Andy Selva

Andy Selva (born 23 May 1976) is a Sammarinese

Andy Selva
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.

Club career
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 with San Marino in 2013
Selva went back to the Eccellenza with Tivoli in 1999,
which he scored 15 goals in 21 matches, while for the Personal information
following season, he moved to San Marino, where he Full name Andy Selva[1]
scored four goals in 26 appearances.[2] In the 2001–02 Date of birth 23 May 1976
season playing in three different teams, he collected Place of birth Rome, Italy
three appearances with San Marino, then five with Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Maceratese in Serie D, scoring a goal, and thus Position(s) Striker
finishing the season in Serie D, with Grosseto (15 Team information
appearances and two goals). He scored 21 goals in 30 Current team Tre Fiori (manager)
games for Bellaria in the following season.
Senior career*
In the summer of 2003, he transferred to SPAL 1907 Years Team Apps (Gls)
where, in two seasons in Serie C1 he plays 51 games 1994–1995 Latina 26 (5)
scoring 22 goals.[2] In 2005–06, he moved to Padova 1995–1996 Civita Castellana 31 (16)
(Serie C1), who sold him to Sassuolo after only 1996–1998 Fano 32 (1)
scoring two goals in 20 games. With Sassuolo, he 1998–1999 Catanzaro 40 (6)
played two years in Serie C1 and played an important 1999–2000 Tivoli 21 (15)
part in the historic breakthrough with a Serie B 2000–2001 San Marino 29 (4)
promotion, contributing decisively with 11 goals in and 2001–2002 Maceratese 5 (1)
became the top scorer in Group A.[3] 2002 → Grosseto (loan) 15 (2)
2002–2003 Bellaria 30 (21)
2003–2005 SPAL 1907 51 (22)
In mid-2009, he left for Hellas Verona but was released 2005–2006 Padova 20 (2)
after Verona were promoted to Serie B.[3] 2006–2009 Sassuolo 59 (23)
2009–2011 Verona 29 (8)
In July 2011, he trained with Santarcangelo.[4] 2011–2013 Fidene 26 (6)
2013 La Fiorita 3 (2)
He announced his retirement as a player in July
2013–2014 Anziolavinio 6 (1)
2018.[5]
2014–2018 La Fiorita 68 (36)
Total 491 (165)
International career
International career
1997 San Marino U21 1 (1)
Selva was born in Rome, Italy to an Italian father from 1998–2016 San Marino 73 (8)
Lazio and a Sammarinese mother,[6] which made him Managerial career
eligible to represent Italy or San Marino and he chose 2018–2019 San Marino U17
for the latter. 2020–2022 Pennarossa
2022–2024 Tre Fiori
He made his international debut on 9 September 1997
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
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]

Managerial career
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.
Career statistics

Club

International

Score and Result lists San Marino's goals first.[16]

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition

Stadio
10 UEFA Euro
Olimpico,
1 October Austria 1–4 1–4 2000
Serravalle,
1998 qualifying
San Marino
King
28 Baudouin
2 February Stadium, Belgium 1–10 1–10
2001 Brussels, 2002 FIFA
Belgium World Cup
Stadio qualification
6 June Olimpico,
3 Belgium 1–1 1–4
2001 Serravalle,
San Marino
Stadio
28 April Olimpico,
4 Liechtenstein 1–0 1–0 Friendly
2004 Serravalle,
San Marino
Stadio
30
Olimpico,
5 March Belgium 1–1 1–2
Serravalle,
2005 2006 FIFA
San Marino
World Cup
Stadio qualification
4 June Olimpico,
6 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–2 1–3
2005 Serravalle,
San Marino
Stadio
17 UEFA Euro
Olimpico,
7 October Wales 1–2 1–2 2008
Serravalle,
2007 qualifying
San Marino
Stadio
11 2010 FIFA
Olimpico,
8 October Slovakia 1–2 1–3 World Cup
Serravalle,
2008 qualification
San Marino
Honours
Sassuolo

Serie C1: 2007–08

Supercoppa di Serie C: 2008
SP La Fiorita

Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio: 2016–17, 2017–18

Coppa Titano: 2012–13, 2015–16, 2017–18

References
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[Link] (in Italian). 30 November 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
2. Leone, Claudio (26 March 2018). "Andy Selva, la leggenda del calcio di San Marino" (http
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[Link]. 13 February 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
13. "Andy Selva per vincere ancora!" ([Link]
Tre Fiori F.C. (in Italian). 13 June 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
14. "Tre Fiori, una vittoria che scrive la storia" ([Link]
rive-la-storia/). Tre Fiori F.C. (in Italian). 8 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
15. "Ancora un'impresa europea targata Tre Fiori" ([Link]
opea-targata-tre-fiori/). Tre Fiori F.C. (in Italian). 15 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
16. "NFT Profile" ([Link]
National Football Teams. Retrieved 18 March 2017.

External links
Andy Selva ([Link]
yers-coaches/people=180563/[Link]) – FIFA competition record (archived)
Andy Selva ([Link] at National-Football-
[Link]
Andy Selva ([Link] at [Link] (in Italian)
Andy Selva ([Link] at [Link]
Andy Selva ([Link] at Soccerway
Andy Selva ([Link] at RSSSF

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