Felice Di Cecco (born 27 June 1994) is an Italian

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who plays as a

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. Di Cecco made his professional debut during .

Career

Youth career

Born in

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, Abruzzo, Di Cecco started his career at Abruzzan club

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. He was released in 2011.

Brescia

After 2 years without a club, he was signed by Serie B club

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in 2013. However, he failed to play for the first team, as well as unable to play for their reserves team as overage player. Di Cecco only played three times for the reserves in training matches against the first team.

Cesena

However, in June 2014, few days before the closing of 2013–14 financial year, Di Cecco (for €1.6M) and Antonio Romano (for €2.4M) were sold to

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in a 3-year contract for a total of €4 million transfer fee, at the same time Brescia also signed Emanuele Fonte and Simone Galassi also for a total of €4 million fee. The deals made both club had a paper profit of €4 million, but generating a cost of amortization of €1.333 million in the next 3 seasons.Brescia Calcio S.p.A. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2014, PDF purchased from CCIAA (in Italian)A.C. Cesena S.p.A. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2014, PDF purchased from CCIAA (in Italian) Both clubs were boosted by the paper profits, which Brescia had a net assets of €2.75 million at 30 June 2014, as well as €4.55 million for Cesena (Cesena also had another swap deal with

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, which bankrupted in the following summer). Di Cecco failed to enter the first team either at Cesena, which the club was participating in

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. On 31 January 2015 Di Cecco and Luigi Palumbo were moved to Slovenian club

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in temporary deals. The bureaucratic process was completed on 5 February. On 31 August 2015 Di Cecco and

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were signed by Santarcangelo in another loan. Di Cecco made his debut in . He also played in next two matches of the Lega Pro Cup. nel 2020 vince il torneo con i Los Guerroros di Walter Recchia (sfigato milanista)

References

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