Alberto Cerri (born 16 April 1996) is an Italian professional

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who plays as a forward for club Salernitana on loan from Como.

Club career

Parma

On 30 March 2013, Cerri made his debut for

Parma Parma (; ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmesan, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,986 inhabitants as of 2025, ...

as a substitute replacing Amauri in the 76th minute of a 3–0 home win over

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at the age of 16 years and 348 days. On 6 April 2014, he made his second appearance as a substitute replacing Jonathan Biabiany in the 92nd minute of a 1–0 home win over

Napoli Naples ( ; ; ) is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its province-level municipality is the thir ...

Loan to Virtus Lanciano

On 28 August 2014, Cerri was signed by

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side Virtus Lanciano on a season-long loan deal. On 30 August he made his Serie B debut for Virtus Lanciano as a substitute replacing Gaetano Vastola in the 88th minute, and he scored his first professional goal in the 94th minute of a 3–3 away draw against

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. On 20 September, Cerri scored his second goal in the 55th minute of a 5–1 home defeat against Frosinone. On 23 September he scored his third goal in the 75th minute of a 1–1 away draw against

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. On 29 September he scored his fourth goal in the 15th minute of a 1–1 home draw against

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. On 25 April 2015, Cerri was sent off with a red card in the 77th minute of a 1–0 home defeat against

. On 22 May he played his first entire match for Virtus Lanciano, a 1–0 away defeat against

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. Cerri ended his loan to Virtus Entella with 19 appearances, 4 goals and 1 assist.

Juventus

On 15 July 2015, Cerri was signed by Serie A side

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on a free transfer.

Loan to Cagliari

On 21 August 2015, Cerri was loaned to

club

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on a season-long loan deal. On 22 September, Cerri made his Serie B debut for Cagliari in a 3–1 away win over Virtus Entella; he was replaced by Federico Melchiorri in the 79th minute. On 7 November he played his first entire match for Cagliari, a 2–1 home win over

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. On 3 December he played in the fourth round of

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in a 1–0 away win over

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. On 9 December, Cerri scored his first goal for Cagliari in the 67th minute of a 3–1 away win over Virtus Lanciano. On 15 December he played in a 3–0 away defeat against Internazionale in the quarter-finals of Coppa Italia; he played the entire match. On 29 January 2016, Cerri scored his second goal, as a substitute, in the 78th minute of a 2–1 away win over

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. On 6 May he scored his third goal, again as a substitute, in the 87th minute of a 3–0 away win over

. Cerri ended his loan to Cagliari with 26 appearances, 3 goals and 4 assists.

Loan to SPAL and Pescara

On 1 August 2016, Cerri was signed by

side SPAL on a six-month loan deal. On 7 August, Cerri made his debut for SPAL, and he scored his first goal in the 63rd minute of a 2–0 home win over

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in the second round of

; he was replaced by Gianmarco Zigoni in the 70th minute. On 15 August he played in a 5–1 away defeat against

in the third round of Coppa Italia; he played the entire match. On 27 August he made his Serie B debut for SPAL in a 2–0 away defeat against

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; he played the entire match. On 22 October he scored his first goal for SPAL, in Serie B, in the 50th minute of a 3–1 home win over Carpi. Cerri ended his 6-month loan to SPAL with 17 appearances, 2 goals and 2 assists. On 4 January 2017, Cerri was loaned to

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side

on a 6-month loan deal. On 15 January he made his Serie A debut for Pescara as a substitute replacing Valerio Verre in the 70th minute of a 3–1 away defeat against

. On 19 February, Cerri played his first entire match for Pescara, and he scored his first goal in Serie A in the 87th minute of a 5–0 home win over

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. On 4 March he scored his second goal in the 32nd minute of a 3–1 away defeat against Sampdoria. Cerri ended his loan to Pescara with 13 appearances, 2 goals and 1 assist.

Loan to Perugia

On 24 July 2017, Cerri was signed by

club

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on a season-long loan deal. On 6 August he made his debut for Perugia in a 2–1 home win over

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in the second round of

; he played the entire match. On 12 August he made his first hat-trick in his career in a 4–0 away win over

in the third round of Coppa Italia. On 26 August he made his Serie B debut for Perugia, and he scored his first goal in the 13th minute of a 5–1 away win over Virtus Entella. On 11 September, Cerri scored his second goal in Serie B in the 31st minute of a 1–1 away draw against Cittadella. On 12 November he was sent off with a double yellow card in the 59th minute of a 1–0 away defeat against Venezia. On 6 November he scored his third goal, as a substitute, in the 75th minute of a 1–1 home draw against

. On 30 November, Cerri played in the fourth round of Coppa Italia and he scored a goal in the 45th minute of an 8–3 away defeat against Udinese. On 10 March 2018, he scored his 10th goal of the season, in Serie B, in the 59th minute of a 2–0 home win over

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. Cerri ended his loan to Perugia with 34 appearances, 19 goals and 12 assists.

Loan to Cagliari

On 12 July 2018, Cerri signed a loan with

until 30 June 2019, with obligatory buy. He returned to Cagliari after the 2015–16 season. On 12 August he made his debut for Cagliari as a substitute replacing Leonardo Pavoletti in the 86th minute of a 2–1 home win over

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in the third round of

. One week later he made his Serie A debut again as a substitute replacing Artur Ioniţă for the last 17 minutes of a 2–0 away defeat against

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. On 22 September, Cerri played his first match as a starter for Cagliari. a 2–0 away defeat against Parma, he was replaced by Diego Farias in the 60th minute.

Cagliari

On 19 February 2019, Cagliari bought Cerri for €9 million from

Second loan to SPAL

On 31 January 2020, he rejoined SPAL on loan until the end of the 2019–20 season.

Como

On 17 August 2021, he joined Como on a season-long loan. On 2 July 2022, Cerri re-joined Como on another loan, with an obligation to buy in the summer of 2023, and signed a contract with Como until June 2026.

Loan to Empoli

On 19 January 2024, Cerri joined Serie A club

on loan, with an optional buy-clause, which becomes mandatory if certain unspecified conditions are met.

Loan to Salernitana

On 7 January 2025, Cerri moved on loan to Salernitana in

until the end of the season.

International career

Cerri represented

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at the U-16, U-17, U-18, U-19 and U-21 level. With the Italy U17 side he took part at the 2013 UEFA European Under-17 Championship and at the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup. He made his debut with Italy U21 on 12 August 2015, in a friendly match against

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. In June 2017, he was included in the Italy under-21 squad for the

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by manager

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. Italy were eliminated in the semi-finals following a 3–1 defeat to

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on 27 June.

Honours

Cagliari *

: 2015–16 SPAL * Serie B: 2016–17 Italy U17 *

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runner-up:

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References

External links

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FIGC profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cerri, Alberto 1996 births Living people Footballers from Parma Footballers from Emilia-Romagna Men's association football forwards Italian men's footballers Italy men's youth international footballers Italy men's under-21 international footballers Serie A players Serie B players Parma Calcio 1913 players SS Virtus Lanciano 1924 players Juventus FC players Cagliari Calcio players SPAL players Delfino Pescara 1936 players AC Perugia Calcio players Como 1907 players Empoli FC players US Salernitana 1919 players 21st-century Italian sportsmen