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Pietro Accardi

Pietro Accardi
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Personal information
Date of birth (1982-09-12) 12 September 1982 (age 34)
Place of birth Palermo, Italy
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 12 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current team
Empoli (Team manager)
Youth career
1997–1999 Palermo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2006 Palermo 70 (0)
1999–2000 Marsala (loan) 14 (1)
2006–2012 Sampdoria 96 (1)
2011 Brescia (loan) 8 (1)
2012 Brescia 1 (0)
2012–2014 Empoli 18 (0)
Teams managed
2014– Empoli (team manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Pietro Accardi (born 12 September 1982) is an Italian retired professional footballer who currently is working as the team manager of Empoli. His usual position was at left back but he could also play at centre back.

Born in Palermo, Sicily, Accardi started his senior career with Serie C1 side Marsala. In 2000, he left for Franco Sensi's Palermo and played 2 seasons in its youth teams. In although Maurizio Zamparini took over the club in 2002 and bought several players from Venezia his previously own, Accardi secured a place in starting line-up at the start of 2002–03 Serie B season and won promotion to Serie A in 2004.

He also received several call-up from Italy U21 Serie B team for training sessions from 2002 to 2004. He was pulled out from squad by injury before the match against Belgium U21.

But in 2004–05 Serie A season, the club signed Fabio Grosso and Accardi worked as the understudy of Grosso.

In 2006–07 Serie A season, Palermo sold both Grosso and Accardi. Accardi (€2M), along with midfielder Massimo Bonanni (50% for €2M) and central back Christian Terlizzi (50% for €1.5M) moved to Sampdoria, which as the piece-weight to sign midfielder Aimo Diana (€5M) and left-back Marco Pisano (€4M).


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