Gabriel Appelt Pires

Gabriel
Personal information
Full nameGabriel Appelt Pires
Date of birth18 September 1993
Place of birthResende, Brazil
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
Livorno
(on loan from Juventus)
Number38
Youth career
2008–2011Vasco da Gama
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2011Resende[nb 1]0(0)
2012–Juventus0(0)
2012–2013→ Pro Vercelli (loan)25(1)
2013–2014→ Spezia (loan)18(0)
2014→ Pescara (loan)16(0)
2015–→ Livorno (loan)2(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 February 2015.
† Appearances (Goals).

Gabriel Appelt Pires (born 18 September 1993), commonly known as Gabriel, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Italian Serie B club Livorno, on loan from three-time defending Serie A champions Juventus.

Club career

Resende

Born in Resende, Gabriel and his older brother Guilherme started each of their careers at Resende Futebol Clube; Gabriel signed his first contract on 23 July 2010.[1] He played his first senior season with the club during the 2011 Campeonato Carioca, the regional league in the state of Rio.[2]

Juventus

In April 2011, Italian newspaper, Tuttosport reported that Juventus Football Club signed both Gabriel and Guilherme,[3][4] however due to bureatic reasons, Gabriel couldn't move to Italy until after his 18th birthday. In January 2012 Gabriel officially signed with the Italian club for a fee of €2 million, though the deal had virtually been complete since 21 April 2011.[5] After joining the Italian side, Gabriel joined the club's youth academy [6] and played the remaining half-season for Juventus' reserve during the 2011–12 season.[7]

On 30 August 2012 Gabriel was sent on a season long loan deal to Serie B newcomer Pro Vercelli, another Piedmont-based team,[8] along with Juventus teammate, Alberto Masi. Gabriel made his Serie B debut on 9 September 2012 as 61st minute substitute in a 1-2 home loss against Livorno in what would impressively be his first and only substitute appearance for the club.[9] He made his first start on 15 September against Sassuolo and went on to start the next ten league matches prior to suffering a major injury on 10 November 2012 in a home match against Modena.[10] After four months on the sidelines, Gabriel returned to Pro Vercelli's starting lineup on 2 March 2013 in a 1-1 away draw at Juve Stabia. Gabriel remained in the club's starting lineup for the remainder of the campaign, making 25 league appearances and scoring 1 league goal despite the long injury absence.

The player returned to Juventus on 30 June 2013 and two month later, he was sent out on another season-long loan deal to Serie B side Spezia on 26 August 2013.[11] He went on to make 19 league appearances for the club before returning to Juventus upon the expiration of the loan deal.

On 23 July 2014 it was officially communicated that Appelt had signed with Serie B side Pescara on a season-long loan deal aalon with teammate Vincenzo Fiorillo[12]

Notes

  1. ↑ There is no appearance for Gabriel in national league as the club did not participate in national level, however Gabriel had played 14 games for Resende in the state league of Rio, a event had longer history than national league which now competed by professional club of the state from national league first to third level, and as a entry competition for the fourth level if the professional club did not qualify to any level in national league.

References

  1. ↑ BOLETIM INFORMATIVO DIÁRIO ELETRÔNICO (BID-E) RELAÇÃO PELA DATA 23/07/2010 (Portuguese)
  2. ↑ http://www.soccerway.com/players/gabriel-appelt-pires/171384/
  3. ↑ "Blitz Juve, presi Gabriel e Guilherme Appelt Pires". Tuttosport (in Italian). 22 April 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  4. ↑ "Primavera, tutti i movimenti di mercato" (in Italian). Juventus FC. 2 September 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  5. ↑ Relazione finanaziaria semestrale al 31 dicembre 2011
  6. ↑ "Primavera, fatale ancora il finale" (in Italian). Juventus FC. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  7. ↑ http://www.fullsoccer.eu/giocatori.php?giocatore=APPELT%20Gabriel%20Pires
  8. ↑ "Appelt joins Pro Vercelli". Juventus FC. 30 August 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  9. ↑ http://www.legaserieb.it/it/serie-bwin/campionato/matchreport/-/match-report/Pro%20Vercelli-Livorno/48480
  10. ↑ http://www.legaserieb.it/it/serie-bwin/campionato/matchreport/-/match-report/Sassuolo-Pro%20Vercelli/48502
  11. ↑ "Gabriel Appelt moves on loan to Spezia". Juventus FC. 26 August 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  12. ↑ http://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/serie-b/ufficiale-pescara-dalla-juve-arrivano-fiorillo-e-appelt-576993