Alberto Aquilani (born 7 July 1984 in Rome) is an Italians Association football who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club A.S. Roma and the Italy national football team.Aquilani was born in Rome. Alberto Aquilani signed with AS Roma on August 1, 2001, but later played on loan for Triestina in Serie B during the 2003/04 season. Aquilani became part of the starting eleven for the team and played in forty games that season, scoring four goals.
Aquilani's Serie A debut was on May 10, 2003, during a match between AS Roma and Torino which Roma won 3-1.
In 2006, in a league match against Milan, Aquilani, who came from the bench, set up the play for the winning 2-1 goal on a rabona pass.
Aquilani's consistent performances with Roma earned Alberto Aquilani a call up for the Azzurri friendly against Turkey, where Alberto Aquilani made Alberto Aquilani international debut.
But the central midfielder, who would become known as ‘Il Principino’ (the Little Prince) by adoring Roma fans, opted to pen a professional deal with the club Alberto Aquilani has supported as a child. Alberto Aquilani joined the first team squad a year later and soon enough made a name for himselfBack in May 2003, when the Little Prince was really little (well, 18) Aquilani made Alberto Aquilani debut in Serie A. Roma, then managed by now-England coach Fabio Capello, defeated Torino but the club’s coaching staff wanted to nurture their special talent carefully.
Liverpool midfielder Alberto Aquilani has joined Juventus on loan with an option to purchase the player for €16 million at the end of the season.
The Italian joined Liverpool from Roma for €20 million last summer on a five-year deal, but he could not make an impact promting Roy hodgson to offer him out on loan.
It was confirmed last week that Hodgson planned to allow him return to Italy to enable him regain his fitness as he was not part of his first-team plans for this season, although he had suggested that it was not expected to be a permanent deal.
