Raoul Petretta

Raoul Petretta (born 24 March 1997) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for FC Basel in the Swiss Super League.

Raoul Petretta
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-03-24) 24 March 1997
Place of birth Rheinfelden, Germany
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Basel
Number 28
Youth career
0000—2005 SC Rheinfelden 03
2005—2015 Basel U21
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015—2017 Basel U21 41 (1)
2017— Basel 60 (2)
National team‡
2018– Italy U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:05, 21 February 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 May 2018

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 club's history.[3]

Under trainer Marcel Koller Basel won the Swiss Cup in the 2018–19 season. In the first round Basel beat FC Montlingen 3–0, in the second round Echallens Région 7–2 and in the round of 16 Winterthur 1–0. In the quarter finals Sion were defeated 4–2 after extra time and in the semi finals Zürich were defeated 3–1. All these games were played away from home. The final was held on the 19 May 2019 in the Stade de Suisse Wankdorf Bern against Thun. Striker Albian Ajeti scored the first goal, Fabian Frei the second for Basel, then Dejan Sorgić netted a goal for Thun, but the end result was 2–1 for Basel.[4] Petretta played in three cup games.

International career

Petretta was born in Rheinfelden, Germany, from parents from Volturara Irpina, Avellino, Italy.

On 25 May 2018, he made his debut with the Italy U21 team in a friendly match lost 3–2 against Portugal.

Honours

Basel

References
  1. FC Basel 1893 (2017). "Raoul Petretta unterschreibt Profivertrag beim FCB". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  2. Marti, Casper (2017). "Der Saisonabschluss im Zeitraffer". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  3. "Swiss football: FC Basel wins 3-0 over Sion in Geneva; police extra vigilant after game". allaboutgeneva.com. 25 May 2017.
  4. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - FC Thun 2:1 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
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