Fall in love with Alessio Zerbina

Fall in love with Alessio Zerbina

Arriving in Frosinone after 3 years in Serie C, he surprised everyone by being among the discoveries of the 2021-2022 BKT Series.

In his first year at the academy, the 1999 class scored 9 goals, which brought him to the attention of Roberto Mancini, who made his national team debut for Frosinone in the Nations League match against Hungary on 7 June last year.

The story of the Novara native begins from afar and is the most classic emblem of those who achieve satisfaction and results through work and self-sacrifice. From the oratory fields of Santa Rita in the province of Novara to the most coveted jersey in Italy, the blue.

The showcase of the BKT series is only the latest step in a story already full of meanings and ideas, a lot of experience and useful brackets to shape what is one of the young Italians on the launch pad. In fact, after oratory, Zerbin lived for many years in Inter’s youth sector, participating in the historic 2010 ballboy treble in the magnificent and iconic setting of the San Siro, as he himself has revealed in several interviews.

After Inter return home to Novara before the flight.

Gozzano, a club from Novara, takes him and launches him into Serie D at the age of 17: goals and games put Zerbin’s name in the notebooks of leading Italian managers, which will begin in January 2017. The fastest is Cristiano Giuntoli, the sporting director of Napoli, who spent his whole life on the provincial fields. One of Carpi’s proponents of the miracle burns the competition by bringing this young man with a beard and long hair to the blue club’s Primavera.

Two spring seasons are meant to get Zerbin to gain experience and be ready for professionalism: Viterbese, Cesena and Pro Vercelli from 2018 to 2021, nearly 90 Serie C appearances and doors to the BKT Serie. In the summer of 2021, the second great Italian coach enters Zerbin’s football life: Guido Angelozzi takes him to Frosinone, having managed to snatch a loan from Napoli for one season, which is a sign of the great confidence that the Neapolitans have in the boy.

The last 12 months is a well-known story: in Fabio Grosso’s trident of Ciociara, the boy from Novara is top left, playing, producing and scoring like never before in his young career. On his debut in the BKT Serie in the first match of last season, Zerbin enjoyed scoring his first international goal against the legendary Buffon against Parma.

However, between 2021 and 2022, he scored the first two consecutive doubles of his career with a double in both a 4-0 win in SPAL and a 3-1 win in Pisa, where he became the protagonist of an even goal from a right inside on far pole. His name begins to circulate in Naples, where fans, immediately after the announcement of farewell to Insigne, are looking for the heir of their favorite, interested in the game of a player on loan at Frosinone.

Dribbling, speed and “shootouts” characterize Zerbin’s season, who also contributed to Lazio’s tactical chessboard by retreating in the defensive phase. The call-up and debut for the national team after being linked with Italy with only the under-18 team selection represents a prize as well as a starting point. One of those stories that cyclically inspire confidence and hope in a movement that has been questioned and abused from time to time in recent years due to its international and national results, with the exception of success at the European Championships.

In addition to being a highly competitive championship, the BKT series has always been a natural environment for young people to reach their full potential, and Zerbin is the last piece in an ever-evolving puzzle.