Giacomo Beretta

Giacomo Beretta
Personal information
Date of birth14 March 1992
Place of birthVarese, Italy
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionCentre forward
Club information
Current team
Pro Vercelli
Number32
Youth career
Albinoleffe
2009–2011Milan
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2010–2011Milan1(0)
2011–2013Genoa0(0)
2011–2012→ Ascoli (loan)13(1)
2012→ Juve Stabia (loan)8(0)
2012–2013→ Pavia (loan)29(10)
2013–Milan0(0)
2013–2014→ Lecce (loan)25(4)
2014–→ Pro Vercelli (loan)11(2)
National team‡
2009Italy U1715(10)
2010–2011Italy U197(1)
2011–2014Italy U2017(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 December 2014.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 November 2014

Giacomo Beretta (born 14 March 1992) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Pro Vercelli, on loan from Milan.

Club career

Milan (youth)

Beretta joined Milan in the summer of 2009, in a co-ownership deal with his former club Albinoleffe for €900,000.[1][2] He spent the season playing for Milan's under-20 side, who won the Coppa Italia Primavera 25 years after the team's last success in the competition,[3] although he missed several games throughout the year due to injury.[4]

Genoa

At the beginning of the 2010–11 season, Beretta's playing rights were fully purchased by Milan for a fee of €1M.[5][6] However, half of them were subsequently sold for €4M to Genoa in a new co-ownership deal on 23 August,[6] with Milan keeping the right to the actual use of the player for the season.[6][7] On the same day Milan also signed Kevin-Prince Boateng for €5.25M[6] The then 18-year-old forward kept playing for the under-20 team, but also made his official first team deabut on 1 May 2011, in a Serie A game against Bologna.[8]

Ascoli and Juve Stabia

For the 2011–12 season, Beretta's co-ownership between Milan and Genoa was renewed,[9] but he was loaned out to Serie B side Ascoli.[10] Boateng also purchased by Milan outright for €7 million.[11] Beretta made up a total of 15 appearances (13 in the league and two in 2011–12 Coppa Italia) and one goal, before moving to Juve Stabia during the January transfer window.[12]

Pavia

For the 2012–13 season Beretta was loaned out to Prima Divisione club Pavia.[13]

Milan return

In June 2013 Milan bought back Beretta for €2 million.[14][15]

Lecce and Pro Vercelli

At the start of the 2013–14 campaign Beretta was loaned out to Prima Divisione club Lecce.[16] For the 2014–15 season he was loaned out again, this time to Pro Vercelli.[17]

International career

Beretta won 15 caps and scored 10 goals for Italy U-17 in 2009.[18] He scored 3 goals in all 3 matches of 2009 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship elite qualification. In the final tournament he scored once in 4 appearances. He was also part of the squad that took part in the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup, making 4 appearances and scoring a goal in the tournament (against United States).[19]

Beretta went on to be capped for Italy U-19, winning 7 caps and scoring one goal between 2010 and 2011,[18] as well as featuring in 9 games for the U-20 side from 2010 to 2012.[18]

Honours

Milan

Serie A: 1

2010–11

Statistics

As of 5 April 2013.

Team Season Domestic
League		 Domestic
Cup		 European
Competition1		 Other
Tournaments2		 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Milan 2010–11 1 0 0 0 0 0 – 1 0
Ascoli 2011–12 13 1 2 0 – – 15 1
Juve Stabia 2012 8 0 0 0 – – 8 0
Pavia 2012–13 28 10 0 0 – – 28 10
Career Total 47 10' 2 0 0 0 0 0 52 11

1European competitions include the UEFA Champions League.
2Other tournaments include none to date.

References

  1. ↑ "Trasferimenti estate 2009". lega-calcio.it (in Italian). Lega Nazionale Professionisti. Archived from the original on 8 August 2010. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
  2. ↑ "Relazioni e bilancio al 31 dicembre 2009" (PDF). acmilan.com (in Italian). Associazione Calcio Milan. 23 April 2010. p. 62. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  3. ↑ "Coppa Italia Primavera 2009/10". acmilan.com (in Italian). Associazione Calcio Milan. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  4. ↑ Fabiana Della Valle (5 February 2010). "Beretta 6 proprio un tipo da Milan". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). p. 18. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
  5. ↑ "Risoluzione accordi di partecipazione". lega-calcio.it (in Italian). Lega Nazionale Professionisti. Archived from the original on 26 June 2010. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Relazioni e bilancio al 31 dicembre 2010" (PDF). acmilan.com (in Italian). Associazione Calcio Milan. 20 April 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  7. ↑ "Trasf. estate". legaseriea.it (in Italian). Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A. Archived from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
  8. ↑ Subhankar Mondal (1 May 2011). "AC Milan's Giacomo Beretta delighted with Serie A debut against Bologna". goal.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2 May 2011.
  9. ↑ "Risoluzione accordi di partecipazione" (PDF). legaseriea.it (in Italian). Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A. 25 June 2011. Archived from the original on 25 June 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  10. ↑ "Mercato: in attacco Romeo e Beretta". ascolicalcio.net (in Italian) (Ascoli Calcio 1898). 16 July 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  11. ↑ "Boateng è del Milan Riscatto da 7 milioni". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 25 May 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  12. ↑ "Comunicato S.S.Juve Stabia SpA". ssjuvestabia.it (in Italian) (Società Sportiva Juve Stabia). 31 January 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  13. ↑ "Riassunto delle operazioni del mercato" (in Italian). paviacalcio.it. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  14. ↑ AC Milan SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 31 December 2013 (Italian)
  15. ↑ "Calcio mercato in ebollizione" (in Italian). Genoa CFC. 19 June 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  16. ↑ "Ufficiale acquisizione di Beretta". uslecce.it (in Italian) (Unione Sportiva Lecce). 25 July 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  17. ↑ "Ufficiale: dal Milan arriva l'attaccante Giacomo Beretta". fcprovercelli.it (in Italian) (Football Club Pro Vercelli 1892). 21 August 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 "Beretta Giacomo". figc.it (in Italian). Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  19. ↑ "Italy – Statistics". fifa.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 9 May 2011.

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