Gabriele Perico
Introduction '''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.===Cagliari===On 9 August 2010 Perico joined Cagliari along with Simon Laner on loan for €750,000 (€375,000 each or €350,000 each plus Cocco) 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. 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.===Cesena===On 16 July 2014, Perico signed for Serie A side Cesena. 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. 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.===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
External links *   Gabriele Perico at Soccerway*   Gabriele Perico National Team Stats  at FIGC.it*   Gabriele Perico at Tuttocalciatori