Fabio Borini
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Borini playing for Liverpool in 2014
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| Full name | Fabio Borini | |||||||||||
| Date of birth | 29 March 1991 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bentivoglio, Italy | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward, Midfielder | |||||||||||
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Current team
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Sunderland | |||||||||||
| Number | 9 | |||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||
| 2001–2007 | Bologna | |||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | Chelsea | |||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Chelsea | 4 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2011 | → Swansea City (loan) | 9 | (6) | |||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Parma | 0 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2011–2012 | → Roma (loan) | 24 | (9) | |||||||||
| 2012–2015 | Liverpool | 25 | (2) | |||||||||
| 2013–2014 | → Sunderland (loan) | 32 | (7) | |||||||||
| 2015– | Sunderland | 41 | (6) | |||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Italy U17 | 7 | (1) | |||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Italy U19 | 5 | (3) | |||||||||
| 2009–2013 | Italy U21 | 18 | (6) | |||||||||
| 2012 | Italy | 1 | (0) | |||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:57, 01 April 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 01:02, 31 December 2015 (UTC) |
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Fabio Borini (born 29 March 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Sunderland.
He started his career at Bologna, before moving to Chelsea in 2007. In 2011, Borini joined Championship side Swansea City on loan, and eventually signed for Roma, before moving to Liverpool in 2012. He spent the 2013–14 season on loan at Sunderland, becoming a fans' favourite during his time there, and after a season back at Liverpool he joined Sunderland permanently in August 2015.
Borini made his senior international debut in 2012, and was an unused member of the Italian squad that reached the Euro 2012 final.
Borini first started playing football at the age of nine, he and his father were avid Bologna supporters. He joined Bologna in 2001, as a youth player.
Borini joined Chelsea in the summer of 2007 from Bologna. During the 2008–09 season, he was made first choice striker for reserves. He was the top scorer for the reserves with 10 goals from 11 appearances. Borini scored against Manchester United in the FA Youth Cup. On 1 September 2009, he was added to Carlo Ancelotti's Champions League squad and he made the bench against FC Porto. He made the substitutes bench again a few days later on 20 September, replacing Nicolas Anelka in the 89th minute to make his first team debut for Chelsea against Tottenham Hotspur. His full debut came against Queens Park Rangers in the League Cup third round. On 8 December 2009, Borini made his Champions League debut in the 2–2 draw against APOEL. He played his first FA Cup game against Cardiff City in the fifth round, coming on in the 88th minute for Didier Drogba as the Blues won 4–1. Borini underwent a hernia operation which put him out of action for quite some time.
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