Simone Perrotta
Simone Perrotta Ufficiale OMRI (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.
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Perrotta in 2007 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Simone Perrotta | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 17 September 1977 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ashton-under-Lyne, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Central 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 | 246 | (36) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 479 | (44) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2000 | Italy U-21 | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2009 | Italy | 48 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.