Anthony Racioppi
{{short description|Swiss footballer (born 1998)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Anthony Racioppi
| image = Lens - Dijon (21-02-2021) 2.jpg
| caption = Racioppi with Dijon in 2021
| full_name = Anthony Alexandro Racioppi{{cite web |url=https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/gc-media-assets.gc.eflservices.co.uk/9edd2ed0-6c4a-11ef-9965-335248f7bb41.pdf |title=EFL – Squad List 2024/25: Hull City – In Squad Players |publisher=English Football League |page=14 |access-date=14 September 2024}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|12|31|df=y}}
| birth_place = Geneva, Switzerland
| height = 1.88 m
| position = Goalkeeper
| currentclub = Sion
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 2007–2012
| youthclubs1 = CS Chênois
| youthyears2 = 2012–2016
| youthclubs2 = Lyon
| years1 = 2016–2020
| clubs1 = Lyon II
| caps1 = 41
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2018–2020
| clubs2 = Lyon
| caps2 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2020–2022
| clubs3 = Dijon
| caps3 = 23
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2022–2024
| clubs4 = Young Boys
| caps4 = 40
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2024–2025
| clubs5 = Hull City
| caps5 = 0
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2025
| clubs6 = → 1. FC Köln (loan)
| caps6 = 0
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2025
| clubs7 = → 1. FC Köln II (loan)
| caps7 = 1
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2025–
| clubs8 = Sion
| caps8 = 0
| goals8 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2017–2019
| nationalteam1 = Switzerland U20
| nationalcaps1 = 10
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2018–2021
| nationalteam2 = Switzerland U21
| nationalcaps2 = 13
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| medaltemplates =
| club-update = 23:57, 31 January 2025 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update = 15:36, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
}}
Anthony Alexandro Racioppi (born 31 December 1998) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Sion.
Club career
Racioppi made his professional debut for the French club Dijon on 8 October 2020 in a Ligue 1 game against Metz. On 10 January 2022, Racioppi signed a three-and-a-half-year deal with Swiss club Young Boys.{{Cite web|date=10 January 2022|title=YB verpflichtet Goalie Anthony Racioppi|trans-title=YB signs goalie Anthony Racioppi|url=https://www.bscyb.ch/news?nID=12848|url-status=live|access-date=14 January 2022|website=|publisher=BSC Young Boys|language=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110194639/https://www.bscyb.ch/news?nID=12848 |archive-date=10 January 2022}}
On 8 August 2024, Racioppi signed a three-year deal with EFL Championship club Hull City.{{cite news|url=https://www.wearehullcity.co.uk/news/2024/august/08/racioppi-seals-city-switch/|title=Racioppi seals City switch|date=8 August 2024|publisher=Hull City A.F.C.|access-date=8 August 2024}} He made his debut for the club just a few days later, on 14 August 2024, in Hull's 2–1 home defeat to Sheffield Wednesday in the first round of the EFL Cup.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/crrlwq9xxdyt|title=Carabao Cup: Hull City 2–1 Sheffield Wednesday|date=14 August 2024|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=14 August 2024}}
On 31 January 2025, Racioppi moved to 1. FC Köln in German 2. Bundesliga on loan with an option to buy.{{cite web|publisher=1. FC Köln|url=https://fc.de/en/anthony-racioppi-joins-from-hull-city|title=Anthony Racioppi joins from Hull City|date=31 January 2025|access-date=31 January 2025}}
On 25 June 2025, Racioppi returned to Switzerland to join Swiss Super League side Sion for an undisclosed fee.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c939kl56zd7o|title=Goalkeeper Racioppi heads back to Switzerland|publisher=BBC|date=25 June 2025|accessdate=26 June 2025}}
International career
Born in Switzerland, Racioppi is of Italian descent through his father from Naples, and holds dual French-Swiss citizenship after years living in France.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cdt.ch/sport/calcio/racioppi-io-lerede-di-sommer-e-il-mio-obiettivo-250573|title=Racioppi: «Io l’erede di Sommer? È il mio obiettivo»|date=27 March 2021|website=Corriere del Ticino}} Considered as one of Switzerland's brightest prospects in his position,{{Cite web|last=Jeitziner|first=Denis|date=24 March 2019|title=Philipp Köhn und Anthony Racioppi sind die Goalies von Morgen|url=https://www.nau.ch/sport/fussball/philipp-kohn-und-anthony-racioppi-sind-die-goalies-von-morgen-65498755|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415174552/https://www.nau.ch/sport/fussball/philipp-kohn-und-anthony-racioppi-sind-die-goalies-von-morgen-65498755 |archive-date=15 April 2019 |access-date=27 September 2020|website={{ill|Nau.ch|de|Nau (Nachrichtenportal)}}|language=de}} he had already stood out on the international stage thanks to his performances with the Switzerland U21 squad.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=15 October 2019|title=Altra vittoria per la Svizzera U21|url=https://www.cdt.ch/sport/calcio/altra-vittoria-per-la-svizzera-u21-EL1915336|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=27 September 2020|website=Corriere del Ticino|language=it-CH}}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 14 August 2024}}{{soccerway|420758}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | ||||||||||
| + Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
!rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes Coupe de France, Swiss Cup}} !colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes EFL Cup}} !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan=5|Lyon II
|2 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2017–18
|Championnat National 2 |13 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 13 | 0 | ||||
| 2018–19
|Championnat National 2 |13 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 13 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20
|Championnat National 2 |13 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 13 | 0 | ||||
| colspan=2|Total
!41 | 0 | colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||41 | 0 | |||||||
| rowspan=3|Dijon
|21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 21 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22
|2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 4 | 0 | |||
| colspan=2|Total
!23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||25 | 0 | |||||
| rowspan=4|Young Boys
|5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23
|Swiss Super League |19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 1{{efn|name=UECL|Appearances in UEFA Conference League}} | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24
|Swiss Super League |16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 7{{efn|name=UCL|Appearances in UEFA Champions League}} | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| colspan=2|Total
!40 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan=2|—||8||0||52 | 0 | |||||
| Hull City
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 1 | 0 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!104 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 119 | 0 |
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Honours
References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|anthony-racioppi/420758}}
- [https://www.football.ch/fr/asf/equipes-nationales/m21/team.aspx/t-41643/p-740587/ ASF Profile]
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Category:Footballers from Geneva
Category:Swiss men's footballers
Category:Switzerland men's youth international footballers
Category:Switzerland men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Swiss people of Italian descent
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:Olympique Lyonnais players
Category:BSC Young Boys players
Category:Hull City A.F.C. players
Category:Championnat National 2 players
Category:Swiss Super League players
Category:Swiss expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in England
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in France
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