Vincenzo Sicignano (born 8 July 1974 in Pompei, Province of Naples) is an Italian former football goalkeeper turned coach. He is currently working as goalkeeping coach for Empoli.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vincenzo Sicignano | ||
| Date of birth | 8 July 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Pompei, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Empoli (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–1994 | Palermo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–2003 | Palermo | 182 | (0) |
| 2003 | Parma | 1 | (0) |
| 2004–2006 | Lecce | 78 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | Chievo | 17 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | → Frosinone (loan) | 37 | (0) |
| 2008–2011 | Frosinone | 75 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Barletta | 13 | (0) |
| Total | 403 | (0) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:39, 31 January 2012 (UTC) | |||
Playing career edit
Unlike other footballers from Naples which start their career at S.S.C. Napoli, he started his career at the Sicilian club Palermo.
He left Palermo to join Parma in summer 2003. He made his debut for Parma replacing Sébastien Frey at half-time against Salzburg on 6 November 2003. He made his Serie A debut in the 0–0 draw against A.C. Milan three days later. He also started the return leg against Salzburg, which Parma won 5–0 at home.
After his only Serie A appearance, and two more in the 2003–04 UEFA Cup, Sicignano joined Lecce on loan on 16 January 2004, which became a permanent deal.
After Lecce were relegated from Serie A, Sicignano joined ChievoVerona in the summer of 2006. He played 2 out of 2 qualifying matches in the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League, and 1 out of 2 in the 2006–07 UEFA Cup, but later in the season he lost his place in the starting lineup to Lorenzo Squizzi. He played the 2007-08 season with Frosinone, being transferred from Chievo in a loan (exchange with Massimo Zappino) deal.[1]
In summer 2008, he was signed outright, but he just played 20 games, being challenged by Pierluigi Frattali for first choice. He became more of a regular in 2009, when he was featured in 33 league games (out of 42). In 2010, he played only 22 games.
He left Frosinone in 2011, after the club suffered relegation from Serie B, to join Barletta in the Lega Pro Prima Divisione league.[2]
Post-playing and coaching career edit
After retiring in 2012, Sicignano accepted to return at his former club Palermo as goalkeeping coach of the Under-19 Primavera youth team. He was successively promoted to first team goalkeeping coach in June 2015.
References edit
- ^ "Ufficiale: Sicignano è il nuovo portiere del Frosinone" (in Italian). Frosinone Calcio. 2007-07-13. Retrieved 2007-07-13.
- ^ "Al mercato si scatena il Barletta" (in Italian). SS Barletta Calcio. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2012.