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Sergio Pellissier

Sergio Pellissier
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Personal information
Date of birth (1979-04-12) 12 April 1979 (age 38)
Place of birth Aosta, Italy
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
Chievo
Number 31
Youth career
Torino
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2000 Torino 1 (0)
1998–2000 Varese (loan) 53 (9)
2000– Chievo 453 (128)
2001–2002 SPAL (loan) 44 (17)
National team
1997 Italy U17 5 (0)
2009 Italy 1 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 April 2017.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 June 2009

Sergio Pellissier (born 12 April 1979) is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker and captains Italian club Chievo Verona.

He started his club career playing for Torino's youth team, having been called up once as part of Torino's senior team. After two years at Torino, Pellissier moved to A.S. Varese 1910 in 1998, and subsequently to Chievo in 2000. He was promptly loaned for two seasons to SPAL 1907. Upon his return to Chievo in 2002, Pellissier established himself as a first team player. He helped Chievo to qualify for both the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Champions League, and represented the team in both those competitions. He remained at the club after Chievo were relegated to Serie B at the conclusion the 2006–07 season, and became the squad's captain in the following one, helping the team to win the league title and earn promotion to Serie A. Throughout his career, Pellissier has achieved several historical records for the club, which have seen him become an idol of the Chievo fans; he is currently the club's all-time top goalscorer.

At international level, Pellissier has played five times for Italy's national under-17 youth squad, and appeared in a single match for the Italy senior team in 2009, scoring a goal.

Pellissier was born in Aosta,, though he is originally from Fénis, and started playing football in the region of Aosta Valley. He was 12 when he scored three goals against Torino F.C. on a tournament in Nus and Fénis for the local team Fenusma, and Torino showed interest on him. He then moved alone to Turin but after some time he wanted to return to his home; when Pellissier was 14 he returned definitively to Torino. He made his senior debut and played one match in Serie B during the 1996–97 season against Salernitana. In 1998, Pellissier was on the team that won the under-21 tournament Torneo di Viareggio, and also appeared in a match of 1998–99 Coppa Italia. He moved on loan to the Serie C1 side Varese, where he made 53 appearances and scored nine goals between September 1998 and 2000. He was then signed by Chievo, but was loaned in his first year to Ferrara-based club SPAL, for which he scored 17 goals in 44 appearances during one and a half seasons.


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