Gabriele Perico (born 11 March 1984) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a right back for Virtus Bergamo in the Serie D. He is a former Italy U20 international.
| 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(s) | Right back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Virtus Bergamo | ||
| 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– | Virtus Bergamo | 12 | (0) |
| 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, correct as of 20:44, 11 August 2019 (UTC) | |||
Club career
editPerico started his career at hometown club Atalanta. In the 2003–04 season he left for Prato.
AlbinoLeffe
editIn 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
editOn 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
editOn 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
editOn 31 August he joined Serie B club Salernitana on a free transfer. He signed a 2-year contract.[8]
FC Chiasso
editOn 4 January 2019, Perico signed with FC Chiasso in Switzerland.
International career
editPerico 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
editInternational
edit- Italy Under-19
References
edit- ^ "PERICO Gabriele". Panini Digital (login required). Retrieved 2009-08-09.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Perico e Laner al Cagliari". Cagliari Calcio (in Italian). 9 August 2010. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
- ^ 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)
- ^ "Perico ancora del Cagliari". Cagliari Calcio (in Italian). 21 June 2011. Archived from the original on 20 April 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
- ^ "Gabriele Perico in bianconero". cesenacalcio.it. 16 July 2014. Archived from the original on 12 February 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- ^ "WOOD + ROOFE STRIKES SEE OFF ATALANTA". Leeds United. 30 July 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ^ "Della Rocca, Perico, Marchi e Ronaldo sono giocatori granata. Moro alla Cremonese" (in Italian). U.S. Salernitana 1919. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
External links
edit- (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