Personal information | |||
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Full name | Talia Victoria DellaPeruta[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | April 19, 2002||
Place of birth | Bitburg, Germany | ||
Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | UC Sampdoria | ||
Number | 7 | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020–2023 | North Carolina | 66 | (7) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2024– | Sampdoria | 9 | (1) |
International career | |||
2017–2018 | United States U-17 | 19 | (1) |
2019–2022 | United States U-20 | 22 | (5) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 5, 2024 |
Talia Victoria DellaPeruta (born April 19, 2002) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Serie A Femminile club UC Sampdoria. She played college soccer for the North Carolina Tar Heels. She has represented the United States internationally at the under-15, under-17, and under-20 levels, winning four CONCACAF championships.
DellaPeruta was born in Bitburg, Germany, to Barbara and Adam DellaPeruta, and has a younger sister, Tori, who is also a soccer player.[2] She grew up in Cumming, Georgia, and attended West Forsyth High School.[2] She played club soccer for Tophat Soccer Club.[3] She committed to the University of North Carolina in July 2017 as one of the top recruits of the class of 2020.[3] In her senior year, she trained as an amateur with FC Köln of the Frauen-Bundesliga in Germany.[4][5]
DellaPeruta played for the North Carolina Tar Heels from 2020 to 2023.[2] She was a starter as a freshman, recording five goals and two assists, and was named to the ACC All-Freshman team.[2] She missed the start of her sophomore and junior seasons due to injury and national team duties respectively.[2] In the 2022 NCAA tournament, she scored in consecutive wins over Georgia, BYU, and Notre Dame to help North Carolina progress to the title game.[2] She co-captained the team as a senior.[2] Her sister, Tori, was her teammate during her last two seasons.[6][7]
After college, DellaPeruta signed with UC Sampdoria of Serie A along with her sister, Tori.[8][9] She made her debut as a late substitute against Milan on February 14, 2024.[10] On March 16 at Pomigliano, she recorded her first professional assist, to her sister, in a game in which her sister scored four goals.[9][10] She scored her first goal in a loss to Milan on April 21.[10]
DellaPeruta was invited to a training camp with the United States national under-14 team in March 2016 and called up to the under-15 team two months later.[11] She started for the United States team that won the 2016 CONCACAF Girls' U-15 Championship.[12] She trained with the under-16 and under-17 teams the next year.[13] With the under-17 team, she started and won the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship and competed at the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[14] She was called up to the under-18 team the next year and started for the team to help win the 2020 and 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championships, scoring in the latter final.[15] She scored the winning penalty kick for the under-20 team in the final of the 2022 Sud Ladies Cup.[2] She was named to the under-23 team roster for preseason friendlies against National Women's Soccer League clubs in 2023.[16]