Andrea Cocco
{{short description|Italian footballer (born 1986)|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Andrea Cocco
| image = Andrea Cocco.jpg
| caption = Cocco in 2014
| full_name = Andrea Salvatore Cocco
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|4|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = Cagliari, Italy
| height = 1.82 m
| position = Striker
| currentclub = Monastir
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2006
| youthclubs1 = Cagliari
| years1 = 2005–2008
| years2 = 2007
| years3 = 2007–2008
| years4 = 2008–2009
| years5 = 2009–2010
| years6 = 2010
| years7 = 2010–2011
| years8 = 2011–2012
| years9 = 2011–2012
| years10 = 2012
| years11 = 2012–2014
| years12 = 2013–2014
| years13 = 2014
| years14 = 2014–2015
| years15 = 2015–2019
| years16 = 2016–2017
| years17 = 2017
| years18 = 2019
| years19 = 2019–2021
| years20 = 2021–2022
| years21 = 2022–2023
| years22 = 2023–2024
| years23 = 2024–
| clubs2 = → Venezia (loan)
| clubs3 = → Pistoiese (loan)
| clubs4 = Rovigo
| clubs5 = Alghero
| clubs6 = Cagliari
| clubs7 = AlbinoLeffe
| clubs8 = Cagliari
| clubs9 = → AlbinoLeffe (loan)
| clubs10 = AlbinoLeffe
| clubs11 = Verona
| clubs12 = → Reggina (loan)
| clubs13 = → Beira-Mar (loan)
| clubs14 = Vicenza
| clubs15 = Pescara
| clubs16 = → Frosinone (loan)
| clubs17 = → Cesena (loan)
| clubs18 = Padova
| clubs19 = Olbia
| clubs20 = Seregno
| clubs21 = AlbinoLeffe
| clubs22 = Trapani
| clubs23 = Monastir
| caps1 = 8
| caps2 = 9
| caps3 = 12
| caps4 = 17
| caps5 = 28
| caps6 = 0
| caps7 = 30
| caps8 = 0
| caps9 = 31
| caps10 = 0
| caps11 = 16
| caps12 = 18
| caps13 = 12
| caps14 = 37
| caps15 = 34
| caps16 = 9
| caps17 = 18
| caps18 = 6
| caps19 = 40
| caps20 = 35
| caps21 = 34
| caps22 = 25
| caps23 = 0
| goals1 = 1
| goals2 = 2
| goals3 = 1
| goals4 = 3
| goals5 = 13
| goals6 = 0
| goals7 = 5
| goals8 = 0
| goals9 = 12
| goals10 = 0
| goals11 = 1
| goals12 = 1
| goals13 = 4
| goals14 = 20
| goals15 = 3
| goals16 = 1
| goals17 = 5
| goals18 = 0
| goals19 = 7
| goals20 = 10
| goals21 = 12
| goals22 = 16
| goals23 = 0
| club-update = 5 May 2024
}}
Andrea Salvatore Cocco (born 8 April 1986) is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for Eccellenza club Monastir.
