Profile Alberto Aquilani

Personal information

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
Current club : Juventus
Number : 14
Youth career :
1999–2003 Roma
Senior career :
2002–2009 Roma
2003–2004 Triestina (loan)
2009– Liverpool
2010– Juventus (loan)
National team
2000 Italy U-15
2000–2001 Italy U-16
2001 Italy U-17
2002 Italy U-18
2001–2003 Italy U-19
2003 Italy U-20
2004–2007 Italy U-21
2006– Italy

Club career
Roma

In 2001, at the age of sixteen, Chelsea and Arsenal presented him contracts, but he decreased the offers to extend playing for his youth club Roma

He prepared his debut in Serie A at the age of eighteen on ten May 2003 beneath thereafter administrator Fabio Capello against Torino. He was lent to Serie B club Triestina for the 2003–04 season to gain first team experience.

Returning to Roma in the 2004–05 season, he snapped into the beginning XI. In the 2005–06 season, he scored the second target in the derby victory on 26 February 2006, a victory in which Roma snapped the record for the majority consecutive wins in Serie A, a record subsequent breached via Inter Milan in the 2006–07 season.

In the chasing season, Aquilani was expected to be one of Roma's best players. He was given the figure eight shirt formerly worn via Matteo Ferrari. Unfortunately, an injury coerced him out of the game for a figure of months. Aquilani returned to the field in May 2007 and featured in three sport towards the end of the season, encompassing the final two.

He also played in the Champions League against Real Madrid, where he had an excellent game.[citation needed] He scored pair lengthy range targets in the first pair suits of the 2007–08 season against Palermo and Siena.[citation needed] Although he was injured in October 2007, he returned to squad in January 2008.

Aquilani was injured again on 22 October 2008 against Chelsea. He returned to movement on 11 January 2009 against Milan but picked upward another injury in February. Although he played against Arsenal as a final tiny substitute on 11 March 2009, he did not play in the relax of the season.

On 26 May 2009, Aquilani gestured a fresh contract with Roma until 2013, adding three more years to earlier deal.

He was nicknamed "Il Principino" (Italian for "The Little Prince") via the Roma faithful.

Liverpool

On 5 August 2009, Liverpool broadcast that they had matched a sell with Roma for the transfer of Aquilani, subject to a medical. The club subsequently broadcast that the actor had exceeded the medical and gestured a 5 year contract on seven August 2009.[13] Roma disclosed that the payment was €20 million (£17 million) plus sporting bonus. Aquilani was handed the figure 4 shirt, final worn via Sami Hyypiä, whoever stringed Bayer Leverkusen at the end of the 2008–09 season. Although it was originally thought that he was enlisted as a replenishment for deep-lying playmaker Xabi Alonso whoever had retired the same summer to attend Real Madrid, Aquilani currently prefers to play further upward the tone and is assessed to be more of a dynamic assailing midfielder than a keeping playmaker.

Aquilani prepared his Liverpool parks debut with a 15 minutes substitute arrival in a 2–0 win against Sunderland parks on 21 October 2009.

Aquilani's first game for Liverpool was a 2–1 4th around Carling Cup defeat to Arsenal, emanating on in the 77th tiny for Damien Plessis. He prepared his lengthy awaited Premier league debut on 9 November 2009, as a late substitute against Birmingham City in a 2–2 draw. He thereafter prepared a thirty second arrival against Hungarian club Debrecen on 24 November which Liverpool won 1–0 courtesy of a target from David Ngog. Aquilani prepared his first begin against Fiorentina in a Champions League suit on 9 December 2009, where Liverpool no where 2–1. Aquilani prepared his first Premier League begin against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 26 December 2009 and received a standing ovation from the Kop as shortly as he was substituted in the 84th tiny for Daniel Pacheco.

Aquilani following began for Liverpool in their 2–0 win across Bolton Wanderers, where he obtained his second contribute for Liverpool, again establishing Dirk Kuyt. He scored his first target for Liverpool on 15 March 2010 against Portsmouth and he also contributed Fernando Torres for the fourth Liverpool goal. He was voted man of the suit via the fans on Liverpool's official website. Aquilani also accrued the man of the suit award in his following Liverpool league begin, against Fulham in a goalless draw at Anfield. In his following begin for Liverpool he done the suit with three contributes during a 4–0 away win against Burnley On 29 April 2010 he scored a target against Atlético Madrid in the Europa League, scrapping out Atlético's first leg target from Diego Forlán via scoring moments ago half-time. Despite a great performance from Aquilani on the evening, Liverpool finally ebbed of the semi-finals on the away target govern afterwards Yossi Benayoun had placed Liverpool 2–0 upward, as Diego Forlán scored his second of the tie in exta-time to take the compound score to 2–2. Aquilani won the LFC Man Of The Match award again afterwards his performance. Aquilani also played in Liverpool's final two sport of the season, a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Chelsea at Anfield and a goalless draw away to Hull City at the KC Stadium. In total, Aquilani played 26 times in his debut season for the reds, scoring double but occasionally playing the full 90 minutes.

With the withdrawal of Rafael Benítez to Internazionale in June 2010, fresh administrator Roy Hodgson played him in several pre-season sport, but stated publicly in mid-August that Aquilani may go rear to his native Italy on lend for a full season, where playing routinely he could gain suit fitness.

Juventus

On 21 August 2010, a sell between Liverpool and Juventus was matched, to permit Aquilani to go on a one season lend sell to Juventus with an option of a permanent move. Aquilani has stated that he's joyous in Turin and that he found a home at Juventus. He has beaten a excellent partnership with Felipe Melo in midfield which has been a main contribution to the prevailing good model of Juventus.
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International career

At youth horizontal, Aquilani was capped for Italy at 2001 European Under-21 Football Championship qualifying. He won 2003 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship with Italy and scored one goal. He was thereafter promoted to the U21 team and took fraction in 2006 European Under-21 Football Championship qualifying, but missed out on the final tournament due to injury.

Aquilani prepared his senior debut on 15 November 2006 in a 1–1 friendly against Turkey. He played as a regular during the 2007 U-21 Championship held in the Netherlands, scoring pair targets, and being dubbed in the "UEFA Team of the Tournament". Italy done 5th and qualified for the 2008 Olympics. He was dubbed to the 23-man roster for Euro 2008, his first main global tournament. He came on as a sub in Italy's third game of the tournament, which was a 2–0 victory across France. He began Italy's quarter-final suit against Spain due to the suspensions to Andrea Pirlo and Gennaro Gattuso. Italy no where 4–2 in a shootout afterwards a 0–0 tie through 120 minutes.

Aquilani scored his first target for Italy during the 2010 World Cup qualification suit against Montenegro on 15 October 2008, a score he doubled subsequent in the same match. In spite of this, the national team administrator Marcelo Lippi opted not to include him in the 23-man Italian squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.