Domenico Beradi

Fact File: 

Age: 19

Nation: Italy

Current Club: Sassuolo (64 apps, 27 goals)

Height: 6ft 1

    It's been an outstanding break-though season for Domenico Berardi in the Serie A this year. The forward on loan from Juventus has been one of the surprise stars in the league and has caught the eye of many clubs including English giants Manchester United.

Who is Domenico Berardi?

Domenico started his career at his local club Cosenza. He was at the academy for 3 years before moving on. At the beginning of the 2012/13 season he signed for Serie B team Sassuolo and made a huge impact, notching up 11 goals as he helped his side win the league and gained promotion to the Serie A. After seeing his impressive performances in the league, 30 times Serie A winners Juventus agreed a deal to sign the youngster and loan him back to Sassuolo for the 2013/14 season. It has been a terrific season for him, scoring 16 goals despite the teams struggles. The young forward also made history this year becoming the first ever player to score four goals in a single game against AC Milan.

Playing Style:

With his height, pace and equal ability in both feet, he has attributes to be a solid centre forward. He has been used in a few different systems this season but he has been mostly used on the right hand side being encouraged to cut onto his strong left foot. Luciano Carlino the assistant youth coach at Sassuolo spoke to tuttosport and described Berardi as a player who ''has a left foot capable of lethality from any position, his light touch and ability to cut in with pace, he reminds me of Arjen Robben''. Despite being at such a young stage of his career, Domenic doesn't have many weaknesses in his game, but an area of his game where he may look to improve on is his discipline. He has struggled with this and has been awarded with ten yellows and a red card after just 48 seconds on the pitch for throwing an elbow at Parma opponent Cristian Molinaro. 

Why you should follow him:

Domenico is a very exciting young player to watch, (He has already scored 3 hat-tricks this season). He is a player who has adapted to life in the serie A very comfortably and with him heading back to the 2013/14 league champions Juventus next season, we should be seeing him competing for titles and playing amongst Europe's elite in the Champions League next season.

Watch Berardi's stunning performance vs AC Milan