Mattia Liberali

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Mattia Liberali
Personal information
Date of birth (2007-04-06) 6 April 2007 (age 17)
Place of birth Carate Brianza, Italy
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Winger, attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 AC Milan U19
Number 21
Youth career
2013–2014 Aquile della Brianza
2014–2015 La Dominante
2015– AC Milan
International career‡
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022 Italy U15 6 (4)
2022–2023 Italy U16 11 (3)
2023– Italy U17 28 (6)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Winner 2024 Cyprus
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 June 2024

Mattia Liberali (born 6 April 2007) is an Italian footballer who plays as a winger for Italian club AC Milan U19.

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Early life

Liberali was born in Carate Brianza, Italy. [1]

Club career

In 2013, the manager of local amateur side Rhodense  [ it ], Alberto Bianchi, spotted Liberali and invited him to play in a youth tournament with a view to later sign him. [2] However, he would participate at the tournament with Aquile della Brianza from Muggiò instead, spending a year with the side before joining La Dominante, who he would train during the week with, while playing with professional side AC Milan on weekends. [2]

After a year of this arrangement, Liberali made the switch to AC Milan permanent. [2] During the 2021–22 under-16 Scudetto tournament, he finished second-top scorer behind Francesco Camarda with nine goals, as AC Milan went on to win the competition. [2] He was called up to train with the first team for the first time, alongside Camarda and Nirash Perera, in December 2022. [3] The following year, in July 2023, he signed his first professional contract with the club through 2027. [4]

International career

Liberali has represented Italy from under-15 to under-17 level. [5]

Style of play

Initially a central defender while playing at 7-a-side level, Liberali was moved up the pitch in the academy of AC Milan, settling at left-wing, with Italy under-17 coach Massimiliano Favo  [ it ] also utilising him as an attacking midfielder. [2] Former AC Milan defender and current football pundit, Alessandro Costacurta, compared him with English international Phil Foden for their similar playing style. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Mattia Liberali". acmilan.com (in Italian). Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Barilaro, Andrea (10 May 2022). "BII nuovo fuoriclasse del Milan dal mancino fatato: Mattia Liberali incanta il Diavolo, e con la Nazionale..." [The new AC Milan champion with the fairy left-handed: Mattia Liberali enchants the Devil, and with the national team...]. sprintesport.it (in Italian). Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  3. ↑ Schettino, Francesco (7 December 2022). "Milan, prosegue la linea giovane: Camarda, Liberali e Perera si allenano con la primavera" [Milan, the young line continues: Camarda, Liberali and Perera train with the spring]. footballnews24.it (in Italian). Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  4. ↑ Antonelli, Michele (19 July 2023). "Il Milan blinda "il mago" Liberali, il 2007 mancino paragonato a Foden" [Milan locks up "the magician" Liberali, the left-handed 2007 compared to Foden]. gazzetta.it (in Italian). Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  5. ↑ Mattia Liberali at WorldFootball.net
  6. ↑ Scapellato, Fabio (20 July 2023). "Mattia Liberali, chi è il "Nuovo Foden" che il Milan ha blindato a soli 16 anni" [Mattia Liberali, who is the "New Foden" that Milan locked up at just 16 years old]. spraynews.it (in Italian). Retrieved 24 August 2023.
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