Alessandro Gazzi

Club

Updated 31 May 2015.

Early career

He began his footballing career at Plavis, the youth team of his region, Santa Giustina. He then transferred to Montebelluna and immediately after to Treviso, with whom he debuted in the Serie B season of 2000–01, at age 17. In the summer of 2001, he officially joined Lazio on a two-year loan and was given a place in the youth team. He played for the youth team for two seasons, but never played for the first team, and in 2003 returned to Treviso at the end of the loan.

Viterbese

In August 2003, he was sold outright to Viterbese, at the time led by former coach of Genoa Guido Carboni. He was a regular starter for the side, contesting 31 games, scoring a goal. He played four games in the promotion play-offs to Serie B, which Viterbo lost in the final against Crotone. At the end of the season, the club was declared bankrupt, and Gazzi and all the players on the team were released on a free transfer.

Bari and Reggina

In July 2004, he moved definitively to Bari in Serie B, along with his coach and teammates Vincenzo Santoruvo and Lorenzo Sibilano. In his first season in Apulia, he played 34 games and scored 3 goals, contributing to the final placement of 10th in the league standings. The following year, he took to the field 35 times, scoring 1 goal. On 4 January, he signed an extension until 2009. In the following season he played 11 games, but on the last day of the winter transfer market was sold to Reggina in co-ownership, where for the…

Although he is able to play several midfield positions, Gazzi is usually deployed as a central or defensive midfielder, due to his work-rate, ball-winning abilities, as well as ability to organise his team and distribute the ball to the team-mates after winning back possession, despite his lack of notable technical skills. Known for his professionalism and consistency, he is a player with physicality and possesses a strong left foot.

Club

Bari Serie B: 2008–09