| 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.
Perico started his career at hometown club Atalanta. In the 2003–04 season he left for Prato.
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]
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.
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.
On 31 August he joined Serie B club Salernitana on a free transfer. He signed a 2-year contract.[8]
On 4 January 2019, Perico signed with FC Chiasso in Switzerland.
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).