Simone Pepe
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 30 August 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Albano Laziale, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger, Second Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Udinese | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Roma | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps (Gls)† | |
| 2001–2003 | Roma | 0 (0) | |
| 2002 | → Lecco (loan) | 5 (0) | |
| 2002–2003 | → Teramo (loan) | 31 (11) | |
| 2003–2005 | Palermo | 25 (1) | |
| 2004–2005 | → Piacenza (loan) | 30 (12) | |
| 2006– | Udinese | 78 (8) | |
| 2006–2007 | → Cagliari (loan) | 36 (3) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004–2006 | Italy U-21 | 12 (2) | |
| 2008– | Italy | 13 (0) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 February 2009. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Simone Pepe (born 30 August 1983) is an Italian footballer who plays as a right winger for Serie A club Udinese.
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[edit] Club career
Pepe was born in Albano Laziale, not far from Rome. He started his career at A.S. Roma, one of the two major clubs in Rome. He was loaned to Calcio Lecco 1912 in January 2002 and Teramo Calcio in June 2002.
[edit] Palermo
In summer 2003, rising Serie B team Palermo signed Pepe in co-ownership deal, and he scored one goal in that season, and Palermo finished first in Serie B. He was loaned to Piacenza Calcio in July 2004, because the club thought Pepe has to gain experience before making his debut in Serie A. In September 2004, Roma sold rest of the registration rights to Palermo, Roma's chairman reported owe Palermo's chairman money.[1], but Roma denied, stating the sales is totally a financial decision of the club.[2]
At Piacenza, he scored career high of 12 goals in a season.
In June 2005, he got back to Palermo, because Palermo top-scorer Luca Toni left for Fiorentina. He made 6 league appearances without scoring, before leaving the club again in the winter transfer window.
[edit] Udinese
He joined Udinese Calcio in the mid of 2005-06 season in a co-ownership deal, along with Salvatore Masiello and Nicola Santoni (part of the David Di Michele deal),[3] which the club keen on signing youngsters in recent years, again, he only made 6 goalless appearances. He was loaned out again in July 2006 to Cagliari,[4] because Udinese recalled Gyan Asamoah who shined in 2006 FIFA World Cup. He finally scored his first Serie A goal in 18 November 2006, the 11th games in that season and 23rd Serie A games in his career, against his former club Palermo, a winning goal in last minute.
Although Cagliari bought another half registration rights from Palermo, Udinese bought Cagliari's half by winning the blind bidding between the two club on 22 June 2007,[5] just few days after Udinese also sold their flagship striker Vincenzo Iaquinta to Juventus. In October 2007, Andrea Dossena, Cristian Zapata, Roman Eremenko and Pepe were awarded a new contract until June 2012.[6] After Asamoah Gyan injured and left Udine in summer 2008, he became a regular of the team.
[edit] International career
He was selected in U-17, U-19 and U-20 level. Although had a bare first Serie A season, he was selected in the Italian U-21 squad to 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, but did not play. He made his first appearance with Italy national team on 11 October 2008 in the World Cup 2010 qualifier vs. Bulgaria.
[edit] Career statistics
[edit] Club statistics
- As of 2 December 2009
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Italy | League | Coppa Italia | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2001–02 | Roma | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001–02 | Lecco | Serie C1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2002–03 | Teramo | 31 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 331 | 11 | |||
| 2003–04 | Palermo | Serie B | 19 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 3 | ||
| 2004–05 | Piacenza | 30 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 13 | |||
| 2005–06 | Palermo | Serie A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Udinese | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| 2006–07 | Cagliari | 36 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 3 | |||
| 2007–08 | Udinese | 33 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 5 | |||
| 2008–09 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 45 | 6 | ||
| 2009–10 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | ||||
| Career Total | 208 | 35 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 2431 | 42 | ||
1Include 2 matches in playoffs
[edit] International statistics
| International appearances and goals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Goal | Competition |
| 1. | 11 October 2008 | Sofia, Bulgaria |  Bulgaria |
0–0 | 0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2. | 15 October 2008 | Lecce, Italy |  Montenegro |
2–1 | 0 | |
| 3. | 19 November 2008 | Piraeus, Greece |  Greece |
1–1 | 0 | Friendly |
| 4. | 10 February 2009 | London, England, United Kingdom |  Brazil |
0–2 | 0 | |
| 5. | 28 March 2009 | Podgorica, Montenegro | Montenegro |
2–0 | 0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 6. | 1 April 2009 | Bari, Italy |  Republic of Ireland |
1–1 | 0 | |
| 7. | 10 June 2009 | Atteridgeville, South Africa |  New Zealand |
4–3 | 0 | Friendly |
| 8. | 18 June 2009 | Johannesburg, South Africa |  Egypt |
0–1 | 0 | 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup |
| 9. | 21 June 2009 | Pretoria, South Africa | Brazil |
0–3 | 0 | |
| 10. | 12 August 2009 | Basel, Switzerland |  Switzerland |
0–0 | 0 | Friendly |
| 11. | 9 September 2009 | Turin, Italy | Bulgaria |
2–0 | 0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 12. | 10 October 2009 | Dublin, Republic of Ireland | Republic of Ireland |
2–2 | 0 | |
| 13. | 14 October 2009 | Parma, Italy |  Cyprus |
3–2 | 0 | |
[edit] References
- ^ "Quattro giovani ceduti al Palermo" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 2004-09-01. http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2004/settembre/01/Quattro_giovani_ceduti_Palermo_ga_10_04090110644.shtml. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
- ^ "Precisazioni in merito alle operazioni di trasferimento con l’U.S. Città di Palermo" (in Italian). AS Roma. 2004-09-02. http://www.asroma.it/NewsDoc.aspx?Categoria=ITComunicatiFinanziari&Documento=2776. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
- ^ "Di Michele heads south to Palermo". UEFA.com. 2006-01-16. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/news/kind=1/newsid=385650.html. Retrieved 2008-12-30.
- ^ "Arrivano Pepe e D'Agostino" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. 2006-07-07. http://www.cagliaricalcio.net/news/notizia.asp?idNotizia=2177&type=0&id_menu=2. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
- ^ "Pepe all'Udinese" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. 2007-06-22. http://www.cagliaricalcio.net/news/notizia.asp?idNotizia=3881&type=0&id_menu=2. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
- ^ "Udinese prolunga 4 contratti a 2012" (in Italian). ANSA. 2007-10-12. http://www.corrieredellosport.it/Notizie/Calcio/2850/Udinese+prolunga+4+contratti+a+2012. Retrieved 2009-10-29.
[edit] External links
- FIGC (Italian)
- Profile at La Gazzetta dello Sport 2009-10 (Italian)
- Simone Pepe FIFA competition record
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