Ugo Gabrieli (born 6 June 1989) is an Italian

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who last played for

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club Martina as a

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Club career

Early career

Born in

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, in the

Province of Lecce The Province of Lecce ( it, Provincia di Lecce; Salentino: ) is a province in the Apulia region of Italy whose capital is the city of Lecce. The province is called the "Heel of Italy". Located on the Salento peninsula, it is the second most-p ...

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, Gabrieli started his career at local side

U.S. Lecce Unione Sportiva Lecce, commonly referred to as Lecce (), is an Italian football club based in Lecce, Apulia. The club play in Serie A in the 2022–23 season, the top level of the Italian football pyramid, having been promoted from Serie B. ...

. Gabrieli joined

Poggibonsi Poggibonsi is a town in the province of Siena, Tuscany, central Italy. It is located on the river Elsa and is the main centre of the Valdelsa Valley. History The area around Poggibonsi was already settled in the Neolithic age, although the firs ...

on loan in July 2008 in order to gain first team experience. That season the club also signed young keepers Gaetano Lattanzi and Valerio Mollo. Gabrieli fought off competition from his teammates to win a starting place in the team, and played all 34 league matches of the

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. In July 2009 he joined

Cosenza Cosenza (; local dialect: ''Cusenza'', ) is a city in Calabria, Italy. The city centre has a population of approximately 70,000; the urban area counts more than 200,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Province of Cosenza, which has a populati ...

on loan along with

Giuseppe Caccavallo Giuseppe Caccavallo (born 11 April 1987) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie D club Nocerina. Career Lecce Born in Naples, Campania, Caccavallo started his career with Serie B club Lecce. He made his Serie B ...

. He was the understudy of Andrea Pinzan until Pinzan was exchanged with Giancarlo Petrocco. At first Gabrieli was a backup to Petrocco, but he replaced Petrocco in round 24 (21 February), and was promoted to the club's first choice keeper. Gabrieli also replaced Petrocco in round 21 (24 January). Gabrieli left for Paganese in August 2010, rejoining Lecce team-mates Gianmarco Ingrosso and Vittorio Triarico. He was the club's first choice keeper until the arrival of

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in December. In January 2011 he was signed by

Barletta Barletta () is a city, ''comune'' of Apulia, in south eastern Italy. Barletta is the capoluogo, together with Andria and Trani, of the Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani. It has a population of around 94,700 citizens. The city's territory belong ...

, as the team's first choice keeper ahead of Giuseppe Di Masi and the injured Andrea Tesoniero.

Return to Lecce

On 1 July 2011, Gabrieli returned to Lecce, wearing the number one jersey. However, he was the understudy to

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and

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after

Antonio Rosati Antonio Rosati (born 26 June 1983) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career Lecce Rosati's career began at Cisco Calcio Roma. He moved to Lecce in the 2002–03 season, making his first team debut in Feb ...

was sold. He made his first start on 21 December 2011, in a 4–1 home loss to

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. Before the match, coach

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had lost both first choice keepers and also called up Luigi Turbacci from the Primavera youth team, who was used as a backup on the bench. He remained with Lecce for the 2012–13 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season after the club's relegation from

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in 2011–12 and subsequent expulsion from the

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for their part in the Calcio Scommesse scandal.

Casale

On 31 January 2013 he left for Casale.

Prato

On 26 March 2014, he was signed by

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Gallipoli

Martina

On 25 July 2015 Gabrieli was signed by Martina.

International career

Italy U-19 side

Gabrieli was a backup goalkeeper for the Italy U-19 side in 2007 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship elite qualification, behind Edoardo Pazzagli. Gabrieli also played once, the third and last match of that stage. Coach

Francesco Rocca Francesco Rocca (; born 2 August 1954) is an Italian professional football coach and former player, who played as a defender. He spent his entire career with Italian club Roma, where he won the Coppa Italia twice. He was the coach of the Italy n ...

picked two keepers born in 1989, instead of picking from the pool of players born in 1988, the age limit of that season. Gabrieli was the starting keeper in 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship qualification, ahead of

Vincenzo Fiorillo Vincenzo Fiorillo (born 13 January 1990) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Salernitana. Club career Sampdoria Born in Genoa, Fiorillo started playing football in Nuova Oregina Calcio from the Oreg ...

. However, Gabrieli was not selected by Rocca to the elite round, who picked Fiorillo and

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instead.

Italy U-20 side

Since Rocca was appointed as the coach of the Italy U-20 team in 2008, he selected Gabrieli to the team at the start of 2008–09 season. However, Gabrieli failed to make a debut. Instead Gabrieli received call-up from Italy national under-20 football C team but once again failed to make his debut with the side. He was only able to play for U-20 C team (or known as "U-20 Lega Pro") in the 2009 Lega Pro Quadrangular Tournament, a tournament competed by the three U-21 representative teams from the three groups of

, as well as the "U-20 Lega Pro" team. His team was lost to the representatives of the Group B in the final.

References

External links

Lecce Profile

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