Simone Perrotta

Simone Perrotta
Perrotta in 2007
Personal information
Full name Simone Perrotta[1]
Date of birth (1977-09-17) 17 September 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Ashton-under-Lyne, England
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
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 245 (36)
Total 478 (44)
International career
1998–2000 Italy U21 6 (1)
2002–2009 Italy 48 (2)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Italy
FIFA World Cup
Winner 2006 Germany
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Simone Perrotta Ufficiale OMRI[2][3] (Italian pronunciation: [siˈmoːne perˈrɔtta]; born 17 September 1977) is an Italian former professional 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 the midfield area. After initially playing for Italian sides Reggina, Juventus, Bari, and Chievo, Perrotta went on to spend most of his career with Serie A club Roma, 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, Perrotta represented the Italy national team on 48 occasions between 2002 and 2009. He was a member of the team that won the 2006 FIFA World Cup and also represented Italy in two UEFA European Championships.

  1. ^ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Italy" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
  2. ^ FIFA.com[dead link]
  3. ^ AscotSportal.com Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine