Gabriele Perico Explained

Gabriele Perico
Fullname:Gabriele Perico
Birth Date:11 March 1984
Birth Place:Bergamo, Italy
Position:Right back
Currentclub:Virtus Bergamo
Youthclubs1:Atalanta
Years1:2003–2004
Clubs1:Prato
Caps1:12
Goals1:0
Years2:2004–2010
Clubs2:AlbinoLeffe
Caps2:68
Goals2:11
Years3:2006–2007
Clubs3:Monza (loan)
Caps3:36
Goals3:0
Years4:2010–2014
Clubs4:Cagliari
Caps4:78
Goals4:0
Years5:2014–2016
Clubs5:Cesena
Caps5:56
Goals5:3
Years6:2016–2018
Clubs6:Salernitana
Caps6:36
Goals6:1
Years7:2018
Clubs7:Livorno
Caps7:11
Goals7:0
Years8:2019
Clubs8:Chiasso
Caps8:17
Goals8:0
Years9:2019–
Clubs9:Virtus Bergamo
Caps9:12
Goals9:0
Nationalyears1:2000–2001
Nationalteam1:Italy U17
Nationalcaps1:10
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalyears2:2002
Nationalteam2:Italy U18
Nationalcaps2:6
Nationalgoals2:1
Nationalyears3:2002–2003
Nationalteam3:Italy U19
Nationalcaps3:10
Nationalgoals3:2
Nationalyears4:2004
Nationalteam4:Italy U20
Nationalcaps4:6
Nationalgoals4:0
Pcupdate:20:44, 11 August 2019 (UTC)

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.

Club career

Perico started his career at hometown club Atalanta. In the 2003–04 season he left for Prato.

AlbinoLeffe

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

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.[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. The deals made Cagliari paid €950,000 to AlbinoLeffe for Perico, or €725,000 cash plus signing Cocco twice.

Cesena

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

On 31 August he joined Serie B club Salernitana on a free transfer. He signed a 2-year contract.[8]

FC Chiasso

On 4 January 2019, Perico signed with FC Chiasso in Switzerland.

International career

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

International

Italy Under-19

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: PERICO Gabriele . Panini Digital (login required) . 2009-08-09.
  2. News: Perico e Laner al Cagliari . 9 August 2010 . 2 June 2011 . Cagliari Calcio . Italian . 19 April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140419044426/http://www.cagliaricalcio.net/news/9328/perico-e-laner-al-cagliari.html . dead .
  3. UC AlbinoLeffe S.r.l. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2011 (in Italian)
  4. Cagliari Calcio SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2012 (in Italian)
  5. News: Perico ancora del Cagliari . 21 June 2011 . 22 June 2011 . Cagliari Calcio . Italian . 20 April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140420203305/http://www.cagliaricalcio.net/news/11597/perico-ancora-del-cagliari.html . dead .
  6. News: Gabriele Perico in bianconero . cesenacalcio.it . 16 July 2014 . 17 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150212020023/http://www.cesenacalcio.it/it/news/2014/07/16/gabriele-perico-bianconero-841.html . 12 February 2015 . dead . dmy-all .
  7. News: WOOD + ROOFE STRIKES SEE OFF ATALANTA . Leeds United . 30 July 2016 . 30 July 2016.
  8. Web site: Della Rocca, Perico, Marchi e Ronaldo sono giocatori granata. Moro alla Cremonese . 31 August 2016 . 28 September 2016 . U.S. Salernitana 1919 . Italian.