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Diego Perotti

Not to be confused with Diego Peretti.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Perotti and the second or maternal family name is Almeira.

Diego Perotti Almeira (born 26 July 1988) is an Argentine former professional footballer. Mainly a winger who could play with both feet, he also appeared as an attacking midfielder.

Diego Perotti
Perotti in action for Argentina in 2017
Personal information
Full name Diego Perotti Almeira[1]
Date of birth (1988-07-26) 26 July 1988 (age 36)[2]
Place of birth Moreno, Argentina[2]
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[3]
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
2000–2002 Boca Juniors[4]
2002–2006 Deportivo Morón
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Deportivo Morón 34 (5)
2007–2009 Sevilla B 52 (3)
2009–2014 Sevilla 117 (9)
2014 → Boca Juniors (loan) 2 (0)
2014–2016 Genoa 43 (5)
2016 → Roma (loan) 15 (3)
2016–2020 Roma 91 (23)
2020–2021 Fenerbahçe 4 (3)
2022 Salernitana 11 (0)
Total 369 (51)
International career
2009–2018 Argentina 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He spent the better part of his career with Sevilla, appearing in 159 competitive games over six La Liga seasons (16 goals) and winning two major titles. In February 2016 he signed with Roma in the Italian Serie A, leaving four years later.

Perotti earned five caps for Argentina.

Club career

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Sevilla

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Perotti with Sevilla in 2012

Born in Moreno, Buenos Aires of Italian ancestry on his father's side,[5][6] Perotti joined Spain's Sevilla FC in the summer of 2007, from Club Deportivo Morón.[7] At first he was assigned to the Andalusians' B team which had just won promotion to Segunda División, and proved instrumental as the side retained their league status.[8][9][10]

Perotti also started with the reserves in the 2008–09 season, receiving his first-team debut on 15 February 2009 as he appeared 15 minutes in a 2–0 win at RCD Espanyol.[11] Often competing for a berth with another graduate, Diego Capel,[12] his first goal for the club came against Deportivo de La Coruña on 23 May, as he scored in the 90th minute of the game to guarantee a third-place La Liga finish in the league, with the subsequent return to the UEFA Champions League.[13]

During 2009–10, Perotti won the battle with Capel and became Sevilla's first-choice in his position, starting the campaign on a high note. On 16 March 2010, he netted against PFC CSKA Moscow in the Champions League round of 16, but the Russian team won 2–1 away and 3–2 on aggregate.[14]

Perotti appeared in only 58 matches in all competitions from 2011 to 2014, mainly due to injuries.[15][16][17] In February 2014, he was loaned to Boca Juniors in his homeland for six months.[18]

Genoa

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On 2 July 2014, Perotti signed for Italian club Genoa CFC after agreeing to a four-year contract.[19] He made his competitive debut on 31 August, playing 69 minutes in a 1–2 home loss to SSC Napoli.[20]

Roma

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On 1 February 2016, Perotti joined fellow Serie A side AS Roma on loan for €1 million, with an option to buy for another €9 million.[21] He scored his first goal six days later, the winner in a 2–1 home win over UC Sampdoria.[22] Later that month, he signed a permanent deal until June 2019.[23]

Perotti scored ten competitive goals in his first full season for the runners-up, adding eight in his second. In 2018–19, however, he was often sidelined with injury problems.[24]

Fenerbahçe

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Perotti moved to Turkish club Fenerbahçe S.K. on 5 October 2020 on a two-year contract, with an option to extend for another year.[25] On 1 September 2021, however, after having contracted a rare and serious knee injury,[26] he left by mutual consent.[27]

Salernitana

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On 2 February 2022, Perotti returned to Italy and its top tier after signing a short-term contract with newly promoted US Salernitana 1919.[28] In September 2024, two years after his last match, the 36-year-old announced his retirement.[29]

International career

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On 9 November 2009, Perotti received his maiden call-up for the Argentina national team. He made his debut five days later, playing the last ten minutes of the 2–1 friendly loss against Spain in Madrid after having come on as a substitute for FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi.[30]

Perotti was named in a preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia[31] but he did not make the final cut.[32]

Personal life

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Perotti's father, Hugo, was also a footballer.[33]

