Domenico Alberico

Domenico Roberto Alberico (born 23 January 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Regionalliga Bayern club Würzburger Kickers. Born in Germany, Alberico has represented both his country of birth and Italy at youth international levels.[2]

Domenico Alberico
Personal information
Full name Domenico Roberto Alberico[1]
Date of birth (1999-01-23) 23 January 1999
Place of birth Pforzheim, Germany
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Würzburger Kickers
Youth career
0000–2014 Karlsruhe
2014–2018 Hoffenheim
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Hoffenheim II 45 (5)
2020–2021 Stuttgart II 29 (2)
2021–2022 Viterbese 13 (0)
2023– Würzburger Kickers 0 (0)
International career‡
2015 Germany U-16 2 (0)
2019 Italy U-20 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 April 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2019

Club career

Born in Pforzheim, Alberico started his career in Karlsruhe's youth sector.[3]

In 2014, he moved to Hoffenheim. From 2018, he played for Hoffenheim's reserve team in the Regionalliga.[4]

He left Hoffenheim and joined VfB Stuttgart's reserve team in the 2020–21 season.[5]

On 13 August 2021, he moved to Italian Serie C club Viterbese.[6] On 2 August 2022, Alberico's contract with Viterbese was terminated by mutual consent.[7]

On 17 January 2023, after a successful trial with Würzburger Kickers, Alberico officially joined the Regionalliga Bayern club on a free transfer.[8]

International career

Alberico made his Germany U-16 debut on 18 March 2015. Ironically, this match was played against his ancestral country of Italy.[9]

He represented Italy at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[10][11]

References
  1. "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Italy" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
  2. Domenico Alberico at Soccerway
  3. "Domenico Alberico reist zur Nationalmannschaft". www.ksc.de (in German). Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  4. Hoffenheim, TSG 1899. "Alberico: Rückblick auf ein unglaubliches Halbjahr". www.tsg-hoffenheim.de (in German). Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  5. "vfb - Domenico Alberico". Archived from the original on 28 November 2020.
  6. "UFFICIALE – Domenico Alberico è un nuovo giocatore gialloblu". Viterbese Calcio News- Cuori Gialloblu (in Italian). 13 August 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  7. "Comunicato ufficiale – Rescissione consensuale per Alberico" (in Italian). Viterbese. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  8. "Domenico Alberico schließt sich den Kickers an". Würzburger Kickers (in German). 17 January 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  9. "Domenico Alberico - Spielerprofil". DFB Datencenter (in German). Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  10. "Domenico Alberico, il tedesco d'Italia vuole stupire al Mondiale U20 - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". www.tuttomercatoweb.com (in Italian). Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  11. FIGC (5 August 2020). "Convocazioni e presenze in campo". Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
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