Vittorio Merci

Career
Merci worked his way through Serie A side, Perugia's youth set-up and gained his professional contract in the 24/25 season. He straight away became a bench player, getting 19 appearances with 1 assist but unfortuntaley they came dead last and got relegated. The next season saw him get a big move to Spanish side Athletico Madrid for a whopping £12.25 million. He moved there but only played 4 games, getting sent off in one of those too. Over the next few years, he was getting the odd game for the first team, but he managed to get more of a looking on his loans at; Mattersburg, Rapid Vienna, Bournmouth and Real Hispalis. The 27/28 season at Vienna was particulary impresive, with him scoring 6 and assisting 4 over 32 games from right back. Between the 25/26 and 31/32 seasons in Madrid, he only played a total of 25 games for the club, although he did score 2. He was released for the start of the 32/33 season where Europa League champions, Gateshead FC signed him from the unemployed list. Ireland brough the, now 25 year old in as a full back sub player, training him to play left back and right wing. He contributed 19 games in the side league winning season and the next year saw him play 16, gaining an FA Cup and Champions League medal. After the managers retirment, he looks to work his way into the teams starting 11.