Alessio Raballo
{{short description|Cuban footballer (born 2004)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{family name hatnote|Raballo|Diaz|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Alessio Raballo
| full_name = Alessio Raballo Diaz
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2006|9|9|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Turin, Italy{{Cite web|url=https://www.tuttocalciodilettanti.com/raballo-nella-storia-primo-cubano-nato-allestero-in-italia-in-nazionale-dopo-58-anni/|title=Raballo nella storia: primo cubano nato all’estero (in Italia) in Nazionale dopo 58 anni|first=Massimo|last=Todaro|date=23 March 2025}}
| height = 1.86m
| currentclub = Parma, on loan from Torino
| clubnumber =
| position = Forward
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Sisport CBS Scuola Calcio
| youthyears2 = 2019– | youthclubs2 = Torino
| youthyears3 = 2025– | youthclubs3 = →Parma (loan)
| years1 = | clubs1 = | caps1 = | goals1 =
| nationalyears1 = 2025– | nationalteam1 = Cuba | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| pcupdate = 01:19, 27 March 2025 (UTC)
| ntupdate = 01:19, 27 March 2025 (UTC)
}}
Alessio Raballo Diaz (born 9 September 2006) is a professional football player who plays as forward for Parma, on loan from Torino. Born in Italy, he plays for the Cuba national team.
Career
A youth product of Sisport CBS Scuola Calcio, Raballo joined the youth academy of Torino in 2019 where he finished his development.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sprintesport.it/nazionali/2025/03/11/news/la-chiamata-in-a-a-18-anni-con-il-torino-e-i-gol-a-raffica-con-il-parma-per-l-attaccante-ora-c-e-anche-la-nazionale-685269/|title=La chiamata in A a 18 anni con il Torino e i gol a raffica con il Parma, per l'attaccante ora c'è anche la Nazionale|first=Marco|last=Stesina|date=11 March 2025|website=www.sprintesport.it}} On 29 December 2024, he was part of the matchday squad for Torino in a Serie A match against Udinese.{{Cite web|url=https://www.toronews.net/toro/torino-chi-e-raballo-dal-gol-nel-derby-alla-chiamata-in-serie-a/|title=Torino, chi è Raballo: dal gol nel derby alla chiamata in Serie A|date=29 December 2024|website=Toro News}} On 3 February 2025, he joined Parma on loan for the second half of the 2024–25 season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mondoprimavera.com/parma/alessio-raballo-storia-carriera-valore-ruolo-caratteristiche/|title=Alessio Raballo, tra Parma e Cuba: il talento alla conquista dei due continenti|first=Valeria|last=Ciuffreda|date=11 March 2025|website=MondoPrimavera}}
International career
Raballo was born in Italy to an Italian father and Cuban mother.{{Cite web|url=https://primaveratorotime.com/2025/03/12/il-2006-raballo-convocato-dalla-nazionale-cubana/|title=Il 2006 Raballo convocato dalla Nazionale cubana|date=12 March 2025}} He was called up to the Cuba national team for 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup matches in March 2025. Alongside Camilo Pinillo, they were the first foreign-born players called up to the national team in nearly 60 years.{{Cite web|url=https://en.cibercuba.com/noticias/2025-03-11-u1-e197721-s27066-nid298666-cuba-convoca-primera-vez-casi-60-anos-futbolistas|title=Cuba calls up footballers born abroad for the first time in nearly 60 years|date=11 March 2025|website=CiberCuba}}
References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|alessio-raballo/968716}}
{{Parma Calcio 1913 squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Raballo, Alessio}}
Category:Footballers from Turin
Category:Cuban men's footballers
Category:Cuba men's international footballers
Category:Italian men's footballers
Category:Cuban people of Italian descent
Category:Italian people of Cuban descent
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:21st-century Cuban sportsmen