Rodney Strasser (born 30 March 1990) is a Sierra Leonean professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

AC Milan

Born in

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, Strasser began his career at local club Kallon, before moving to Italy to join AC Milan in 2007. During his time in Milan's youth system, he was a member of the under-20 side, who won the 2009–10 Coppa Italia Primavera. He made his first-team debut on 21 December 2008, in a 5–1 win against Udinese, coming on as a substitute for Kakha Kaladze in the 82nd minute.

Genoa

On 20 July 2010, Milan announced that half of the rights to Strasser had been purchased by

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for €2.25 million, as part of the deal that saw defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos move to Milan. Strasser, however, would stay at Milan on loan, joining the first-team squad permanently. His first appearance of the season was in a

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group stage 2–0 win against

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– which also marked his debut in European club competition – on 23 November. He went on to score his first professional goal in a 1–0 league win over

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, on 6 January.

Milan return

In May 2011, his co-ownership was dissolved in favour of Milan for the same price and renewed his contract to June 2016. (with Papastathopoulos moved back to Genoa), but Strasser subsequently joined Lecce on loan. He appeared in 13 games and scored one goal for his new team, before suffering a broken ankle in a game against Juventus on 9 January and subsequently being called back to Milan to undergo rehabilitation. He made his return on 10 April, coming on as a substitute in the second half of a game against Chievo, which Milan won 1–0. At the start of the following season, Strasser sustained another injury which would rule him out for three months. After recovering he struggled to get playing time, making only one Coppa Italia appearance before being loaned out to

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during the January transfer window.

Genoa return

On 27 July 2013, Strasser joined Genoa on a permanent deal for €3.5 million, as part of Kévin Constant's co-ownership resolution in favour of Milan for €6 million. Strasser was loaned out to

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team Reggina in August 2013. As of January 2019, Strasser played for the Serie D team Villafranc

International career

Strasser made his international debut for the Sierra Leone national football team, Sierra Leone national team on 5 September 2010, in a

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game against

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

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: 2010–11

References

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at aic.football.it * {{DEFAULTSORT:Strasser, Rodney 1990 births Living people Sierra Leone Creole people Footballers from Freetown Sierra Leonean men's footballers Sierra Leonean expatriate men's footballers Sierra Leone men's international footballers AC Milan players US Lecce players Parma Calcio 1913 players Genoa CFC players AS Reggina 1914 players SS Racing Club Roma players NK Zagreb players Gil Vicente F.C. players ASD Villafranca players Turun Palloseura footballers Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Serie D players Croatian Football League players Liga Portugal 2 players Veikkausliiga players Sierra Leonean expatriate sportspeople in Italy Sierra Leonean expatriate sportspeople in Finland Sierra Leonean expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Men's association football midfielders