Andrea Rinaldi

Andrea Rinaldi (23 June 2000 – 11 May 2020) was an Italian footballer.

Rinaldi started his youth career in Cermenate and in Monza after passing five years at Atalanta. He died in May 2020 from an aneurysm after being loaned to Imolese, Mezzolara and Legnano.

Club career Rinaldi started his career in a Cermenate club and at Monza's youth set-up. In 2013, he joined Atalanta's youth sector, for whom he played for the Giovanissimi Regionali A, Allievi and Primavera squads always under Massimo Brambilla's management. For the U17s, he won the national league (in which he scored a goal in the final In Serie C, he only made an eight-minute appearance against Monza on 25 November 2018. He was immediately rushed to the hospital in Varese to try to save him, but on the morning of 11 May, his heart stopped beating. His funeral was held three days later in Stadio Cermenate;

Style of play Posthumously, he was described by Sky Sport Italy as "a quick and dynamic midfielder with extraordinary athletic ability and speed, the classic modern midfielder, a nightmare for opposing midfielders and for defences when he inserted himself".

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