Filippo Berardi (born 18 May 1997) is a Sammarinese professional

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who plays as a

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for Italian

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club Vibonese and the San Marino national team.

Club career

He was a youth player at

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prior to joining the youth academy at

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before returning to Rimini. On 12 July 2018, Berardi joined

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club

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on loan for the 2018–19 season. On 14 August 2019, he signed a two-year contract with Vibonese. On 4 July 2021, he moved to

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. On 20 January 2023, Berardi's contract with Ancona was terminated by mutual consent. He had returned to Vibonese by the 2024-25 season.

International career

Berardi represented

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in various youth football teams. Berardi made his first appearance for the

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in a

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1–0 loss to

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. He scored his first international goal in a 3–1 loss to

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during a qualifying match for Euro 2020. On 20 November 2023, he became only the third player to ever score multiple goals for San Marino, registering his second goal in a 2–1 loss to

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in the final match of

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. He scored a third goal on 20 March 2024 in a 1–3 loss to

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. It was the first occasion San Marino had scored a goal in three consecutive matches and moved Berardi into the position of his nation's joint-second highest scorer. He expressed his joy by being quoted as saying "If someone had told me years ago that I would score a couple of goals on the international stage in a San Marino shirt I would have taken them for a fool, I would not have believed them."

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list San Marino's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Berardi goal.''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Berardi, Filippo 1997 births Living people People from the City of San Marino Sammarinese men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Serie C players Serie D players Rimini FC 1912 players Torino FC players SS Juve Stabia players SS Monopoli 1966 players US Vibonese Calcio players SSC Ancona ASD players Sammarinese expatriate men's footballers Sammarinese expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy San Marino men's youth international footballers San Marino men's under-21 international footballers San Marino men's international footballers