Riccardo Fissore (born 18 February 1980) is an Italian former

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who last played for

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as a defender.

Club career

Early career

Born in

Carmagnola Carmagnola (; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located south of Turin. The town is on the right side of the Po river. The nature of the soil determined over time how the river's ...

, Piedmont, Fissore started his career with

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. In June 2000, Fissore was exchanged to

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 ...

along with his teammate

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for 500 million lire and 5.5

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lire respectively (approx. €3.10 million in total)F.C. Internazionale Milano S.p.A. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2001, PDF purchased from CCIAA (in Italian) in co-ownership deals. As part of the deal,

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went in the opposite direction and joined Torino for 5.1 billion lire (approx. €2.63 million). After a loan spell at

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, Fissore returned to Internazionale in January 2001. In June 2001 Torino bought back Fissore for 2 billion lire (approx. €1.03 million).

Vicenza

Fissore then moved to

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side

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, initially on loan, but the deal was later turned into a co-ownership deal in 2003, and in summer 2004 Vicenza bought all of the player's remaining registration rights from Torino by winning the blind auction bid. In January 2008, Fissore left for

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on loan, in exchange with Antonino Bernardini.

Mantova

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(for €1 million) were exchanged with

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for

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(for €1 million) and Simone Calori (for €500,000). The 4 players signed a 3-year contract.

Lega Pro clubs

In summer 2010 Mantova went bankrupt. In August 2010 Fissore joined

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. On 31 August 2011 Fissore left for

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Italian football scandal

On 18 June 2012 Fissore was banned 3 years and 9 months due to involvement in 2011–12 Italian football scandal. In April 2013 the ban was reduced to 14 months after the appeal was partially accepted by Tribunale Nazionale di Arbitrato per lo Sport (TNAS) of

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Return to Lega Pro

On 1 February 2014 Fissore joined

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. The club also signed Mirko Stefani, who return to football also from ban. On 21 July 2014 Fissore was signed by

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in a one-year deal. On 2 September 2015 Fissore was signed by

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. In October 2016 he was hired by

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. In January 2017 he moved to

Pistoiese Football Club Pistoiese SSD, commonly known as Pistoiese, is an Italian association football club, based in Pistoia, Tuscany. Currently, Pistoiese plays in Serie D. Originally founded on 21 April 1921, the club has also played Serie A on a num ...

International career

Fissore reached the final of the

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with the

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, losing out to

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References

External links

AIC profile

FIGC National Team Archive
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