Matteo Piccinni (born 6 March 1986) is an Italian professional footballer who plays for Serie D club Franciacorta.

Matteo Piccinni
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-03-06) 6 March 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Milan, Italy
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
Franciacorta
Number 77
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Como 2 (0)
2005–2009 Udinese 0 (0)
2006–2007Pizzighettone (loan) 28 (2)
2007–2008Massese (loan) 28 (1)
2008–2009Pisa (loan) 13 (0)
2009–2014 AlbinoLeffe 110 (1)
2012–2013Padova (loan) 10 (0)
2014–2015 Real Vicenza 33 (3)
2015–2017 Matera 40 (1)
2017–2019 Gubbio 67 (0)
2019–2020 Bisceglie 17 (0)
2020 Chiasso 15 (2)
2020– Franciacorta 63 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 September 2022

Biography edit

Born in Milan, Lombardy, Piccinni started his career at Lombard club Calcio Como. Piccinni joined Udinese Calcio after Como folded in 2005. Udinese also sold 50% registration rights of Piccinni to Empoli in January 2006 but bought back in June 2006. In 2006, he left for Pizzighettone.[1] In 2007, he was signed by Massese.[2] In 2008 Piccinni was signed by Serie B club Pisa Calcio.

In July 2009 he was signed by AlbinoLeffe in co-ownership deal for €150,000 in 4-year contract.[3][4] In June 2010 AlbinoLeffe acquired the remain 50% registration rights for €1,000.[3] Piccinni was a player for AlbinoLeffe in Serie B until relegation in 2012. On 20 August 2012 Piccinni left for Serie B club Calcio Padova with Adama Diakité moved to opposite direction.[5] Circa 2012 Piccinni also extended his contract with AlbinoLeffe. After the expiry of his loan, Piccinni continued his AlbinoLeffe career in Lega Pro Prima Divisione.

On 2 August 2019, he signed a 1-year deal with Bisceglie.[6]

On 17 January 2020, he moved to Swiss club Chiasso until the end of the season.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ "Pizzighettone, ecco quattro giovani" (in Italian). TMW. 14 June 2006. Archived from the original on 22 September 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
  2. ^ "UFFICIALE: sei acquisti per la Massese". Tutto Mercato Web (in Italian). 10 July 2007. Archived from the original on 6 August 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
  3. ^ a b UC AlbinoLeffe Srl bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2010 (in Italian)
  4. ^ "Ecco Piccinni, Layeni e Branduani" (in Italian). albinoleffe.com. 2009-07-09. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
  5. ^ "Arriva l'attaccante Adam Diakite, in partenza Matteo Piccinni" (in Italian). UC AlbinoLeffe. 20 August 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  6. ^ "Calciomercato: ufficiali gli arrivi di PICCINNI e LONGO" (Press release) (in Italian). Bisceglie. 2 August 2019.
  7. ^ "UN ALTRO RINFORZO PER LA DIFESA DEL CHIASSO: SOTTO CONTRATTO L'ESPERTO CENTRALE MATTEO PICCINNI" (Press release) (in Italian). Chiasso. 17 January 2020.

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