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Andy Selva (born 23 May 1976) is a Sammarinese former footballer and was recently the manager of Tre Fiori. During his playing career he played as a forward and captained the San Marino national team, finishing his career as their record goal scorer.
 Selva with San Marino in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andy Selva[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 23 May 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Rome, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Tre Fiori (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1995 | Latina | 26 | (5) |
| 1995–1996 | Civita Castellana | 31 | (16) |
| 1996–1998 | Fano | 32 | (1) |
| 1998–1999 | Catanzaro | 40 | (6) |
| 1999–2000 | Tivoli | 21 | (15) |
| 2000–2001 | San Marino | 29 | (4) |
| 2001–2002 | Maceratese | 5 | (1) |
| 2002 | → Grosseto (loan) | 15 | (2) |
| 2002–2003 | Bellaria | 30 | (21) |
| 2003–2005 | SPAL 1907 | 51 | (22) |
| 2005–2006 | Padova | 20 | (2) |
| 2006–2009 | Sassuolo | 59 | (23) |
| 2009–2011 | Verona | 29 | (8) |
| 2011–2013 | Fidene | 26 | (6) |
| 2013 | La Fiorita | 3 | (2) |
| 2013–2014 | Anziolavinio | 6 | (1) |
| 2014–2018 | La Fiorita | 68 | (36) |
| Total | 491 | (165) | |
| International career | |||
| 1997 | San Marino U21 | 1 | (1) |
| 1998–2016 | San Marino | 73 | (8) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2018–2019 | San Marino U17 | ||
| 2020–2022 | Pennarossa | ||
| 2022–2024 | Tre Fiori | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He began his career in 1994–95, playing in the Eccellenza with A.S. Latina, in which he scored five goals in 26 appearances. The following season, he produced 10 goals in 31 appearances in Civita Castellana in Serie D, before moving to Fano (Serie C2), where he remained until March 1998, he played 32 games with only one goal. In 1999, Selva played with another Serie C2 club, Catanzaro, making 40 appearances, scoring six goals.[2]
Selva went back to the Eccellenza with Tivoli in 1999, which he scored 15 goals in 21 matches, while for the following season, he moved to San Marino, where he scored four goals in 26 appearances.[2] In the 2001–02 season playing in three different teams, he collected three appearances with San Marino, then five with Maceratese in Serie D, scoring a goal, and thus finishing the season in Serie D, with Grosseto (15 appearances and two goals). He scored 21 goals in 30 games for Bellaria in the following season.
In the summer of 2003, he transferred to SPAL 1907 where, in two seasons in Serie C1 he plays 51 games scoring 22 goals.[2] In 2005–06, he moved to Padova (Serie C1), who sold him to Sassuolo after only scoring two goals in 20 games. With Sassuolo, he played two years in Serie C1 and played an important part in the historic breakthrough with a Serie B promotion, contributing decisively with 11 goals in and became the top scorer in Group A.[3]
In mid-2009, he left for Hellas Verona but was released after Verona were promoted to Serie B.[3]
In July 2011, he trained with Santarcangelo.[4]
He announced his retirement as a player in July 2018.[5]
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Selva was born in Rome, Italy to an Italian father from Lazio and a Sammarinese mother,[6] which made him eligible to represent Italy or San Marino and he chose for the latter.
He made his international debut on 9 September 1997 against Turkey U-21, and scored one goal for his team in 1–4 loss.
As one of the few professional practitioners of the sport in the country, he is hailed one of the greatest players in the history of the San Marino national side.[7] He appeared 73 times for the national team and scored eight goals, making him the leading goalscorer in the history of the team.[8] Until 2012, he was the only player to score more than one goal for San Marino.
On 28 April 2004, Selva became the first player ever to score a winning goal for San Marino when he netted the only goal in a 1–0 friendly win over Liechtenstein, which was the only win that San Marino recorded until they again beat Lichtenstein on 5 September 2024.[9] The game is also one of eight official matches where San Marino have kept a clean sheet.[10]
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After his retirement, he was announced as the head coach of San Marino national under-17 football team.[11] In February 2020, he was appointed as manager of Campionato Sammarinese side Pennarossa.[12] On 13 June 2022, he was appointed as head coach of Sammarinese team Tre Fiori.[13] On 7 July 2022, he led the team to their first ever away win in a European competition (and the first of any Sammarinese team), with a 1–0 win over Luxembourgish team Fola Esch.[14] A week later, Tre Fiori beat Fola Esch 3–1 in the return leg,[15] resulting in them qualifying for the 2nd qualifying round of the UEFA Europa Conference League for the first time, and advancing in a European competition for only the second time ever. Andy Selva announced his resignation and was replaced by Danilo Girolomoni.
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Club
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International
- Score and Result lists San Marino's goals first.[16]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 October 1998 | Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino |  Austria | 1–4 | 1–4 | UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying |
| 2 | 28 February 2001 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium |  Belgium | 1–10 | 1–10 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3 | 6 June 2001 | Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino | Belgium | 1–1 | 1–4 | |
| 4 | 28 April 2004 | Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino |  Liechtenstein | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 5 | 30 March 2005 | Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino | Belgium | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 6 | 4 June 2005 | Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–2 | 1–3 | |
| 7 | 17 October 2007 | Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino |  Wales | 1–2 | 1–2 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |
| 8 | 11 October 2008 | Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino |  Slovakia | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
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Sassuolo
- Serie C1: 2007–08
- Supercoppa di Serie C: 2008
SP La Fiorita
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