Alessandro Lucarelli ( born 22 July 1977) is an Italian former professional

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who last played for

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as a defender.

Playing career

Alessandro Lucarelli started his professional career at

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, whose youth sides he also represented. In 1997, he was sent out on loan to

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in order to gain first team experience, making 29 league appearances with the side in 1997–98 Serie C2. Leffe narrowly avoided relegation in a relegation play-out. He became a more prominent member of the first team upon his return to Piacenza, where he spent four seasons as a regular. Playing for the first time in

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, Lucarelli avoided relegation with Piacenza in 1998–1999 but went down the following year after finishing bottom of the league. Piacenza and Lucarelli secured an immediate return to the top division the next year with a second-place finish in

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. In 2001–02, Piacenza finished 12th and this proved to be Lucarelli's final season with the club after 100 appearances in all competitions. After leaving Piacenza in the summer of 2002, Lucarelli moved to

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, then in Serie B, where he spent just one season, making 28 league appearances for the Rosanero, who finished just outside of the promotion places. A brief spell at

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in the summer of 2003 lasted just two appearances in the

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, which would prove to be his only two appearances in European competition. In August of the same year, he moved to another Serie B side, this time

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, where he made 31 appearances as they were promoted to Serie A. His hometown club,

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, noticed the defender's qualities and signed him for the

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season. He made 28 appearances in his only full season at the club and also scored his first league goals of his professional career as he bagged four goals. Livorno finished ninth in Serie A. Lucarelli moved to Reggina for the 2005–06 season and would spend two seasons at the club, twice achieving mid-table finishes before repeating the feat with

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in 2007–08, a club he had joined in the summer of 2007, having been exchanged to

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from Reggina for Francesco Cozza, but immediately leaving for

, where he signed a three-year contract. Genoa paid €1.9 million to Siena to acquire Lucarelli.Genoa CFC Report and Accounts on 31 December 2008 The following summer, 2008, he rejoined his brother Cristiano at

, who paid €1.2 million for his services. Parma were in Serie B at the time and Lucarelli helped Parma to promotion that season, making 39 appearances in all competitions. This was Lucarelli's third promotion from Serie B to A. Between 2009 and 2015 and across six seasons, Lucarelli made 193 Serie A appearances for the club. In his sixth season at the club, he became club captain. During his time at Parma, he entered the top 100 of players with most Serie A appearances, appearing 386 times for five clubs. Lucarelli was the only player to remain at Parma following the club's demotion to Serie D. He earned three successive promotions in the rebirth of the club from Serie D in 2015–16,

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to Serie B in 2016–17 and to Serie A in 2017–18. On 4 November 2017, Lucarelli became Parma's record holder for league appearances, moving ahead of Ivo Cocconi on the all-time list. On 27 May 2018, Lucarelli announced his retirement during Parma's promotion party at the

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, with Parma retiring his number 6 jersey.

Coaching career

In June 2017, Lucarelli began studying for his

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at Coverciano, going on to become manager of the team from 2018 to 2021. Lucarelli began a managerial contract with Vastese in Italy in 2022, managing 27 matches and in the Italian league before the end of his contract in 2023. During this time, Vastese scored 26 goals and 29 points, with an average of 2:1 per match. As of 2024, Lucarelli is working at

once more as a loan manager.

Personal life

Lucarelli was born in

, the younger brother of

Cristiano Lucarelli Cristiano Lucarelli (; born 4 October 1975) is an Italian football manager and a former player who played as a forward. Club career Lucarelli was born in Livorno, Italy. A journeyman striker, he had stints with eight different teams (includ ...

, who played for

and the

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. Both the Lucarelli brothers captained their respective clubs for the 2006–07 season. Alessandro's son, Matteo, now plays for Bulgarian Tsarsko Selo, on loan from

Career statistics

Honours

Club

* Parma **

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: 2015–16

References

External links

RegginaCalcio.com

gazzetta.it
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