Francesco Urso (born 9 June 1994) is an Italian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Career

Born in

Fano Fano () is a city and ''comune'' of the province of Pesaro and Urbino in the Marche region of Italy. It is a beach resort southeast of Pesaro, located where the ''Via Flaminia'' reaches the Adriatic Sea. It is the third city in the region by pop ...

, Marche region, Urso started his career at Romagna club

Cesena Cesena (; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy; and - with Forlì - is the capital of the Province of Forlì-Cesena. Served by Autostrada A14 (Italy), Autostrada A14, and located near the Apennine M ...

. He was a player in the under-17 youth team in 2010–11 season. Urso was promoted to reserve team in 2011–12, which he received first team call-up on 10 March 2012. Urso played a friendly match for the first team on 4 April.; he made his competitive debut in the round 36 (in total 38 rounds) of

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, as the half-time substitute of

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. Both players made their unofficial Italy U18 debut on 9 May, against the reserve team of

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. On 24 June 2013 Urso was signed by Santarcangelo along with Marco Mariani. Santarcangelo qualified to 2014–15 Serie C as the 5th of Group B of 2013–14 Serie C2. On 27 June 2014, few days before the closure of 2013–14 financial year, Urso was sold to another third level club

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, with Salvatore Maiorana moved to the Serie A newcomer. Both players were tagged for €2 million transfer fee; Urso signed a 5-year contract. In January 2015 he joined

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on loan. On 26 February 2019, he signed with

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club

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. On 26 June 2019, Urso signed to

Catanzaro Catanzaro (; or ; ), also known as the "City of the two Seas" (), is an Italian city of 86,183 inhabitants (2020), the capital of the Calabria region and of its province and the second most populated comune of the region, behind Reggio Calabr ...

until 30 June 2021. On 1 February 2021 he returned to his hometown club

. On 5 January 2022 he joined

Fidelis Andria Fidelis Andria 2018 or simply Fidelis Andria is an Italian football club based in Andria, Apulia. The club was founded in 1971 and re-founded in 2005, 2013 and 2018. The team competes in . Fidelis Andria play their home matches at Stadio Degl ...

. On 30 January 2023, Urso signed with

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Honours

Virtus Entella *

: 2018–19 (Group A)

References

External links

AIC profile (data by football.it)
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Urso, Francesco 1994 births Living people Footballers from Fano Italian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Serie A players Serie C players Serie D players AC Cesena players Alma Juventus Fano 1906 players Santarcangelo Calcio players LR Vicenza players AC Prato players FC Matera players Virtus Entella players US Catanzaro 1929 players Fidelis Andria 2018 players SEF Torres 1903 players Cavese 1919 players AS Reggina 1914 players 21st-century Italian sportsmen