Alfredo Bifulco
Italian footballer (born 1997)
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Alfredo Bifulco (born 19 January 1997) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie C Group B club Campobasso.[2][3]
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| Full name | Alfredo Bifulco[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 19 January 1997[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ottaviano, Italy | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Campobasso | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2020 | Napoli | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | → Rimini (loan) | 18 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | → Carpi (loan) | 20 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | → Pro Vercelli (loan) | 29 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | → Ternana (loan) | 33 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | → Juve Stabia (loan) | 26 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | Padova | 41 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Taranto | 48 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Trapani | 19 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Campobasso | 43 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Italy U17 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Italy U18 | 6 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Italy U19 | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Italy U20 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 March 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 March 2018 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Napoli
Born in Ottaviano, Bifulco was a youth exponent of Napoli.
Loan to Rimini
On 6 August 2015, Bifulco was signed by Serie C side Rimini on a season-long loan deal. Five weeks later, on 13 September, he made his professional debut in Serie C for Rimini as a starter, he was replaced by Pasquale Mazzocchi in 60th minute of a 1–0 home defeat against SPAL.[4] On 2 April 2016, Bifulco scored his first professional goal for the club, as a substitute, in the 75th minute of a 1–1 away draw against Teramo.[5] Bifulco also helped the club to avoid relegation in Serie D winning the play-out 4–2 on aggregate against L'Aquila, playing both matches as a substitute. He ended his season-long loan to Rimini with 20 appearances, including six of them as a starter, and scoring one goal, however he never played an entire match for the club during the season.[6]
Loan to Carpi
On 28 July 2016, Bifulco was signed by Serie B side Carpi on a season-long loan deal.[7] On 13 August he made his debut for Carpi as a substitute replacing Matteo Fedele in the 46th minute of a 2–1 away defeat in the third round of Coppa Italia.[8] On 27 August, Bifulco made his debut in Serie B and he scored his first goal for Carpi in the 58th minute of a 2–0 away win over Vicenza, he was replaced by Kevin Lasagna in the 67th minute.[9] On 22 October he scored his second goal in the 77th minute of a 3–1 away defeat against SPAL.[10] On 17 December, Bifulco scored his third goal, as a substitute, in the 89th minute of a 2–1 away win over Salernitana.[11] On 30 December he played his first entire match for Carpi, a 2–1 away defeat against Novara.[12] Bifulco ended his loan to Carpi with 21 appearances and 3 goals.[6]
Loan to Pro Vercelli
On 12 August 2017, Bifulco was signed by Serie B side Pro Vercelli on a season-long loan deal.[13] On 26 August he made his debut for Pro Vercelli as a substitute replacing Filippo Berra in the 69th minute of a 2–0 home defeat against Frosinone. On 25 September he scored his first goal for Pro Vercelli in the 20th minute of a 2–1 away defeat against Palermo.[14] On 21 October he played his first entire match for the club, a 0–0 home draw against Carpi.[15] On 25 November, Bifulco scored his second goal in the 65th minute of a 1–1 home draw against Virtus Entella.[16] On 27 January 2018 he scored his third goal, as a substitute, in the 93rd minute of a 2–0 home win over Ascoli.[17] Bifulco ended his loan to Pro Vercelli with 29 appearances, 4 goals and 2 assists, but the team was relegated in Serie C.[6]
Loan to Ternana
On 18 August 2018, Bifulco was loaned to Serie C club Ternana on a season-long loan deal. On 30 September he made his Serie C debut for Ternana as a substitute replacing Marino Defendi in the 85th minute of a 0–0 away draw against Vis Pesaro.[18] On 14 October he played his first match as a starter for Ternana, a 2–0 away win over Virtus Verona, he was replaced Francesco Nicastro after 53 minutes.[19] On 4 December he played his first entire match for the team, a 3–0 home win over Rimini.[20] Eight days later, on 12 December, Bifulco scored his first goal for Ternana, as a substitute, in the 77th minute of a 2–1 away defeat against Südtirol.[21] Four more days later, on 16 December he scored twice in a 3–3 home draw against Giana Erminio.[22] Bifulco ended his season-long loan to Ternana with 32 appearances, 5 goals and 2 assists.[6]
Loan to Juve Stabia
On 2 September 2019, Bifulco joined to newly promoted club Juve Stabia on loan for the 2019–20 season.[23] Three weeks later, on 28 September he made his debut for the club as a starter in a 1–0 home defeat against Cittadella, he was replaced by Luigi Canotto in the 69th minute.[24] On 13 December he played his first entire match for Juve Stabia, a 3–2 away win over ChievoVerona.[25] One week later, on 21 December he scored his first goal for the club in the first minute of a 2–0 home win over Venezia,[26] On 8 March 2020, Bifulco scored his second goal for Juve Stabia, as a substitute, in the 73rd minute of a 3–1 home win over Spezia.[27] Bifulco ended his season-long loan to Juve Stabia with 26 appearances, 2 goals and 2 assist, however the club was relegated in Serie C.[28]
Padova
On 29 September 2020, he moved to Serie C club Padova on a permanent basis and signed a three-year contract.[29] On 4 October, Bifulco made his league debut for Padova as a substitute replacing Ronaldo for the last 5 minutes of a 1–1 away draw against Fano.[30] Three days later, on 7 October, he played his first match as a starter and he also scored his first goal for Padova in the 36th minute of a 3–1 home win over Mantova, he was replaced by Enej Jelenič in the 61st minute.[31] Four more days later, on 11 October, he scored his second goal for the club in the second minute of a 1–0 away win over Fermana.[32] He became Padova's first-choice early in the season. On 15 November he scored his third goal for Padova in the 20th minute of a 3–0 home win over Matelica.[33]
Taranto
On 12 January 2023, Bifulco was signed by Serie C club Taranto on a permanent deal.[34]
Trapani
Honours
Italy U20
- FIFA U-20 World Cup third place: 2017[36]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 12 January 2023
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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| League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Rimini (loan) | 2015–16 | Serie C | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 20 | 1 | |
| Carpi (loan) | 2016–17 | Serie B | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 3 | ||
| Pro Vercelli (loan) | 2017–18 | Serie B | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 4 | ||
| Ternana (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie C | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 5 | ||
| Juve Stabia (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie B | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 2 | ||
| Padova | 2020–21 | Serie C | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 5[b] | 0 | 31 | 5 | |
| 2021–22 | Serie C | 23 | 4 | 8 | 3 | — | 4[b] | 0 | 35 | 7 | ||
| 2022–23 | Serie C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | |||
| Total | 49 | 9 | 11 | 4 | — | 9 | 0 | 69 | 13 | |||
| Taranto | 2022–23 | Serie C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career total | 175 | 24 | 12 | 4 | — | 11 | 0 | 199 | 28 | |||