Gianni Piredda, 44 years of Usini, leaves football. The director of Usinese, the promotion championship, has been one of the greatest talents expressed by Sardinian football in recent years. The moment of farewell next Sunday, in the match against Lanteri Sassari, the last match of the championship.

He will be rewarded by the club and after the match, the old glories of Usinese will celebrate with the fans. "The time has come to stop - declared Gianni Piredda -. When I was pushing hard in training I had too many muscle problems. So, albeit reluctantly, I had to make this decision. Football has been my life: many joys and some regrets I will certainly miss him and next Sunday I think I will feel a great emotion".

Gianni Piredda started at Polisportiva Usinese, a club that at the time was only in the youth sector. Then the move to Torres, then to Sampdoria, where, despite being a midfielder in the Primavera, he scored an avalanche of goals. So much so that he deserved his debut in Serie A with Bari at the age of 18 in the 1998-99 season. Players like Montella and Ortega were teammates. Sampdoria coach Luciano Spalletti, who made him debut. "A great technician, tough, with a particular character, who commanded respect", explains Gianni Piredda. After Sampdoria (3 appearances in Serie A and 20 benches) Atletico Catania, in C1. So Biellese, the return to Torres, Termoli, Pergocrema, Aosta, Brescello, Olbia and others.

Gianni Piredda has been playing for the Usinese side for seven seasons, giving the fans and the public excellent games. Technician, ambidextrous, innate class and sense of the game, Piredda belongs to those players whose feet the good Lord has given gold. He was also unlucky in his career. Other players, less gifted than him, now play in Serie A.

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