Simone Perrotta

Simone Perrotta
Personal information
Full nameSimone Pasquale Perrotta
Date of birth17 September 1977
Place of birthAshton-under-Lyne, England
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing positionCentre Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1995–1998Reggina77(1)
1998–1999Juventus5(0)
1999–2001Bari56(1)
2001–2004Chievo95(6)
2004–2013Roma246(36)
Total479(44)
National team
1998–2000Italy U-216(1)
2002–2009Italy48(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Simone Perrotta, Ufficiale OMRI[1][2] (born 17 September 1977 in Ashton-under-Lyne) is a retired Italian footballer who used to play as a midfielder for Serie A club Roma. He was a member of the Italian national football team that won the 2006 FIFA World Cup. An energetic and hard-working two-way player, Perrotta was known for his versatility, stamina, box-to-box play and hard running style. He retired on the 29th of June 2013.

Club career

Early career and Juventus

Perrotta grew up in the youth system of Reggina and debuted in Serie B in 1995, becoming an important fixture in their line-up. In 1998, Juventus decided to sign him, but with great midfielders like Antonio Conte, Didier Deschamps, and Zinedine Zidane ahead of him, he only made five appearances for the Turin club.

Bari

In 1999, Perrotta was farmed to Bari in a co-ownership deal for 3 billion Italian lire (or €1,549,371),[3] as part of Gianluca Zambrotta's deal, where he played for two seasons. In June 2001, Bari acquired him outright for approximately €300,000, making Juventus booked a financial cost of €1.25 million for the discount.[4]

Chievo

At the start of 2001–02 Serie A, he was shipped to Chievo. There, he was a mainstay in the midfield of a surprising Chievo squad that was first place at the winter break. He even provided the winning assist in their famous victory over Internazionale that season.

Roma

In 2004, Roma signed him from the Veneto club for €7.2 million on a four-year instalment.[5] The deal was later changed to three instalments, however; new Roma signing Matteo Brighi, valued at €16 million was loaned to Chievo for the season as part of the deal.[6] and then discounted to €7.05 million,[7] In merit of his fine performances for the capital club, he earned a call-up to Marcello Lippi's Italy squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, starting all seven games for the eventual champions. In 2006, he also signed a contract extension with the capital club, keeping him in Rome until 2010.[8]

Under Roma coach Luciano Spalletti's 4–2–3–1 formation, he played behind the first striker in between the left and right winger as an attacking central midfielder.

Perrotta signed a new one-year extension to his contract with Roma in October 2009, extending his stay at the club until 2011.[9][10] In March 2011, he signed another contract, with basic salary decreased to €2.5 million per season.[11]

For the 2011–12 season, Perrotta was usually used as a central midfielder alongside Daniele De Rossi and Miralem Pjanić. On 20 February 2012, Perrotta signed a new one-year extension to his contract with Roma that will keep him at the club until 2013. Perrotta's fixed gross fee for the current season was raised to €2.6 million plus performance bonuses.[12][13] He played 20 matches in the 2011–12 season, failing to score a goal. After almost two years without scoring, he scored against Siena on 2 December 2012, giving Roma a 1–2 lead away. Roma eventually won the game 1–3, with a brace from Mattia Destro. He scored again on 3 March 2013, also in a 3–1 win, against Genoa at the Stadio Olimpico. He was substituted on for striker Pablo Osvaldo in the 81st minute and eight minutes later, in the 89th minute, he scored a goal that sealed the match. After the appointment of Aurelio Andreazzoli as caretaking manager, he received significantly more playing time than under the Czech Zdeněk Zeman. He finished the season with 16 league appearances, only four as a starter, with two goals scored. On 29 June 2013, Perrotta announced his retirement from professional football.

International career

Although eligible for England, Perrotta played at the under-21 level for Italy. He won the 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship but dropped from the 2000 Summer Olympics squad due to injury.[14] He debuted at the senior level in 2002. He played for Italy at UEFA Euro 2004, scoring a goal against Bulgaria.

Perrotta also represented the Italian national team during the 2006 FIFA World Cup under coach Marcello Lippi, starting in all seven of the Azzurri's games en route to their World Cup title.

Unlike with Roma, Perrotta was often used as a left winger with the Italian national team or as a "front-lying" defensive midfielder, as he was in the 2006 World Cup.

