Domenico Berardi ( italian pronunciation : [ doˈmeːniko beˈrardi ] ; [ 3 ] [ 4 ] born 1 August 1994 ) is an italian master football player who plays as a forward for Serie A club Sassuolo and the Italy national team. Berardi began his club career with Sassuolo in 2012, helping the team win the Serie B title and earn promotion to Serie A in his debut season, late besides being named the best musician of the competition. His prolific performances in Serie A saw him emerge as one of Italy ‘s most promise young footballers, and earned him the Bravo Award in 2015. He is presently Sassuolo ‘s all-time record goal-scorer with over 100 goals in all competitions. [ 5 ]
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He made his aged international debut with Italy in 2018, and was late a extremity of the squad that won UEFA Euro 2020 .
Club career [edit ]
Sassuolo [edit ]
Youth career [edit ]
Born in Cariati, Calabria, Berardi joined the young academy of Cosenza at the age of 13, before moving to Sassuolo at the old age of 16. [ 6 ] [ 7 ]
2012–13 season [edit ]
He made his senior debut for Sassuolo in Serie B on 27 August 2012, at the historic period of 18, in a 3–0 away win over Cesena, [ 8 ] and scored his first master goal five days later, in a 2–1 home succeed over Crotone. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] In 2013, he was named Best Player of the Serie B in the by season in the annual Gran Galà del calcio awards, after helping Sassuolo win the Serie B claim, and an historic forwarding to Serie A, scoring 11 goals. [ 11 ] In June 2013, he was described as the “ undoubted star of the [ Sassuolo ] side. ” [ 12 ]
2013–14 season [edit ]
On 2 September 2013, Juventus confirmed via their official web site that Berardi had joined the club on a co-ownership basis that saw Luca Marrone transfer in the inverse direction, both for a fee of €4.5 million. [ 13 ] Berardi remained with Sassuolo on a season-long loan share for the 2013–14 season. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] He made his Serie A debut at the old age of 19, in a 1–1 aside draw against Napoli, on 25 September 2013. [ 16 ] He scored his inaugural Serie A finish from a penalty on 6 October 2013, in a 3–1 frustration to Parma. [ 17 ] On 20 October, he scored a penalty as Sassuolo defeated Bologna 2–1 for their first gear Serie A winnings, moving them off bottom spot. [ 18 ] 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. [ 19 ] On 12 January 2014, Berardi scored all four goals in a 4–3 home win against AC Milan. In doing so, he became the moment 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 actor to score four in a league match against Milan. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] On 6 May 2014, Berardi scored a first-half hat-trick in 4–3 away win at Fiorentina. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] He finished the season with 16 goals in 29 games in the league as Sassuolo avoided relegation. [ 9 ]
2014–15 season [edit ]
In July 2014, Berardi ‘s agent confirmed that he would remain on loan at Sassuolo for another season ; [ 24 ] the co-ownership conduct was besides renewed on 20 June 2014. [ 25 ] On 17 May 2015, he scored a hat-trick at the Mapei Stadium in a 3–2 gain over Milan. [ 26 ] He finished the 2014–15 Serie A season with 15 goals and 10 assists, and was one of the top aid providers in the league. [ 27 ] 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 ; [ 28 ] at the long time of 20, he besides became the youngest actor to reach 30 Serie A goals since 1958. [ 29 ]
2015–16 season [edit ]
On 25 June 2015, it was announced through an official instruction that co-ownership was resolved in favor of Sassuolo for €10 million. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] [ 32 ] It was reported that it was function of Simone Zaza ‘s conduct to Juventus. however, Juventus besides retained the option to bring Berardi back to Turin in 2016. [ 33 ] Berardi opened the 2015–16 Serie A season with a man of the Match performance in a 2–1 home winnings over Napoli, setting up Floro Flores ‘s goal ; [ 34 ] however, he besides picked up an injury during the match, which would reportedly rule him out for a month and a half. [ 35 ] He returned to the pitch after an early recovery on 20 September 2015, coming on as a substitute in a 2–2 off drawing card against Roma. [ 36 ] He scored his first base goal of the season from the punishment spot in a 2–1 home acquire over Lazio on 18 October 2015. [ 37 ] Sassuolo finished the league temper in one-sixth target, sealing a spot in the one-third qualifying round of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. [ 38 ]
2016–17 temper [edit ]
