Andrea Consigli
Encyclopedia
Andrea Consigli is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A
club Atalanta
.
in the 2006–07 season. The following season, he was loaned to Serie B
side Rimini
. After a successful loan spell there, he returned to Atalanta
and acquired the number 1 shirt.
on August 15, 2006 for a friendly match against Croatia. Consigli was selected by Pierluigi Casiraghi in the Italy U-21 squad for Euro 2007
. After that competition he became the first choice in the goal for the U-21 Italy team. Consigli will be eligible for the U-21s until the end of the Euro 2009 finals.
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
club Atalanta
Atalanta B.C.
Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio, commonly known as just Atalanta, Atalanta Bergamo or the abbreviation Atalanta BC, is an Italian football club based in Bergamo, Lombardy.They are nicknamed the Nerazzurri and the orobici...
.
Club career
To gain some first team experience, the young goalkeeper was loaned out to Serie C1 side SambenedetteseS.S. Sambenedettese Calcio
Unione Sportiva Sambenedettese is an Italian association football club, based in San Benedetto del Tronto, Marche. The club was founded in 1923. Sambenedettese currently plays in Serie D, having last been in Serie B in 1989. The team's colors are red and blue....
in the 2006–07 season. The following season, he was loaned to Serie B
Serie B
Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...
side Rimini
Rimini Calcio F.C.
Associazione Calcio Rimini 1912 is an Italian association football club based in Rimini, Emilia-Romagna....
. After a successful loan spell there, he returned to Atalanta
Atalanta B.C.
Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio, commonly known as just Atalanta, Atalanta Bergamo or the abbreviation Atalanta BC, is an Italian football club based in Bergamo, Lombardy.They are nicknamed the Nerazzurri and the orobici...
and acquired the number 1 shirt.
International career
Consigli received his first call up to the Italian U21'sItaly national under-21 football team
The Italy national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation.The team competes in the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years...
on August 15, 2006 for a friendly match against Croatia. Consigli was selected by Pierluigi Casiraghi in the Italy U-21 squad for Euro 2007
2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
The UEFA U-21 Championship 2007 were held from 10 June 2007 to 23 June 2007. It is the 16th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Football Championship....
. After that competition he became the first choice in the goal for the U-21 Italy team. Consigli will be eligible for the U-21s until the end of the Euro 2009 finals.