A player from our history
Alberto Aquilani
Twenty-five-year-old Aquilani arrived at Anfield early in August 2009 in the wake of Xabi Alonso's transfer to Real Madrid. The medical was passed despite the young Italian not having played in a competitive match since 11 March 2009 because of an ankle injury. At the time of his move to Liverpool, Aquilani had made 102 Serie A appearances for the Romans, scoring five goals. Aquilani was born in Rome and joined his hometown club in 2002. Although he was given his debut by Fabio Capello in May 2003, later in the same year he was loaned to Serie…
- Birthdate: 7 July 1984
- Birthplace: Rome, Italy
- Other clubs: AS Roma (1999-2009), Triestina (loan 2003-04), Juventus (loan 2010-11), AC Milan (loan 2011-12), Fiorentina (2012-15), Sporting Lisbon (2015-16), Pescara (2016-17), Sassuolo (loan 2017), Las Palmas (2017-18)
- Signed from: AS Roma
- Signed for LFC: £17.1m, 07.08.2009
- Liverpool debut: 28.10.2009
- Last appearance: 05.08.2010
- Debut goal: 15.03.2010
- Last goal: 29.04.2010
- Contract expiry: 03.08.2012
- League games / goals / assists: 18 / 1 / 6
- Total games / goals / assists: 28 / 2 / 6
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This Season
Champions L - League Ph.
Anfield | Tuesday 04 Nov 2025
| Liverpool | Real Madrid | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | 0 |
The last ...
- Game was against
- Real Madrid on Tuesday, 04 Nov 2025
- Goal was scored by
- Alexis Mac Allister against Real Madrid on Tuesday, 04 Nov 2025
- Own goal was scored by
- Jarell Quansah against Chelsea on Sunday, 04 May 2025
- Sending off was
- Amara Nallo against Crystal Palace on Wednesday, 29 Oct 2025
- Penalty goal was
- Mohamed Salah against Burnley on Sunday, 14 Sep 2025
- Missed penalty was
- Mohamed Salah against Real Madrid on Wednesday, 27 Nov 2024
- Home win was against
- Real Madrid on Tuesday, 04 Nov 2025
- Home draw was against
- Crystal Palace on Sunday, 25 May 2025
- Home defeat was against
- Crystal Palace on Wednesday, 29 Oct 2025
- Away win was against
- Frankfurt on Wednesday, 22 Oct 2025
- Away draw was against
- Aston Villa on Wednesday, 19 Feb 2025
- Away defeat was against
- Brentford on Saturday, 25 Oct 2025
- Five games
Key Stats from Our Database
- Liverpool FC have scored 10618 goals in 6041 competitive matches, as recorded by LFChistory.
- Of those, 218 were own goals, while 564 came from the penalty spot.
- A total of 483 players have scored for Liverpool FC.
- 443 players have found the net in league matches for the club.
- On average, Liverpool FC have scored 1.8 goals per game.
- Since 1892, 823 players have represented Liverpool FC in competitive matches.
- Since the 1893-94 season, 15890 players have played against Liverpool FC.
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