Italy U-21
Alberto Masi played for which team between May 2012 and Dec 2012?
Alberto Masi Alberto Masi ( born 2 September 1992 ) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Serie C side Pro Vercelli . Club career . Sampdoria . Born in Genoa , Liguria region , Masi started his career at Serie A club U.C . Sampdoria . He was the member of U17 youth team during the 2008–09 season . That season , he was booked 6 times in the league and 3 times in the playoffs . Masi only played a single season with Sampdorias U20 squad , despite being eligible to play 3 seasons , from age 18 to 20 ( 2009 to 2012 ) . He also spent the 2009–10 campaign , on loan at Lavagnese in the Serie D ( also within the Genoa province ) before returning to the port city . Masi played 15 out of possible 26 matches of the 20 team league for Samp in 2010–11 season , missing one match due to suspension , after being booked 5 times that season . Sampdoria finished as the 8th of Group A that season , slipping from 1st of Group A ( losing semi-finalists in playoffs ) last season . Pro Vercelli . On 8 July 2011 Masi left Sampdoria once again for F.C . Pro Vercelli along with teammate Tommaso Cancellotti . Sampdoria gifted the Piedmont club half of the registration rights for a fee of €500 each , in exchange for a chance to develop the players . Masi became one of the protagonist of the club promotion as playoffs winner of 2011–12 Lega Pro Prima Divisione . However Masi himself also suspended two times , both due to being sent off ( one direct sent off , one due to second caution ) . He was also booked 4 times , including the 2 aforementioned . Moreover , Masi also booked once in the playoffs . At the end of season both clubs failed to agree a price for Masi before the deadline , thus both clubs submitted a bid in a sealed envelope to the Lega Serie B in order to buy the shares from opposite side . On 23 June 2012 Lega Serie B announced that Pro Vercelli had bidded a higher price to buy Masi outright from Sampdoria , for €421,000 fee . Juventus . After winning the bid for the young defender , Pro Vercelli decided to sell Masi immediately . On 5 July 2012 , Masi joined Serie A and Piedmont club Juventus F.C . in another co-ownership deal on a 4-year contract . On 22 August 2012 Juventus bought the player outright , buying the remaining half of his registration rights from Pro Vercelli by selling the co-ownership of Elio De Silvestro plus and undisclosed cash sum . Juventus later revealed in its annual financial report that Masi had cost the club €2 million and 50% of De Silvestros contract which was valued at €800,000 ; thus , the fee involved €1.2 million cash . On 31 August 2012 , Masi returned to Pro Vercelli from Juventus on a temporary loan deal along with Gabriel Appelt Pires . After spending the first half of the 2012-13 Serie B season in the Pro Vercelli starting line-up , making 14 league appearances , Masi was surprisingly called back to Turin in order to be re-located during the 2013 January transfer window . He was sent out on loan to fellow Serie B outfit , Ternana Calcio until 30 June 2013 , with an option to purchase . Ternana . On 9 July 2013 , Juventus announced the sale of Alberto Masi to Ternana on a co-ownership deal worth €2 million . ( €1.35 million plus half of the registration rights of Simone Russini ) Masis registration rights will therefore remain with the Umbria club for the 2013–14 Serie B campaign . In June 2014 the co-ownership deals of Masi and Russini were renewed . On 2 February 2015 Ternana signed Masi outright for €1.5 million , as part of the deal that Juventus signed Alberto Brignoli from Ternana for €1.75 million on the same day . In June 2015 Russini also returned to Ternana for €150,000 fee , matching the €1.5 million price tag of 50% registration rights of Masi . Bari . On 11 July 2017 Masi joined Bari on a one-year deal . However , on 31 August , he joined fellow Serie B club Spezia on a temporary deal , with an option to buy the players contract . Return to Pro Vercelli . On 23 August 2019 , he signed with Pro Vercelli . International career . On 15 August 2012 , he made his debut with the Italy U-21 team in a friendly match against Netherlands . Masi was also selected to play for the Italy Lega Pro representative teams ( U20/U21 ) in 2011–12 season ( along with teammate Angelo Bencivenga ) , against Palestine Olympic ( no lineup available , for U21 born 1990 age group ) , England C ( for U20 born 1991 age group ) and San Marino U21 . ( for U20 born 1992 age group ) He was also selected to a youth tournament in Dubai and winning Al-Shabab in the final . External links . - Football.it Profile