{{short description|Italian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name= Simone Pesce | image = Pesce UDI-CAT 4-2.jpg | fullname = <!-- If different--> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|07|10|df=yes}}<ref name="us.soccerway.com">{{Cite web|url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/simone-pesce/4453/|title=Italy - S. Pesce - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway}}</ref> | birth_place = Latina, Italy<ref name="us.soccerway.com">{{Cite web|url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/simone-pesce/4453/|title=Italy - S. Pesce - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway}}</ref> | height = {{convert|1.79|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | position = Midfielder | currentclub = Lumezzane (sporting director) | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1999–2005 | clubs1 = Latina | caps1 = 127 | goals1 = 6 | years2 = 2005–2006 | clubs2 = Torres | caps2 = 30 | goals2 = 3 | years3 = 2006–2009 | clubs3 = Ascoli | caps3 = 98 | goals3 = 6 | years4 = 2009–2011 | clubs4 = Catania | caps4 = 12 | goals4 = 1 | years5 = 2010 | clubs5 = → Ascoli (loan) | caps5 = 20 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2011–2016 | clubs6 = Novara | caps6 = 121 | goals6 = 8 | years7 = 2016–2018 | clubs7 = Cremonese | caps7 = 83 | goals7 = 4 | years8 = 2018–2020 | clubs8 = FeralpiSalò | caps8 = 56 | goals8 = 3 | years9 = 2020–2024 | clubs9 = Lumezzane | caps9 = 67 | goals9 = 6 | pcupdate = }}
'''Simone Pesce''' (born 10 July 1982) is an Italian football executive and former midfielder, who is the sporting director of {{Italian football updater|Lumezzane}} club Lumezzane.
==Career==
===Latina=== Pesce started his career with Italian club Latina in 1999. He remained at the club until 2005, making nearly 130 league appearances and scoring six goals.
===Sassari Torres=== After greatly impressing during his five-season spell with Latina, he moved to Serie C side Sassari Torres. In one season with the club, he impressed very much and was signed by then Serie A side Ascoli Calcio 1898 in 2006. With Sassari Torres, he scored three goals in just over 30 appearances.
===Ascoli=== Pesce moved to Serie A struggler Ascoli in 2006. He soon became an essential player on the team. The club were also relegated in 2007. Ascoli never managed to threaten a promotion place in 2008 and 2009, in which Pesce scored six goals in a total of 69 Serie B appearances.
Pesce played four matches (2 in the Coppa Italia) in the 2009–10 season before his transfer to Catania.
===Catania=== On 31 August 2009, the final day of the transfer market, Calcio Catania announced the signings of Pesce from Ascoli in co-ownership deal for €500<ref name=Ascoli2011bilancio>Ascoli Calcio SpA ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2011 {{in lang|it}}, [http://www.registroimprese.it PDF purchased from Italian CCIAA]</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ilcalciocatania.it/article.php?id=17021|title=Simone Pesce al Catania|date=31 August 2009|access-date=18 July 2014|publisher=Calcio Catania|language=it}}</ref> and Giovanni Marchese from A.C. Chievo Verona. {{citation needed span|text=The duo were Catania's 15th and 16th signings of the summer as the club looks to improve on their last three Serie A seasons, aiming at UEFA Europa League football for the next season.|date=July 2014}} Catania already negotiated with Ascoli earlier this summer purchasing Giuseppe Bellusci and also selling Vito Falconieri and Marcello Gazzola in co-ownership deals. Pesce failed to make a major impact with the Sicilian club and solidify regular playing time as he made just five appearances, not scoring.
On 30 December 2009, Catania confirmed the transfer of Pesce back to Ascoli on a loan deal until the end of the season.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ilcalciocatania.it/article.php?id=18307|title=Pesce in prestito all'Ascoli|date=30 December 2009|access-date=18 July 2014|publisher=Calcio Catania|language=it}}</ref> In his six-month loan spell in the Serie B, Pesce quickly re-gained his starting position, and made 22 appearances, for the club.
