Gianluca 'Luca' Percassi (born 25 August 1980 in Milan) is an Italian retired footballer.
A defender, Percassi came through the youth system at Atalanta, before signing for Chelsea as a 17-year-old, along with teammate Samuele Dalla Bona. Unlike Dalla Bona, however, he struggled to break into Chelsea's first team and only made two appearances, both as a substitute.[1] He joined Monza on a free transfer in October 2000, and then had spells with Alzano and Spezia.
In 2004, he retired from football to enter into entrepreneurship, following his father's footsteps.[2]
In June 2010 his father Antonio Percassi acquired football club Atalanta, the first club of Luca Percassi, from the Ruggeri family.[3] Luca Percassi became the CEO (Italian: Amministratore Delegato) of Atalanta.[4]
References edit
- ^ Luca Percassi at Soccerbase
- ^ "NONA PUNTATA: LUCA PERCASSI" (in Italian). Calciomercatonews.com. 2008-11-06. Retrieved 2008-11-07. [dead link]
- ^ "Atalanta, è tornato Percassi Nella notte la firma dell'accordo" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 2010-06-04. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
- ^ "Organigramma" (in Italian). Atalanta B.C. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
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