Giuseppe Bellusci
Bellusci with Catania in 2009
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Giuseppe Bellusci | ||
| Date of birth | 21 August 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Trebisacce, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre-back | ||
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Current team
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Empoli (on loan from Leeds United) |
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| Youth career | |||
| Ascoli | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2009 | Ascoli | 35 | (1) |
| 2009–2014 | Catania | 99 | (0) |
| 2014– | Leeds United | 57 | (2) |
| 2016– | → Empoli (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| National team | |||
| 2009–2010 | Italy U-21 | 6 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:56, 13 March 2016 (UTC). |
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Giuseppe Bellusci (born 21 August 1989) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A side Empoli on loan from Championship club Leeds United. He is a former Italy U21 international.
Bellusci was given the nickname The Warrior by the fans of Catania.
After spending his youth career within the junior ranks at Ascoli, Bellusci began to earn call-ups to the club's first team in 2006. He made his debut in Serie A with Ascoli at the age of just 17, in the 2006–07 season. Bellusci made three appearances that season for his club, but Ascoli failed to avoid relegation.
Bellusci returned to the youth squad, and made just two Serie B appearances the following season. In 2008, he was officially promoted to the senior squad and since then, Bellusci had made over 40 appearances for the club and began to attract interest from several big clubs in Italy.
On 25 June 2009 it was confirmed that Bellusci had signed a contract with Sicilian Serie A team Catania. In part exchange, they gave Ascoli 50% of the contracts of both striker, Vito Falconieri and wing back, Marcello Gazzola.
In his first season with Catania, Bellusci made 11 first team appearances, also earning one red card. Bellusci played for the club's junior squad as well during his first season, helping them to the semi-finals of the youth tournament. The defender helped his club to, two impressive campaigns, which included two 13th-place finishes in the table and a record points total in the Serie A for the club, in three consecutive seasons.
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