Pietro Accardi

Pietro Accardi
Personal information
Date of birth	12 September 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Palermo, Italy
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Sampdoria (sporting director)
Youth career
0000–1992	Villaggio Santa Rosalia
1992–1996	Palermo
1996–1999	Marsala
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2000	Marsala
2000–2006	Palermo
2006–2012	Sampdoria
2011	→ Brescia (loan)
2012	Brescia
2012–2014	Empoli
Total
Managerial career
2014–2016	Empoli (team manager)
2016–2024	Empoli (sporting director)
2024–	Sampdoria (sporting director)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pietro Accardi (born 12 September 1982) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a defender, currently he is the sporting director at Serie B club Sampdoria.

Playing career

Palermo

Born in Palermo, Sicily, Accardi started his senior career with Serie C1 side Marsala. In 2000, he left for Franco Sensi's Palermo and played two seasons in their youth teams. Following the club's takeover by Maurizio Zamparini in 2002 and despite the arrival of several players from Venezia, Accardi secured a place in the starting line-up at the start of 2002–03 Serie B season and won promotion to Serie A in 2004.

He also received several call-ups from Italy U21 Serie B team for training sessions from 2002 to 2004. He was pulled out from the squad by injury before the match against Belgium U21.^[1]

In the 2004–05 Serie A season, the club signed Fabio Grosso, and Accardi worked as Grosso's understudy.

Sampdoria

In 2006–07 Serie A season, Palermo sold both Grosso and Accardi.^[2] Accardi (€2 million), along with midfielder Massimo Bonanni (50% for €2 million) and centre-back Christian Terlizzi (50% for €1.5 million) moved to Sampdoria, which as the piece-weight to sign midfielder Aimo Diana (€5 million) and left-back Marco Pisano (€4 million).^[3]

Accardi immediately became one of the starting XI for the Genoa based club. He was injured in the 2007–08 UEFA Cup 2nd qualifying round,^[4] ruling him out until November.^[5]

In the 2009–10 Serie A season, he lost his place in the starting line-up to Reto Ziegler.

After the club's relegation to Serie B and the departure of Ziegler, he re-took the starting place.

Empoli

On 22 September 2012, he joined Empoli until summer 2013.^[6]

Post-playing career

In 2014, Accardi was appointed as the team manager of Empoli.^[7] Two years later, he was promoted as the club's new sporting director.^[8] After ten years at Empoli in total, Accardi left the Tuscanian club in June 2024 to become the new sporting director of Sampdoria, with the aim to rebuild a squad to bring the club back to Serie A.^[9]

Honours

Palermo

Serie B: 2003–04
Serie C1: 2000–01

Sampdoria

Coppa Italia runner-up: 2008–09
UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2007^[10]

References

^ "Comunicato Ufficiale n. 308" (PDF). FIGC Archive (2003–04 season) (in Italian). 29 March 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
^ "Palermo plump for Pisano promise". UEFA. 16 June 2006. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
^ "Preso Pisano dalla Sampdoria, ceduto Accardi". US Città di Palermo (in Italian). ilpalermocalcio.it. 16 June 2006. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
^ Islamović, Elvir (16 August 2007). "Hajduk feel heel of destiny". UEFA. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
^ "Accardi in campo con la Primavera, Lucchini a parte". UC Sampdoria (in Italian). 28 November 2007. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
^ "UFFICIALE: Empoli, tesserato Pietro Accardi" (in Italian). tuttomercatoweb.com. 22 September 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
^ "Accardi nuovo team manager". Empoli F.C. 11 June 2014. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016.
^ "Empoli, le novità di Corsi: "Accardi ds e Carli direttore generale"" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 27 May 2016.
^ "Accardi responsabile dell'Area Tecnica dell'U.C. Sampdoria" (in Italian). UC Sampdoria. 17 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
^ Sampdoria won the third round and qualified to UEFA Cup. The overall winner of 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup was Hamburg which had the highest position in UEFA Cup among the third round winner

External links

Football.it Profile (in Italian) ^{[dead link‍]} (in Italian) ^{[dead link‍]}
Pietro Accardi at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
La Gazzetta dello Sport Profile (2005–06) (in Italian) ^{[dead link‍]}
La Gazzetta dello Sport Profile (2006–07) (in Italian) ^{[dead link‍]}
La Gazzetta dello Sport Profile (2007–08) (in Italian) ^{[dead link‍]}
La Gazzetta dello Sport Profile (in Italian) ^{[dead link‍]}
Pietro Accardi at ESPN FC

[1] "Comunicato Ufficiale n. 308" (PDF). FIGC Archive (2003–04 season) (in Italian). 29 March 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2010.

[2] "Palermo plump for Pisano promise". UEFA. 16 June 2006. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2010.

[3] "Preso Pisano dalla Sampdoria, ceduto Accardi". US Città di Palermo (in Italian). ilpalermocalcio.it. 16 June 2006. Retrieved 19 August 2010.

[4] Islamović, Elvir (16 August 2007). "Hajduk feel heel of destiny". UEFA. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2010.

[5] "Accardi in campo con la Primavera, Lucchini a parte". UC Sampdoria (in Italian). 28 November 2007. Retrieved 19 August 2010.

[6] "UFFICIALE: Empoli, tesserato Pietro Accardi" (in Italian). tuttomercatoweb.com. 22 September 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2012.

[7] "Accardi nuovo team manager". Empoli F.C. 11 June 2014. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016.

[8] "Empoli, le novità di Corsi: "Accardi ds e Carli direttore generale"" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 27 May 2016.

[9] "Accardi responsabile dell'Area Tecnica dell'U.C. Sampdoria" (in Italian). UC Sampdoria. 17 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.

[10] Sampdoria won the third round and qualified to UEFA Cup. The overall winner of 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup was Hamburg which had the highest position in UEFA Cup among the third round winner

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