Alessia Russo

**Alessia Mia Teresa Russo** (; born 8 February 1999), is a professional football player from England. She plays as a Striker for Arsenal and also represents the England national team. Before joining Arsenal, she played for Chelsea, Brighton & Hove Albion, and Manchester United. During her college years, she played soccer for North Carolina Tar Heels. She has also played for various youth teams representing England in international competitions.

### College

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|NCAA Regular Season|colspan="2"|ACC Tournament|colspan="2"|NCAA Tournament|colspan="2"|Total||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|North Carolina Tar Heels|2017|rowspan="3"|Div. I|13|8|3|1|3|0|19|9|
|2018|14|6|0|0|0|0|14|6|||||
|2019|15|6|3|3|6|4|24|13|||||

### Club

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|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|FA Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Chelsea|2016|WSL 1|0|0|0|0|1|0|—|1|0|||
|Brighton & Hove Albion|2017|WSL 2|7|3|2|0|—|—|9|3||||
|rowspan="4"|Manchester United|2020–21|rowspan="3"|Women's Super League|4|3|0|0|1|0|—|5|3|
|2021–22|22|9|2|0|6|2|—|30|11|||||
|2022–23|20|10|4|3|0|0|—|24|13|||||
|Arsenal|2023–24|Women's Super League|6|2|0|0|0|0|2|2|8|4||

### International

- _Statistics accurate as of match played 31 October 2023._

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|England|2020|1|0|
|2021|1|3|||
|2022|15|7|||
|2023|15|5|||

- _Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Russo goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col" data-sort-type="date"|Date|scope="col"|Cap|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Score|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center"|1|rowspan="3"||rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|2|rowspan="3"|Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster, England|rowspan="3"||style="text-align:center"|14–0|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|20–0|rowspan="3"|2023 FIFA World Cup qualifying|
|style="text-align:center"|2|style="text-align:center"|17–0|||||||||||||
|style="text-align:center"|3|style="text-align:center"|18–0|||||||||||||
|style="text-align:center"|4||style="text-align:center"|7|Letzigrund, Zürich, Switzerland||style="text-align:center"|1–0|style="text-align:center"|4–0|Friendly|||||
|style="text-align:center"|5||style="text-align:center"|9|Brighton Community Stadium, Brighton and Hove, England||style="text-align:center"|7–0|style="text-align:center"|8–0|rowspan="4"|UEFA Euro 2022||||
|style="text-align:center"|6|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|10|rowspan="2"|St Mary's Stadium, Southampton, England|rowspan="2"||style="text-align:center"|3–0|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|5–0|||
|style="text-align:center"|7|style="text-align:center"|4–0|||||||||||||
|style="text-align:center"|8||style="text-align:center"|12|Bramall Lane, Sheffield, England||style="text-align:center"|3–0|style="text-align:center"|4–0||||||
|style="text-align:center"|9||style="text-align:center"|14|Stadion Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt, Austria||style="text-align:center"|1–0|style="text-align:center"|2–0|rowspan="2"|2023 FIFA World Cup qualifying||||
|style="text-align:center"|10||style="text-align:center"|15|Bet365 Stadium, Stoke-on-Trent, England||style="text-align:center"|2–0|style="text-align:center"|10–0||||||
|style="text-align:center"|11||style="text-align:center"|18|Stadium MK, Milton Keynes, England||style="text-align:center"|3–0|style="text-align:center"|4–0|2023 Arnold Clark Cup|||||
|style="text-align:center"|12||style="text-align:center"|25|Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia||style="text-align:center"|1–0|style="text-align:center"|6–1|rowspan="3"|2023 FIFA World Cup||||
|style="text-align:center"|13||style="text-align:center"|27|rowspan=2|Stadium Australia, Sydney, Australia||style="text-align:center"|2–1|style="text-align:center"|2–1|||||
|style="text-align:center"|14||style="text-align:center"|28||style="text-align:center"|3–1|style="text-align:center"|3–1|||||||
|style="text-align:center"|15||style="text-align:center"|30|Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht, Netherlands||style="text-align:center"|1–1|style="text-align:center"|1–2|2023–24 UEFA Nations League A|||||

