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Graziano Pellè

グラツィアーノ・ペッレ　/　ぐらつぃあーの・ぺっれ

Association football player from Italy

July 15, 1985 (age 40)　・　San Cesario di Lecce, province of Lecce, Italy

province of Lecce
association football player

My Take

I always think of Graziano Pellè as one of those strikers whose game suited his frame perfectly. At 1m94, he was a genuine target man, and his story is a slow-burn classic to me: starting out at his home club Lecce, shuffled through lower-division loans, then finally finding himself in the Netherlands at AZ, where he won an Eredivisie title. What I respect most is the patience. Plenty of players would have drifted away after years on loan without a settled home. He kept grinding until the goals came, and that arc from local hopeful to title winner is the part of his career I find genuinely satisfying.

Overview

Graziano Pellè (Italian pronunciation: [ɡratˈtsjaːno pelˈlɛ]; born 15 July 1985) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Pellè began his career at local Serie A club Lecce, and was loaned to three lower-division sides before moving to the Dutch club AZ in 2007. He won the Eredivisie title in his second of four seasons at the club.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Graziano Pellè
Name (Japanese): グラツィアーノ・ペッレ
Reading: ぐらつぃあーの・ぺっれ
Born: July 15, 1985 (age 40)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Cancer / Ox
Origin: San Cesario di Lecce, province of Lecce, Italy
Blood type: Private
Height: 194 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Official sitehttps://grazianopelleblog.altervista.org/
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%83%84%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8E%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%83%E3%83%AC

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