Career statistics

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Club

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Club Season League Cup International Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Deportivo Morón 2006–07 Primera B Metropolitana 34 5 — — 34 5
Sevilla Atlético 2007–08 Segunda División 32 1 — — 32 1
2008–09 20 2 — — 20 2
Total 52 3 0 0 0 0 52 3
Sevilla 2008–09 La Liga 14 1 — — 14 1
2009–10 28 4 7 0 6 1 41 5
2010–11 31 3 5 1 10 0 46 4
2011–12 16 0 1 0 2 0 19 0
2012–13 18 0 2 1 — 20 1
2013–14 10 1 1 0 8 4 19 5
Total 117 9 16 2 26 5 159 16
Boca Juniors (loan) 2013–14 Argentine Primera División 2 0 — — 2 0
Genoa 2014–15 Serie A 27 4 1 0 — 28 4
2015–16 16 1 1 0 — 17 1
Total 43 5 2 0 0 0 45 5
Roma (loan) 2015–16 Serie A 15 3 — 2 0 17 3
Roma 2016–17 32 8 4 0 9 2 45 10
2017–18 25 5 1 0 9 3 35 8
2018–19 13 5 0 0 2 0 15 5
2019–20 21 5 1 0 4 1 26 6
Total 106 26 6 0 26 6 138 32
Fenerbahçe 2020–21 Süper Lig 4 3 0 0 0 0 4 3
Salernitana 2021–22 Serie A 11 0 — — 11 0
Career total 369 51 24 2 52 11 445 64

International

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Argentina[36]
Year Apps Goals
2009 1 0
2011 1 0
2017 2 0
2018 1 0
Total 5 0

Honours

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Sevilla

References

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  2. ^ a b "Diego Perotti". Eurosport. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Diego Perotti". A.S. Roma. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Diego Perotti: "En Boca me sentí mal"" [Diego Perotti: "I felt bad at Boca"]. El Gráfico (in Spanish). 17 November 2008. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  5. ^ Paini, Giovanni (28 November 2014). "Diego Perotti, la freccia argentina" [Diego Perotti, the Argentine arrow] (in Italian). Football Nerds. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  6. ^ D'Ubaldo, Guido (31 January 2016). "Perotti è della Roma: l'attaccante è atterrato a Fiumicino" [Perotti belongs to Roma: forward has landed at Fiumicino]. Corriere dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  7. ^ "El Sevilla Atlético ficha a al argentino Perotti" [Sevilla Atlético sign Argentine Perotti]. Marca (in Spanish). 12 July 2007. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  8. ^ Infantes, Alberto (15 March 2010). "Hungry Perotti plots Sevilla's ascent". UEFA. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  9. ^ Aguado, Ángel (3 July 2014). "Diego Perotti: lo que pudo ser y no fue en el Sevilla" [Diego Perotti: what could have been and was not at Sevilla] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  10. ^ García, Basilio (10 June 2017). "Lo difícil no es llegar, sino mantenerse" [The hard part is not getting there, but staying there] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  11. ^ "La asociación Navas-Kanouté da tres puntos clave" [Navas-Kanouté association provides three key points] (in Spanish). Sevilla FC. 15 February 2009. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2009.
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  13. ^ "On-fire Forlán keeps Atlético in position". UEFA. 23 May 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  14. ^ Hunter, Graham (16 March 2010). "Honda stars as Army Men march on". UEFA. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
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  16. ^ "Perotti, otra vez lesionado" [Perotti, injured again]. ABC (in Spanish). 1 November 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  17. ^ "Perotti: 'Estoy destruido. Necesito irme'" [Perotti: 'I am destroyed. I need to go']. El Mundo (in Spanish). 5 February 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  18. ^ Fernández, Alberto (5 February 2014). "El Sevilla confirma la cesión de Diego Perotti a Boca Juniors" [Sevilla confirm Diego Perotti loan to Boca Juniors]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 January 2020.
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  20. ^ Da Ronch, Alessio (31 August 2014). "Genoa-Napoli 1–2: sblocca Callejon, pareggia Pinilla, De Guzman decide" [Genoa-Napoli 1–2: Callejon unlocks, Pinilla ties, De Guzman decides]. La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 23 June 2015.
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  22. ^ Campanale, Susy (7 February 2016). "Perotti's Roma squeeze past Samp". Football Italia. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  23. ^ "L'AS Roma riscatta Perotti e Zukanovic a titolo definitivo" [AS Roma acquire Perotti and Zukanovic permanently] (in Italian). A.S. Roma. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  24. ^ Di Carlo, Andrea (10 February 2019). "Focus, "Salvate il soldato Perotti": l'argentino ha saltato 26 gare in questa stagione, mai così male in carriera" [Focus, "Saving private Perotti": the Argentine has missed 26 matches this season, never this many in his career] (in Italian). Siamo La Roma. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  25. ^ "Diego Perotti Fenerbahçemizde" [Diego Perotti joins our Fenerbahçe] (in Turkish). Fenerbahçe S.K. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
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  27. ^ "Bilgilendirme" [Press release] (in Turkish). Fenerbahçe S.K. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  28. ^ "Diego Perotti è un nuovo giocatore della Salernitana" [Diego Perotti is a new Salernitana player] (Press release) (in Italian). U.S. Salernitana 1919. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
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  30. ^ Tylko, Ignacio (14 November 2009). "Argentina, víctima del centenario español" [Argentina, victim of Spanish century]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 February 2014.
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  35. ^ Diego Perotti at ESPN FC
  36. ^ "D. Perotti – Matches". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
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