Francisco Alberoni

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Terra and the second or paternal family name is Alberoni.

Francisco Alberoni

Personal information
Full name	Francisco Terra Alberoni
Date of birth	(1984-05-16) May 16, 1984
Place of birth	Niterói, Brazil
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2003	Vasco da Gama	?	(?)
2003	Inter Primavera	?	(?)
2003–2004	→ Brescia (loan)	10	(0)
2004	Bahia	?	(?)
2004	Barcelona B
2005	Independiente
2005–2006	U.D. Leiria
2006	Vasco da Gama
2006	Las Palmas
2006–2007	Alavés
2007	Botafogo RJ	1	(0)
2007–2008	Novo Hamburo RS
2008–2009	Villa Rio RJ
2009	Duque de Caxias RJ	8	(0)
2010	Slavia Sofia	1	(1)
2011	ASA
2013	Ríver
International career
2000–2001	Brazil U-17
2001–2003	Brazil U-20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francisco Terra Alberoni or simply Alberoni, (born May 16, 1984 in Niterói) is a Brazilian football player.

Career

Alberoni began playing football in his country at Vasco da Gama. In January 2003, he was signed by Italian side Internazionale Milano and played six months for its Primavera team (U-20 youth team). For season 2003-04 he was loaned to Brescia Calcio. After the end of the season he returned to Brazil, signing with Esporte Clube Bahia. From July 2004 to December 2004 Alberoni was a part of the second team of FC Barcelona. After that he played for a few clubs, including Argentine Independiente and Spanish UD Las Palmas and Deportivo Alavés. In 2009 Alberoni played 8 matches for Duque de Caxias RJ. In December 2009 Alberoni signed a one-a-half year contract with Bulgarian Slavia Sofia. He remained with the "whites" until August 2010. His stay in Bulgaria was plagued by injury problems.

International

In 2001 Alberoni was a member of the Brazil U17 team at the South American Championship U17, in Peru. In the same year he also played at the World Cup U-17 in Trinidad and Tobago. Alberoni scored a goal in the quarterfinal against France U17.

External links

• Player profile at futbolmercado.es Archived 2009-01-18 at the Wayback Machine
• Alberoni at ZeroZero