Alessio Cossu (born 14 January 1986) is an Italian
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder or
forward
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. He played in
Serie C1
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for
Ravenna and
Manfredonia
Manfredonia is a town and commune of Apulia, Italy, in the province of Foggia, from which it is northeast by rail. Manfredonia is situated on the coast, facing east, to the south of Monte Gargano, and gives its name to the gulf to the east of i ...
.
Career
Born in
Cagliari
Cagliari (, also , , ; sc, Casteddu ; lat, Caralis) is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name ''Casteddu'' means ''castle''. It has about 155,000 inhabitant ...
,
Sardinia, Cossu was sold to Serie C1 side
Ravenna in
co-ownership deal. In June 2007, Cagliari decided to give their remain registration rights to Ravenna after Cossu just played twice for his new club.
He was then sold to Serie C1 side
Manfredonia
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in another co-ownership deal as Ravenna promoted to
Serie B. He joined
Monopoli
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in mid-season.
In June 2008, Manfredonia got the remain registration rights.
In August 2008, he swapped club with
Francesco Indirli. and in January 2009 returned to Sardinia for
Alghero., rejoined former team-mate
Roberto Puddu.
In the 2009–10 season, his former Cagliari youth team team-mate
Andrea Cocco
Andrea Salvatore Cocco (born 8 April 1986) is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for club Trapani.
Club career Cagliari
Cocco made his Serie A debut on 21 December 2005 for Cagliari in a 1–0 defeat away to Parma F.C. On 31 January 2 ...
,
Andrea Peana
Andrea Peana (born 12 February 1986) is an Italian football player. He plays for Arzachena.
Club career
He made his Serie B debut for Triestina in the 2007–08 season.
On 11 August 2019, he returned to Arzachena
Arzachena (; sdn, Alzachèna ...
,
Simone Aresti
Simone Aresti (born 15 March 1986) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Cagliari.
Club career
During the 2011–12 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season, the goalkeeper Aresti, while wearing the shirt of Ital ...
,
Nicola Lai and
Enrico Cotza (in January) joined him at Alghero.
Honours
Club
;Ravenna
*
Serie C1
Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football (soccer), football league in Italy. It consisted of 33 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 16 and 17 teams for group A and B respectively. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1 ...
/B:
2006–07
References
External links
*
Profile at AIC.Football.it
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Italian men's footballers
Cagliari Calcio players
Ravenna FC players
Manfredonia Calcio players
ASD Victor San Marino players
Men's association football midfielders
Footballers from Cagliari
1986 births
Living people
Polisportiva Alghero players