*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 October 2021
Giuseppe "Beppe" Greco[1] (born 6 August 1983) is an Italian former professional
footballer who played as a
striker.
Career
Early career
Greco was born in
Palermo, but moved to
Pizzoli,
L'Aquila at a young age. He began to play youth football at local club Amiternina.[2] At age 16 he moved to the
Pavia youth academy and then, for one year, he was enrolled in the
Sampdoria youth teams.[2]
Professional career
He returned to
Pavia where he would start his senior career, later playing for
Como. He made his
Serie A debut on 3 May 2003, against
Milan, coming on as a 51st-minute substitute for
Luigi Anaclerio in a 0–2 away loss at
San Siro.[3] He was signed by Sampdoria city rival
Genoa in summer 2003, after former Como owner
Enrico Preziosi took over Genoa, but he was loaned back to Como and then to
Padova.
He returned to Genoa in
Serie C1, and left on loan to
Catanzaro of Serie B in January 2006. He helped Genoa to win promotion to Serie A in summer 2007, but he then left on loan to
Chievo[4] and
Rimini. On 28 January 2010, Genoa loaned the forward to
Cesena until the end of the season. After his return to Genoa they loaned him to Grosseto in Serie B in the summer of 2010[5] where he played 10 games and scored 1 goal. However, in early 2011 he was loaned out again to Modena also in Serie B where he scored 8 goals in 17 games.
On 25 June 2015, he joined
FeralpiSalò, signing a one-year contract.[9] Halfway through the season, on 29 January 2016, he moved to
Arezzo,[10] where he made his debut the following day and immediately proved to be decisive in a 4–0 win over
Tuttocuoio. In the game, he scored two goals in the first five minutes as well as providing an assist.[11]
Later career
Then followed seasons in lower-league football for teams in
Emilia-Romagna. On 9 June 2016, Greco moved to Castelvetro, a team from the
Province of Modena recently promoted to
Serie D.[12] The following season he joined fifth-tier
Eccellenza club Rosselli Mutina,[13] before moving to
Axys Zola from
Zola Predosa, newly promoted to Serie D,[14] and in June 2019 he signed for Castellarano, competing in
Promozione, the sixth tier of the
Italian football pyramid.[1] Short stints then followed Virtus Camposanto and Sanmichelese in 2020.[15][1]