Felice Piccolo (born 27 August 1983) is an Italian former professional
footballer
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who played as a
defender, currently a
football
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agent.
Career
Juventus & various loans
Piccolo started his football career with the
Juventus youth team, although he did not make any appearances for the side and was loaned out to
Serie C1
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History
Before the 1978–79 season, there were only three professional football leagues in Italy, the third being Se ...
Tuscan side
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in order to gain some first team experience. Piccolo scored once for the club and took part in 24 games.
The 2003–04 season saw the player farmed out once more, this time to
Serie B
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side
Como
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(in co-ownership deal), being a regular in their first team and playing 35 times. As part of a
co-ownership deal, Piccolo moved to
Reggina the next year, for €1.25M.
He then spent a brief spell on loan at
Lazio
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in
Serie A
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during 2005–06. Piccolo then returned to Juventus after the co-ownership deal with Reggina was resolved in Juve's favour for undisclosed fees. He was offered a 2-year deal which last until June 2008. In the
2006–07 Serie B campaign for the ''bianconeri'', Piccolo played a total of seven matches.
Empoli and Chievo
In July 2007, half of Piccolo's registration rights was sold to
Empoli F.C.
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Emp ...
for €125K. Teammate
Claudio Marchisio
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A product of the Juventus F.C. Youth Sector, Juventus youth system, he spent a large portion of his career ...
also joined the club. In summer 2008, Empoli gained full ownership for €300K.
After played once for Empoli at the start of season, he moved to
Chievo
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It is best known for its football team, A.C. ChievoVerona.
History
The name came from t ...
on loan, in exchange with
Angelo Antonazzo.
CFR Cluj loan
On 12 February 2010
Chievo
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It is best known for its football team, A.C. ChievoVerona.
History
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loaned the defender out, until the end of season to
CFR Cluj
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.
[ ]
On 22 June, it was announced that Piccolo was signed by
CFR Cluj
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outright.
Spezia and Alessandria
On 1 September 2014, the last market day of the summer session, back in Italy by agreeing with the
Spezia
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La Spezia is the second-largest city in the Liguri ...
.
Since the summer of 2016 was acquired by the
Alessandria
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.
Honours
Player
Juventus
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Serie A
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:
2001–02
*
Serie B
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:
2006–07
*
Coppa Italia
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Juventus is the competition's most successf ...
runner-up:
2001–02
CFR Cluj
*
Liga I
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:
2009–10,
2011–12
*
Cupa României
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:
2009–10
*
Supercupa României
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The competition started off in 1994 Supe ...
:
2010
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Alessandria
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Coppa Italia Serie C
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Format
There are a total of six rounds in the competition. It begins i ...
: 2017–18
References
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1983 births
Living people
Footballers from the Metropolitan City of Naples
Italian men's footballers
Italy men's under-21 international footballers
Italy men's youth international footballers
Men's association football defenders
Juventus FC players
Lucchese 1905 players
Como 1907 players
AS Reggina 1914 players
SS Lazio players
Empoli FC players
CFR Cluj players
Spezia Calcio players
US Alessandria Calcio 1912 players
Serie A players
Serie B players
Serie C players
Liga I players
Italian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
Italian expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Association football agents
21st-century Italian sportsmen