Riccardo Zampagna (born 15 November 1974) is an Italian former

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who played as a striker.

Playing career

After spending most of his career in the lower leagues (

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and D, from 2000 in the second tier), Zampagna finally debuted in

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with

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. In January 2006, he signed with

Atalanta B.C. Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio (), commonly referred to as Atalanta, is a professional Association football, football club based in Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy, who compete in Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football league system, Italian league ...

(then in

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), achieving promotion that season, and scoring 11 times in the club's 2006–07 first division campaign. On 19 November 2007, after displaying conduct detrimental to the team, he was suspended by coach

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and subsequently sold on the first day of January's transfer window, joining Vicenza (swapped with the remain 50% registration rights of Simone Padoin). In July 2008, Zampagna agreed to join newly promoted Serie B outfit

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for €1 million.Vicenza Calcio SpA ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2009
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Managerial career

He was manager of lower league side Macchie from 2013 to 2014.

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*http://www.gazzetta.it/speciali/serie_b/2008_nw/giocatori/54490.shtml 1974 births Living people Italian men's footballers Serie A players Serie B players Atalanta BC players Catania FC players Sportspeople from Terni Footballers from the Province of Terni US Triestina Calcio 1918 players Cosenza Calcio 1914 players AC Perugia Calcio players ACR Messina players SS Arezzo players Ternana Calcio players LR Vicenza players Siena FC SSD players US Sassuolo Calcio players Carrarese Calcio 1908 Men's association football forwards {{Italy-footy-forward-1970s-stub