Ranocchia with Inter in 2011
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 16 February 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Assisi, Italy | ||
Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
Playing position | Centre back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Hull City (on loan from Internazionale) |
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Number | 13 | ||
Youth career | |||
1998–2004 | Perugia | ||
2004–2006 | Arezzo | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2008 | Arezzo | 56 | (1) |
2008–2010 | Genoa | 0 | (0) |
2008–2010 | → Bari (loan) | 34 | (3) |
2010– | Internazionale | 129 | (7) |
2010–2011 | → Genoa (loan) | 16 | (2) |
2016 | → Sampdoria (loan) | 14 | (0) |
2017– | → Hull City (loan) | 4 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2007 | Italy U20 | 3 | (0) |
2007–2010 | Italy U21 | 13 | (2) |
2010– | Italy | 21 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:46, 25 February 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2016 |
Andrea Ranocchia (Italian pronunciation: [anˈdrɛa raˈnɔkkja]; born 16 February 1988) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Hull City on loan from Internazionale and the Italy national football team.
Born in Assisi in the province of Perugia, Ranocchia started his career at Perugia then in Arezzo. Ranocchia played for Arezzo's Primavera team in 2005–06 season. He made his professional debut with the Arezzo senior side in Serie B under manager Antonio Conte during the 2006–07 season.
In August 2008, Genoa purchased half of the registration rights of Ranocchia for €1.55 million and sent him on loan to Bari, rejoining Arezzo coach Conte, where he won the Serie B Championship, obtaining promotion to Serie A the following season, and forming a promising defensive partnership with fellow emerging Italian centre-back Leonardo Bonucci. On 26 June 2009 Genoa signed him outright for another €2.45 million from Arezzo; Genoa paid €4 million in total for him within a year.
On 1 July 2010 he moved back to Genoa. After a link with Inter in February 2010, the clubs agreed a deal in June 2010 which involved the transfer of young striker Mattia Destro. The transfer became official on 20 July 2010, which Inter signed half of the registration rights of Ranocchia for €6.5 million and sent Destro on loan to Genoa with option to sign him in co-ownership deal (who later purchased outright for €4.5 million). Ranocchia also loaned back to Genoa for a season.