Domenico Berardi

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Domenico Berardi
Personal information
Full name Domenico Berardi
Date of birth (1994-08-01) 1 August 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Cariati, Italy
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Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Sassuolo
Number 25
Youth career
2008–2010 Cosenza
2010–2012 Sassuolo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012– Sassuolo 127 (49)
International career‡
2012–2013 Italy U19 3 (1)
2014– Italy U21 16 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 May 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 March 2016

Domenico Berardi (Italian pronunciation: [doˈmeniko beˈrardi];[1] born 1 August 1994) is an Italian professional footballer who plays for Sassuolo and the Italy national U21 team as a forward.

Club career

Born in Cariati, Calabria, Berardi joined the youth academy of Cosenza at the age of 13, before moving to Sassuolo at the age of 16.[2][3] He made his senior debut for Sassuolo in Serie B on 27 August 2012, at the age of 18, in a 3–0 away win over Cesena,[4] and scored his first professional goal five days later, in a 2–1 home win over Crotone.[5][6] In November 2012, he was linked with a transfer to a number of English clubs.[7] In 2013, he was named Best Player of the Serie B in the past season in the annual Gran Galà del calcio awards, after helping Sassuolo win the Serie B title, and an historic promotion to Serie A, scoring 11 goals.[8] In June 2013, he was described as the "undoubted star of the [Sassuolo] side."[9]

On 2 September 2013, Juventus confirmed via their official website that Berardi had joined the club on a co-ownership basis that saw Luca Marrone transfer in the opposite direction, both for a fee of €4.5 million.[10] Berardi remained with Sassuolo on a season-long loan deal for the 2013–14 season.[11][12] He made his Serie A debut at the age of 19, in a 1–1 away draw against Napoli, on 25 September 2013.[13] He scored his first Serie A goal from a penalty on 6 October 2013, in a 3–1 defeat to Parma.[14] On 20 October, he scored a penalty as Sassuolo defeated Bologna 2–1 for their first Serie A win, moving them off bottom spot.[15]

He scored a hat-trick, including two penalties, in Sassuolo's first ever Serie A away win, 4–3 against Sampdoria on 3 November 2013.[16]

On 12 January 2014, Berardi scored all four goals in a 4–3 home win against Milan. In doing so, he became the second youngest player to score four goals in a single Serie A match – the youngest was the 18-year-old Silvio Piola in 1931 – and the first player to score four in a league match against Milan.[17][18]

On 6 May 2014, Berardi scored a first-half hat-trick in 4–3 away win at Fiorentina.[19][20] He finished the season with 16 goals in 29 games in the league as Sassuolo avoided relegation.[5]

In July 2014, it was confirmed that Berardi was to stay at Sassuolo for another season;[21] the co-ownership deal was also renewed on 20 June 2014.[22]

On 17 May 2015, he scored a hat-trick at the Mapei Stadium in a 3–2 win over A.C. Milan.[23] He finished the 2014–15 Serie A season with 15 goals and 10 assists, and was one of the top assist providers in the league.[24] He reached 30 league goals in 59 games, noted by UEFA to be quicker than the 70 matches taken for Lionel Messi to reach that milestone.[25] On 25 June 2015 it was announced through an official statement that co-ownership was resolved in favour of Sassuolo for €10 million.[26][27][28] It was reported that it was part of Simone Zaza's deal to Juventus. However, Juventus also retained the option to bring Berardi back to Turin in 2016.[29]

Berardi opened the 2015–16 Serie A season with a Man of the Match performance in a 2–1 home win over Napoli, setting up Floro Flores's goal;[30] however, he also picked up an injury during the match, which will reportedly rule him out for a month and a half.[31] He returned to the pitch after an early recovery on 20 September 2015, coming on as a substitute in a 2–2 away draw against Roma.[32] He scored his first goal of the season from the penalty spot in a 2–1 home win over Lazio on 18 October 2015.[33]

International career

He was a component of the Italian under-19 national team, but did not answer his call-up up for qualifications to the European Championship of the age group and was disqualified for nine months for violation of the code of ethics.[34][35]

Berardi has played for the Italian under-21 national team.[5] He made his debut under Italy under-21 manager Luigi Di Biagio on 4 June 2014, in a 4–0 home win over Montenegro.[36] He scored his first goal on his third appearance for the azzurrini, the match-winning goal in a 3–2 win over Serbia in a 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying match, which allowed Italy to progress to the playoffs, and eventually qualify for the final tournament, which would be held in the Czech Republic.[37]

On 1 June 2015, Berardi was selected in Di Biagio's 27-man provisional squad for the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship;[38] on 7 June, he was included in the final 23-man squad which would take part at the tournament.[39] Berardi scored a goal from a penalty in Italy's opening match of the tournament, against Sweden, on 18 June, which ended in a 2–1 loss.[25] On 24 June, he set up Andrea Belotti's goal in Italy's 3–1 win over England in Italy's final group match, although the result was not enough to see the Italian under-21 side progress to the semi-finals, as the azzurrini finished third in their group, behind the two eventual finalists Portugal and Sweden.[40]

He received his first senior international call-up for Italy from manager Antonio Conte in October 2015, ahead of Italy's UEFA Euro 2016 qualifiers against Azerbaijan and Norway on 10 and 13 October; he suffered a muscular injury in Sassuolo's pre-match warmup against Empoli on 4 October, however, which forced him to pull out of the national side for the two upcoming fixtures.[41][42]

Style of play

A quick and hardworking left-footed player with an eye for goal, Berardi is capable of being deployed in several offensive positions on either side of the pitch, or through the centre; he has been utilised as a striker and as a supporting forward, although his preferred position is that of a winger.[43] Berardi is regarded as one of the most talented and promising young footballers of his generation;[44] in 2014, Don Balón listed him as one of the top-100 young players in the world.[45] Former Milan and Italy manager, Arrigo Sacchi, has described Berardi as "a player of great talent, a modern footballer who plays for the team all over the field. The liveliness, intuition, temperament, strength combine with a good technique."[46]

Career statistics

As of 18 May 2016[5]
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sassuolo 2012–13 Serie B 37 11 2 0 – – 39 11
2013–14 Serie A 29 16 1 0 – – 30 16
2014–15 Serie A 32 15 2 0 – – 34 15
2015–16 Serie A 29 7 2 0 – – 31 7
Total 127 49 7 0 – – 134 49

Honours

Club

Sassuolo[43]

Individual

References

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