Alberto Matarazzo

Career
Alberto gained his first team contract a Chievo in the 22/23 season where he played an impressive 22 games and assisted 2 at the age 16. The next season he was loaned out to Cavese in the lower Italian leagues where he scored 3 and assisted 1 in 37 games for the club. He then returned to Chievo where he played 13 games in two seasons but was loaned out to Monopoli at the end of the 25/26 season. After this Chievo decided not to renew his contract so Gateshead brought him in on a bosman deal and with his potential, it looked to be a good bit of business for the North East side. There was alot of competition at the left back position so Ireland decided to train him for right back to make him more versatile. He played 22 games that season and averaged a 7.31 rating throughout them games. He gained his first silverware for the club with the League One title and Leasing.com Trophy. For the 27/28 season, he played even less, only 18 games but with an assist, he looks to play more in the years to come. Alberto gin struggled to get into a regular first team position, although he was very useful to Luke Ireland as he could play on both sides of the defence. He made 21 appearances and looked to play more into the future seasons as he was only 23 years of age. The next season saw him play a little more, this was due to the amount of games in the Championship and the various cups Gateshead were involved in with a tight schedule. He played 29 games and got his one and only goal for the club that season, he also provided an assist averaging a 7.55 all year. The 30/31 season was his last year at the club, he fell down the pecking order after the promotion to the first division. He only played 15 games but still averaged an impressive 7.40. At the start of the 31/32 season, Blackburn Rovers came in with a lucritive £8.5 million bid for his services which was quickly accepted and he joined them that summer. He played 105 games, scored 1 and assisted two in his time in the north east.