Alberto Cerri

Alberto Cerri
Cerri on his presentation as a Pescara player, 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-04-16) 16 April 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Parma, Italy
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Como
Number 17
Youth career
2006–2014 Parma
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Parma 2 (0)
2014–2015 → Lanciano (loan) 19 (4)
2015–2019 Juventus 0 (0)
2015–2016 → Cagliari (loan) 24 (3)
2016–2017 → SPAL (loan) 15 (1)
2017 → Pescara (loan) 13 (2)
2017–2018 → Perugia (loan) 34 (15)
2018–2023 Cagliari 50 (2)
2020–2021 → SPAL (loan) 8 (1)
2021–2023 → Como (loan) 61 (19)
2023– Como 10 (1)
2024 → Empoli (loan) 12 (1)
International career‡
2011–2012 Italy U16 8 (4)
2011–2013 Italy U17 31 (12)
2013 Italy U18 2 (1)
2014–2015 Italy U19 15 (5)
2015–2018 Italy U21 21 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 September 2018

Alberto Cerri (born 16 April 1996) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Como.

Club career

Parma

On 30 March 2013, Cerri made his debut for Parma as a substitute replacing Amauri in the 76th minute of a 3–0 home win over Pescara at the age of 16 years and 348 days.[1][2] On 6 April 2014, he made his second appearance as a substitute replacing Jonathan Biabiany in the 92nd minute of a 1–0 home win over Napoli.[3]

Loan to Virtus Lanciano

On 28 August 2014, Cerri was signed by Serie B side Virtus Lanciano on a season-long loan deal. On 30 August he made his Serie B debut for Virtus Lanciano as a substitute replacing Gaetano Vastola in the 88th minute, and he scored his first professional goal in the 94th minute of a 3–3 away draw against Catania.[4] On 20 September, Cerri scored his second goal in the 55th minute of a 5–1 home defeat against Frosinone.[5] On 23 September he scored his third goal in the 75th minute of a 1–1 away draw against Brescia.[6] On 29 September he scored his fourth goal in the 15th minute of a 1–1 home draw against Bari.[7] On 25 April 2015, Cerri was sent off with a red card in the 77th minute of a 1–0 home defeat against Pescara.[8] On 22 May he played his first entire match for Virtus Lanciano, a 1–0 away defeat against Bologna.[9] Cerri ended his loan to Virtus Entella with 19 appearances, 4 goals and 1 assist.[10]

Juventus

On 15 July 2015, Cerri was signed by Serie A side Juventus on a free transfer.[11]

Loan to Cagliari

On 21 August 2015, Cerri was loaned to Serie B club Cagliari on a season-long loan deal. On 22 September, Cerri made his Serie B debut for Cagliari in a 3–1 away win over Virtus Entella; he was replaced by Federico Melchiorri in the 79th minute.[12] On 7 November he played his first entire match for Cagliari, a 2–1 home win over Modena.[13] On 3 December he played in the fourth round of Coppa Italia in a 1–0 away win over Sassuolo.[14] On 9 December, Cerri scored his first goal for Cagliari in the 67th minute of a 3–1 away win over Virtus Lanciano.[15] On 15 December he played in a 3–0 away defeat against Internazionale in the quarter-finals of Coppa Italia; he played the entire match.[16] On 29 January 2016, Cerri scored his second goal, as a substitute, in the 78th minute of a 2–1 away win over Avellino.[17] On 6 May he scored his third goal, again as a substitute, in the 87th minute of a 3–0 away win over Bari.[18] Cerri ended his loan to Cagliari with 26 appearances, 3 goals and 4 assists.[10]

Loan to SPAL and Pescara

On 1 August 2016, Cerri was signed by Serie B side SPAL on a six-month loan deal. On 7 August, Cerri made his debut for SPAL, and he scored his first goal in the 63rd minute of a 2–0 home win over Messina in the second round of Coppa Italia; he was replaced by Gianmarco Zigoni in the 70th minute.[19] On 15 August he played in a 5–1 away defeat against Cagliari in the third round of Coppa Italia; he played the entire match.[20] On 27 August he made his Serie B debut for SPAL in a 2–0 away defeat against Benevento; he played the entire match.[21] On 22 October he scored his first goal for SPAL, in Serie B, in the 50th minute of a 3–1 home win over Carpi.[22] Cerri ended his 6-month loan to SPAL with 17 appearances, 2 goals and 2 assists.[10]

On 4 January 2017, Cerri was loaned to Serie A side Pescara on a 6-month loan deal. On 15 January he made his Serie A debut for Pescara as a substitute replacing Valerio Verre in the 70th minute of a 3–1 away defeat against Napoli.[23] On 19 February, Cerri played his first entire match for Pescara, and he scored his first goal in Serie A in the 87th minute of a 5–0 home win over Genoa.[24] On 4 March he scored his second goal in the 32nd minute of a 3–1 away defeat against Sampdoria.[25] Cerri ended his loan to Pescara with 13 appearances, 2 goals and 1 assist.[10]

