Andrea Bertolacci

Andrea Bertolacci is a midfielder of Genoa football club. He was born on 11 January 1991 in Rome, Italy.

Andrea started his youth career in his parent club Roma where he had been fostered for many years. Bertolacci made quite a number of appearances for Roma youth teams and took part in many youth chmpionships.

In 2009 the managers of I Gialorossi put a first professional contract for Andrea on the table and the young Italian immediately joined the team’s main squad but didn’t manage to play at least one fixture for the club.

In the summer 2010 Andrea was loaned to Lecce. It was an important step for the player as he received a chance to become the player of starting eleven. Lecce head coach trusted Andrea and he took part in 41 matches and amassed six goals for Lecce since 2010.

Since 2006 to 2011 Andrea had been capped 20 times for the Italy U-16, U-17, U-18, U-19, U-20 and U-21 national teams.