Francisco Alberoni

Francisco Terra Alberoni or simply Alberoni, (born 16 May 1984) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career Alberoni was born in Niterói. He began playing football in his country at Vasco da Gama. In January 2003, he was signed by Italian side Inter Milan and played six months for its Primavera team (U-20 youth team). For the 2003–04 season 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 Barcelona. After that he played for a few clubs, including Argentine Independiente and Spanish 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 career 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.