I can't be the only stoke to have watched on from afar slighlty bemused at the number of goals this fella has scored since his short spell at Stoke City, way back when. I know it was in a lower league a lot of them ,but still he could probablt have done a job for us in that first season back in div 2 .
Good luck fella
from BBC/sport Gabbiadini quits football
Marco Gabbiadini has enjoyed a prolific career
Hartlepool United's veteran striker Marco Gabbiadini has retired from professional football.
The 36-year-old has been beset by injuries this season, particularly on his knee, and has called it a day after 19 years in the game.
"I had an operation at the end of November which we were hoping would clear it up", said Gabbiadini.
"However, it doesn't seem like the injury is going to settle down and I have taken the advice of medical staff who said I should retire.
"I have been trying to put the possibility of retirement to the back of my mind but I think it is realisation time now," he told the club's official website.
Gabbiadini represented 11 clubs in his illustrious career, enjoying fruitful spells at Sunderland and Derby.
He scored 273 goals and cost clubs just under £3m in transfer fees. He had netted seven times for Pool this term.
Marco Gabbiadini
Real name Marco Gabbiadini
Height 5.10
Weight 13.04
Date of birth 20-01-1968
Place of birth Nottingham
Position Forward
Nationality England
All time playing career
Club From To Fee League FA Cup League cup Other
Hartlepool 10-07-2003 19-01-2004 Free 9 (6) 5 1 (0) 2 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 0
Northampton 27-06-2000 10-07-2003 Free 97 (23) 25 6 (1) 3 4 (0) 1 4 (1) 1
Darlington 02-07-1998 27-06-2000 Free 81 (1) 48 4 (0) 1 4 (0) 1 5 (1) 3
York 20-02-1998 31-05-1998 Loan 5 (2) 1 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0
Stoke 24-12-1997 02-07-1998 Monthly 2 (6) 0 1 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0
Oxford 31-01-1997 01-03-1997 Loan 5 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0
Birmingham 14-10-1996 18-10-1996 Loan 0 (2) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0
Derby 31-01-1992 31-05-1997 £ 1000000 163 (25) 50 8 (1) 3 13 (0) 7 16 (1) 8
C Palace 01-10-1991 31-01-1992 £ 1800000 15 (0) 5 1 (0) 0 6 (0) 1 3 (0) 1
Sunderland 23-09-1987 01-10-1991 £ 80000 155 (2) 74 5 (0) 0 14 (0) 9 9 (0) 4
York 05-09-1985 23-09-1987 Apprentice 42 (18) 14 0 (0) 0 4 (3) 1 4 (0) 3
Totals £ 2880000 574 (85) 223 26 (2) 10 46 (3) 20 42 (3) 20
goals / game 0.33 0.35 0.40 0.44
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