Giuseppe Borello

Giuseppe Borello (born 28 April 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays for Serie C Group C club Monopoli as a forward.

Giuseppe Borello
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-04-28) 28 April 1999 (age 25)
Place of birthCatanzaro, Italy
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)Forward
Team information
Current team
Monopoli
Number10
Youth career
0000–2012Catanzarese
2012–2018Crotone
2018Torino (loan)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2022Crotone20(1)
2018–2019Cuneo (loan)15(2)
2019Rende (loan)16(3)
2019–2020Cesena (loan)26(6)
2020–2021Pro Vercelli (loan)11(0)
2021Cesena (loan)9(0)
2022–2023Újpest11(0)
2023–Monopoli37(6)
International career
2016Italy U-181(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 May 2024

Club career

Crotone

He made his Serie A debut for Crotone on 28 May 2017 in a game against Lazio as an added-time substitute for Diego Falcinelli.[1]

Loan to Cuneo and Rende

On 16 August 2018, Borello was signed by Serie C side Cuneo on a season-long loan deal.[2] On 17 September he made his Serie C debut for Cuneo in a 1–0 away defeat against Pisa, he was replaced by Giorgio Spizzichino in the 78th minute.[3] Three week later, on 14 October, he scored his first professional goal in the 43rd minute of a 1–0 home win over Olbia.[4] On 25 November he scored his second goal, as a substitute, in the 86th minute of a 3–0 away win over Alessandria.[5] In January 2019, Borello was returned to Crotone leaving Cuneo with 15 appearances, 2 goals and 1 assist, but he never played any entire match.[6]

On 8 January 2019, Borello was loaned to Serie C club Rende on a 6-month loan deal.[7] On 20 January he made his debut for Rende in a 3–0 away defeat against Catanzaro, he played the entire match.[8] Three days later he scored his first goal for the team in the 46th minute of a 4–2 home defeat against Monopoli.[9] He became Rende's first-choice in the second part of the season. On 28 April he scored twice in a 3–1 away win over Viterbese Castrense.[10] Borello ended his 6-month loan to Rende with 17 appearances, including 16 as a starter, 3 goals and 2 assists.[6]

Loan to Cesena

On 18 July 2019, Borello was loaned to newly Serie C side Cesena on a season-long loan deal.[11] Five weeks later, on 25 August, Borello made his debut and he scored his first goal for the club in the 43rd minute of a 4–1 away defeat against Carpi, he played the entire match.[12] He became Cesena's first-choice early in the season. On 15 September he scored his second goal in the 66th minute of a 3–2 home win over Triestina.[13] Four more weeks later, on 13 October, he scored his third goal in the 62nd minute of a 3–1 home defeat against Sambenedettese.[14] Borello ended his loan to Cesena with 26 appearances, including 22 as a starter, 6 goals and 1 assist.[6]

Loan to Pro Vercelli and Cesena

He appeared on the bench for Crotone on 3 October 2020 in a 2020–21 Serie A game against Sassuolo. On 5 October 2020 he moved on loan to Serie C club Pro Vercelli, becoming the fifth Crotone player loaned to Pro Vercelli for that season.[15] Six days later, on 11 October, he made his debut for the club as a substitute replacing Alessio Zerbin for the last 15 minutes of a 2–1 home win over Lucchese.[16] On 11 November, Borello played his first match as a starter for the club, a 1–0 home win over Pistoiese, he was replaced by Alessandro Romairone in the 71st minute.[17] However in January 2021 his loan was terminated and he returned to Crotone leaving Pro Vercelli with 11 appearances, including only 3 of them as a starter and without playing any entire match for the club.[6]

On 15 January 2021, Borello returned on another loan to Serie C club Cesena until the end of the season.[18] On the next day he made his debut for Cesena as a substitute replacing Mattia Bortolussi in the 89th minute of a 2–0 away win over Arezzo.[19] Two weeks later, on 30 January, Borello played his first entire match for the club in a 2–1 away defeat against Triestina.[20] Borello ended his 6-months loan to Cesena with only 9 appearances, he also helped the club to reach the play-off but Cesena was eliminated by Matelica in the second round.[6]

Újpest

On 4 August 2022, Borello joined Újpest in Hungary.[21]

Monopoli

On 8 August 2023, Borello signed a two-year contract with Monopoli.[22]

International career

Borello represented Italy only at Under 18 level. On 11 November 2016, Borello made his international debut as a substitute replacing Christian Capone in the 80th minute of a 1–0 home win over Austria U-18 in an international friendly.

Career statistics

Club

As of 11 April 2021
ClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeOtherTotal
LeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Crotone2016–17Serie A100010
2017–18Serie A000000
Cuneo (loan)2018–19Serie C15200152
Rende (loan)2018–19Serie C1631[a]0173
Cesena (loan)2019–20Serie C26600266
Pro Vercelli (loan)2020–21Serie C11000110
Cesena (loan)2020–21Serie C9090
Career total781100107911

Honours

Club

Torino Primavera

References