Gaetano Grieco
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Gaetano Grieco is an Italian footballer.

Genoa

Born in Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...

, Campania
Campania
Campania is a region in southern Italy. The region has a population of around 5.8 million people, making it the second-most-populous region of Italy; its total area of 13,590 km² makes it the most densely populated region in the country...

, Grieco started his career at Liguria
Liguria
Liguria is a coastal region of north-western Italy, the third smallest of the Italian regions. Its capital is Genoa. It is a popular region with tourists for its beautiful beaches, picturesque little towns, and good food.-Geography:...

n side Geona
Genoa C.F.C.
Genoa Cricket and Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Genoa , is a professional Italian football club based in the city of Genoa, Liguria...

. In late 1990s (in 1999-00 season or earlier) he was sold to Parma
Parma F.C.
Parma Football Club , commonly referred to as just Parma, is an Italian professional football club based in Parma, Emilia–Romagna that will compete in Serie A for the 2011–12 season, having finished in twelfth position last season. Founded as Verdi Foot Ball Club in July 1913, the club changed its...

 in co-ownership
Co-ownership (football)
Co-ownership is a system whereby two football clubs own the contract of a player jointly, although the player is only registered to play for one club...

 deal but loaned back to Genoa. Grieco made his debut on 12 September 1999, substituted Alessandro Manetti in the 82nd minutes against Pescara
Pescara Calcio
Delfino Pescara 1936 is an Italian football club based in Pescara, Abruzzo.The club was formed in 1936 and currently plays in Italian Serie B. Pescara has competed in 5 seasons in Serie A...

. The match Genoa lost 1–2.

He was a regular member of the first team next season, scored 5 goals.

Parma and loans

The co-ownership deal was renewed in June 2000 but in June 2001 Parma bought the remained 50% registration rights.

Grieco only played once for Parma in his first Serie A season. He made his debut on 28 October 2001, he substituted Hidetoshi Nakata
Hidetoshi Nakata
, is a retired Japanese football player. He was one of the most famous Asian footballers of his generation.Nakata began his professional career in 1995 and won the Asian Football Confederation Player of the Year award in 1997 and 1998, the Scudetto with A.S...

 in the 83rd minutes against Hellas Verona
Hellas Verona F.C.
Hellas Verona Football Club is a professional Italian association football team, based in Verona, Veneto. The team's colours are yellow and blue and gialloblu is the team's most widely used nickname...

. Parma eventually 2-2 draw with the Veneto
Veneto
Veneto is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about 5 million, ranking 5th in Italy.Veneto had been for more than a millennium an independent state, the Republic of Venice, until it was eventually annexed by Italy in 1866 after brief Austrian and French rule...

 side who scored by Emiliano Bonazzoli
Emiliano Bonazzoli
Emiliano Bonazzoli is an Italian footballer, a striker, currently playing for Reggina.- Career :Bonazzoli started his career at Brescia. He played his first professional match on 15 May 1997 against Lecce, which his only match of the season the Serie B Champion. In the next two seasons he...

.

In June 2002, he was loaned to Serie A side Empoli
Empoli F.C.
Empoli Football Club is an Italian association football club located in Empoli, Tuscany, founded in 1920 and played its first official match in 1921.In recent years, the club has all too often been bouncing between Italy's two top divisions...

 along with Amauri
Amauri
Amauri Carvalho de Oliveira , better known as Amauri, is a Brazilian-born Italian footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Juventus.-Early career:...

. After a half season without an appearance, he was loaned back to Serie B side Genoa in January 2004.

In January 2005, he was loaned to Serie C1
Serie C1
Lega Pro Prima Divisione is the name of the third highest football league in Italy. It consists of 36 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 18 teams each. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1....

 side Foggia
U.S. Foggia
Unione Sportiva Foggia is an Italian football club, based in Foggia, Puglia. The club was founded in 1920. Foggia currently plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione, having last been in Serie A in 1995....

 after a half season inactive.

Napoli and loans

In 2005–06 season he left for Napoli Soccer of Serie C1, where he won the champion. Under the shadow of Roberto Sosa
Roberto Sosa (footballer)
Roberto Carlos Sosa is an Argentine football striker, currently he is playing in FC Rapperswil-Jona after being released by the Sanremese.-Career:...

, Emanuele Calaiò
Emanuele Calaiò
Emanuele Calaiò is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie A side A.C. Siena.-Football career:Calaiò started his football career at Torino making his league debut against Reggina on 6 January 2000, he scored a goal for Torino three minutes into his debut...

 and Piá, he was mainly a substitute and scored nil. In the next season he left for Avellino
U.S. Avellino
Associazione Sportiva Avellino 1912 , since summer 2010, is the new name of the Italian football club, based in Avellino, Campania. The club was founded in 1912 and its traditional colours are green and white...

 and scored 10 goals to help the club won promotion back to Serie B. In August 2007, he was loaned to Serie C1 once again, for Cavese
S.S. Cavese 1919
Società Sportiva Cavese 1919, commonly known as Cavese, is an Italian football club, based in Cava de' Tirreni, Campania. Currently it plays only in the youth championship of Juniores Regionale Campania....

. In January 2008 he left for Monza
A.C. Monza Brianza 1912
Associazione Calcio Monza Brianza 1912 is an Italian football club based in Monza, Lombardy.Founded in 1912, Monza currently plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione group A, having last been in Serie B in 2000. Monza spent the last few years in Serie C1 and Serie C2.-History:Monza was founded on 1...

.

Juve Stabia & Aversa

In 2008-09 season he left for Lega Pro Prima Divisione side Juve Stabia
S.S. Juve Stabia
Società Sportiva Juve Stabia is an Italian football club, based in Castellammare di Stabia, Campania. The club was first founded in 1907 and has been refounded at various points during its history, the most recent being in 2002....

 along with Marco Capparella
Marco Capparella
Marco Capparella is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for L'Aquila Calcio in the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.-Career:On 1 July 2011, Capparella signed a contract with L'Aquila for the 2011/2012 season....

, which also located in Campania. Napoli also allowed strikers Sosa and Calaiò to leave and recalled Piá as backup player. But the deal finalized in November 2008 after the court void the player contract with Napoli.

He followed the club relegated to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione but played nil. In January 2010, he left for another Seconda Divisione side Aversa Normanna along with Luigi Rinaldi (who also from Genoa CFC and born in Naples), which also located in Campania.

International career

Grieco scored 6 goals in 2001 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship
2001 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship
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 qualification. The Azzurri was in the same group with England, Andorra and Faroe Islands. Thet scored a total of 16 goals but lost to England, made England qualified to the next qualifying round.

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