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 footballer

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 who plays for A.S. Roma

A.S. Roma

Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...

 of the Italian Serie A

Serie A

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Career

A midfielder, Greco was a regular in the Roma youth squad. He made his Serie A debut for AS Roma in 2004–05. In 2005–06, Greco managed to make only a handful of appearances, all as a substitute player. He was loaned to Hellas Verona

Hellas Verona F.C.

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 for the following two seasons, playing a total of 40 games (26 in his first season, 14 in his second). He played the second half of 2008–09 on loan to Pisa

Pisa Calcio

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 of Serie B

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. His loan stint was cut short on January 2010, and Greco was successively sent to another Serie B club, Piacenza

Piacenza Calcio

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, for the remainder of the season.

Greco returned to Roma for the 2010–11 season and was immediately put on transfer list, but no club showed interest in signing him, so he was placed on the first team instead. An injury crisis head coach Claudio Ranieri

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 to bring him on the bench for a UEFA Champions League

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 game against FC Basel

FC Basel

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, during which Greco entered as a substitute for the final 15 minutes and scored a goal only one minute after entering; the game ended in a 3–2 win for Roma. Greco's good performances led Ranieri to call him up for the Rome derby, during which he came on for injured Jérémy Menez

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 during the first half and provided a solid performance in a 2–0 win for his side. He was been promoted to the starting lineup for subsequent games against Fiorentina

ACF Fiorentina

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 and Juventus

Juventus F.C.

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