## Honours

**North Carolina Tar Heels**
- Atlantic Coast Conference regular season: 2018, 2019
- ACC Women's Soccer Tournament: 2017, 2019
- NCAA Division I College Cup runners-up: 2018, 2019

**Manchester United**
- Women's FA Cup runner-up: 2022–23

**England**

- FIFA Women's World Cup runner-up: 2023
- UEFA Women's Championship: 2022
- Women's Finalissima: 2023
- Arnold Clark Cup: 2022, 2023

**England U20**
- FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup third place: 2018

**England U17**
- UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship third place: 2016

**Individual**
- UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2016
- UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship Top Scorer: 2016
- UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification Top Scorer: 2016
- ACC Freshman of the Year: 2017
- ACC Offensive Player of the Year: 2018
- United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I first team All-America: 2018, 2019
- FA Women's Super League Player of the Month: March 2022
- FA Women's Super League Goal of the Month: November 2021
- PFA Fans' Player of the Month: November 2022
- Manchester United Women's Players' Player of the Year: 2021–22
- Manchester United Women's Player of the Year: 2022–23
- Manchester United Women's Goal of the Season: 2022–23 (vs. Arsenal, 19 November 2022)
- UEFA Women's Championship Bronze Boot: 2022
- UEFA Women's Championship Goal of the Tournament: 2022
- Freedom of the City of London (announced 1 August 2022)

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Alessia Russo
- **image**: Alessia-Russo.jpg
- **caption**: Russo with Manchester United in 2023
- **full name**: Alessia Mia Teresa Russo
- **birth place**: Maidstone, England
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward
- **currentclub**: Arsenal W.F.C., Arsenal
- **clubnumber**: 23
- **youthyears1**: 2007–2010
- **youthclubs1**: Charlton Athletic W.F.C., Charlton Athletic
- **youthyears2**: 2010–2016
- **youthclubs2**: Cliffe Woods Colts F.C., Cliffe Woods Colts
- **collegeyears1**: 2017–2019
- **college1**: North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer, North Carolina Tar Heels
- **collegecaps1**: 57
- **collegegoals1**: 28
- **years1**: 2016–2017
- **clubs1**: Chelsea F.C. Women, Chelsea
- **caps1**: 0
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 2017
- **clubs2**: Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C., Brighton & Hove Albion
- **caps2**: 7
- **goals2**: 3
- **years3**: 2020–2023
- **clubs3**: Manchester United W.F.C., Manchester United
- **caps3**: 46
- **goals3**: 22
- **years4**: 2023–
- **clubs4**: Arsenal W.F.C., Arsenal
- **caps4**: 22
- **goals4**: 12
- **nationalyears1**: 2013–2014
- **nationalteam1**: England U15
- **nationalcaps1**: 2
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2014–2016
- **nationalteam2**: England women's national under-17 football team, England U17
- **nationalcaps2**: 27
- **nationalgoals2**: 17
- **nationalyears3**: 2017
- **nationalteam3**: England women's national under-19 football team, England U19
- **nationalcaps3**: 11
- **nationalgoals3**: 0
- **nationalyears4**: 2017
- **nationalteam4**: England women's national under-20 football team, England U20
- **nationalcaps4**: 7
- **nationalgoals4**: 4
- **nationalyears5**: 2019
- **nationalteam5**: England women's national under-21 football team, England U21
- **nationalcaps5**: 8
- **nationalgoals5**: 0
- **nationalyears6**: 2020–
- **nationalteam6**: England women's national football team, England
- **nationalcaps6**: 42
- **nationalgoals6**: 20
- **club-update**: 6 October 2023
- **nationalteam-update**: 26 September 2023