Luca Percassi

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 the 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]

1. ^ Luca Percassi at Soccerbase
2. ^ "NONA PUNTATA: LUCA PERCASSI" (in Italian). Calciomercatonews.com. 6 November 2008. Archived from the original on 29 May 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2008.
3. ^ "Atalanta, è tornato Percassi Nella notte la firma dell'accordo" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 4 June 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
4. ^ "Organigramma" (in Italian). Atalanta B.C. Retrieved 14 July 2018.

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