Sacha Cori (born 12 May 1989) is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie C club AlbinoLeffe.
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | (1989-05-12) 12 May 1989 (age 33) | ||
| Place of birth | Viterbo, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | AlbinoLeffe | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–2008 | Ternana | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2010 | Ternana | 6 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | → Isola Liri (loan) | 25 | (3) |
| 2010 | → Sangiovannese (loan) | 12 | (3) |
| 2010–2016 | Cesena | 0 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | → Carrarese (loan) | 53 | (16) |
| 2012–2013 | → Empoli (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 2013 | → Entella (loan) | 12 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | → Venezia (loan) | 23 | (6) |
| 2014–2015 | → Cosenza (loan) | 29 | (5) |
| 2015–2016 | → Arezzo (loan) | 16 | (3) |
| 2016 | → Siena (loan) | 12 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | Santarcangelo | 35 | (10) |
| 2017–2019 | Monza | 42 | (10) |
| 2019 | → AlbinoLeffe (loan) | 16 | (7) |
| 2019– | AlbinoLeffe | 62 | (12) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 February 2022 | |||
Born in Viterbo, Lazio region, Cori started his career at Umbrian team Ternana. He made his league debut on 19 November 2006, replacing Salvatore Russo.[1] In the next season he played twice in the league, on 1 November 2007[2] and on 17 February 2008.[3] He graduated from the under-20 youth team in 2008 and loaned to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione and Lazio side Isola Liri, scored 3 league goals. He returned to Terni on 1 July 2009 but only played once in the first half of 2009–10 Lega Pro Prima Divisione (on 31 January). On 1 February 2010 he was loaned to Lega Pro second division side Sangiovannese, which he was linked to the club since the opening of the transfer window.[4] He played the first two rounds of 2010–11 Lega Pro Prima Divisione and one of the two matches of 2010–11 Coppa Italia for Ternana,[5] but was signed by Serie A team Cesena for free[6] along with Luis Jiménez (loan for €1M[6]) on 31 August.
Cori was immediately loaned back to lower division side Carrarese. He scored 10 league goals as team second scorer (behind Lega Pro Second Division regular season top-scorer, team-mate Antonio Gaeta), winning the promotion playoffs.[7] He played 3 substitute appearances in the playoffs, as the coach preferred Pera–Gaeta–Merini in his 4–3–3/4–5–1 formation.[8][9][10]
On 12 July 2011 Carrarese signed him in co-ownership deal for a peppercorn of €500[11] Carrarese also borrowed Elia Ballardini from Cesena.[12]
In June 2012 Cesena bought back Cori for €200,000[11] and renewed his contract to 30 June 2015.[11] He was loaned to fellow Serie B club Empoli.
On 20 August 2013 he was signed by third level club Venezia on a temporary deal.
On 2 July 2014 Cori left for Cosenza on a temporary deal.[13] The club had option to sign him outright, despite Cesena also had a counter-option.[14]
On 8 July 2015 he was signed by Arezzo on a temporary deal.[15]
On 1 February 2016 he was signed by Siena on a temporary deal.[citation needed]
On 5 July 2016 he was signed by Santarcangelo in a definitive deal.[16] On 18 July 2017 Cori was signed by Monza.[17]
On 9 January 2019, he joined AlbinoLeffe on loan.[18]
On 5 July 2019, he joined AlbinoLeffe on a permanent basis.[19]
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