Introduction
Alex Valentini (born 5 April 1988) is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Spezia Calcio.
Biography
Mantova
Born in Guastalla, Emilia–Romagna, Valentini started his career at Mantua, Lombardy, about 30 km (19 mi) away. Primary a youth team player, he was awarded a no.88 shirt in 2006–07 Serie B. He was loaned to Sambonifacese and won the promotion playoffs of 2007–08 Serie D. The club then signed him in co-ownership deal. In June 2009, he was bought back from the San Bonifacio based club. Since returned to Mantova, he was selected to Italy under-21 Serie B representative team twice, for internal friendlies, both as white team keeper against the blue team. In January 2010, he was loaned to Pro Sesto.
Pro Vercelli
After Mantova went bankrupt, he was signed by Pro Belvedere Vercelli (and later merged with Pro Vercelli to become F.C. Pro Vercelli 1892) He was the first choice of the team, ahead Marzio Dan who was the first choice for PB Vercelli in the last season.