Alberto Grassi
 Grassi with Atalanta in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 7 March 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Brescia, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Cremonese | ||
| Number | 33 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2014 | Atalanta | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2016 | Atalanta | 16 | (0) |
| 2016–2020 | Napoli | 0 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → Atalanta (loan) | 18 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | → SPAL (loan) | 28 | (3) |
| 2018–2020 | → Parma (loan) | 23 | (1) |
| 2020–2023 | Parma | 23 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Cagliari (loan) | 30 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Empoli (loan) | 25 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | Empoli | 55 | (1) |
| 2025– | Cremonese | 30 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011–2012 | Italy U17 | 12 | (0) |
| 2014 | Italy U19 | 4 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | Italy U20 | 7 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | Italy U21 | 12 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 21 June 2017 | |||
Alberto Grassi (born 7 March 1995) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Serie B club Cremonese.
Club career
[edit]Atalanta
[edit]Born in Brescia, Grassi began his career in Atalanta's youth setup. On 29 May 2012, he signed his first professional deal, after being promoted to the club's Primavera squad.[2]
Grassi was definitely assigned to the main squad in August 2014, after impressing manager Stefano Colantuono in the pre-season.[3] He played his first match as a professional on 22 November, replacing fellow youth graduate Daniele Baselli in the 69th minute of a 2–1 Serie A home loss against Roma.[4]
On 2 October 2015, Grassi renewed his contract until 2020.[5]
Napoli
[edit]On 27 January 2016, Grassi joined Napoli for a fee of €10 million.[6]
Atalanta
[edit]On 30 August 2016, Grassi was loaned back to Atalanta.[7]
Parma
[edit]After initially joining Parma on loan for the 2018–19 season, he returned to the club on a new loan for the 2019–20 season with an obligation to buy at the end of the season.[8]
Loan to Cagliari
[edit]On 21 August 2021, he was loaned to Cagliari, with an option to buy. If certain conditions were met, the option would have become an obligation to buy.[9]
Loan to Empoli
[edit]On 17 August 2022, Grassi joined Empoli on loan with an option to buy and a conditional obligation to buy.[10]
Cremonese
[edit]On 19 July 2025, Grassi joined recently Serie A promoted club Cremonese permanently.[11]
International career
[edit]On 12 August 2015, he made his debut with the Italy U21 team, in a friendly match against Hungary.
In June 2017, he was included in the Italy under-21 squad for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship by manager Luigi Di Biagio.[12] Italy were eliminated in the semi-finals following a 3–1 defeat to Spain on 27 June.[13][14]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 25 May 2025
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Atalanta | 2014–15 | Serie A | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Napoli | 2015–16 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Atalanta (loan) | 2016–17 | Serie A | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 20 | 2 | ||
| S.P.A.L. (loan) | 2017–18 | Serie A | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 3 | ||
| Parma (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie A | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 1 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 46 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 1 | ||
| Cagliari (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie A | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 0 | ||
| Empoli (loan) | 2022–23 | Serie A | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 0 | ||
| Empoli | 2023–24 | Serie A | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Serie A | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 1 | |||
| Total | 80 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 218 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 228 | 7 | ||
References
[edit]- ↑ Agorà Telematica - Agorà Med - S.r.l. "Prima Squadra - SSC Napoli". www.sscnapoli.it. Archived from the original on 29 February 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ↑ "Atalanta, per il baby Grassi contratto e un futuro in nerazzurro" [Atalanta, to baby Grassi a contract and a nerazzurro future] (in Italian). Tutto Mercato Web. 29 May 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ↑ "Calciomercato: il punto sulla situazione della Dea" [Transfer market: review of the situation of the Dea] (in Italian). Tutto Atalanta. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ↑ "Atalanta 1–2 Roma". Football Italia. 22 November 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ↑ "Alberto Grassi fino al 2020" [Alberto Grassi until 2020] (in Italian). Atalanta's official website. 2 October 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
- ↑ "Napoli officially release a new deal with Grassi". S.S.C. Napoli. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ↑ "Alberto Grassi all'Atalanta" [Alberto Grassi is Atalanta] (in Italian). Atalanta's official website. 30 August 2016. Archived from the original on 14 August 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ↑ "ALBERTO GRASSI: "I'M HAPPY TO BE BACK!"". Parma. 10 July 2019. Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "ALBERTO GRASSI LOANED TO CAGLIARI". Parma. 21 August 2021. Archived from the original on 22 April 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ↑ "Alberto Grassi è un nuovo calciatore azzurro" (in Italian). Empoli. 17 August 2022. Archived from the original on 22 April 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ↑ "Alberto Grassi è un nuovo giocatore della Cremonese" (in Italian). US Cremonese. 19 July 2025.
- ↑ "U21: Italy squad for Euros named". Football Italia. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- ↑ "Spain U21 3-1 Italy U21". BBC Sport. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ↑ James Horncastle (28 June 2017). "Italy fall to familiar foe Spain at U21 Euros but there is hope for the future". ESPN FC. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
External links
[edit]- Alberto Grassi – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Atalanta official profile (in Italian)
- FIGC international stats (in Italian)
- Alberto Grassi at Soccerway
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Brescia
- Italian men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Serie A players
- Atalanta BC players
- SPAL players
- Parma Calcio 1913 players
- Cagliari Calcio players
- Empoli FC players
- US Cremonese players
- Italy men's youth international footballers
- Italy men's under-21 international footballers
- 21st-century Italian sportsmen