Paul di Giacomo

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Paul Di Giacomo
Personal information
Full name Paul Di Giacomo
Date of birth (1982-06-30) 30 June 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Striker / Winger
Youth career
1998–2000 Kilmarnock
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000–2008 Kilmarnock 104 (13)
2005 → Stirling Albion (loan) 16 (6)
2007–2008 → Partick Thistle (loan) 6 (1)
2008–2009 Airdrie United 33 (5)
2009–2011 Ross County 45 (4)
2011–2012 Greenock Morton 24 (2)
2012–2013 Airdrie United 17 (4)
Total245(35)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Di Giacomo (born 30 June 1982, in Glasgow) is a Scottish footballer. He began his career at Kilmarnock, before dropping into the Scottish Football League First Division with Airdrie United to move closer to his partner at the time who had just had a boy named Thomas, then Ross County. He also had loan spells from Kilmarnock with Stirling Albion and Partick Thistle.

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Career

As a striker who can also play on the wing, [1] Di Giacomo made his Kilmarnock debut in a 1–0 defeat of St Mirren in July 2000. He was loaned to Stirling Albion for part of the 2004–05 season. He again went out on loan in August 2007, this time to Partick Thistle. At Partick he scored twice; once against Berwick Rangers in a Challenge Cup tie [2] and once against future club Greenock Morton in the league. [3] He was released by the Rugby Park side in June 2008 [4] and a week later was snapped up by Scottish First Division side Airdrie United. [5] He moved to Ross County on 1 June 2009. [6]

Di Giacomo scored on his debut for Ross County against his old club Airdrie United in the opening game of the 09/10 season. [7] He continued his good start to the opening season with a goal against Inverness CT. [8]

He joined Greenock Morton in June 2011, [9] and scored four goals on his debut against Stranraer in the Challenge Cup. [10] On 1 May 2012, Di Giacomo confirmed that he would leave the club at the end of the season to go part-time. [11] In July 2012, he signed for former club Airdrie United. [12] His contract with Airdrie United was terminated by mutual consent in April 2013.

He retired from football in 2013 and is now the head of academy at Kilmarnock.

Honours

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References

  1. ↑ Tait, Chris (6 June 2011). "Paul: Moore is one of the best". Greenock Telegraph . Retrieved 6 June 2011.
  2. ↑ "Partick Th 3-1 Berwick Rangers". BBC. 4 September 2007. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Partick Thistle 1-1 Morton". BBC. 22 December 2007. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Kilmarnock release forward pair". BBC Sport. 17 June 2008. Retrieved 25 June 2008.
  5. ↑ "Di Giacomo moves on to Diamonds". BBC Sport. 25 June 2008. Retrieved 25 June 2008.
  6. ↑ "Di Giacomo signs for Ross County" BBC Sport website (1 June 2009)
  7. ↑ "Ross County 2–1 Airdrie United" BBC Sport website (8 August 2009)
  8. ↑ "24 April 2010, Ayr 0 – 7 Inverness CT | Match Reports | Match | Inverness Caledonian Thistle". Ictfc.premiumtv.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 August 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  9. ↑ Mitchell, Jonathan (1 June 2011). "Di Giacomo signs his Ton deal". Greenock Telegraph . Retrieved 2 December 2011.
  10. ↑ "Stranraer 0-8 Morton". BBC. 23 July 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  11. ↑ Tait, Chris (1 May 2012). "Di Giacomo to leave Cappielow". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
  12. ↑ "Squad news". Airdrie United F.C. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  13. ↑ Tait, Chris (23 July 2011). "I'm going for cup hat-trick". Greenock Telegraph . Retrieved 24 July 2011.
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