Simone Bracalello
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Simone Bracalello | ||
Date of birth | October 21, 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Genoa, Italy | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
1995–2000 | Sampdoria | ||
2000–2001 | Sestrese | ||
2001–2002 | Savona | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2003 | Savona | 1 | (0) |
2003–2004 | Como | 0 | (0) |
2004–2005 | Vado | 28 | (2) |
2005–2006 | Sestri Levante | 27 | (1) |
2006–2007 | 26 | (12) | |
2007–2008 | Prato | 23 | (3) |
2010–2014 | Minnesota United[1] | 117 | (29) |
2015 | Carolina RailHawks | 7 | (2) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 26, 2015 |
Simone Bracalello (born October 21, 1985), also known in Italy as Bracca, is an Italian former footballer who played as a forward.
Career[]
Italy[]
Born in Genoa, Bracalello was a member of the youth academy at famed Italian club Sampdoria before making his professional debut in 2002 aged 17 playing with Savona in Serie C2. He went on to play extensively in the Italian lower leagues, including stints with teams such as Vado and Prato in Serie D and Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, before leaving Prato at the end of 2008.[2]
United States[]
Bracalello trained with Serie C1 side Pescara, and with Australian side Newcastle Jets in 2008,[3] and attended a combine with the Minnesota Thunder in 2009, before being signed by the NSC Minnesota Stars of the USSF Division 2 Professional League in the United States in early 2010.[4] During his first season with the Stars, Bracalello was used primarily as a substitute, often having an immediate impact on the match.
On June 9, 2010 during a home game against the Montreal Impact, he assisted on Melvin Tarley's game-winning goal in the 87th minute. Six days later, Bracalello scored his first goal for the Stars in a 4–2 win over the KC Athletics in the U.S. Open Cup.
On January 6, 2015 the Carolina Railhawks announced that they had signed Bracalello.[5]
References[]
- ^ Known as NSC Minnesota Stars from 2010–2011 and Minnesota Stars FC in 2012.
- ^ http://www.americansoccermanagement.com/CV_Bracalello_Simon.pdf[permanent dead link]
- ^ Italian Duo Jet Out Of Newcastle
- ^ NSC Minnesota Stars sign three new players
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-01-09. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
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- 1985 births
- Living people
- Italian footballers
- Association football forwards
- U.C. Sampdoria players
- Como 1907 players
- A.C. Prato players
- Minnesota United FC (2010–2016) players
- North Carolina FC players
- USSF Division 2 Professional League players
- North American Soccer League players
- Italian expatriate footballers
- Footballers from Genoa
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- F.S. Sestrese Calcio 1919 players
- F.C. Vado players