Alessio Sestu (born 29 September 1983) is an Italian footballer.

Career

Treviso

Born in Rome, Lazio region, Sestu started his career at one of the two Serie A club in the capital –

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. In July 2002 Sestu joined

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, but in January 2003 left for

Treviso Treviso ( , ; vec, Trevixo) is a city and ''comune'' in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 84,669 inhabitants (as of September 2017). Some 3,000 live within the Veneti ...

Sestu was sold to

Serie C2 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consisted of 36 teams, but in the 2011–12 season, there were 41 teams divided geographically into two divisions of ...

club

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in co-ownership deal in summer 2003. In June 2004 Treviso bought back Sestu through sealed bid submitted to

Lega Calcio The Lega Nazionale Professionisti (Italian for National Professionals League), commonly known as Lega Calcio (Football League), was the governing body that ran the two highest football divisions in Italy, namely Serie A and Serie B, from 1946 ...

. He then played for clubs in Serie B and Serie C1 in temporary deals, since January 2005. He became a regular for

Avellino Avellino () is a town and ''comune'', capital of the province of Avellino in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is situated in a plain surrounded by mountains east of Naples and is an important hub on the road from Salerno to Benevento. ...

in Serie B 2007–08, made him signed by Reggina on 28 August 2008. Previously in June 2008 Avellino signed him from Treviso in co-ownership deal for €400,000 and Reggina bought the remain half of the registration rights from Treviso.

Reggina

As a new signing of Reggina, Sestu made his Serie A debut on 14 September 2008 against

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. He also played twice at 2008–09 Coppa Italia. In June 2009 Avellino bought Reggina's half but the club then went bankrupt, made Sestu became free agent.

Vicenza

On 1 September 2009, Sestu was moved to

Vicenza Vicenza ( , ; ) is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region at the northern base of the '' Monte Berico'', where it straddles the Bacchiglione River. Vicenza is approximately west of Venice and east of Milan. Vicenza is a t ...

on free transfer. On 1 February 2010, he signed a loan by Bari for the rest of the season.

Siena

In August 2010 Sestu left for

Siena Siena ( , ; lat, Sena Iulia) is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena. The city is historically linked to commercial and banking activities, having been a major banking center until the 13th and 14th centur ...

in co-ownership deal for €525,000 in 3-year contract, made Vicenza had a profit of €1.05 million (as it was presumed another 50% registration rights was sold for the same price). In June 2011 Siena acquired outright for another pre-agreed €525,000, and Vicenza got half of the registration rights of Domenico Danti tagged for €425,000, made Siena only paid €100,000 cash to Vicenza.Vicenza Calcio SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2011

Chievo

On 11 July 2013 Sestu was signed by A.C. ChievoVerona on a free transfer. On 31 January 2014, he joined

Sampdoria Unione Calcio Sampdoria, commonly referred to as Sampdoria (), is an Italian professional football club based in Genoa. The club was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the 1890s ...

on a loan deal. On 1 September 2014 Sestu was signed by Serie B club

Brescia Calcio Brescia Calcio, commonly referred to as Brescia (), is an Italian football club based in Brescia, Lombardy, that currently plays in . The club holds the record for total number of seasons (64) and consecutive seasons (18, from 1947–48 to ...

, with

Mario Gargiulo Mario Gargiulo (born 26 March 1996) is an Italian footballer who plays for club Modena as a midfielder. Club career Gargiulo is a youth exponent from Brescia Calcio. He made his debut on 30 August 2014 against Frosinone Calcio in a Serie B ga ...

moved to Verona.

Retirement and later career

In December 2020, Sestu signed for

Eccellenza The Eccellenza (, "excellence") is the fifth level (since 2014–15) of Italian football. It is a regional league, composed of 28 divisions divided geographically. All 20 regions are represented by at least one division except for Piedmont and ...

club

Portogruaro Portogruaro ( vec, Porto, fur, Puart) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, northern Italy. The city is the centre of a district, made up of 11 ''comuni'', which form the Venezia Orientale with the San Donà di Pia ...

. In June 2022, Sestu retired and was hired as sporting director for Portogruaro.

Personal life

His parent were from the island of

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References

External links

Lega Serie B profile

Profile at La Gazzetta (2008–09)
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sestu, Alessio 1983 births Living people Italian footballers Association football midfielders Footballers from Rome F.C. Südtirol players Treviso F.B.C. 1993 players A.S. Cittadella players Mantova 1911 players U.S. Salernitana 1919 players U.S. Avellino 1912 players Reggina 1914 players L.R. Vicenza players S.S.C. Bari players A.C.N. Siena 1904 players A.C. ChievoVerona players U.C. Sampdoria players Brescia Calcio players Virtus Entella players Piacenza Calcio 1919 players Serie A players Serie B players Serie D players