Following Roma, Borini joined Liverpool in 2012 and acted as a loan for Sunderland in 2013. He has played for the national teams including Italy U17, Italy U19, Italy U21, and Italy. His team achieved UEFA Euro U-21 Team of the Tournament in 2013. In 2010 he was selected as captain for the UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship. Borini has been playing football since he was nine years old when he and his father were devout Bologna fans.