Cosenza, Forte beyond goals: here is his debut in Court as a lawyer

The striker of the Calabrian team comes from a family of lawyers, he graduated in 2021 and now practices

Walter Leone

– Cosenza

It is a family passion that he has made his own and which is now starting to become something important. Francesco Forte, Cosenza’s striker who already has a nickname on the pitch (the “Shark”), began to frequent the courtrooms yesterday. He did it in the city where he plays with the number 10 shirt. And this is another good debut, after the one in Serie A as a footballer with Inter: at the age of 30 he took on the role of trainee lawyer and attended his first hearing.

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A special day for Forte, who met the curious gaze of many future colleagues, Cosenza fans, as he headed into the classroom. They recognized him and many would have liked to take a selfie with the future goalscoring lawyer, but it is forbidden in the courts. About a fortnight ago he began practicing in the office of the lawyer Gregorio Barba, a friend and colleague of his father Giampiero, the one who transferred this passion to him. And it couldn’t be otherwise, as the attacker himself said in the days following his graduation: “I chose Law because I come from a family of lawyers, my grandfather Luigi and my father are. I did it for them too.” The scientific maturity achieved when he played in the youth sector of Inter (Italian Spring champion 2012) then the transfer to Pisa in Serie C, his first professional team, where the spark that led him to undertake the university course. He graduated in 2021 with a thesis on the topic “The employment relationship of the professional footballer”.

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On the pitch the current season had begun in Cosenza, but as an opponent wearing the Ascoli shirt: a sign of destiny, with an expulsion on the closing credits of the first half (he hit Fontanarosa, now his teammate) which cost him 3 disqualification days. Then the arrival in Calabria, in the last hours of the market. In the meantime, thanks to the brace scored against Lecco he has updated his score as a striker: 55 goals in Serie B in 168 appearances. And he doesn’t want to stop, trying to stay in Cosenza for a long time also to complete his period as a practicing lawyer: it takes 18 months before taking the exam for the legal qualification. And then yes it will be the lawyer Forte.



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