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My Take
Pietro Accardi intrigues me as a defender who lasted in the professional game at only 176 cm, a height that suggests he survived on reading the play and positioning rather than physical dominance. Born in Palermo in 1982, he came up under the Sicilian sun and built a career on the unglamorous art of defending. Now retired, he has likely moved into the front-office or scouting side of the game, where that hard-earned tactical sense pays off. I am consistently drawn to these self-made defensive specialists who win with their heads, and Accardi strikes me as exactly that type.
Overview
Pietro Accardi (born 12 September 1982) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Pietro Accardi
- Name (Japanese)
- ピエトロ・アッカルディ
- Reading
- ぴえとろ・あっかるでぃ
- Born
- September 12, 1982 (age 43)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Dog
- Origin
- Palermo, Province of Palermo, Italy
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 176 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
Association football player — see all → · More people from Italy →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.