Davide Petrucci
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Davide Petrucci[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 5 October 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Rome, Italy | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | CFR Cluj | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ?–2008 | Roma | ||
| 2008–2009 | Manchester United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2009–2014 | Manchester United | 0 | (0) |
| 2013 | → Peterborough United (loan) | 4 | (1) |
| 2013 | → Royal Antwerp (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2014 | → Charlton Athletic (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2014– | CFR Cluj | 23 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007–2008 | Italy U17 | ? | (?) |
| 2009–2010 | Italy U19 | 2 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 August 2015. | |||
Davide Petrucci (born 5 October 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays for Romanian club CFR Cluj as a midfielder. Born in Rome, he played for Roma until 2008, when he joined English side Manchester United. However, he was unable to break into the first team and, after loan spells with Peterborough United, Royal Antwerp and Charlton Athletic, he joined CFR Cluj in September 2014. He is also capped for Italy at under-19 level.
Club career
A.S. Roma
Born in the San Basilio suburb of Rome, Petrucci began his football career with his local club, Roma, playing in their youth team.[2] During the 2007–08 season, he scored 14 goals in 19 appearances for the Roma youth team, alerting Manchester United to his talents. But the AS Roma offered him a contract worth only around £16,000 per annum, the minimum wage for Italian youth team players, claiming that it would upset the other youth players who had already accepted similar deals if they offered him any more.[2] However, despite the club's claims that he would have been given opportunities in the first team in the 2008–09 season, Petrucci expressed concerns that he had not already been called up.[2] When he asked Roma for some time to consider their offer, the club gave him a three-day deadline.[2] Around this time, Manchester United offered Petrucci a £95,000-a-year contract, which the Italian youngster accepted on 13 June 2008. To comply with FIFA regulations with regard to the international transfer of players under the age of 18, United also offered Petrucci's father, Stefano, a job as well as offering to pay for regular flights back to Italy.[2]
Manchester United
United paid Roma approximately £200,000 in compensation for the transfer, which the Italians were unable to contest as Petrucci was not under contract with them. Italian football regulations state that under-17s may not be signed to professional contracts, meaning that Petrucci would not have been able to sign with Roma until his 17th birthday in October 2008.[2] He travelled to Manchester on 30 June 2008, and began training with Manchester United the following day.[3] At the end of July 2008, Petrucci was part of the Manchester United team that won the Premier (under-17) section of the 2008 Milk Cup. He has made regular appearances for the Manchester United under-18 side during the 2008–09 season, and got his first taste of reserve team action on 18 November 2008, when he played 20 minutes of a 2–1 defeat away to Hull City, coming on as a substitute for Antonio Bryan.[4] On 22 January 2009, he made another appearance for the reserve team in the Manchester Senior Cup, scoring the first of the team's three goals in the fourth minute of a 3–0 win over Accrington Stanley.[5]
Loan to Peterborough United
On 9 January 2013, Petrucci joined Peterborough United on loan, he joined along with his teammate Scott Wootton who was signed until the end of the season.[6] He made his debut on 12 January in a 2–1 defeat to Nottingham Forest.[7]
Loan to Royal Antwerp
On 2 September 2013, Petrucci was initially loaned to Belgian side Royal Antwerp until the end of the season, but was recalled in January 2014.[8] On 27 March 2014, Petrucci joined Championship side Charlton Athletic on loan until the end of the 2013–14 season.[9]
CFR Cluj
On 8 September 2014, after being named in United's 25-man Premier League squad, Petrucci terminated his contract by mutual consent to secure a move to Romanian side CFR Cluj, six days after the transfer window closed.[10]
References
- ↑ "Premier League Clubs submit Squad Lists" (PDF). Premier League. 3 September 2014. p. 26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Moore, Malcolm (13 June 2008). "Davide Petrucci was stolen from us by Manchester United, claim angry Romans". telegraph.co.uk (Telegraph Media Group). Retrieved 3 February 2009.
- ↑ Burton, Chris (14 June 2008). "Petrucci welcomes United chance". Sky Sports (BSkyB). Retrieved 3 February 2009.
- ↑ Bartram, Steve (18 November 2008). "Reserves: Hull 2 United 1". ManUtd.com (Manchester United). p. 2. Retrieved 3 February 2009.
- ↑ Cope, Will; Bartram, Steve (22 January 2009). "Reserves: Utd 3 Accrington 0". ManUtd.com (Manchester United). Retrieved 3 February 2009.
- ↑ Thompson, Gemma (9 January 2013). "Duo agree Posh loans". ManUtd.com (Manchester United). Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ↑ "Nottm Forest 2-1 Peterborough". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 12 January 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
- ↑ Froggatt, Mark (3 September 2013). "Reds trio head overseas". ManUtd.com (Manchester United). Retrieved 3 September 2013.
- ↑ "Davide Petrucci joins Charlton on loan". cafc.co.uk (Charlton Athletic FC). 27 March 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ↑ Hibbs, Ben (8 September 2014). "Davide Petrucci signs for Cluj". ManUtd.com (Manchester United). Retrieved 8 September 2014.
External links
- Davide Petrucci career statistics at Soccerbase
- Profile at ManUtd.com
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