Tommy Giacomelli

Tommy Giacomelli
Personal information
Full name	Tommy Adriano Giacomelli
Date of birth	29 April 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Brazil
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
0000–1998	Ponte Preta
1998–1999	Sai Kung Friends
1999–2000	Happy Valley
2000–2004	Sagesse
2004–2005	Apollon Kalamarias
2005–2006	Indipendente
2006–2007	Sagesse
2007–2008	Happy Valley
2008–2009	Nejmeh
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tommy Adriano Giacomelli (born 29 April 1974), sometimes known as just Tommy, is a Brazilian former professional footballer.

Giacomelli played in Brazil for Ponte Preta and Indipendente, in Hong Kong for Sai Kung Friends and Happy Valley, in Lebanon for Sagesse and Nejmeh, and in Greece for Apollon Kalamarias. He won the Hong Kong Footballer of the Year in 2000, being the second foreign player to win the honour after Dimitre Kalkanov, who won the prize in 1998.

Club career[edit]

After playing for Ponte Preta in his native country, Giacomelli joined Hong Kong team Sai Kung Friends in 1998. After one season, he joined Happy Valley before moving to Lebanon in 2000, where he signed for Sagesse.^[1] At Sagesse, Tommy scored 41 league goals during his four year stay.^[2]

In 2004, Giacomelli moved to Greece where he signed for Apollon Kalamarias before returning to Brazil in 2005 signing for Indipendente. In 2006, Giacomelli returned to Sagesse where he scored 14 goals during the season, before moving once again to Happy Valley in 2007. The following year, Giacomelli returned to Lebanon at Nejmeh where he scored five league goals and ended his career with a total of 60 Lebanese Premier League goals.

Honours[edit]

Individual

Lebanese Premier League Team of the Season: 2000–01^[3]

References[edit]

^ NADIM, MAKHOUL (18 December 2000). "Football - 4e journée du championnat du Liban Quatrième victoire de La Sagesse et du Akhaa Aley - MAKHOUL NADIM". L'Orient-Le Jour (in French). Retrieved 22 May 2019.
^ "من منهم ينوي دخول التاريخ من الباب الواسع؟". forum.kooora.com. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
^ مهرجان كرة المنار. Shoot (in Arabic) (383 ed.). 30 April 2001. p. 15.

[1] NADIM, MAKHOUL (18 December 2000). "Football - 4e journée du championnat du Liban Quatrième victoire de La Sagesse et du Akhaa Aley - MAKHOUL NADIM". L'Orient-Le Jour (in French). Retrieved 22 May 2019.

[2] "من منهم ينوي دخول التاريخ من الباب الواسع؟". forum.kooora.com. Retrieved 22 May 2019.

[:2001-3] مهرجان كرة المنار. Shoot (in Arabic) (383 ed.). 30 April 2001. p. 15.

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