Andrea Dossena
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrea Dossena | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Liverpool | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of April 1, 2009 | |||
Andrea Dossena (born 11 September 1981 in Lodi) is an Italian footballer who plays in the left back position. He currently plays for the English club Liverpool.
Italian career
Dossena began his career at Verona as a youth player before playing 4 seasons in their senior squad. Italian Serie A team Udinese signed him in 2005 but immediately loaned him to Treviso for a year. He returned to Udinese for the 2006/07 Serie A season. He was given the number 8 jersey and made 63 appearances in the following two years, scoring 2 league goals along the way.[1]
Liverpool
On 4 July 2008, Liverpool confirmed the signing of Dossena on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee.[2][3][4]
Dossena was signed as a direct replacement for John Arne Riise who left for Roma.[5] On July 10, 2008, it was announced that Dossena would wear the number 2 shirt.[6] His debut for Liverpool came on 16 August in the 1–0 Premier League win over Sunderland at the Stadium of Light. The start to his career at Liverpool was marked by poor form and he was unsatisfied with his performances, telling The Guardian:
"I am not fully happy with my level. I must now get to a high level and maintain that, but first I have to battle to win selection. I am learning all the time."
[7] Dossena reinforced that he was committed to the club and explained that he was having difficulties adjusting because the pace of English football was significantly different from what he had experienced in Serie A. Despite his largely unimpressive performances, he received more opportunities to prove himself in the first team as Fábio Aurélio, Liverpool's favoured left back, suffered an injury in late November.[8] However as of late, he has lost his first team slot to Aurelio. He scored his first goal for Liverpool on 10 March 2009 against Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League after coming on as a substitute. [9] He scored his first goal in the Premier League on 14 March, in the 4-1 victory against Manchester United at Old Trafford.[10]
International career
Dossena played for the Italy U-20 team from 2000 to 2001, earing four caps. He made his first appearance for Italy in a friendly against South Africa on 17 October 2007. Dossena won his second international cap when he came on at half-time during Italy's 2–2 draw with Austria on 20 August 2008.
Club career
Updated 14 March 2009
| Club | Season |  Serie A
|
Coppa Italia | - | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Verona (Serie A) |
01-02 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Verona (Serie B) |
02-03 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 03-04 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 04-05 | 39 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
| 05-06 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| Total | 99 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 107 | 3 | |||||
| Treviso (Serie A) |
05-06 | 21 | 0 | ||||||||
| Total | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |||||||
| Udinese (Serie A) |
06-07 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 07-08 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| Total | 63 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 66 | 2 | |||||
 Premier League
|
FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| Liverpool | 2008–09 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 2 |
| Total | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 2 | |
| Career Totals | 196 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 216 | 7 | |
References
- ^ Andrea Dossena Football Profile, Eurosport. Retrieved on 2008-07-12.
- ^ "Reds Closing On Dossena Deal". LFC.tv. 2008-06-26. Retrieved 2008-06-26.
- ^ "Dossena Signs Four-Year Deal". Liverpoolfc.tv. 2008-07-04. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
- ^ "Liverpool secure deal for Dossena". BBC. 2008-07-04. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
- ^ "First Team Profile". Liverpoolfc.tv. 2008-07-04. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
- ^ "Dossena Takes Number 2 Shirt". Liverpoolfc.tv. Retrieved 2008-07-10.
- ^ Johnston, Neil (2008-11-07). "Dossena admits to bad start with Liverpool". The Guardian. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Barrett, Tony (2008-12-01). "Andrea Dossena: I'll keep working to prove myself at Liverpool FC". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 2008-12-13.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help). - ^ McNulty, Phil (2009-03-10). Liverpool 4-0 R Madrid (agg 5-0). BBC Sport. Retrieved on 2009-03-11.
- ^ "Man Utd 1-4 Liverpool". BBC Sport. 2009-03-14. Retrieved 2009-03-14.