Giuseppe Bellusci

Club

Ascoli

Position

Defender

Nationality

Italy

Date of birth

1989-08-21

Birthplace

Trebisacce, Italy

Height

1.83

Weight

78

Signing / transfer fee

Unknown

Giuseppe Bellusci (born 21 August 1989) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back. He is a former Italy U21 international.

Bellusci was given the nickname The Warrior by the fans of Catania.

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 Matías Silvestre to island rivals, Palermo in August 2011, Bellusci was promoted to the club's starting XI, alongside Nicolás 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 up 56 points from 38 Serie A matches. This performance saw the club also break its record number of home victories in a single season, its record number of victories overall in a single top- flight campaign, as well as its record points total in Serie A for the fifth consecutive season

During the 2013–14 season, Catania were relegated to Serie B after finishing third from bottom.

Leeds United
2014–15 Season
On 12 August 2014, Bellusci signed a one-year loan deal with the option of a permanent deal with English club Leeds United. H