| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cesare Gianfranco Rickler Del Mare | ||
| Date of birth | 18 March 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Viareggio, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2001 | Calcio Lido | ||
| 2001–2002 | Pistoiese | ||
| 2002–2004 | Pisa | ||
| 2004–2005 | Chievo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2011 | Chievo | 21 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | → Piacenza (loan) | 20 | (2) |
| 2009–2010 | → Modena (loan) | 34 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → Piacenza (loan) | 23 | (1) |
| 2011–2016 | Bologna | 0 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | → Mantova (loan) | 14 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | → Prato (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2007 | Italy U-20 [1] | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of end of 1314 season | |||
Cesare Rickler (born 18 March 1987) is a former Italian footballer and is currently a rally driver.
Rickler made his first team debut on 18 April 2007 in an away match against Lazio, ended in a 0–0 tie.
Rickler had only played 4 matches in Serie A and 17 in Serie B with Chievo, rest of his Chievo career was spent on loan to Serie B clubs.
In June 2011 Rickler was exchanged with Alessandro Bassoli in co-ownership deal. Both players' 50% registration rights were tagged for €1.5 million. He signed a 5-year contract, which worth €100,000 in net in the first season and would gradually increased to €120,000 in the last 3 seasons, plus bonuses. [2] The deal was criticized as financial trick or even creative accounting, as the aggressive price tag of both players only improved 2010–11 financial result (selling profit nearly €3M) [3] and created an amortization cost of €3 million (€600,000 each for 5 seasons) from 2011 to 2016, with both players performance were impaired with costing the club €600,000.
Moreover, following Rickler was banned for 4 years, Bologna would never recovered the residual contract value €2.4M, thus both club gave up the bought back rights in June 2012. Bologna also write-down the contract value of Rickler for a season for €600,985 in the financial year [4] to make his contract residual value "worth" around €1.8 million in accounting on 1 July 2012 (however followed the ban shortened, the write-down reverted [5] ).
Rickler had been questioned by prosecutor since March 2012. [6] On 18 June 2012 Rickler was suspended for 4 years due to involvement in 2011–12 Italian football scandal. His Piacenza and Chievo teammate Alessandro Sbaffo also request to ban 3-year and 3 months by procurator. [7] However Sbaffo's plea bargain was successful reduced the ban by heavy fine, but Rickler employed the lawyer to defence [8] and failed to acquit the charge. [9] Rickler's appeal to "Corte di Giustizia Federale" was dismissed on 6 July 2012. However his ban was shorten by Tribunale Nazionale di Arbitrato per lo Sport to 14 months after appeal.
In April 2013 Rickler's ban was shortened; [10] on 21 August 2013 Rickler left for fourth division club Mantova F.C. [11]
He also made a total two appearances with the Italian Under-20 squad, and was also selected once for the Italian U-21 team. [1]
Rickler has participated in Rally raid events since leaving football, including multiple appearances in the Dakar Rally in the trucks category. [13]
| Year | Class | Vehicle | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Trucks |  Iveco | 40th |
| 2019 | Not Classified | ||
| 2020 | Not Classified | ||
| 2022 | DNF | ||
| 2023 |  MAN | TBD | |
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