Michele Rigione

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Michele Rigione
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-03-07) 7 March 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Naples, Italy
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Avellino
Number 5
Youth career
2001–2007 Chievo
2007–2010 Inter Milan
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2013 Inter Milan 0 (0)
2010–2011 → Foggia (loan) 24 (1)
2011–2012 → Cremonese (loan) 18 (1)
2012–2013 → Grosseto (loan) 10 (0)
2013–2015 Catanzaro 62 (3)
2015 Teramo 0 (0)
2015–2016 Lanciano 28 (1)
2016–2017 Cesena 21 (2)
2017–2021 Chievo 45 (4)
2017–2018 → Cesena (loan) 13 (1)
2018 → Ternana (loan) 14 (0)
2019 → Novara (loan) 9 (0)
2021–2023 Cosenza 65 (3)
2023– Avellino 40 (2)
International career
2006–2007 Italy U16 15 (0)
2007–2008 Italy U17 6 (0)
2009 Italy U18 2 (0)
2008–2009 Italy U19 2 (0)
2010–2011 Italy U20 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 December 2024

Michele Rigione (born 7 March 1991) is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie C Group C side Avellino as a centre back.

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Club career

Chievo and Inter

Born in Naples, Campania, Rigione had played for Veneto club Chievo since 2001. [1] In August 2007 he joined Inter's under-17 team on loan for €205,000 [2] with an option to co-own the player, [3] and made his debut for Inter's reserves – Primavera in February 2008. He also played 4 times for the first team in club friendlies in 2008–09 and 2009–10 season. [4] [5] [6] [7] In June 2008 he was signed in a co-ownership deal for €350,000. [2]

On 21 July 2010, he was loaned to Lega Pro Prima Divisione club Foggia, as a replacement of departed defenders likes Lorenzo Burzigotti. [8] He became a starting centre-back since round 5 (except round 6), [9] partnering with Simone Romagnoli, Andrea Iozzia or Andrea Torta. He also played 5 matches at 2010–11 Coppa Italia Lega Pro, [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] except the first match as unused bench. [15]

On 22 June 2011 Inter bought the remain rights of Rigione for €500,000 (made Inter registered an additional €150,000 financial cost) and on the same day Chievo also acquired Rincón and youth player Davide Tonani for a nominal fee. Additionally Marco Andreolli returned to Chievo also for €500,000, making the deals were pure player swap. [16] [17]

Rigione went on loan to two more clubs (Cremonese in Lega Pro 1st Division along with Bocalon [18] [19] and Grosseto in Serie B along with Donati) until he was released by Inter on 30 June 2013 as a free agent.

Catanzaro

In July 2013 he was signed by Catanzaro on a 3-year contract. [20]

On 23 April 2015, Rigione terminated his contract at Catanzaro by a mutual consent, leaving him as a free agent. [21]

Teramo & Lanciano

In July 2015 he joined Teramo. [22] However, the club was expelled from 2015–16 Serie B due to a match fixing scandal. On 31 August he joined another Serie B club Lanciano. [23]

Cesena

On 21 July 2016 Rigione was signed by Cesena on a free transfer, signing a 2-year deal. [24]

Chievo

On 29 June 2017, 1 day before the end of Cesena and Chievo's financial year, Rigione, Garritano, Rodríguez and Daniele Grieco of Cesnea was sold to Chievo for Kupisz, Filippo Zambelli, Pietro Borgogna, Lorenzo Placidi and Carloalberto Tosi. Additionally, Lamin Jallow moved to Cesena on a temporary deal, with an option to purchase at the end of 2017–18 season. [25] [26] [27]

However, on 30 August 2017 Rigione returned to Cesena on loan. [28] On 10 January 2018 he was signed by fellow Serie B club Ternana on another loan. [29]

At the end of 2017–18 season, Cesena was bankrupted, while Rigione failed to find a team for 2018–19 season. He was registered as a youth product of Chievo for the Homegrown Player Rule. [30]

Novara (loan)

On 30 January 2019, Rigione joined to Novara on loan until 30 June 2019. [31] [32]

Cosenza

On 13 August 2021, he signed a two-year contract with Cosenza. [33]

Avellino

On 12 August 2023, Rigione moved to Avellino on a three-year deal. [34]

Career statistics

As of match played on 25 May 2023 [35]
Club statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Foggia (loan) 2010–11 Lega Pro Prima Divisione 24100—241
Cremonese (loan) 2011–12 Lega Pro Prima Divisione181002 [a] 0201
Grosseto (loan) 2012–13 Serie B 10000—100
Catanzaro 2013–14 Lega Pro Prima Divisione280002 [b] 0300
2014–15 Lega Pro 34320—363
Totals6232020663
Teramo 2015–16 Lega Pro0010—10
Virtus Lanciano 2015–16 Serie B281001 [c] 0291
Cesena 2016–17 Serie B21250—262
Cesena (loan) 2017–18 Serie B13100—131
Ternana (loan) 2017–18 Serie B14000—140
Novara (loan) 2018–19 Serie C 9000—90
Chievo 2019–20 Serie B173203 [d] 0223
2020–21 Serie B281101 [e] 0301
Totals4543040524
Cosenza 2021–22 Serie B341002 [f] 0361
2022–23 Serie B2721010292
Totals6131030653
Career totals3051612012032915

International career

Rigione played twice for Italy U19 team, both were friendlies. [36] [37] [38] He also capped twice at 2008 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship qualification. He received his first call-up from Italy U20, a feeder team of U21, for 2010–11 Four Nations Tournament in November. [39]

According to Internazionale, Rigione was the captain of Italy national under-17 football team. [3]

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