Riccardo Piscitelli (born 10 October 1993) is an Italian professional
footballer
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who plays as a
goalkeeper
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for
Nemzeti Bajnokság I
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Twelve ...
club
Újpest
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.
Club career
After leaving
Benevento
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, agent
Alessio Sundas
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Early life and education
Alessio Sundas was born in Italy. Sundas early education was at Linguistic High School after which he proceeded to CEPLAT where he earned a degree in Phy ...
remarked that Piscitelli is a goalkeeper who had shown huge experience contributing to the rise of Benevento. While Piscitelli was on trial at
Vis Pesaro
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The team is the largest in the city and among the oldest in Italy. Vis Pesa ...
where he played for the team in friendly matches, Sundas engaged foreign teams for his transfer.
On 5 December 2018, he signed a contract until the end of the 2018–19 season with
Serie B
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club
Carpi.
On 28 June 2019, Piscitelli joined Romanian club
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. He left Dinamo after only one season and signed a contract with Portuguese club
C.D. Nacional.
On 21 July 2021, he signed with
Mezőkövesd
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in Hungary.
International career
Piscitelli played for the
Italy U-20 three times, in September 2012 against Turkey,
[ March 2013 against Poland][
]
Honours
Benevento
*Lega Pro
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: 2015–16 (group C)
Footnotes
References
External links
*
AIC profile (data by football.it)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Piscitelli, Riccardo
1993 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Vimercate
Italian men's footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
Italy men's youth international footballers
Italy men's under-21 international footballers
AC Milan players
Carrarese Calcio 1908 players
Benevento Calcio players
AC Carpi players
FC Dinamo București players
C.D. Nacional players
Mezőkövesdi SE footballers
Újpest FC players
Serie B players
Serie C players
Liga I players
Primeira Liga players
Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
Italian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary
Italian expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Italian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Italian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
Footballers from the Province of Monza e Brianza
21st-century Italian sportsmen