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Robert Acquafresca
Personal information
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Cagliari
Number	9
Youth career
1993–2005	Torino
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2009	Internazionale
2005–2007	→ Treviso (co-ownership)
2007–2008	→ Cagliari (co-ownership)
2008–2009	→ Cagliari (loan)
2009–	Genoa
2009–2010	→ Atalanta (loan)
2010–	→ Cagliari (loan)
International career‡
2004	Italy U17
2004–2005	Italy U18
2005–2006	Italy U19
2006–2007	Italy U20
2007–2009	Italy U21
2008	Italy Olympic
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 16, 2010; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 26, 2009

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Robert Acquafresca (born 11 September 1987) is a Italian-Polish footballer who plays for Serie A club Cagliari on loan from Genoa as a striker.

Club career

Born in Turin to an Italian father and a Polish mother residing in Alpignano, Acquafresca entered the Torino youth system at the age of 6.^[1] In the 2004–05 Campionato Primavera, he played 14 games and scored two goals for the granata.^{[citation needed]}

Treviso

In summer 2005, Torino was promoted back to Serie A; however, the FIGC, the governing body of Italian football, expelled Torino from Serie A, due to the club's financial problems, with the consequent free release of all of their players.

He was signed by Internazionale as a youth team player, but two days later was loaned out to Treviso in order to gain first team experience.

Internazionale loaned him to Treviso (also in co-ownership deal), thus partnering former Torino teammate Pinga.

He made eight Serie A appearances in 2005–06 season. As part of the co-ownership deal, Acquafresca remained in Treviso for the 2006–07 Serie B season and scored 11 goals in 35 appearances.

In June 2007, Inter bought the remaining half of the co-ownership deal from Treviso.

Cagliari

Acquafresca was involved in the David Suazo transfer, which saw him move to Cagliari on a co-ownership deal. There, he has played 36 games and scored fourteen goals.

On 25 June 2008 it was confirmed that Inter had bought Cagliari's 50% of Acquafresca, making them his sole club, however he was loaned back to Cagliari for the 2008–09 season.

On 14 July 2008 he revealed that he dreams of wearing the Inter shirt one day. He also thanked Cagliari for letting him grow as a football player so that he one day could fulfill his Inter dream.^[2]

After missing the first game of the season against Lazio, he then played the next five games without opening his account before scoring his first goal of the season against Torino. He scored again the next match at home against Chievo. On 2 November he scored two goals at home against Bologna in a 5–1 win.^[3] He also scored one goal against his parent team, Inter, on 13 January 2009.

Genoa & Atalanta

On 29 June 2009, Acquafresca became a member of Genoa C.F.C. as a part of Diego Milito and Thiago Motta move to Internazionale.^[4] He was priced a reported €16 million.^[5] and moved along with Leonardo Bonucci, Francesco Bolzoni and Riccardo Meggiorini.^[6] In January 2010 the Italian striker has prematurely ended his loan spell at Atalanta and has returned to Genoa, as the club completed a three players three club swap, which saw Hernán Crespo moved to Parma, and Parma's Nicola Amoruso moved to Atalanta.

Back to Cagliari

On 1 July 2010, his no.9 shirt was given to Luca Toni, and Acquafresca was putted into transfer market by Genoa. After a loan negotiation, Acquafresca finally returned to Cagliari on loan and took no.9 shirt from Nenê. Cagliari also had a option to buy him after the loan.^[7]

International career

Acquafresca has been capped for Italian U-17s, U18s, U19s, U20s and Under-21 side, making his debut in a qualifying match against Albania on 1 June 2007.^[1] Also, Polish Football Federation, together with national coach Leo Beenhakker, have been trying to convince him to play for Poland. Acquafresca, who speaks Polish, in an interview given to Gazeta Wyborcza (14 March 2008) said that he would leave the decision to the near future .^[8] On 18 March, he finally opted to refuse the Polish Football Federation offer, and instead confirming his choice to represent Italy at international level.^[9]

With national youth team, Acquafresca finished as the third in group 6 of 2006 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship qualification. With under-21 team, Acquafresca finished as losing semi-finalist in 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, lost to Germany 0-1. Eventually Germany was the champion. With the Olympic team (de facto U21 team with overage player) in 2008 Summer Olympics, Acquafresca finished as losing quarter-finalist to Belgium.

References

^ ^a ^b TUTTO MERCATO WEB – Robert Acquafresca, il bomber che viaggia in Ypsilon
^ "Acquafresca's Olympic joy". Channel4. 14 July 2008. Retrieved 14 July 2008. {{Dead link|date=August 2010||
^ Acquafresca scored a double Retrieved on 2 November 2008
^ "Diego Milito signs for Inter". inter.it. August 2010. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
^ "Milito-Thiago, oggi si chiude con un incontro Moratti-Preziosi". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 19 May 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
^ "Thiago Motta signs on". inter.it (FC Internazionale Milano official site). 1 July 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
^ "Bentornato, Robert!". Cagliari Calci (in Italian). 18 August 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
^ Acquafresca na Euro? Polacy chcą szybkiej decyzji napastnika z Serie A
^ "Under21: Acquafresca rimane azzurro" (in Italian). RAI Sport. 18 March 2008. Retrieved 19 March 2008. ^{[dead link]}

External links

Robert Acquafresca – FIFA competition record (archived)
FIGC National Team data Template:It icon

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[bio-1] TUTTO MERCATO WEB – Robert Acquafresca, il bomber che viaggia in Ypsilon

[2] "Acquafresca's Olympic joy". Channel4. 14 July 2008. Retrieved 14 July 2008. {{Dead link|date=August 2010||

[3] Acquafresca scored a double Retrieved on 2 November 2008

[4] "Diego Milito signs for Inter". inter.it. August 2010. Retrieved 30 June 2009.

[5] "Milito-Thiago, oggi si chiude con un incontro Moratti-Preziosi". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 19 May 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2010.

[6] "Thiago Motta signs on". inter.it (FC Internazionale Milano official site). 1 July 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2010.

[7] "Bentornato, Robert!". Cagliari Calci (in Italian). 18 August 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2010.

[WYB-8] Acquafresca na Euro? Polacy chcą szybkiej decyzji napastnika z Serie A

[9] "Under21: Acquafresca rimane azzurro" (in Italian). RAI Sport. 18 March 2008. Retrieved 19 March 2008. ^{[dead link]}

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 Acquafresca was involved in the [[David Suazo]] transfer, which saw him move to [[Cagliari Calcio|Cagliari]] on a co-ownership deal. There, he has played 36 games and scored fourteen goals.
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 On 25 June 2008 it was confirmed that Inter had bought Cagliari's 50% of Acquafresca, making them his sole club, however he was loaned back to Cagliari for the 2008–09 season.