Gabriele Perico
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gabriele Perico | ||
| Date of birth | 11 March 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Bergamo, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Right back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Atalanta | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2004 | Prato | 12 | (0) |
| 2004–2010 | AlbinoLeffe | 68 | (11) |
| 2006–2007 | → Monza (loan) | 36 | (0) |
| 2010–2014 | Cagliari | 78 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Cesena | 56 | (3) |
| 2016–2018 | Salernitana | 36 | (1) |
| 2018 | Livorno | 11 | (0) |
| 2019 | Chiasso | 17 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Virtus Bergamo | 21 | (1) |
| Total | 335 | (16) | |
| International career | |||
| 2000–2001 | Italy U17 | 10 | (0) |
| 2002 | Italy U18 | 6 | (1) |
| 2002–2003 | Italy U19 | 10 | (2) |
| 2004 | Italy U20 | 6 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Gabriele Perico (born 11 March 1984) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a right back. He is a former Italy U20 international.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Perico started his career at hometown club Atalanta. In the 2003–04 season he left for Prato.
AlbinoLeffe
[edit | edit source]In summer 2004, he was signed by Serie B side AlbinoLeffe from Prato along with Mauro Belotti and Alessandro Diamanti. The Province of Bergamo based club, also signed Primavera teammate Joelson (in a co-ownership deal) and Mauro Minelli (on loan) from Atalanta.
He made his Serie B debut for AlbinoLeffe in a 2–0 victory against Venezia, on 11 September 2004.[1]
Cagliari
[edit | edit source]On 9 August 2010 Perico joined Cagliari[2] along with Simon Laner on loan for €750,000 (€375,000 each or €350,000 each plus Cocco)[3] with option to co-own the players.
On 21 June 2011 Cagliari excised the rights to sign the player in co-ownership deal for €375,000 in a 3-year contract.[3][4][5] Cagliari also bought back Cocco for €150,000. In June 2012 Cagliari acquired Perico outright for €200,000, but Cocco also acquired by AlbinoLeffe outright for €200,000.[3] The deals made Cagliari paid €950,000 to AlbinoLeffe for Perico, or €725,000 cash plus signing Cocco twice.
Cesena
[edit | edit source]On 16 July 2014, Perico signed for Serie A side Cesena.[6] After being relegated from Serie A after the 2014/15 season, Cesena finished 6th in Serie B during the 2015/16 season. He was released at the end of the 2015/16 season, after making 56 appearances and scoring 3 goals for the club.
In July 2016, Perico joined English side Leeds United on trial. He played for Leeds first team in their final preseason friendly against Serie A side Atalanta B.C. where he started in a 2–1 win.[7] However, he failed to earn a permanent deal at the club.
Salernitana
[edit | edit source]On 31 August he joined Serie B club Salernitana on a free transfer. He signed a 2-year contract.[8]
FC Chiasso
[edit | edit source]On 4 January 2019, Perico signed with FC Chiasso in Switzerland.
International career
[edit | edit source]Perico has represented Italy at various age groups including Italy U20's. He also won the 2003 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. Perico was capped for the Italy under-17 team at 2001 UEFA European Under-16 Championship (after 2001 the tournament was renamed the under-17 championship, but with the same age limit).
Honours
[edit | edit source]International
[edit | edit source]- Italy Under-19
References
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- ^ a b c UC AlbinoLeffe S.r.l. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2011 (in Italian)
- ^ Cagliari Calcio SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2012 (in Italian)
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External links
[edit | edit source]- (in Italian) Gabriele Perico at Soccerway
- (in Italian) Gabriele Perico National Team Stats Archived 2015-02-01 at the Wayback Machine at FIGC.it
- (in Italian) Gabriele Perico at Tuttocalciatori
- 1984 births
- Footballers from Bergamo
- Living people
- Italian men's footballers
- Italian expatriate men's footballers
- Italy men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- Serie C players
- Serie D players
- Atalanta BC players
- Challenge League (Switzerland) players
- UC AlbinoLeffe players
- Cagliari Calcio players
- AC Cesena players
- AC Monza players
- AC Prato players
- US Salernitana 1919 players
- US Livorno 1915 players
- FC Chiasso players
- SSD Virtus CiseranoBergamo 1909 players
- Italian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
- 21st-century Italian sportsmen