Raoul Petretta
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 24 March 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Rheinfelden, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Basel | ||
| Number | 28 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| —2005 | SC Rheinfelden 03 | ||
| 2005—2015 | Basel U21 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015—2017 | Basel U21 | 41 | (1) |
| 2017— | Basel | 14 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018– | Italy U21 | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 February 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 May 2018 | |||
Raoul Petretta (born 24 March 1997) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for FC Basel in the Swiss Super League.
Club career
Born in Rheinfelden, Germany, Petretta started his youth football with Basel in 2005. He played in their U-15, U-16, U-17 and U-18 teams and in July 2015 he moved to their U-21 team. He played 24 games, scoring one goal, in his first season and played 14 games during the first half of the next season, before he signed a three and a half year professional contract on 16 February 2017 and joined their first team.[1]
He played his debut in their first team on 2 April 2017 in St. Jakob-Park during the 4–0 home win against Lugano. Under trainer Urs Fischer Petretta played 5 League games and won the Swiss Super League championship at the end of the 2016–17 Super League season. For the club this was the eighth title in a row and their 20th championship title in total.[2] They also won the Swiss Cup for the twelfth time, which meant they had won the double for the sixth time in the clubs history.[3]
International career
On 25 May 2018 he made his debut with the Italy U21 team in a friendly match lost 3–2 against Portugal.
Honours
- Basel
- Swiss Super League: 2016–17
- Swiss Cup winner: 2016–17
External links
References
- ^ FC Basel 1893 (2017). "Raoul Petretta unterschreibt Profivertrag beim FCB". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2017-02-16.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Marti, Casper (2017). "Der Saisonabschluss im Zeitraffer". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Swiss football: FC Basel wins 3-0 over Sion in Geneva; police extra vigilant after game". allaboutgeneva.com. 25 May 2017.