Alessandro Tuia
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-06-08) 8 June 1990
Place of birth Civita Castellana, Italy
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Cremonese
Youth career
1999–2000 Civita Castellana
2000–2009 Lazio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Lazio 1 (0)
2009–2011 → Monza (loan) 42 (0)
2011–2012 Foligno 25 (0)
2012–2018 Salernitana 106 (2)
2018–2021 Benevento 53 (4)
2021–2023 Lecce 26 (1)
2023– Cremonese 0 (0)
International career‡
2005–2006 Italy U16 8 (1)
2005–2007 Italy U17 23 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 March 2007

Alessandro Tuia (born 8 June 1990) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie B club Cremonese.

Club career

Tuia is a product of the Lazio youth academy and former captain of the Primavera youth team, being invited to train with the senior side in the 2008-09 season. He made his Serie A debut on 31 May 2009, when he came off the bench in the second half of Lazio's 2–0 defeat to Juventus in the Stadio Olimpico di Torino.[1]

In the summer 2009 he has been loaned to Lega Pro Prima Divisione (Italian third tier) club Monza, in order to gain first team experience.[2] The loan was extended in summer 2010.

In August 2011, he joined Foligno in the Lega Pro Prima Divisione in co-ownership deal and at the end of the season, he came back to Lazio,[3] and then he was immediately sold to Salernitana in another co-ownership deal.[4]

In June 2014 Lazio gave up the remain 50% registration rights of Tuia.[5]

On 5 June 2018, Tuia signed for Benevento for free.[6]

On 14 June 2021, he signed a contract with Lecce for a term of two years with an optional third year.[7]

On 17 October 2023, Tuia joined Serie B club Cremonese on a contract until the end of the season.[8]

International career

Tuia was the captain of the Italia U17 national team.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Juventus 2–0 Lazio channel4.com/footballitalia
  2. ↑ "7 nuovi arrivi : Tuia, Cudini, Fiuzzi, Noventa, Cedric e Stefano Seedorf e Marcandalli". AC Monza Brianza 1912 (in Italian). 14 July 2009. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "Co-ownership result" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "COMUNICATO" (in Italian). SS Lazio. 18 August 2012. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Risoluzione Accordi di Partecipazione" (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Serie A. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  6. ↑ "Calciomercato, Benevento-Sagna: sì. Preso Tuia a costo zero". Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "UFFICIALE L'ACQUISIZIONE DI TUIA" (in Italian). Lecce. 14 June 2021.
  8. ↑ "Alessandro Tuia nuovo giocatore della Cremonese" [Alessandro Tuia new player for Cremonese]. uscremonese.it (in Italian). 17 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  9. ↑ "Genoa sensation boosts Italy". UEFA.com. 23 March 2007. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
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