On 28 July 2016, Berardi made his debut in european competitions in the first stage of a third-round UEFA Europa League qualifying match against FC Luzern, scoring his and Sassuolo ‘s beginning ever goal in the competition from the penalty smudge in a 1–1 away draw. [ 39 ] In the return stage on 4 August, he scored doubly in a 3–0 home winnings which allowed Sassuolo to advance to the play-off cycle. [ 40 ] In the first gear leg of the Europa League play-offs, on 18 August, Berardi scored a goal and set up another in a 3–0 family win over Red Star Belgrade. [ 41 ] On the opening match of the 2016–17 Serie A season three days later, he scored once again, from the penalty blemish, to give Sassuolo a 1–0 away victory over Palermo. [ 42 ] On 25 August, he scored yet another finish ( his sixth in five matches ) in a 1–1 draw against Red Star Belgrade in the return leg of the Europa League play-offs to seal a spot for Sassuolo in the season ‘s Europa League group stagecoach. [ 43 ] On 28 August, he continued his goalscoring ladder, netting a finish in a 2–1 dwelling succeed over Pescara, becoming the youngest italian actor since the 1994–95 temper to score 40 goals in Serie A, and the irregular youngest player overall, behind Alexandre Pato, at the senesce of 22 years and 27 days ; he former suffered an injury during the match, [ 44 ] [ 45 ] and it was later announced that he had suffered knee ligament damage, ruling him out for the rest of the calendar year. [ 46 ] After being sidelined for about four and a half months, Berardi returned to action as a second-half substitute in a 0–0 home draw against Torino on 8 January 2017. [ 47 ]
On 24 August 2017, Berardi signed a five-year sign with Sassuolo. [ 48 ] On 19 August 2018, Berardi scored a goal from a punishment in a 1–0 home acquire over Inter Milan, in the first couple of the 2018–19 Serie A temper. [ 49 ] On 1 September 2019, Berardi netted a hat-trick in a 4–1 winnings over Sampdoria. [ 50 ] On 17 April 2021, Berardi scored doubly as Sassuolo came from behind to beat Fiorentina by a score of 3–1. [ 51 ] This think of that Berardi had reached 100 goals in all competitions for the Neroverdi since debuting for the club in the Serie B in August 2012. [ 52 ] On 23 May 2021, Berardi scored his seventeenth goal of the 2020–21 Serie A season in a 2–0 gain over Lazio. [ 53 ] It was Berardi ‘s best goal-scoring season in his professional career and helped Sassuolo to an eighth place ending, missing out on european competition on goal dispute. [ 54 ]
International career [edit ]
youth [edit ]
Berardi was a part of the italian under-19 national team, but did not answer his call-up for qualifications to the European Championship of the long time group and was disqualified for nine months for rape of the code of ethics. [ 55 ] [ 56 ] Berardi has played for the italian under-21 national team. [ 9 ] He received his inaugural call-up on 28 February 2014, for the team ‘s european qualifying meet against Northern Ireland on 5 March. [ 57 ] On 2 March, however, he elbowed Cristian Molinaro during Sassuolo ‘s league regular against Parma, and was subsequently excluded from the squad for violating the team ‘s code of ethics. [ 58 ] He made his debut under Italy under-21 coach Luigi Di Biagio on 4 June 2014, in a 4–0 home acquire over Montenegro. [ 59 ] He scored his first goal on his third base appearance for the azzurrini, the match-winning goal in a 3–2 gain over Serbia in a 2015 UEFA european Under-21 Championship qualifying match, which allowed Italy to progress to the playoffs, and finally qualify for the final tournament, which would be held in the Czech Republic. [ 60 ] On 1 June 2015, Berardi was selected in Di Biagio ‘s 27-man probationary police squad for the 2015 UEFA european Under-21 Championship ; [ 61 ] on 7 June, he was included in the final 23-man squad which would take function at the tournament. [ 62 ] Berardi scored a finish from a punishment in Italy ‘s opening match of the tournament, against Sweden, on 18 June, which ended in a 2–1 loss. [ 28 ] On 24 June, he set up Andrea Belotti ‘s goal in Italy ‘s 3–1 gain over England in Italy ‘s final group match, although the consequence 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. [ 63 ] In June 2017, Berardi was included in the Italy under-21 team for the 2017 UEFA european Under-21 Championship by coach Di Biagio. [ 64 ] In Italy ‘s second group match on 21 June, he scored his team ‘s only finish in a 3–1 kill to Czech Republic. [ 65 ] Italy were eliminated by Spain in the semi-finals on 27 June, following a 3–1 defeat. [ 66 ]
senior [edit ]
