Francisco Terra Alberoni or simply Alberoni, (born May 16, 1984 in

Niterói Niterói (, ) is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality of the state of Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro in the Southeast Region, Brazil, southeast region of Brazil. It lies across Guanabara Bay facing the city of Rio de Janeiro and forms ...

) is a Brazilian football player.

Career

Alberoni began playing football in his country at

Vasco da Gama Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira (; ; c. 1460s – 24 December 1524), was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea. His initial voyage to India by way of Cape of Good Hope (1497–1499) was the first to link E ...

. In January 2003, he was signed by Italian side

Internazionale Milano Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Inter is ...

and played six months for its Primavera team (U-20 youth team). For season 2003-04 he was loaned to

Brescia Calcio Brescia Calcio, commonly referred to as Brescia (), is an Italian football club based in Brescia, Lombardy, that currently plays in . The club holds the record for total number of seasons (64) and consecutive seasons (18, from 1947–48 to 1 ...

. After the end of the season he returned to Brazil, signing with

Esporte Clube Bahia Esporte Clube Bahia (), known familiarly as Bahia, is a Brazilian professional football club, based in Salvador, capital city of the Brazilian state of Bahia. They play in the Campeonato Baiano, Bahia's state league, and the Campeonato Bras ...

. 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.

References

External links

Player profile at futbolmercado.es

Alberoni
at ZeroZero {{DEFAULTSORT:Alberoni, Francisco 1984 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders CR Vasco da Gama players Brescia Calcio players Esporte Clube Bahia players Club Atlético Independiente footballers U.D. Leiria players UD Las Palmas players Deportivo Alavés players Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players PFC Slavia Sofia players Agremiação Sportiva Arapiraquense players Serie A players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Footballers from Niterói