Career
=Cagliari=
Cocco made his Serie A debut on 21 December 2005 for Cagliari in a 1–0 defeat away to Parma F.C. On 31 January 2007, he left for Venezia.{{cite web|url=http://www.cagliaricalcio.net/news/notizia.asp?idNotizia=3140&type=0&id_menu=2 |title=Cocco passa al Venezia |date=31 January 2007 |accessdate=13 August 2010 |publisher=Cagliari Calcio |language=Italian |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203011039/http://www.cagliaricalcio.net/news/notizia.asp?idNotizia=3140&type=0&id_menu=2 |archivedate=3 February 2007 }} and on 31 August 2007 for Pistoiese.{{cite web|url=http://www.cagliaricalcio.net/news/notizia.asp?idNotizia=4284&type=0&id_menu=2 |title=Cocco alla Pistoiese |date=31 August 2007 |accessdate=13 August 2010 |publisher=Cagliari Calcio |language=Italian }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Cocco was sold to Rovigo in a co-ownership deal in August 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.cagliaricalcio.com/news/ultimissime/4034/null|title=Cocco al Rovigo|date=19 August 2008|accessdate=18 January 2017|publisher=Cagliari Calcio|language=Italian}} In June 2009 Cagliari bought Cocco and Andrea Peana (from Triestina) back, but sold them to Alghero immediately{{cite web|url=http://www.cagliaricalcio.net/news/notizia.asp?idNotizia=7132&type=0&id_menu=2 |title=Risolte le partecipazioni |date=23 June 2009 |accessdate=13 August 2010 |publisher=Cagliari Calcio |language=Italian |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090715122502/http://www.cagliaricalcio.net/news/notizia.asp?idNotizia=7132&type=0&id_menu=2 |archivedate=15 July 2009 }} in co-ownership deals (later Simone Aresti also joined), where Cocco also met ex-team-mate Alessio Cossu, Nicola Lai and Enrico Cotza (in January). In June 2010, few week before the bankrupt of Alghero, Cagliari bought back Cocco and Aresti for €500.Cagliari Calcio S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2011, PDF purchased from CCIAA (in Italian)
=AlbinoLeffe=
Few days after Cagliari signed Gabriele Perico and Simon Laner from AlbinoLeffe in temporary deals for €750,000 (€375,000 each), Cocco was sold to AlbinoLeffe in co-ownership deal for €50,000 in a three-year deal, making Cagliari only paid AlbinoLeffe €700,000 in cash.U.C. AlbinoLeffe S.r.l. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2011, PDF purchased from CCIAA (in Italian){{cite web|url=http://www.albinoleffe.com/societa/archivio-news/1817-luc-albinoleffe-acquista-andrea-cocco.html|title=L'U.C. AlbinoLeffe acquista Andrea Cocco |date=12 August 2010|accessdate=13 August 2010|publisher=U.C. AlbinoLeffe|language=Italian}} In June 2011 Cagliari bought back Cocco for €150,000, as well as bought Perico in a co-ownership deal for €375,000, making Cagliari paid AlbinoLeffe €500,000 cash that summer.
On 4 July 2011, Cocco returned to AlbinoLeffe in a temporary deal with option to sign outright for €200,000.U.C. AlbinoLeffe S.r.l. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2012, PDF purchased from CCIAA (in Italian){{cite web|url=http://www.cagliaricalcio.net/news/11622/cocco-in-prestito-all-albinoleffe.html|title=Cocco in prestito all'Albinoleffe|date=4 July 2011|accessdate=18 April 2014|publisher=Cagliari Calcio|language=Italian}} Despite the club relegated, the option was excised in a four-year contract.{{cite web|url=http://www.albinoleffe.com/albinoleffe-news/4826-news-compropriet-perico-del-cagliari-girasole-della-celeste.html|title= Comproprietà: Perico è del Cagliari, Girasole della Celeste |date=24 June 2012|accessdate=18 April 2014|publisher=U.C. AlbinoLeffe|language=Italian}} On the same day Perico was acquired outright for another €200,000, thus the two transfer fees were canceled each other. However, Cocco was sold by AlbinoLeffe in the same summer.
