Alessio Besio
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alessio Abilio Besio[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 18 March 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | St. Gallen, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | VfL Wolfsburg | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2021 | St. Gallen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2023 | St. Gallen B | 11 | (11) |
| 2021–2023 | St. Gallen | 34 | (2) |
| 2023–2026 | SC Freiburg II | 28 | (6) |
| 2025–2026 | → SC Verl (loan) | 32 | (11) |
| 2026– | VfL Wolfsburg | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021 | Switzerland U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Switzerland U20 | 4 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 August 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 September 2024 | |||
Alessio Abilio Besio (born 18 March 2004) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a forward for German 2. Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg.
Club career
On 30 May 2023, Besio agreed to join SC Freiburg II on a free transfer on 1 July 2023 following the end of his contract with St. Gallen.[2]
On 18 June 2025, Besio was loaned by SC Verl in 3. Liga.[3]
On 25 June 2026, Besio signed a four-season contract with VfL Wolfsburg.[4]
Personal life
Besio is the son of former professional footballer Claudio Besio.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 24 August 2026[5]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| St. Gallen B | 2020–21 | Swiss 1. Liga | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | |||
| 2022–23 | 8 | 9 | – | – | – | 8 | 9 | |||||
| Total | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | ||
| St. Gallen | 2020–21 | Swiss Super League | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | 29 | 1 | 5[a] | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2 | |||
| 2022–23 | 4 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 34 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 3 | ||
| SC Freiburg II | 2024–25 | 3. Liga | 28 | 6 | – | – | – | 28 | 6 | |||
| SC Verl (loan) | 2025–26 | 3. Liga | 32 | 11 | – | – | 4[b] | 2 | 36 | 13 | ||
| VfL Wolfsburg | 2026–27 | 2. Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 106 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 117 | 33 | ||
- 1 2 Appearances in the Swiss Cup
- ↑ Appearance in Westphalia Cup
References
- 1 2 Alessio Besio at WorldFootball.net
- ↑ "ALESSIO BESIO VERSTÄRKT DIE ZWEITE". SC Freiburg. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ↑ "Besio wird ausgeliehen!" [Besio is on loan!] (in German). SC Verl. 18 June 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ↑ "Further Reinforcement". VfL Wolfsburg. 25 June 2026. Retrieved 10 July 2026.
- ↑ Alessio Besio at Soccerway
External links
- Alessio Besio at WorldFootball.net
Categories:
- 2004 births
- Footballers from St. Gallen (city)
- Living people
- 21st-century Swiss sportsmen
- Swiss people of Spanish descent
- Men's association football forwards
- Swiss men's footballers
- Switzerland men's youth international footballers
- FC St. Gallen players
- SC Freiburg II players
- SC Verl players
- VfL Wolfsburg players
- Swiss Super League players
- Swiss Promotion League players
- Swiss 1. Liga (football) players
- 3. Liga players
- Regionalliga players
- Swiss expatriate men's footballers
- Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Swiss football forward stubs