Giuseppe Greco (footballer, born 1983)

For footballer from the 1950s, see Giuseppe Greco (footballer, born 1958).

Giuseppe Greco

Personal information
Full name	Giuseppe Greco
Date of birth	(1983-08-06) 6 August 1983 (age 39)
Place of birth	Palermo, Italy
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1997–1997	Amiternina
1999–2000	Pavia
2000–2001	Sampdoria
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2002	Pavia	13	(1)
2002–2003	Como	3	(0)
2003–2012	Genoa	45	(10)
2003–2004	→ Como (loan)	18	(0)
2004–2005	→ Padova (loan)	25	(3)
2006	→ Catanzaro (loan)	8	(1)
2007–2008	→ Chievo (loan)	8	(1)
2008	→ Rimini (loan)	16	(7)
2008–2009	→ Pisa (loan)	24	(10)
2009–2010	→ Bari (loan)	6	(1)
2010	→ Cesena (loan)	16	(3)
2010–2011	→ Grosseto (loan)	13	(1)
2011–2012	→ Modena (loan)	17	(8)
2012	Modena	11	(1)
2013–2014	Pro Vercelli	34	(4)
2014–2015	Venezia	29	(9)
2015–2016	FeralpiSalò	13	(3)
2016	Arezzo	11	(2)
2016–2017	Castelvetro	27	(13)
2017–2018	Rosselli Mutina	27	(18)
2018	Axys Zola	9	(1)
2018–2019	Brescello
2019	Castellarano
2020	Virtus Camposanto
2020	Sanmichelese
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 October 2021

Giuseppe "Beppe" Greco ^[1] (born 6 August 1983) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Career

Early career

Greco was born in Palermo, but moved to Pizzoli, L'Aquila at a young age. He began to play youth football at local club Amiternina. ^[2] At age 16 he moved to the Pavia youth academy and then, for one year, he was enrolled in the Sampdoria youth teams. ^[2]

Professional career

He returned to Pavia where he would start his senior career, later playing for Como. He made his Serie A debut on 3 May 2003, against Milan, coming on as a 51st-minute substitute for Luigi Anaclerio in a 0–2 away loss at San Siro. ^[3] He was signed by Sampdoria city rival Genoa in summer 2003, after former Como owner Enrico Preziosi took over Genoa, but he was loaned back to Como and then to Padova.

He returned to Genoa in Serie C1, and left on loan to Catanzaro of Serie B in January 2006. He helped Genoa to win promotion to Serie A in summer 2007, but he then left on loan to Chievo ^[4] and Rimini. On 28 January 2010, Genoa loaned the forward to Cesena until the end of the season. After his return to Genoa they loaned him to Grosseto in Serie B in the summer of 2010 ^[5] where he played 10 games and scored 1 goal. However, in early 2011 he was loaned out again to Modena also in Serie B where he scored 8 goals in 17 games.

In January 2013, Greco moved to Pro Vercelli, ^[6] with whom he won a promotion to Serie B. ^[7] The following year he signed with Venezia, competing in Serie C. ^[8]

On 25 June 2015, he joined FeralpiSalò, signing a one-year contract. ^[9] Halfway through the season, on 29 January 2016, he moved to Arezzo, ^[10] where he made his debut the following day and immediately proved to be decisive in a 4–0 win over Tuttocuoio. In the game, he scored two goals in the first five minutes as well as providing an assist. ^[11]

Later career

Then followed seasons in lower-league football for teams in Emilia-Romagna. On 9 June 2016, Greco moved to Castelvetro, a team from the Province of Modena recently promoted to Serie D. ^[12] The following season he joined fifth-tier Eccellenza club Rosselli Mutina, ^[13] before moving to Axys Zola from Zola Predosa, newly promoted to Serie D, ^[14] and in June 2019 he signed for Castellarano, competing in Promozione, the sixth tier of the Italian football pyramid. ^[1] Short stints then followed Virtus Camposanto and Sanmichelese in 2020. ^{[15] [1]}

References

1. "Beppe Greco torna in Eccellenza Vestirà la maglia della Sanmichelese". il Resto del Carlino (in Italian). 13 July 2020.
2. Fallocco, Alessandro (11 July 2013). "L'Aquila. In attesa di sviluppi ufficiali, suggestione Giuseppe Greco - Cronaca nazionale L'Aquila". Abruzzo24ore (in Italian).
3. "AC Milan - Calcio Como 2:0 (Serie A 2002/2003, 31. Round)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
4. "Greco al Chievo, per Bacis c'è la Cremonese". Genoa CFC (in Italian). 20 August 2007. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
5. "In arrivo Giuseppe Greco". US Grosseto FC (in Italian). 17 July 2010. Archived from the original on 31 October 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
6. "Vinci e Greco ci credono: "Possiamo fare l'impresa"". La Stampa (in Italian). 4 February 2013.
7. "Pro Vercelli in serie B, anche il Lanciano promosso". Tuttosport (in Italian). 10 June 2012. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015.
8. Sabattini, Federico (13 August 2014). "Ex Modena, Giuseppe Greco all'Unione Venezia". Parlandodisport.it (in Italian).
9. Losco, Gianluca (25 June 2015). "UFFICIALE: FeralpiSalò, preso l'attaccante Giuseppe Greco - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". TuttoMercatoWEB (in Italian).
10. "Giuseppe Greco è un nuovo calciatore amaranto". U.S. Arezzo (in Italian). Archived from the original on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
11. "Doppietta di Greco in cinque minuti, poi Tremolada, Defendi cala il poker dal dischetto. Finisce 4-0 col Tuttocuoio". U.S. Arezzo (in Italian). Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
12. "UN NUOVO IMPRENDITORE MODENESE FARA' PARTE DEL PROGETTO. NUOVO ACQUISTO: ARRIVA IL BOMBER GIUSEPPE GRECO!". A.C.D. CASTELVETRO (in Italian). 9 June 2016. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016.
13. Amaduzzi, Mattia (15 November 2017). "Il bomber della Rosselli: l'intervista a Giuseppe "Beppe" Greco". Vivo Modena (in Italian).
14. "Dilettanti - Clamoroso: Giuseppe Greco e Giuseppe Cozzolino all'Axys". Parlandodisport.it (in Italian). 28 June 2018.
15. "La Sanmichelese punta forte su Beppe Greco Cheli a Vignola". Gazzetta di Modena (in Italian). 10 July 2020.

External links

• (in Italian) gazzetta.it