Simone Pepe

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Simone Pepe
Personal information
Full name Simone Pepe
Date of birth August 30, 1983 (1983-08-30) (age 24)
Place of birth    Albano Laziale, Italy
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Udinese
Number 7
Youth clubs
A.S. Roma
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2001-2003
2002
2002-2003
2003-2005
2004-2005
2006-
2006-2007		 A.S. Roma
→ Lecco (loan)
→ Teramo (loan)
Palermo
→ Piacenza (loan)
Udinese
→ Cagliari (loan)		 0 (0)
5 (0)
31 (11)
25 (1)
30 (12)
36 (3))
36 (3)   
National team2
2001
2001
2001-2003
2004-2006		 Italy U-17
Italy U-19
Italy U-20
Italy U-21		 1 (1)
9 (6)
13 (6)
12 (2)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of June 2006.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 17 December, 2006.
* Appearances (Goals)

Simone Pepe (born August 30, 1983) is an Italian football (soccer) striker.

He currently plays for Udinese.

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[edit] Football career

Pepe was born in Albano Laziale, not far from Rome. He started his career at A.S. Roma, one of the two major clubs in Rome.

He was loaned to Calcio Lecco 1912 in January 2002 and Teramo Calcio in June 2002.

[edit] Palermo

In summer 2003, the rising Serie B team U.S. Città di Palermo signed Pepe in co-ownership deal, and he scored one goal in that season, and Palermo finished first in Serie B.

He was loaned to Piacenza Calcio in summer 2004, because the club think Pepe yet to gain experience before debut in Serie A.

In summer 2005, he back to Palermo, because Palermo top-scorer Luca Toni left for ACF Fiorentina. He made 6 goalless appearances, before left the club again in winter transfer window.

[edit] Udinese

He join Udinese Calcio in mid of 2005-06 season in co-ownership deal, along with Salvatore Masiello and Nicola Santoni (part of David Di Michele deal), which the club keen on signing youngsters in recent years, again, he only made 6 goalless appearances.

He was loaned out again in summer 2006 to Cagliari, because Udinese Calcio recalled Gyan Asamoah who shine in 2006 FIFA World Cup.

He finally scored his first Serie A goal in 18 November 2006, the 11th games in that season and 23rd Serie A games in his career, against his former club Palermo, a winning goal in last min.

Pepe returned to Udinese in summer 2007 as Palermo sold the rest. In October 2007, Andrea Dossena, Cristian Zapata, Roman Eremenko, Simone Pepe were awarded a new contract until June 2012.

[edit] International career

Although had a bare first Serie A season, he was selected in the Italian U-21 squad to 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, but did not play.

He also selected in U-17,U-19 and U-20 level.

[edit] External links

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Udinese Calcio – current squad

1 Saulo • 2 Zapata • 3 Gyan Asamoah • 4 D'Agostino • 5 Obodo • 6 Coda • 7 Pepe • 8 Dossena • 10 Di Natale • 11 Pinzi • 14 Candreva • 15 Isla • 16 Laurito • 17 Colombo • 19 Felipe • 20 Mesto • 21 Zápotočný • 22 Handanovič • 23 Eremenko • 24 Luković • 25 Chimenti • 27 Quagliarella • 29 De Martino • 30 Đurić • 32 Ferronetti • 34 Gotti • 83 Floro Flores • 86 Siqueira • 88 İnler • Coach: Marino


Persondata
NAME Pepe, Simone
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pepe, Simone
SHORT DESCRIPTION footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 1983-8-30
PLACE OF BIRTH Albano Laziale, Italy
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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