Simone Perico (born 10 August 1989) is an

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who plays as a defender for

Serie C The Serie C () is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing body that runs the Serie C. The unification of the Lega ...

club Giana Erminio.

Career

Born in

Seriate Seriate ( Bergamasque: sɛˈɾjat">Help:IPA_Italian_dialects.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Help:IPA/Italian dialects">sɛˈɾjatref name=":0" /> ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italy, Italian region of Lombardy, loc ...

, the

Province of Bergamo The Province of Bergamo ( it, provincia di Bergamo; lmo, proìnsa de Bèrghem) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. It has a population of 1,112,187 (2017), an area of , and contains 243 '' comuni''. Its capital is the city of Bergamo ...

, Perico started his career with

Atalanta Bergamo Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio, commonly referred to as Atalanta, is a professional football club based in Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy. The club plays in Serie A, having gained promotion from Serie B in 2010–11. Atalanta was founded in 1907 by Li ...

, then left for

Poggibonsi Poggibonsi is a town in the province of Siena, Tuscany, central Italy. It is located on the river Elsa and is the main centre of the Valdelsa Valley. History The area around Poggibonsi was already settled in the Neolithic age, although the ...

in 2008 In 2009, he left for another

Lega Pro Seconda Divisione Lega Pro Seconda Divisione was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consisted of 36 teams, but in the 2011–12 season, there were 41 teams divided geographically into two divisions of ...

club Pro Sesto. He played 21 times for the bottom team. On 11 September 2010, he signed a 1-year contract with

Lega Pro Prima Divisione Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football league in Italy. It consisted of 33 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 16 and 17 teams for group A and B respectively. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1. Before the 1978 ...

club

Barletta Barletta () is a city, ''comune'' of Apulia, in south eastern Italy. Barletta is the capoluogo, together with Andria and Trani, of the Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani. It has a population of around 94,700 citizens. The city's territory be ...

on free transfer. He was immediately included in the starting XI, ahead

Alessio Lanotte Alessio Lanotte (born 31 March 1992) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Italian ''Lega Pro Prima Divisione'' club Andria. Career Born in Barletta, Province of Barletta–Andria–Trani, Apulia, Lanotte joined F.C. Internazi ...

as defender.

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Football.it Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Perico, Simone 1989 births People from Seriate Living people Italian footballers Men's association football fullbacks Atalanta B.C. players U.S. Poggibonsi players Pro Sesto 1913 players A.S.D. Barletta 1922 players A.C. Ponte San Pietro players Serie C players Serie D players A.S. Giana Erminio players Sportspeople from the Province of Bergamo Footballers from Lombardy