Simone Perrotta
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| Full name | Simone Pasquale Perrotta | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 17 September 1977 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ashton-under-Lyne, England | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Central Midfielder | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 1995–1998 | Reggina | 77 | (1) | ||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Juventus | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | Bari | 56 | (1) | ||||||||||||
| 2001–2004 | Chievo | 95 | (6) | ||||||||||||
| 2004–2013 | Roma | 246 | (36) | ||||||||||||
| Total | 479 | (44) | |||||||||||||
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| 1998–2000 | Italy U-21 | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||
| 2002–2009 | Italy | 48 | (2) | ||||||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Simone Perrotta, Ufficiale OMRI (born 17 September 1977 in Ashton-under-Lyne, England) is a retired Italian footballer who played as a midfielder. Throughout his career he stood out for his work-rate, energy, and box-to-box play as a ball-winner in midfield. After initially playing for Italian sides Reggina, Juventus, Bari, and Chievo, he went on to spend most of his career with Serie A club Roma, from 2004, until his retirement on 29 June 2013; he won consecutive Coppa Italia titles with the club in 2007 and 2008, as well as the 2007 Supercoppa Italiana.
Born in England, at international level, he represented the Italian national football team on 48 occasions between 2002 and 2009, scoring 2 goals. He was a member of the team that won the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and also represented Italy in two UEFA European Championships.
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; however, due to the presence of several more experienced and world-class midfielders ahead of him on the team, such as Antonio Conte, Didier Deschamps, Edgar Davids, Alessio Tacchinardi, and Zinedine Zidane, he struggled to gain playing time, and only made five league appearances for the Turin club, and 15 in total. Despite his limited space at the club, he was able to score a goal in the Coppa Italia, make his Champions League debut, and appeared in the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup, which Juventus went on to win, before being sent out on loan to Bari.
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