In 2009, after being left out from 2010 FIFA World Cup squad by Marcello Lippi, he retired from international football.

Personal life

Perrotta is of Calabrian origins and was born in England. He lived in England until the age of four, attending the former St Ann's RC Primary School on Burlington Street in Ashton-under-Lyne. His parents, Francesco and Anna Maria, ran a pub in Ashton and lived on Fitzroy Street and briefly at the Chiltern Chapel before moving back to Italy in 1982. He is married and he has a son.

On 22 December 2010, a statue of Perrotta was unveiled in Ashton-under-Lyne, close to Curzon Ashton F.C.'s Tameside Stadium in the Roy Oldham Sports Village, Richmond Street. The triple sculpture by Andrew Edwards and Sculpture For Sport commemorates the three men from the borough of Tameside who hold World Cup winner's medals: Geoff Hurst, Jimmy Armfield, and Perrotta.[15] He speaks English and Italian.

Career statistics

Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Italy League Coppa Italia Europe Total
1995–96RegginaSerie B220-220
1996–97290-290
1997–98261-261
1998–99JuventusSerie A706110141
1999–200000001010
1999–2000BariSerie A311-311
2000–0125000-250
2001–02ChievoSerie A32431-355
2002–033210020341
2003–0431100-311
2004–05RomaSerie A3035040393
2005–063555271478
2006–0734874915013
2007–082956161417
2008–092552060335
2009–103253051405
2010–112633061344
2011–121902021231
2012–131621000172
Total Roma 2463633744632649
Career total 4794443948657359

[16]

Italy national team
YearAppsGoals
200210
2003110
200491
200500
2006121
200750
200880
200920
Total482

Honours

Roma

National team

Individual

Orders

  • Collar of Merit Sports: 2006[17]
  • 4th Class / Officer: Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana:(2006)[18]

External links

References

  1. ↑ FIFA.com
  2. ↑ AscotSportal.com
  3. ↑ "Relazioni e Bilancio al 30 Giugno 2000". Juventus FC (in Italian). Borsa Italiana Archive. ca.19 December 2000. Retrieved 24 March 2015. page 42, IMMOBILIZZAZIONI FINANZIARIE Compartecipazioni ex art. 102 bis N.O.I.F. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ↑ "Reports and Financial Statements at 30 June 2002" (PDF). Juventus FC. 28 October 2002. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  5. ↑ "ACQUISTO DEL DIRITTO ALLE PRESTAZIONI SPORTIVE DI SIMONE PERROTTA" (PDF). AS Roma (in Italian). 3 August 2004. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  6. ↑ http://www.asroma.it/pdf/corporate/comunicati_finanziari/2004-08-31_approvazione_situazione_mensile_al_31_luglio_2004.pdf
  7. ↑ http://www.asroma.it/pdf/corporate/comunicati_finanziari/2004-11-12_approvazione_della_relazione_trimestrale_al_30_settembre_2004.pdf
  8. ↑ "PROLUNGATO IL CONTRATTO SINO AL 30 GIUGNO 2010" (PDF). AS Roma (in Italian). 11 September 2006. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  9. ↑ "Perrotta and Pizarro sign new deals". Ontheminute.com, 30 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
  10. ↑ "Prolungamento contratto economico del calciatore Perrotta" (PDF) (in Italian). AS Roma. 29 October 2009. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  11. ↑ "Prolungamento del contratto economico del calciatore Simone Perrotta" (PDF). AS Roma (in Italian). 22 March 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  12. ↑ http://www.agi.it/english-version/sport/elenco-notizie/201202201944-spr-ren1078-football_roma_s_perrotta_extends_contract_by_one_season
  13. ↑ http://www.asroma.it/pdf/corporate/operazioni_di_mercato/Prolungamento_del_contratto_per_le_prestazioni_sportive_del_calciatore_Simone_Perrotta_.pdf
  14. ↑ "Under 21, Morrone al posto di Perrotta". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 4 September 2000. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
  15. ↑ Wier, Katie. "Statue depicts a hat-trick of heroes". MEN Media. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  16. ↑ Simone Perrotta at National-Football-Teams.com
  17. ↑ "Coni: Consegnati i Collari d’oro e diplomi d’onore ai campionissimi". Coni.it. 23 February 2014.
  18. ↑ "ONORIFICENZE - 2006". http://www.quirinale.it/'' (in Italian). 12 December 2006. Retrieved 19 March 2015.