Pietro Accardi (born 12 September 1982) is an Italian former professional

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who works as the

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. His usual position was at left-back but he could also play at

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Playing career

Palermo

Born in

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, Sicily, Accardi started his senior career with Serie C1 side

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. In 2000, he left for Franco Sensi's

and played two seasons in its youth teams. In although

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took over the club in 2002 and bought several players from Venezia his previously own, Accardi secured a place in starting line-up at the start of

2002–03 Serie B The 2002–03 Serie B was the 71st season since its establishment in 1929. It is the second highest football league in Italy. Teams Livorno, Ascoli, Triestina and Catania had been promoted from Serie C, while Hellas Verona, Lecce, and Vene ...

season and won promotion to Serie A in 2004. He also received several call-up from Italy U21 Serie B team for training sessions from 2002 to 2004. He was pulled out from squad by injury before the match against Belgium U21. In

2004–05 Serie A The 2004–05 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 103rd season of top-tier Italian football, the 73rd in a round-robin tournament. It was expanded to contain 20 clubs, which played 38 matches against each other, ra ...

season, the club signed

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and Accardi worked as the understudy of Grosso.

Sampdoria

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season, Palermo sold both Grosso and Accardi. Accardi (€2 million), along with midfielder

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(50% for €2 million) and centre-back

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(50% for €1.5 million) moved to

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, which as the piece-weight to sign midfielder

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(€5 million) and left-back

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(€4 million). Accardi immediately became one of the starting XI for the

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based club. He was injured in the

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2nd qualifying round. whin ruled him out until November. In the

2009–10 Serie A The 2009–10 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 108th season of top-tier Italian football, the 78th in a round-robin tournament. There were three promoted teams from the Serie B, replacing the three teams that w ...

season he lost his place in starting line-up to

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. After the club's relegation to Serie B and the departure of Ziegler, he re-took the starting place.

Empoli

On 22 September 2012, he joined

until summer 2013.

Post-playing career

In 2014, Accardi was appointed as the team manager of

. Two years later, he was promoted as the club's new

Honours

Palermo *

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: 2003–04 Sampdoria *

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: 2007Sampdoria won the third round and qualified to UEFA Cup. The overall winner of

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was

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which had the highest position in UEFA Cup among the third round winner

References

External links

Football.it Profile
*
La Gazzetta dello Sport Profile (2005–06)

La Gazzetta dello Sport Profile (2006–07)

La Gazzetta dello Sport Profile (2007–08)

La Gazzetta dello Sport Profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Accardi, Pietro Living people 1982 births Footballers from Palermo Men's association football fullbacks Italian men's footballers Serie A players Serie B players Palermo FC players UC Sampdoria players Brescia Calcio players Empoli FC players