Giuseppe Bellusci

Giuseppe Bellusci (born 21 August 1989) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Italian club Monza. A former Italy under-21 international, Bellusci was nicknamed "The Warrior" by Catania fans.

Club Career

Ascoli

After spending his youth career within the junior ranks at Ascoli, Bellusci began to earn call-ups to the club's first team in 2006. He made his debut in Serie A with Ascoli at the age of just 17, in the 2006–07 season. Bellusci made three appearances that season for his club, but Ascoli failed to avoid relegation.

Bellusci returned to the youth squad and made just two Serie B appearances the following season. In 2008, he was officially promoted to the senior squad and since then, Bellusci had made over 40 appearances for the club and began to attract interest from several big clubs in Italy.

Catania

On 25 June 2009, it was confirmed that Bellusci had signed a contract with Serie A side Catania. In part exchange, they gave Ascoli 50% of the contracts of both striker, Vito Falconieri and wing-back, Marcello Gazzola.

In his first season with Catania, Bellusci made 11 first team appearances, also earning one red card. Bellusci played for the club's junior squad as well during his first season, helping them to the semi-finals of the youth tournament. The defender helped his club during two campaigns, which included two 13th-place finishes in the table and a record points' total in the Serie A for the club, in three consecutive seasons.

After helping avoid relegation under manager Diego Simeone during the 2010–11 season, following the sale of Matias Silvestre to island rivals, Palermo in August 2011, Bellusci was promoted to the club's starting XI, alongside Nicolas Spolli and Nicola Legrottaglie, by the new coach Vincenzo Montella. He remained a key member of the first team under Rolando Maran during the 2012–13 Serie A season and is part of a record-breaking Catania outfit that had picked

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