Tommy Giacomelli

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Tommy Giacomelli
Personal information
Full name Tommy Adriano Giacomelli
Date of birth (1974-04-29) 29 April 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Brazil
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
0000–1998 Ponte Preta
1998–1999 Sai Kung Friends
1999–2000 Happy Valley
2000–2004 Sagesse (41)
2004–2005 Apollon Kalamarias
2005–2006 Indipendente
2006–2007 Sagesse (14)
2007–2008 Happy Valley (7)
2008–2009 Nejmeh (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tommy Adriano Giacomelli (born 29 April 1974), sometimes known as just Tommy, is a Brazilian former professional footballer.

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Giacomelli played in Brazil for Ponte Preta and Indipendente, in Hong Kong for Sai Kung Friends and Happy Valley, in Lebanon for Sagesse and Nejmeh, and in Greece for Apollon Kalamarias. He won the Hong Kong Footballer of the Year in 2000, being the second foreign player to win the honour after Dimitre Kalkanov, who won the prize in 1998.

Club career

After playing for Ponte Preta in his native country, Giacomelli joined Hong Kong team Sai Kung Friends in 1998. After one season, he joined Happy Valley before moving to Lebanon in 2000, where he signed for Sagesse. [1] At Sagesse, Tommy scored 41 league goals during his four year stay. [2]

In 2004, Giacomelli moved to Greece where he signed for Apollon Kalamarias before returning to Brazil in 2005 signing for Indipendente. In 2006, Giacomelli returned to Sagesse where he scored 14 goals during the season, before moving once again to Happy Valley in 2007. The following year, Giacomelli returned to Lebanon at Nejmeh where he scored five league goals and ended his career with a total of 60 Lebanese Premier League goals.

Honours

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ NADIM, MAKHOUL (18 December 2000). "Football - 4e journée du championnat du Liban Quatrième victoire de La Sagesse et du Akhaa Aley - MAKHOUL NADIM". L'Orient-Le Jour (in French). Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "من منهم ينوي دخول التاريخ من الباب الواسع؟". forum.kooora.com. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  3. ↑ مهرجان كرة المنار. Shoot (in Arabic) (383 ed.). 30 April 2001. p. 15.
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