Tommaso Chiecchi (born 12 November 1979) is an Italian former professional

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 defender. He is the head coach of GSD Ambrosiana.

Career

Chiecchi started his career at his native club

Chievo Chievo (4,500 inhabitants) is a frazione of Verona located to the west of the city, around from the historic city centre, on the shores of the river Adige. It is best known for its football team, A.C. ChievoVerona. History The name came from t ...

, but after playing 22 Serie B games, he was loaned to various

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 ...

clubs for seasons (first half of 2002–03 season remained in Chievo) and sold to

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and Vittoria (both from Serie C1) in a co-ownership deal until July 2005 staying in

Modena Modena (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena, in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. It has 184,739 inhabitants as of 2025. A town, and seat of an archbis ...

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 ...

. He was bought back by Chievo by terminating the co-ownership deal in June 2006, which Chievo also gave the remained 50% registration rights for

Cristian Bucchi Cristian Bucchi (born 30 May 1977) is an Italian football manager and former player who is the head coach of club Arezzo. A forward, he was best known for his goal-scoring ability in Serie B during the peak of his career. Club career Early ca ...

to Modena. He was loaned back to Modena on 13 July, along with

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. After failing to protect the Serie A seat, Chievo recalled Chiecchi on 1 July 2007 for their Serie B campaign, he was awarded the no.3 shirt but he was rarely used. Chiecchi was loaned to the Lega Pro 1st Division for

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along with Amedeo Calliari in July 2008 after Chievo was promoted back to Serie A. In 2009, he remained at Prima Divisione, for Pro Patria. On 20 July 2010, he was transferred to

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for free. In the summer of 2011, he was signed by Serie D club

Sarego Sarego is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, north-eastern Italy. It is southwest of Vicenza. SP500 goes through the town of Sarego. Main sights In the ''frazione'' of Meledo, there are two incomplete villas designed by An ...

, a club from his home region Veneto. He followed the club relegated to

Eccellenza Veneto Eccellenza Veneto is the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs in Veneto, Italy. It is competed amongst 32 teams, in two different groups (A and B). The winners of the Groups are promoted to Serie D. The club who finishes second also hav ...

in 2012.

Honours

Chievo *

: 2007–08

References

External links

FIGC National team data

Profile at La Gazzetta dello Sport (2006–07)

Profile at La Gazzetta dello Sport (2007–08)

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