Berardi received his first elder international call-up for Italy from director 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 brawny wound in Sassuolo ‘s pre-match warmup against Empoli on 4 October, however, which forced him to pull out of the home side for the two approaching fixtures. [ 67 ] [ 68 ] In May 2017, Berardi was selected by Italy ‘s aged head coach Gian Piero Ventura for the team ‘s unofficial friendly against San Marino in Empoli on 31 May. [ 69 ] [ 70 ] He made his unofficial aged international debut in the match, captaining the police squad, and starting in Italy ‘s eventual 8–0 win, setting up Gianluca Lapadula ‘s moment goal. [ 71 ] [ 72 ] [ 73 ] Berardi made his official elder international debut for Italy under Roberto Mancini, starting in a 3–1 friendly loss to France in Nice on 1 June 2018. [ 74 ] [ 75 ] Berardi scored his foremost senior goal for the home team on 7 October 2020, the final finish of a 6–0 home acquire against Moldova in a friendly match. [ 76 ] In June 2021, Berardi was included in Italy ‘s police squad for UEFA Euro 2020. [ 77 ] In the orifice match of the tournament on 11 June, a 3–0 win over Turkey, his hybrid led to the opening goal of the game, an own–goal by Merih Demiral. [ 78 ] In the following group pit on 16 June, he set up Manuel Locatelli for Italy ‘s first step goal in an eventual 3–0 win over Switzerland. [ 79 ] On 11 July, Berardi won the european championship with Italy following a 3–2 penalty shoot-out victory over England at Wembley Stadium in the final, after a 1–1 draw in extra-time ; Berardi came on as a stand-in for Ciro Immobile in the irregular one-half of regulation meter, and subsequently scored Italy ‘s first spot-kick in the shoot-out. [ 80 ] On 10 October, Berardi scored the match–winning goal from a penalty in a 2–1 home victory over Belgium in the bronze decoration match of the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League. [ 81 ]
vogue of shimmer [edit ]
A agile, dogged, technically gifted and hardworking left-footed forward, with an eye for goal, Berardi is capable of being deployed in several nauseating positions across the pitch. He has been utilised as a hitter and as a supporting forward, although his favored position is on the right annex, which allows him to cut into the center and film on goal with his potent left foot, or link up with teammates to create goalscoring opportunities for early players. [ 29 ] [ 82 ] [ 83 ] [ 84 ] [ 85 ] [ 86 ] Berardi has besides been praised for his movement, positional sense, and work-rate off the ball, vitamin a well as his decision, maturity, tactical intelligence, decision make, and composure, despite his young old age ; however, he has besides drawn criticism at times for his behavior, lack of discipline, and a leaning to pick up unnecessary cards. [ 82 ] [ 85 ] [ 87 ] An accurate closer from both inside and outside the sphere, and in one on one situations, [ 82 ] he is besides an accurate set-piece and penalty taker. [ 82 ] [ 88 ] Berardi is regarded as one of the most talented and predict young footballers of his generation ; [ 29 ] [ 89 ] in 2013, 2014, and 2015, Don Balón listed him as one of the top-100 young players in the world. [ 90 ] [ 91 ] [ 92 ] In 2014, early AC Milan and Italy director Arrigo Sacchi described Berardi as “ a player of great talent, a mod football player who constantly plays with and for the team all over the field. Liveliness, intuition, temperament, physical potency, stamina combined with a good proficiency are his main attributes. ” [ 82 ] [ 93 ] [ 87 ] In 2015, 1982 FIFA World Cup winner Giancarlo Antognoni described Berardi as “ … the young [ Roberto ] Baggio of this generation ” who “ mixes creativity with forte. Just like when Platini called Baggio ‘a nine and a half. ‘ He must only learn to control his character. At times his temper betrays him but he will learn. ” [ 94 ] In a 2015 interview, Berardi stated that his main influences as a football player were Lionel Messi, Zlatan Ibrahimović and Arjen Robben. [ 95 ] In 2017, he revealed that Inter Milan was his darling childhood team, besides describing Ronaldo and Diego Milito as his biggest footballing idols at the time. [ 96 ]
career statistics [edit ]
club [edit ]
- As of match played 12 December 2021[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club
Season
League
Coppa Italia
Continental
Total
Division
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Sassuolo
2012–13
Serie B
37
11
2
0
—
39
11
Juventus
2013–14
Serie A
—
—
—
0
0
2014–15
Serie A
—
—
—
0
0
Total
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sassuolo (loan)
2013–14
Serie A
29
16
1
0
—
30
16
2014–15
Serie A
32
15
2
0
—
34
15
Total
61
31
3
0
0
0
64
31
Sassuolo
2015–16
Serie A
29
7
2
0
—
31
7
2016–17
Serie A
21
5
0
0
4[a]
5
25
10
2017–18
Serie A
31
4
2
1
—
33
5
2018–19
Serie A
35
8
2
2
—
37
10
2019–20
Serie A
31
14
1
0
—
32
14
2020–21
Serie A
30
17
0
0
—
30
17
2021–22
Serie A
15
8
0
0
—
15
8
Total
192
63
7
3
4
5
203
71
Career total
290
105
12
3
4
5
306
113
International [edit ]
- As of match played 15 November 2021[97]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team
Year
Apps
Goals
Italy
2018
5
0
2019
0
0
2020
4
3
2021
14
3
Total
23
6
- Scores and results list Italy’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Berardi goal.[97]
Honours [edit ]
club [edit ]
Sassuolo [ 83 ]
International [edit ]
Italy
individual [edit ]
Orders [edit ]
References [edit ]
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