Cristian Riggio (born 4 June 1996) is an Italian

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who plays as a defender for club

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Career

He made his

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debut for

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on 28 August 2016 in a game against Vibonese. After playing for

Catanzaro Catanzaro (; or ; ), also known as the "City of the two Seas" (), is an Italian city of 86,183 inhabitants (2020), the capital of the Calabria region and of its province and the second most populated comune of the region, behind Reggio Calabr ...

on loan in the 2017–18 season, he joined the club on a permanent basis on 20 July 2018, signing a 2-year contract. On 6 January 2021, he joined

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on loan with an obligation to buy at the end of the 2020–21 season. On 8 January 2022, he moved to

Fidelis Andria Fidelis Andria 2018 or simply Fidelis Andria is an Italian football club based in Andria, Apulia. The club was founded in 1971 and re-founded in 2005, 2013 and 2018. The team competes in . Fidelis Andria play their home matches at Stadio Degl ...

. On 6 August 2022, Riggio signed with Viterbese. On 13 July 2023, Riggio joined

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on a two-year contract.

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* * 1996 births Living people Sportspeople from Crotone Footballers from Calabria Italian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Serie C players FC Crotone players ASD Akragas 2018 players US Catanzaro 1929 players SS Monopoli 1966 players Fidelis Andria 2018 players US Viterbese 1908 players Taranto FC 1927 players Potenza Calcio players 21st-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-footy-defender-1990s-stub