Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 5 February 2004 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Genoa, Italy | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | |||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Pescara (loan) | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
U.S.D. Polis Genova | ||||||||||||||
Foce | ||||||||||||||
2011–2023 | Genoa | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
2023– | Genoa | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
2023– | → Pescara (loan) | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Italy U15 | 7 | (2) | |||||||||||
2019 | Italy U16 | 7 | (2) | |||||||||||
2021–2022 | Italy U18 | 12 | (2) | |||||||||||
2022– | Italy U19 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:00, 6 March 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:00, 19 November 2022 (UTC) |
Federico Accornero (born 5 February 2004) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Serie C Group B club Pescara on loan from Genoa.
Born and raised in Genoa,[1][2][3] Accornero started playing football at grassroots clubs Polis Genova and Foce,[1] before joining Genoa's youth academy in 2011.[2] He came through the club's youth ranks, reaching the final of the under-17 national championship in 2021,[1][4] while starting playing for the under-19 squad in the same year.[1]
On 6 March 2023, Accornero made his professional debut for Genoa, coming on as a substitute for Albert Guðmundsson in the 82nd minute of a 4–0 Serie B win against Cosenza.[3][5] At the end of the campaign, he was involved in a double promotion, as Genoa's first team returned to Serie A after just one year,[6] while the Primavera squad gained automatic promotion back to the Campionato Primavera 1.[6][7]
On 27 July 2023, Accornero joined Serie C club Pescara on a season-long loan.[8][9] On 6 August, he scored his first professional goal in a 6–2 Coppa Italia defeat to Reggiana.[10][11]
Accornero has represented Italy at various youth international levels, having played for the under-15,[12] under-16,[13] under-18[14] and under-19 national teams.[15][16]
He was included in the squad that took part in the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran, Algeria,[17] where Italy eventually won the silver medal after losing to France in the final match.[18]
Accornero started playing football as a central midfielder, before being moved to an attacking role.[1][19] Despite operating mainly as a number 10, he can also play as an advanced forward or a left winger.[1][2][16]
An ambidextrous forward, he has been regarded for his agility, his dribbling skills and his work rate.[1][16] Moreover, he has shown to be equally effective as an assist-man and a goal-scorer.[2][16]
Although he was compared to Alexis Sánchez due to his characteristics,[1] he cited Albert Guðmundsson and Mattia Aramu, two of his team-mates at Genoa, as his biggest sources of inspiration.[2]
Accornero's parents own a seaside resort in Genoa.[3]
Club | Season | League | Coppa Italia | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Genoa | 2022–23 | Serie B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Career total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |