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Jersey Number 5
Alessandro Franciosa
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- Weight:
- 165
- Hometown:
- Topsfield, Mass.
- High School:
- Masconomet Regional
- Previous Club:
- Seacoast United
- College:
- Enrolled at Columbia College
2024: Played in nine matches as a junior, starting the last seven matches of the season ... Totaled 436 minutes of game action ... Earned his first collegiate point on an assist in the second minute to give Columbia a 1-0 lead against Brown (Nov. 3) ... Started and played a season-high 67 minutes in the season finale at Cornell (Nov. 9).
2023: Played and started nine of the team's 14 matches (missed time due to injury) ... Fired off 14 shots, four of which were on target ... Earned the start and played 78 minutes of Columbia's 1-1 season-opening draw against Lehigh (Sept. 1) ... Played just over an hour of a 3-0 win against Manhattan (Sept. 5) ... Played the full 90 minutes three times, including a 1-1 draw at LIU (Sept. 16) and a 2-0 win against Quinnipiac (Sept. 19).
2022: Played and started all 16 matches as a first-year ... Totaled 1,162 minutes, fifth-most of anyone on the team ... Went the full 90 on seven occasions ... Took 12 shots, two on frame ... Made his debut in the Starting XI of the season opener at George Washington (Sept. 2), playing 72 minutes ... Took his first shot in his home debut against Stony Brook (Sept. 6) ... Started, took two shots and played 65 minutes in a 1-1 draw at Manhattan (Sept. 9) ... Played the full 90 in a 1-0 win over perennial powerhouse St. John's (Sept. 12) ... Played 60 minutes in a 0-0 draw at Iona (Sept. 24) ... Started and played 77 minutes in his Ivy League debut, resulting in a 0-0 draw with Brown (Oct. 1) ... Went the full 90 in a 1-1 draw at Harvard (Oct. 8) ... Played the full 90 and took a season-high five shots in a 0-0 draw with Yale (Oct. 29).
Prior to Columbia: Central midfielder for New England's Seacoast United Academy ... Started all 81 games he played for Seacoast over a five-year span ... Helped his club team qualify for the 2019 DA Cup and 2022 MLS Next Cup ... Appeared in the IMG Class of 2022 Top 150 Recruits by Top Drawer Soccer ... No. 4 ranked recruit for the Northeast Region in 2020 ... Invited on trial by several Italian Serie A and Serie B academy teams, including Torino F.C., Delfino Pescara, S.S.C. Bari, U.S. Sassuolo Calcio and U.S. Lecce ... Camp invitations also include several U.S. National Team Training Center invites, as well as a trial invite by the Seattle Sounders in 2020.
Personal: Father, Stefano, played collegiate soccer at Northeastern (1996) and Salem State (1999-2000).
2023: Played and started nine of the team's 14 matches (missed time due to injury) ... Fired off 14 shots, four of which were on target ... Earned the start and played 78 minutes of Columbia's 1-1 season-opening draw against Lehigh (Sept. 1) ... Played just over an hour of a 3-0 win against Manhattan (Sept. 5) ... Played the full 90 minutes three times, including a 1-1 draw at LIU (Sept. 16) and a 2-0 win against Quinnipiac (Sept. 19).
2022: Played and started all 16 matches as a first-year ... Totaled 1,162 minutes, fifth-most of anyone on the team ... Went the full 90 on seven occasions ... Took 12 shots, two on frame ... Made his debut in the Starting XI of the season opener at George Washington (Sept. 2), playing 72 minutes ... Took his first shot in his home debut against Stony Brook (Sept. 6) ... Started, took two shots and played 65 minutes in a 1-1 draw at Manhattan (Sept. 9) ... Played the full 90 in a 1-0 win over perennial powerhouse St. John's (Sept. 12) ... Played 60 minutes in a 0-0 draw at Iona (Sept. 24) ... Started and played 77 minutes in his Ivy League debut, resulting in a 0-0 draw with Brown (Oct. 1) ... Went the full 90 in a 1-1 draw at Harvard (Oct. 8) ... Played the full 90 and took a season-high five shots in a 0-0 draw with Yale (Oct. 29).
Prior to Columbia: Central midfielder for New England's Seacoast United Academy ... Started all 81 games he played for Seacoast over a five-year span ... Helped his club team qualify for the 2019 DA Cup and 2022 MLS Next Cup ... Appeared in the IMG Class of 2022 Top 150 Recruits by Top Drawer Soccer ... No. 4 ranked recruit for the Northeast Region in 2020 ... Invited on trial by several Italian Serie A and Serie B academy teams, including Torino F.C., Delfino Pescara, S.S.C. Bari, U.S. Sassuolo Calcio and U.S. Lecce ... Camp invitations also include several U.S. National Team Training Center invites, as well as a trial invite by the Seattle Sounders in 2020.
Personal: Father, Stefano, played collegiate soccer at Northeastern (1996) and Salem State (1999-2000).
Highlights: MSOC | Columbia 5, Fordham 1
Tuesday, October 28
Postgame: MSOC | Zielinski on 5-1 Win vs. Fordham
Tuesday, October 28
Postgame: MSOC | Newman on 3-1 Win Over Harvard
Saturday, October 25
Highlights: MSOC | Columbia 3, Harvard 1
Saturday, October 25
