Tori DellaPeruta

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Tori DellaPeruta
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DellaPeruta with North Carolina in 2023
Personal information
Full name Victoria Marie DellaPeruta [1]
Date of birth (2004-03-21) March 21, 2004 (age 20) [1]
Place of birth Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Fiorentina
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022–2023 North Carolina 40 (8)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022 Pomigliano 9 (4)
2024 Sampdoria 11 (8)
2024–2025 Roma 0 (0)
2024–2025 → Sampdoria (loan) 16 (1)
2025– Fiorentina 0 (0)
International career
2022–2023 Italy U19 9 (3)
2023 Italy U23 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of February 1, 2025

Victoria Marie DellaPeruta (born March 21, 2004) is a professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Serie A Femminile club Fiorentina. Born in the United States, she has represented Italy at youth international level.

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DellaPeruta signed with Pomigliano at the age of 17 before playing college soccer for the North Carolina Tar Heels.

Early life

DellaPeruta was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to Barbara and Adam DellaPeruta, and has an older sister, Talia, who is also a soccer player. [1] Her grandmother is from Pescara and her grandfather from Naples. [2] She was originally a goalkeeper but moved to midfield at age five. [3] She played club soccer for United Futbol Academy up to age 12, Tophat Soccer Club from 2018 to 2020, and UFA again from 2020 to 2022. [1] [3] She committed to the University of North Carolina as a high school freshman in 2019. [4] [5]

DellaPeruta played her only year of high school soccer at West Forsyth High School as a junior in 2021, leading the team to a 19–2 record, and set a school season record with 54 goals. [4] [6] She scored the lone goal of the GHSA Class 7A final to beat undefeated Lambert and secure West Forsyth's first state title. [4] [7] She was recognized as a United Soccer Coaches All-American and the USA Today Girls Soccer Player of the Year. [6] She graduated early from high school in December 2021, intending to enroll at North Carolina in the spring, but instead began looking to play in Italy when she received her Italian passport the same month. [3] [6]

Pomigliano

After high school, 17-year-old DellaPeruta tried out for Serie A Femminile club Pomigliano during the 2021–22 season. [3] She spoke little Italian and her coach and teammates little English, but she was signed to the first team ten days into training. On her debut as a halftime substitute, she scored the 2–1 game winner against Empoli on January 22, 2022. She made her first start in a 1–0 win over Internazionale on March 6 and stayed in the starting lineup for the rest of the season. On May 14, when Pomigliano needed to win the last game of the season to prevent relegation and trailed Napoli 1–0 at halftime, DellaPeruta equalized in the 61st minute to start a 3–1 comeback victory. [3] [8] She had four goals in nine appearances for the club. [3]

North Carolina Tar Heels

After her stint with Pomigliano, DellaPeruta played two fall seasons for the North Carolina Tar Heels in 2022 and 2023. She had 8 goals in 40 appearances (19 starts), missing a few games each year to play with the Italian youth national team. [1] [9] Her sister, Talia, was her teammate both seasons. [10]

Club career

Sampdoria

Following two years in North Carolina, DellaPeruta chose to give up her remaining college eligibility and signed with Serie A club UC Sampdoria along with her sister, Talia. [11] [12] She made her debut as a late substitute against Como on January 14, 2024. [13] On March 16, on her first start, she scored four goals in a 5–0 rout of her former team Pomigliano. [2] [13] On July 26, Serie A club AS Roma announced they had signed DellaPeruta to a four-year contract but she would remain at Sampdoria on loan for the coming season. [14] In all, she scored 9 goals in 36 games for Sampdoria. [15]

Fiorentina

Serie A club Fiorentina announced on February 4, 2025, that they had acquired DellaPeruta from Roma. [16]

International career

DellaPeruta has United States and Italian citizenship. [1] She was called into a virtual camp for the United States national under-18 team in 2021. [17] After her stint at Pomigliano, she played for the Italian national under-19 team at the 2022 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. [3] She was called up to the Italian under-23 team in September 2023. [9]

DellaPeruta received her first senior national team call-up with Italy for a training camp before UEFA Women's Euro qualifying in May 2024. [14]

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  2. 1 2 "Vent'anni, il college, quattro gol in 90 minuti e 'il successo per diffondere la parola di Dio'. La Samp è già pazza di Della Peruta" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. March 21, 2024. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
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  8. ↑ "Victoria Della 2021–2022 Match Logs". FBref.com . Retrieved May 12, 2024.
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  15. ↑ Tori DellaPeruta at Soccerway OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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