He returned to Catania on 1 July 2010 and remained with the club for 2010-11 Serie A season. In June 2011 Ascoli bought back Pesce from Catania for €550.<ref name=Ascoli2011bilancio/> Ascoli also bought Gazzola outright for €500, and Falconieri for free.<ref name=Ascoli2011bilancio/>
===Novara === On 15 July 2011, Novara announced to have signed Pesce from Ascoli for their Serie A comeback campaign, for €150,000,<ref name=Ascoli2012bilancio/> in a three-year contract.<ref>{{cite news |access-date=28 November 2011 |date=15 July 2011 |publisher=Tiscali Sport |language=it |url=http://sport.tiscali.it/calciomercato/feeds/11/07/15/t_11_690487.html?calciomercato |title=Novara, preso Pesce |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423055604/http://sport.tiscali.it/calciomercato/feeds/11/07/15/t_11_690487.html?calciomercato |archive-date=23 April 2012 }}</ref> Novara also signed Achille Coser on the same day<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.novaracalcio.com/portal/IT/handle/?page=media_ufficiostampa_notizie&vn=1034|title=OPERAZIONE ASCOLI: PRESI PESCE E COSER|date=15 July 2011|access-date=17 July 2014|publisher=Novara Calcio|language=it}}</ref> for free, as well as Luigi Giorgi for €1.6 million on 16 July.<ref name=Ascoli2012bilancio>Ascoli Calcio 1898 SpA ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2012 {{in lang|it}}, [http://www.registroimprese.it PDF purchased from Italian CCIAA]</ref> On 7 August 2013 Pesce signed a new 4-year contract with Novara.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.novaracalcio.com/portal/IT/handle/?page=media_ufficiostampa_notizie&vn=3692|title=SIMONE PESCE IN AZZURRO FINO AL 2017|date=7 August 2013|access-date=18 July 2014|publisher=Novara Calcio|language=it}}</ref>
=== Cremonese === In January 2016, he moved to Cremonese.
===Lumezzane=== On 28 July 2020 he signed with Lumezzane.<ref>{{cite press release|publisher=Lumezzane|url=https://www.fclumezzane.it/nuovi-giocatori/comunicato-nuovo-accordo-con-andrea-caracciolo/|title=Comunicato: nuovo accordo con ANDREA CARACCIOLO|date=28 July 2020|language=it}}</ref> With Lumezzane, he won two promotions, first from Eccellenza to Serie D and then back to Serie C just a year later.
In May 2024, after four seasons with Lumezzane, Pesce announced his retirement at nearly 42 years of age but agreed to stay at Lumezzane as the club's new sporting director.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/serie-b/appese-le-scarpette-al-chiodo-pesce-diventa-ds-nuovo-uomo-mercato-del-lumezzane-1968422 |publisher=Tuttomercatoweb |language=it |date=15 May 2024 |title=Appese le scarpette al chiodo, Pesce diventa Ds. Nuovo uomo mercato del Lumezzane |accessdate=15 May 2024}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.gazzetta.it/speciali/risultati_classifiche/calcio/giocatori/giocatore_simone_pesce_19820710.shtml La Gazzetta dello Sport profile] {{in lang|it}} * [http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/calciatore?p_p_id=BDC_dettaglio_calciatore_WAR_LegaCalcioBDC&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_pos=2&p_p_col_count=3&_BDC_dettaglio_calciatore_WAR_LegaCalcioBDC_idPersona=37167 Lega Serie A profile] {{in lang|it}} *http://www.uscremonese.it/player/simone-pesce/ Pesce at Cremonese Official Website *{{Soccerway|simone-pesce/4453}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pesce, Simone}} Category:1982 births Category:Footballers from Latina, Lazio Category:Living people Category:Italian men's footballers Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Latina Calcio 1932 players Category:Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC players Category:Catania FC players Category:Novara FC players Category:US Cremonese players Category:Feralpisalò players Category:FC Lumezzane players Category:Serie A players Category:Serie B players Category:Serie C players Category:Serie D players Category:SEF Torres 1903 players Category:21st-century Italian sportsmen