Mantova, he was automatically released. In July 2010 he was signed by ''

'' club

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. He was one of the backup of Ferdinando Coppola in the first team and as the first choice in the "spring" under-20 team, ahead Richard Gabriel Marcone. Iacobucci made his debut in round 42 (last round), after the team certainly promoted back to ''

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''. He replaced Simone Farelli in the second half. In July 2011 he left for Italian third division club

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, ahead Michał Miśkiewicz as first choice. With the arrival of Iacobucci, South Tyrol also sold its first choice of 2010–11 season, Davide Zomer to ''

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''.

Parma

In June 2012 Parma signed Andrea Rossi (€1.8M), Iacobucci (€1.7M) and Giuseppe Pacini (€0.5M) from Siena and sold Manuel Coppola (€1.6M),

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(€1.7M) and Abdou Doumbia (€0.5M) to Siena, in July Siena also signed

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(€1.8M) and sold

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(€1.6M) to Parma, made the 8-men swap deal a pure swap without involvement of cash. On 28 June 2012 Iacobucci was signed by

Spezia Calcio Spezia Calcio is an Italian professional Association football, football club based in La Spezia, Liguria, currently competing in the Serie B. Spezia Calcio was founded in 1906 by the Swiss banker Hermann Hurni (or Hurny in some documents), who ...

in temporary deal. That season Spezia had also signed

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, Raffaele Schiavi, Mário Rui from Parma, Parma half-owned players Lorenzo Crisetig (also from Inter), Matteo Mandorlini (also from Brescia) and Siena player Agostino Garofalo. On 31 January 2013, a pre-set price was insert into the temporary contract of Iacobucci. The co-ownership was also terminated ca. January 2013 for a peppercorn fee of €500. The loan of Iacobucci (€100,000) and Gianluca Musacci (€400,000) had cost Spezia €500,000 but Parma also gave performance subsidy () of €200,000 to Spezia for Musacci. On 10 July 2013 Iacobucci was signed by Latina. On 7 August 2018, Iacobucci signed with

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. On 6 November 2021, he joined his hometown club

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. On 28 June 2022, Iacobucci returned to

on a one-year deal. On 13 January 2023, he moved to

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International career

Iacobucci received his first U-19 call-up in August 2009, from Massimo Piscedda. However, he did not enter the squad to the friendly match in September. In November, he received a call-up to a goalkeeper training camp from Antonio Rocca. In December, he returned to U19 team for a training camp. He was the backup of Simone Colombi in March 2010 against

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. In 2010–11 he was selected to the feeder team of U-21, the Italy under-21 Serie B representative team. He played once, against

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Selection. In 2011–12 season he was the regular member of Italy U20 team at 2011–12 Four Nations Tournament. He only missed the last round which played by

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. He also played against

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, an unofficial match against Italy U-21 Serie B for charity, against

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and

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. In 2012–13 season he played twice for U21 "B", won Malta U21 5–0 and a goalless draw with

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Selection. In both matches Iacobucci was the first choice in the first half; he was replaced by Alessandro Berardi at half-time and Elia Bastianoni in the 81st minute respectively.

References

External links

FC South Tyrol Profile

{{DEFAULTSORT:Iacobucci, Alessandro 1991 births Footballers from Pescara Living people Italian men's footballers Mantova 1911 players Siena FC SSD players FC Südtirol players Parma Calcio 1913 players Spezia Calcio players Latina Calcio 1932 players Virtus Entella players Frosinone Calcio players Delfino Pescara 1936 players LR Vicenza players AC Bellinzona players Renato Curi Angolana players Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Swiss Challenge League players Italy men's youth international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Italian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Italian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland 21st-century Italian sportsmen