Davide Succi (born 11 October 1981) is an Italian former

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who played as a

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Career

Davide Succi started his professional career at

Chievo Chievo (4,500 inhabitants) is a frazione of Verona located to the west of the city, around from the historic city centre, on the shores of the river Adige. It is best known for its football team, A.C. ChievoVerona. History The name came from t ...

. He was co-owned with

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and later

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He was on loan to various Serie C1 clubs and briefly for

Calcio Como Como 1907 () is an Italian professional football club based in Como, Lombardy. The club competes in the Serie A, the first tier of Italian football league system, Italian football, after achieving promotion in the 2023–24 Serie B, 2023–24 Se ...

in Serie B. He played his only Serie A game, in an away match that Chievo lost 0–1 to

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, on 6 November 2004. He left on loan again to

Lucchese Lucchese may refer to: * A.S. Lucchese Libertas 1905, a football team based in Lucca, Tuscany * Lucchese crime family, one of the "Five Families" of New York City's Mafia * Lucchese School, an art school in Tuscany, Italy that flourished in the 11 ...

of Serie C1 in January 2005. In June 2005, Chievo got full ownership of the player, but left on loan to

Ravenna Ravenna ( ; , also ; ) is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy. It was the capital city of the Western Roman Empire during the 5th century until its Fall of Rome, collapse in 476, after which ...

in summer 2005. After winning promotion to Serie B, and Chievo relegated to Serie B,

bought Succi permanently.

Palermo

On 1 September 2008, he was signed by

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in a co-ownership deal for €1.75 million in 5-year contract,US Città di Palermo Report and Accounts on 30 June 2009 only a few days after having eliminated the ''rosanero'' from the 2008–09 Coppa Italia by scoring both goals in a surprising 2–1 away win for Ravenna. In his first full season in the Italian top flight, Succi scored a total four goals, several of them coming on the pitch during games. On 23 November he scored his first Serie A goal, a late equalizer in a 1–1 away tie against his hometown club

Bologna Bologna ( , , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. It is the List of cities in Italy, seventh most populous city in Italy, with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its M ...

; this was followed by another equalizer, the second ''rosanero'' goal in an unexpected 2–2 draw at

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against league toppers

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. Since then scored two more goals, again against

, and then

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. In June 2009 Palermo bought Succi outright for another €1.3 million, made the company had a special financial income of €450,000 for the discount. On 26 January 2010

signed the striker on loan from

until June 2010, with an option for the ''rossoblu'' to sign the player permanently for €3.5 million.US Città di Palermo Report and Accounts on 30 June 2010 In July 2010, Bologna announced they were not interested in buying Succi, and Palermo successively agreed for a season loan to

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club

Padova Padua ( ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Veneto, northern Italy, and the capital of the province of Padua. The city lies on the banks of the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice and southeast of Vicenza, and has a population of ...

later in August. Again, the club had an option to sign Succi in co-ownership deal for €500,000. Padova did not excised the option to sign Succi, however on 31 August 2011 Succi returned to

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in another temporary deal. On 6 July 2012 Succi moved to

Cesena Cesena (; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy; and - with Forlì - is the capital of the Province of Forlì-Cesena. Served by Autostrada A14 (Italy), Autostrada A14, and located near the Apennine M ...

, in

. On 4 July 2013 he signed a new 3-year contract with Cesena. He made a total 35 appearances with five goals in the 2013–14 season, winning promotion back to Serie A with his club.

References

External links

US Palermo player profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Succi, Davide 1981 births Living people Italian men's footballers Italian expatriate men's footballers AC ChievoVerona players Calcio Padova players Como 1907 players SPAL players Lucchese 1905 players Ravenna FC players Palermo FC players Bologna FC 1909 players AC Cesena players Forlì FC players Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Indian Super League players Maltese Premier League players Expatriate men's footballers in India Men's association football forwards Footballers from Bologna Hamrun Spartans F.C. players Italian expatriate sportspeople in Malta Italian expatriate sportspeople in India Expatriate men's footballers in Malta 21st-century Italian sportsmen