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| Date of birth | (2007-04-06)6 April 2007 (age 18) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Carate Brianza, Italy | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | |||||||||||||||||
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Current team | AC Milan | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 30 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Aquile della Brianza | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | La Dominante | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015– | AC Milan | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Milan Futuro | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | AC Milan | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Italy U15 | 6 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Italy U16 | 10 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Italy U17 | 28 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Italy U19 | 10 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:45, 5 January 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Mattia Liberali (born 6 April 2007) is an Italian professionalfootballer who plays as anattacking midfielder andwinger forSerie A clubAC Milan.
In October 2024, Liberali was included inThe Guardian's list of the 60 best talents in the world born in 2007.[1]
Liberali was born inCarate Brianza, Italy.[2]
In 2013, the manager of local amateur sideRhodense [it], Alberto Bianchi, spotted Liberali and invited him to play in a youth tournament with a view to later sign him.[3] However, he would participate at the tournament with Aquile della Brianza fromMuggiò instead, spending a year with the side before joining La Dominante, who he would train during the week with, while playing with professional sideAC Milan on weekends.[3]
After a year of this arrangement, Liberali made the switch to AC Milan permanent.[3] During the 2021–22 under-16 Scudetto tournament, he finished second-top scorer behindFrancesco Camarda with nine goals, as AC Milan went on to win the competition.[3] He was called up to train with the first team for the first time, alongside Camarda and Nirash Perera, in December 2022.[4] The following year, in July 2023, he signed his first professional contract with the club through 2027.[5]
Liberali joined AC Milan for their2024–25 pre-season, displaying impressive performances during the friendly matches, including the headlining assist for a 1–0 win against SpanishLa Liga clubReal Madrid at theSoldier Field inChicago,Illinois, United States, the club's third friendly match on 31 July 2024.[6] He made his professional debut on 10 August 2024, starting for the newly createdreserve teamMilan Futuro, and scoring the first goal of a 3–0 away winCoppa Italia Serie C first round match againstLecco.[7]
Liberali made his debut with AC Milan on 15 December 2024, starting on a 0–0 home drawSerie A match againstGenoa, simultaneously celebrating the club's 125th anniversary.[8]
Liberali has represented Italy at theunder-15,under-16,under-17 andunder-19 levels.[9]
Initially acentral defender while playing at 7-a-side level, Liberali was moved up the pitch in the academy of AC Milan, settling at left-wing, with Italy under-17 coachMassimiliano Favo [it] also utilising him as an attacking midfielder.[3] Former AC Milan defender and current football pundit,Alessandro Costacurta, compared him with English internationalPhil Foden for their similar playing style.[10]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Milan Futuro | 2024–25 | Serie C | 8 | 0 | 2[a] | 1 | — | 10 | 1 | |
| Total | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 10 | 1 | |||
| AC Milan | 2024–25 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | ||
Italy U17
Individual
