Giuseppe Ticli (5 April 1979 – 18 January 2024) was an Italian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in t ...

. He spent his whole professional career at lower division, especially in

Serie C1 Serie C1 was the third highest football league in Italy. It consisted of 36 teams, divided geographically into two divisions. History Before the 1978–79 season, there were only three professional football leagues in Italy, the third being Se ...

and

Serie C2 Serie C2 was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. History Before the 1978–79 season, there were only three professional football leagues in Italy, the third being Serie C. The league menaging t ...

. Ticli died on 18 January 2024, at the age of 44.

Career

Born in

Vizzolo Predabissi Vizzolo Predabissi (Milanese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italy, Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan. Vizzolo Predabissi borders the following municipalities: Colturano, Dresano, ...

, The

Province of Milan The province of Milan () was a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital was the city of Milan. The area of the former province is highly urbanized, with more than 2,000 inhabitants/km2, the third-highest population density among Ital ...

, Ticli started his career at

Internazionale Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Since 1 ...

. In mid-1999, he left on loan to

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 ...

, then

Arezzo Arezzo ( , ; ) is a city and ''comune'' in Italy and the capital of the Province of Arezzo, province of the same name located in Tuscany. Arezzo is about southeast of Florence at an elevation of Above mean sea level, above sea level. As of 2 ...

, along with

Nello Russo Nello Russo (born 11 May 1981) is a former Italy, Italian association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. Football career In 2000, he left on loan to A.C. Arezzo, Arezzo along with Giuseppe Ticli, Giovan ...

, Giovanni Passiglia and Cristian Lizzori. In 2001–02 season, he played for

Reggiana Reggiana may refer to: * A.C. Reggiana 1919, a football club * ASDCF Reggiana, a women's football club * Pallacanestro Reggiana Pallacanestro Reggiana, also simply known as Reggiana or Reggio Emilia, currently known for sponsorship reasons as U ...

of Serie C1, which the club signed him in a co-ownership deal for 1,000 million lire (€516,457), and

San Marino Calcio Associazione Camachista San Marino Calcio, better known as San Marino Calcio, is a Sammarinese professional football club based in the city of Acquaviva, that competes in the Serie D, the fourth tier of Italian football, since being promoted i ...

of Serie C2. In June 2002 Inter bought back Ticli and he signed for

Monza Monza (, ; ; , locally ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the Lambro, River Lambro, a tributary of the Po (river), River Po, in the Lombardy region of Italy, about north-northeast of Milan. It is the capital of the province of Mo ...

of Serie C2, the only club he played for two seasons. In summer 2003, he was involved in a swap deal with

A.C. Milan (), commonly referred to as Milan or AC Milan () mainly outside of Italy, is an Italian professional Football club (association football), football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Founded in 1899, the club competes in the Serie A, the top tie ...

, which Ticli,

Alessandro Livi Alessandro Livi (born 13 January 1982) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder. Career Livi started his career at Internazionale. He played for Primavera Team (U20 Youth Team) at 2001 Torneo di Viareggio. He then left for Fiorenzuo ...

Salvatore Ferraro Salvatore Ferraro (born 8 September 1983) is an Italian former professional association football, footballer who played as a centre-back. Club career Ferraro started his career at Inter Milan. In 2001-2002 he was part of the Nerazzurri youth t ...

, and Marco Varaldi moved to AC Milan (50% for €1.75 million except Livi, €1.725 million);

Matteo Giordano Matteo Giordano (born 23 October 1984) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender. Career Born in Sanremo, Liguria region, Matteo Giordano started his career at Torino Calcio, then AC Milan, Lombardy and played on their Primavera Team. ...

, Ronny Diuk Toma, Simone Brunelli and Matteo Deinite moved to Inter (50% for €1.5 million each). Later the deal was criticized by press as it made false profit to balance sheet, as the transfer fees were paid via player exchange, but in balance sheet, the nominal value could be adjusted by two clubs. The tactics are commonly used to make the transfer fees larger in Italian football. Ticli stayed at

, by then part of the province of Milan for another season. In 2004–05 season, he left on loan to

Lanciano Lanciano (; ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Chieti, part of the Abruzzo region of central Italy. It has 33,944 inhabitants as of 2023. The town is known for the first recorded Catholic Church, Catholic Miracle of Lanciano, Eucharis ...

of Serie C1, then in 2005–06 season for

Serie B The Serie B (), officially known as Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 season. It had b ...

club

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 ...

. In January 2006, he left for Pro Patria of Serie C1 on loan. In June 2007, the co-ownership agreement ended with AC Milan fully contracted with Ticli, but then he was released. In January 2008, he returned to

Lombardy The Lombardy Region (; ) is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in northern Italy and has a population of about 10 million people, constituting more than one-sixth of Italy's population. Lombardy is ...

for

Pavia Pavia ( , ; ; ; ; ) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy, in Northern Italy, south of Milan on the lower Ticino (river), Ticino near its confluence with the Po (river), Po. It has a population of c. 73,086. The city was a major polit ...

of Serie C2 before retiring from professional football.

References

External links

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Profile at FIGC
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ticli, Giuseppe 1979 births 2024 deaths Italian men's footballers Italy men's youth international footballers Inter Milan players AC Milan players Calcio Padova players SS Arezzo players AC Reggiana 1919 players San Marino Calcio players SS Virtus Lanciano 1924 players AC Monza players US Catanzaro 1929 players Aurora Pro Patria 1919 players AC Pavia 1911 SSD players Serie B players Men's association football midfielders Footballers from the Metropolitan City of Milan