Domenico Alberico

Domenico Roberto Alberico (born 23 January 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Regionalliga Südwest club SGV Freiberg. 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 (age 25)
Place of birth	Pforzheim, Germany
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	SGV Freiberg
Number	19
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	13	(1)
2023–	SGV Freiberg	31	(4)
International career‡
2015	Germany U-16	2	(0)
2019	Italy U-20	10	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 October 2024 ‡ 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]

On 27 August 2023, Alberico moved to SGV Freiberg.^[9]

International career

Alberico made his Germany U-16 debut on 18 March 2015. Ironically, this match was played against his ancestral country of Italy.^[10]

He represented Italy at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.^[11][12]

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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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. "Alberico bringt weitere Flexibilität ins Freiberger Mittelfeld". Kicker (in German). Retrieved 29 August 2023.
10. "Domenico Alberico - Spielerprofil". DFB Datencenter (in German). Retrieved 4 January 2022.
11. "Domenico Alberico, il tedesco d'Italia vuole stupire al Mondiale U20 - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". www.tuttomercatoweb.com (in Italian). Retrieved 4 January 2022.
12. FIGC (5 August 2020). "Convocazioni e presenze in campo". Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. Retrieved 4 January 2022.

External links

• Domenico Alberico at WorldFootball.net
• Domenico Alberico at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
• Domenico Alberico at kicker (in German)