Loan to Perugia

On 24 July 2017, Cerri was signed by Serie B club Perugia on a season-long loan deal. On 6 August he made his debut for Perugia in a 2–1 home win over Gubbio in the second round of Coppa Italia; he played the entire match.[26] On 12 August he made his first hat-trick in his career in a 4–0 away win over Benevento in the third round of Coppa Italia.[27] On 26 August he made his Serie B debut for Perugia, and he scored his first goal in the 13th minute of a 5–1 away win over Virtus Entella.[28] On 11 September, Cerri scored his second goal in Serie B in the 31st minute of a 1–1 away draw against Cittadella.[29] On 12 November he was sent off with a double yellow card in the 59th minute of a 1–0 away defeat against Venezia.[30] On 6 November he scored his third goal, as a substitute, in the 75th minute of a 1–1 home draw against Avellino.[31] On 30 November, Cerri played in the fourth round of Coppa Italia and he scored a goal in the 45th minute of an 8–3 away defeat against Udinese.[32] On 10 March 2018, he scored his 10th goal of the season, in Serie B, in the 59th minute of a 2–0 home win over Foggia.[33] Cerri ended his loan to Perugia with 34 appearances, 19 goals and 12 assists.

Loan to Cagliari

On 12 July 2018, Cerri signed a loan with Cagliari until 30 June 2019, with obligatory buy. He returned to Cagliari after the 2015–16 season.[34] On 12 August he made his debut for Cagliari as a substitute replacing Leonardo Pavoletti in the 86th minute of a 2–1 home win over Palermo in the third round of Coppa Italia.[35] One week later he made his Serie A debut again as a substitute replacing Artur Ioniţă for the last 17 minutes of a 2–0 away defeat against Empoli.[36] On 22 September, Cerri played his first match as a starter for Cagliari. a 2–0 away defeat against Parma, he was replaced by Diego Farias in the 60th minute.[37]

Cagliari

On 19 February 2019, Cagliari bought Cerri for €9 million from Juventus.[38]

Second loan to SPAL

On 31 January 2020, he rejoined SPAL on loan until the end of the 2019–20 season.[39]

Como

On 17 August 2021, he joined Como on a season-long loan.[40] On 2 July 2022, Cerri re-joined Como on another loan, with an obligation to buy in the summer of 2023, and signed a contract with Como until June 2026.[41]

Loan to Empoli

On 19 January 2024, Cerri joined Serie A club Empoli on loan, with an optional buy-clause, which becomes mandatory if certain unspecified conditions are met.[42]

International career

Cerri represented Italy at the U-16, U-17, U-18, U-19 and U-21 level. With the Italy U17 side he took part at the 2013 UEFA European Under-17 Championship and at the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

He made his debut with Italy U21 on 12 August 2015, in a friendly match against Hungary.

In June 2017, he was included in the Italy under-21 squad for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship by manager Luigi Di Biagio.[43] Italy were eliminated in the semi-finals following a 3–1 defeat to Spain on 27 June.[44][45]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 23 December 2024[46]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Parma 2012–13 Serie A 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
Parma 2013–14 Serie A 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
Virtus Lanciano (loan) 2014–15 Serie B 19 4 0 0 — — 19 4
Cagliari (loan) 2015–16 Serie B 24 3 2 0 — — 26 3
SPAL (loan) 2016–17 Serie B 15 1 2 1 — — 17 2
Pescara (loan) 2016–17 Serie A 13 2 — — — 13 2
Perugia (loan) 2017–18 Serie B 34 15 3 4 — — 37 19
Cagliari 2018–19 Serie A 15 0 2 1 — — 17 1
2019–20 Serie A 11 1 2 1 — — 13 2
2020–21 Serie A 26 1 2 1 — — 20 2
2021–22 Serie A 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Total 68 5 8 3 0 0 0 0 76 8
SPAL (loan) 2019–20 Serie A 8 1 0 0 — — 8 1
Como (loan) 2021–22 Serie B 27 10 0 0 — — 27 10
2022–23 Serie B 34 9 1 0 — — 35 9
Total 61 19 1 0 — — 62 19
Como 2023–24 Serie B 5 1 1 0 — — 6 1
2024–25 Serie A 5 0 0 0 — — 5 0
Total 10 1 1 0 — — 11 1
Empoli 2023–24 Serie A 12 1 0 0 — — 12 1
Career total 242 49 15 8 — — 250 55

Honours

Cagliari

SPAL

Italy U17

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