Gabriele Perico

Gabriele Perico

Personal information
Full name	Gabriele Perico
Date of birth	(1984-03-11) 11 March 1984 (age 40)
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)

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. ^{[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

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

• UEFA European Under-19 Championship: 2003

References

1. "PERICO Gabriele". Panini Digital (login required). Retrieved 2009-08-09.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
2. "Perico e Laner al Cagliari". Cagliari Calcio (in Italian). 9 August 2010. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
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. "Perico ancora del Cagliari". Cagliari Calcio (in Italian). 21 June 2011. Archived from the original on 20 April 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
6. "Gabriele Perico in bianconero". cesenacalcio.it. 16 July 2014. Archived from the original on 12 February 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
7. "WOOD + ROOFE STRIKES SEE OFF ATALANTA". Leeds United. 30 July 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
8. "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

• (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