Roberto Soriano (Italian pronunciation: [roˈbɛrto soˈrjaːno]; born 8 February 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie B club Salernitana.

Soriano was born in the German city of Darmstadt to a family from Sperone, Province of Avellino, Italy.

[2][3] He started his career with Bayern Munich after being spotted by their scouts in the 2007 Champions Youth Cup while playing for Die Roten.

[4][5] Soriano immediately entered Sampdoria's Primavera, or youth team, for the 2009 Torneo di Viareggio,[6] where the Genoa based club finished as runners-up.

On 31 August 2015, Soriano signed a contract with Napoli worth €13.5m with Juan Camilo Zúñiga set to join Sampdoria as part of the deal, but the transfer fell through because Napoli did not deposit the contract with Lega Serie A before the 23:00 deadline.

[10] On 2 August 2016, Spanish club Villarreal CF and Sampdoria reached an agreement for the transfer of Soriano.

Soriano received a call-up to all upcoming U18/19 matches,[20] played in the friendly against Norway in March, was an unused substitute against Ukraine (born 1990 class) in April[21][22] and also appeared in an U18 international tournament in Slovakia.

[26] In January 2010, Soriano returned to the U19 team[27] and played in the elite qualification round and in the final of the tournament.

On 9 November 2014, he was called up by Antonio Conte to the senior Italy squad ahead of a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match against Croatia and a friendly against Albania.