Simone Paolo Puleo (born 2 November 1979) is an Italian former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a defender.

Career

Born in Milan,

Lombardy Lombardy ( it, Lombardia, Lombard language, Lombard: ''Lombardia'' or ''Lumbardia' '') is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in the northern-central part of the country and has a population of about 10 ...

, Puleo started his career at A.C. Milan. he then left for

Serie C2 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consisted of 36 teams, but in the 2011–12 season, there were 41 teams divided geographically into two divisions of 2 ...

club Solbiatese Arno, and then left for

Serie C1 Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football (soccer), football league in Italy. It consisted of 33 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 16 and 17 teams for group A and B respectively. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1 ...

club

Foggia Foggia (, , ; nap, label= Foggiano, Fògge ) is a city and former ''comune'' of Apulia, in Southern Italy, capital of the province of Foggia. In 2013, its population was 153,143. Foggia is the main city of a plain called Tavoliere, also known ...

in co-ownership deal. In 2000 Milan bought back Puleo. Milan re-sold Puleo to

Avellino Avellino () is a town and ''comune'', capital of the province of Avellino in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is situated in a plain surrounded by mountains east of Naples and is an important hub on the road from Salerno to Benevento. ...

in August 2000. He followed the team promoted to Serie B in 2003 as Serie C1 champion. After Avellino relegated in 2004, he followed the team promoted to Serie B again 2005 as playoff winner. He was loaned to fellow Serie B team

Crotone Crotone (, ; nap, label= Crotonese, Cutrone or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Calabria, Italy. Founded as the Achaean colony of Kroton ( grc, Κρότων or ; la, Crotona) in Magna Graecia, it was known as Cotrone from the Middle Ages until ...

in January 2006. Avellino relegated again in 2006 and promoted again in 2007 as playoff winner. In January 2008, after 6 months without any league appearance for Avellino, he left for

Monza Monza (, ; lmo, label=Lombard language, Lombard, Monça, locally ; lat, Modoetia) is a city and ''comune'' on the River Lambro, a tributary of the Po River, Po in the Lombardy region of Italy, about north-northeast of Milan. It is the capit ...

. In September 2009, he terminated the contract with Monza and returned to Avellino for its Serie D campaign. In 2010–11 season, Avellino admitted to

Seconda Divisione Seconda Divisione (''Second Division'') was the name of the second level of the Italian Football Championship from 1921 to 1926. The competition was initially founded in opposition to the FIGC by the clubs of Northern Italy, which disagreed the o ...

as numbers of club quit professional football.

Honours

;Avellino *

: 2003

References

External links

Avellino Profile

LaSerieD.com Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Puleo, Simone 1979 births Living people Italian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Footballers from Milan AC Milan players ASD SolbiaSommese Calcio players Calcio Foggia 1920 players US Avellino 1912 players FC Crotone players AC Monza players ASD Città di Acireale 1946 players Serie B players Serie C players