Alberto Aquilani
Aquilani with Liverpool in 2011
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| Full name | Alberto Aquilani | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 7 July 1984 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rome, Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||
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Current team
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Sassuolo (on loan from Pescara) |
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| Number | 21 | ||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||
| 1999–2002 | Roma | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 2002–2009 | Roma | 102 | (9) | ||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | → Triestina (loan) | 41 | (4) | ||||||||||||
| 2009–2012 | Liverpool | 18 | (1) | ||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | → Juventus (loan) | 33 | (2) | ||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | → Milan (loan) | 23 | (1) | ||||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | Fiorentina | 81 | (13) | ||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Sporting CP | 19 | (3) | ||||||||||||
| 2016– | Pescara | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||||
| 2017– | → Sassuolo (loan) | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||||||||
| 2000 | Italy U16 | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Italy U17 | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Italy U18 | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2001–2003 | Italy U19 | 18 | (3) | ||||||||||||
| 2003 | Italy U20 | 2 | (1) | ||||||||||||
| 2004–2007 | Italy U21 | 20 | (5) | ||||||||||||
| 2006–2014 | Italy | 38 | (5) | ||||||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02:30, 19 March 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2014 |
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Alberto Aquilani (Italian pronunciation: [alˈbɛrto akwiˈlaːni]; born 7 July 1984) is an Italian professional footballer who plays for Sassuolo on loan from Pescara, and for the Italian national team. Aquilani is a central midfielder who can operate as a playmaker or as an attacking midfielder. Aquilani began his career with Italian side Roma and, after a brief loan spell at Triestina, returned to the Serie A club where he became a regular in the Roma side during the 2005–06 season, earning the nickname "Il Principino" (The Little Prince), due to his resemblance to former Roma legend Giuseppe Giannini, both in terms of appearance and playing style, who was known as "Il Principe" (The Prince). During the following season, he suffered a thigh injury and was ruled out for several months. In 2007 and 2008 he won consecutive Coppa Italia titles with Roma, as well as the 2007 Supercoppa Italiana. He moved to English club Liverpool for the start of the 2009–10 season but in August 2010, having received only limited playing time at Anfield due to injury, he returned to Italy and joined Juventus on loan until the end of the 2010–11 season. Aquilani returned to Liverpool at the end of the season as Juventus did not take up their purchase option. He went on loan again in 2011, playing for Italian club Milan for the 2011–12 season, and was subsequently sold to Fiorentina in 2012, where he remained until his transfer to Portuguese club Sporting CP in 2015; he returned to Italy in 2016, joining Pescara.
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