Nicola Rigoni (born 12 November 1990) is an Italian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Montecchio Maggiore Montecchio Maggiore () is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. It is situated approximately west of Vicenza and east of Verona; SP 246 provincial road passes through it. Montecchio Maggiore borders the following muni ...

Club career

Vicenza

A promising midfielder, and younger brother of

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, he made his professional debut in the final weeks of the 2006–07 season with

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. He then spent the 2007–08 season with the ''Primavera'' (under-20) squad, and collecting another first team appearance in the season. He was permanently promoted to the first team in the second part of the 2008–09 season, and his performances led Serie A outfit

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to sign the player in a bid which involved also the co-ownership of Sicilian youngster and Italian under-20 international

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, who joined Vicenza from the ''rosanero'' youth system. Half of the registration rights of Rigoni was valued at €990,000, while those of Misuraca were valued at €240,000. The deal involved €750,000 cash. Rigoni will spend the 2009–10 season on loan to Vicenza in order to give him a chance to play more first team football before to join Palermo.

Palermo

He finally arrived to Palermo in July 2010, joining the pre-season training camp of the ''rosanero'', and made his debut with the Sicilian team in the return leg of the

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playoff round against

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as a second-half substitute for

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. He then appeared as a used substitute also in the first Serie A league game of the season against

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Return to Vicenza

On 28 January 2011, he was loaned out to Vicenza for the remainder of the season. In June 2011

bought back Rigoni for €200,000 and

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returned to Palermo also for €200,000. In January 2012 Rigoni signed a new -year contract with Vicenza.

Chievo and loans to Vicenza, Reggina, and Cittadella

After Vicenza was re-admitted to Serie B, on 5 September 2012 Nicola Rigoni was sold to

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(where his brother plays) in order to raise profit for new season, for €800,000. Along with Davide Gavazzi who left for

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, they returned to Vicenza for new season. On 19 August 2013, he was signed by another Serie B club

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Monza and loans to Pescara and Cesena

On 24 July 2019, he signed a 3-year contract with

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. On 26 January 2021, Rigoni moved to

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on a six-month loan deal. On 27 August 2021, Rigoni was sent 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 ...

on a one-year loan. He terminated his contract with Monza on mutual terms on 20 January 2023.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Monza *

Group A: 2019–20

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rigoni, Nicola 1990 births Living people Footballers from Schio Italian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Serie D players LR Vicenza players Palermo FC players AC ChievoVerona players AS Reggina 1914 players AS Cittadella players AC Monza players Delfino Pescara 1936 players Cesena FC players UC Montecchio Maggiore players Italy men's youth international footballers 21st-century Italian sportsmen