=Verona and loans=
On 30 July 2012, Cocco signed for Hellas Verona in a co-ownership deal with AlbinoLeffe, for €290,000 fee in a three-year contract.{{cite web|url=http://www.albinoleffe.com/societa/archivio-news/3427-ceduto-andrea-cocco.html|title= Ceduto Andrea Cocco |date=30 July 2012|accessdate=18 April 2014|publisher=U.C. AlbinoLeffe|language=Italian}}Hellas Verona F.C. S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2013, PDF purchased from CCIAA (in Italian)U.C. AlbinoLeffe S.r.l. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2013, PDF purchased from CCIAA (in Italian) In June 2013 the co-ownership deal was renewed.{{cite web|url=http://www.hellasverona.it/2013/06/14/andrea_cocco__rinnovo_compropriet|title= Andrea Cocco - Rinnovo comproprietà |date=14 June 2013|access-date=18 January 2017|publisher=Hellas Verona F.C.|language=Italian}}
After a one-year stint with Verona in August 2013, he joined Reggina on a loan deal.{{cite web|url=http://www.regginacalcio.com/news/archivio-stagione/7472-cocco-e-un-giocatore-della-reggina.html|title=Cocco è un giocatore della Reggina|date=5 August 2013|accessdate=3 October 2013|publisher=Reggina Calcio|language=Italian|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130808061017/http://www.regginacalcio.com/news/archivio-stagione/7472-cocco-e-un-giocatore-della-reggina.html|archivedate=8 August 2013}} On 29 January 2014, he was again loaned to Portuguese Segunda Liga side Beira-Mar.{{cite web|url=http://www.hellasverona.it/news.php?id=22671|title=Ufficiale: Andrea Cocco al Beira Mar |date=29 January 2014|accessdate=29 January 2014|publisher=Hellas Verona F.C.|language=Italian}}
In June 2014 Verona acquired Cocco and Laner outright from AlbinoLeffe for €500 each, with Simone Calvano returned to Verona also for €500.{{cite web|url=http://www.hellasverona.it/2014/06/20/hellas_verona_fc__compropriet_2014|title=Comproprietà 2014 |date=20 June 2014|access-date=28 May 2016|publisher=Hellas Verona F.C.|language=Italian}}U.C. AlbinoLeffe S.r.l. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2014, PDF purchased from CCIAA (in Italian)
=Vicenza =
He moved to Vicenza on 8 August 2014 in a two-year contract on a free transfer.{{cite web|url=http://www.hellasverona.it/2014/08/09/ufficiale_andrea_cocco_al_vicenza|title= Ufficiale: Andrea Cocco al Vicenza |date=9 August 2014|access-date=28 May 2016|publisher=Hellas Verona F.C.|language=Italian}}{{cite web|url=http://www.vicenzacalcio.com/andrea-cocco-in-biancorosso/|title=Andrea Cocco in biancorosso|date=8 August 2014|accessdate=31 July 2015|publisher=Vicenza Calcio|language=Italian|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207204708/http://www.vicenzacalcio.com/andrea-cocco-in-biancorosso/|archivedate=7 February 2015}} He missed few weeks of 2015–16 Serie B due to an injury in pre-season.{{cite web|url=http://www.vicenzacalcio.com/andrea-cocco-aggiornamento-condizioni/|title=Andrea Cocco: aggiornamento condizioni|date=25 July 2015|accessdate=31 July 2015|publisher=Vicenza Calcio|language=Italian|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624015504/http://www.vicenzacalcio.com/andrea-cocco-aggiornamento-condizioni/|archivedate=24 June 2016}}
=Pescara and loans=
On 31 August 2015, Cocco signed for fellow Serie B club Pescara on a reported three-year contract for a transfer fee of €600,000.{{cite news|url=http://www.ilcentro.it/sport/colpo-del-pescara-arriva-campagnaro-cocco-sono-qui-per-la-serie-a-1.1609912|title=Colpo del Pescara, arriva Campagnaro. Cocco: sono qui per la serie A|date=31 August 2015|access-date=3 July 2017|work=Il Centro|publisher=Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso|language=Italian}}{{cite press release|url=http://www.pescaracalcio.com/2015/08/31/calciomercato-andrea-cocco/ |title=Calciomercato: Andrea Cocco |date=31 August 2015 |access-date=28 May 2016 |publisher=Delfino Pescara 1936 |language=Italian }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite press release|url=http://www.vicenzacalcio.com/andrea-cocco-al-pescara/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311104529/http://www.vicenzacalcio.com/andrea-cocco-al-pescara/|archivedate=11 March 2016|title=Andrea Cocco al Pescara|date=31 August 2015|publisher=Vicenza Calcio|language=Italian}}{{cite book|title=Vicenza Calcio S.p.A. bilancio al 2016-06-30|publisher= CCIAA |language=Italian}} On 3 August 2016, Cocco was loaned to fellow Serie B club Frosinone (with option to buy), which the team was relegated from Serie A.