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. He joined Monza on a free transfer in October 2000, and then had spells with Alzano and Spezia.

Luca Percassi

In 2004, he retired from football to enter into entrepreneurship, following his father's footsteps.

Luca Percassi

In June 2010 his father Antonio Percassi acquired football club Atalanta, the first club of Luca Percassi, from the Ruggeri family. Luca Percassi became the CEO () of Atalanta.

Luca Percassi

References

1980 births

Living people

Italian men's footballers

Italian expatriate men's footballers

Italian expatriate sportspeople in England

Atalanta BC players

Chelsea F.C. players

AC Monza players

Spezia Calcio players

Men's association football defenders

Footballers from Milan

SSD Virtus CiseranoBergamo 1909 players