{{cite web|url=http://www.frosinonecalcio.com/andrea-cocco-e-un-nuovo-giocatore-del-frosinone/|title=ANDREA COCCO E' UN NUOVO GIOCATORE DEL FROSINONE|date=3 August 2016|access-date=18 January 2017|publisher=Frosinone Calcio|language=Italian|archive-date=7 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807090507/http://www.frosinonecalcio.com/andrea-cocco-e-un-nuovo-giocatore-del-frosinone/|url-status=dead}} After scoring just 1 league goal for the Lazio-based club, Cocco was loaned to another Serie B team Cesena on 16 January 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.frosinonecalcio.com/cocco-in-prestito-al-cesena/|title=COCCO IN PRESTITO AL CESENA|date=16 January 2017|access-date=18 January 2017|publisher=Frosinone Calcio|language=Italian}} He wore number 11 shirt for his new team.{{cite web|url=http://www.cesenacalcio.it/it/news/2017/01/16/andrea-cocco-al-cesena-6705.html|title=Andrea Cocco al Cesena|date=16 January 2017|access-date=18 January 2017|publisher=A.C. Cesena|language=Italian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118135215/http://www.cesenacalcio.it/it/news/2017/01/16/andrea-cocco-al-cesena-6705.html|archive-date=18 January 2017|url-status=dead}} On 31 January 2019, he was released from his Pescara contract by mutual consent.{{cite web|publisher=Pescara|url=https://www.pescaracalcio.com/risoluzione-consensuale-del-contratto-con-il-calciatore-andrea-cocco/|title=Risoluzione consensuale del contratto con il calciatore Andrea Cocco|date=31 January 2019|language=Italian}}
=Padova=
=Olbia=
On 19 November 2019, he signed a contract with Olbia until 30 June 2021.{{cite press release|publisher=Olbia|url=http://www.olbiacalcio.com/news/comunicati/1714/cocco-e-un-giocatore-dell-olbia|title=Cocco è un giocatore dell'Olbia|date=19 November 2019|language=Italian}}
=Seregno=
On 20 August 2021, he joined Serie C club Seregno.{{Cite web|title=Seregno, ufficializzati altri 3 colpi di mercato: Scognamiglio, Cocco e Alba • MBNews|url=https://www.mbnews.it/2021/08/seregno-calcio-scognamiglio-cocco-alba/|access-date=1 November 2021|website=www.mbnews.it|date=20 August 2021 |language=it-IT}}
=Return to AlbinoLeffe=
On 9 August 2022, Cocco returned to AlbinoLeffe.{{cite web|publisher=AlbinoLeffe|url=https://www.albinoleffe.com/news/prima-squadra/13050-andrea-cocco-nuovo-giocatore-albinoleffe.html|title=ANDREA COCCO È UN NUOVO GIOCATORE DELL'U.C. ALBINOLEFFE!|date=9 August 2022|access-date=19 September 2022|language=it}}
=Trapani=
On 27 July 2023, Cocco signed for Serie D club Trapani.{{cite web |language=it |date=27 July 2023 |accessdate=30 July 2023 |url=https://www.tuttocalciodilettanti.com/d-i-colpo-di-mercato-per-lattacco-del-trapani/ |publisher=Tutto Calcio Dilettanti |title=D/I: COLPO IN MERCATO PER L'ATTACCO DEL TRAPANI}}
References
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External links
- {{soccerway|andrea-salvatore-cocco/137753}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/serie_a_2007/giocatori/cocco_and.shtml|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929141304/http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/serie_a_2007/giocatori/cocco_and.shtml|archivedate=29 September 2007|work=Gazzetta dello Sport|title=2006–07 profile|language=Italian|date=c. 2007}}
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Category:Footballers from Cagliari
Category:Italian men's footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Liga Portugal 2 players
Category:Cagliari Calcio players
Category:FC Pistoiese SSD players
Category:Rovigo Calcio players
Category:UC AlbinoLeffe players
Category:Hellas Verona FC players
Category:AS Reggina 1914 players
Category:Delfino Pescara 1936 players
Category:Frosinone Calcio players
Category:Calcio Padova players
Category:Olbia Calcio 1905 players
Category:US 1913 Seregno Calcio players
Category:S.C. Beira-Mar players
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