Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | [1] | 12 November 1990||
Place of birth | Schio, Italy | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Montecchio Maggiore | ||
Number | 17 | ||
Youth career | |||
Vicenza | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2010 | Vicenza | 31 | (1) |
2010–2011 | Palermo | 4 | (0) |
2011 | → Vicenza (loan) | 9 | (0) |
2011–2012 | Vicenza | 28 | (4) |
2012–2019 | Chievo | 79 | (4) |
2012–2013 | → Vicenza (loan) | 8 | (1) |
2013–2014 | → Reggina (loan) | 16 | (0) |
2014–2015 | → Cittadella (loan) | 49 | (4) |
2019–2023 | Monza | 15 | (2) |
2021 | → Pescara (loan) | 8 | (1) |
2021–2022 | → Cesena (loan) | 19 | (0) |
2023– | Montecchio Maggiore | 2 | (0) |
International career | |||
2007 | Italy U17 [3] | 2 | (0) |
2011 | Italy U20 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 September 2023 |
Nicola Rigoni (born 12 November 1990) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie D club Montecchio Maggiore.
A promising midfielder, and younger brother of Serie A footballer Luca Rigoni, he made his professional debut in the final weeks of the 2006–07 season with Vicenza. [1] He then spent the 2007–08 season with the Primavera (under-20) squad, and collecting another first team appearance in the season. He was permanently promoted to the first team in the second part of the 2008–09 season, and his performances led Serie A outfit Palermo to sign the player in a bid which involved also the co-ownership of Sicilian youngster and Italian under-20 international Gianvito Misuraca, who joined Vicenza from the rosanero youth system. Half of the registration rights of Rigoni was valued €990,000 and Misuraca for €240,000, made the deal involved €750,000 cash. [4] Rigoni will spend the 2009–10 season on loan to Vicenza in order to give him a chance to play more first team football before to join Palermo.
He finally arrived to Palermo in July 2010, joining the pre-season training camp of the rosanero, and made his debut with the Sicilian team in the return leg of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League playoff round against NK Maribor as a second-half substitute for Fabio Liverani. He then appeared as a used substitute also in the first Serie A league game of the season against Cagliari.
On 28 January 2011, he was loaned out to Vicenza for the remainder of the season. [5]
In June 2011 Vicenza bought back Rigoni for €200,000 and Luca Di Matteo returned to Palermo also for €200,000. [6] In January 2012 Rigoni signed a new 3+1⁄2-year contract with Vicenza. [7]
After Vicenza was re-admitted to Serie B, on 5 September 2012 Nicola Rigoni was sold to Chievo (where his brother plays) in order to raise profit for new season, for €800,000. [8] [9] [10] Along with Davide Gavazzi who left for Sampdoria, they returned to Vicenza for new season. On 19 August 2013, he was signed by another Serie B club Reggina Calcio. [11]
On 24 July 2019, he signed a 3-year contract with Serie C club Monza. [12] On 26 January 2021, Rigoni moved to Serie B club Pescara on a six-month loan deal. [13]
On 27 August 2021, Rigoni was sent to Cesena on a one-year loan. [14] He terminated his contract with Monza on mutual terms on 20 January 2023. [15]
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Vicenza | 2006–07 | Serie B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
2007–08 | Serie B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
2008–09 | Serie B | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 1 | |||
2009–10 | Serie B | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | |||
Total | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | ||
Palermo | 2010–11 | Serie A | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 [lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 9 | 1 | |
Vicenza (loan) | 2010–11 | Serie B | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||
Vicenza | 2011–12 | Serie B | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 4 | ||
Total | 37 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 4 | ||
Chievo | 2015–16 | Serie A | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 3 | ||
2016–17 | Serie A | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 1 | |||
2017–18 | Serie A | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | |||
2018–19 | Serie A | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 26 | 1 | |||
Total | 79 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 5 | ||
Vicenza (loan) | 2012–13 | Serie B | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 1 | ||
Reggina (loan) | 2013–14 | Serie B | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||
Cittadella (loan) | 2013–14 | Serie B | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 1 | ||
2014–15 | Serie B | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 3 | |||
Total | 49 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 4 | ||
Monza | 2019–20 | Serie C | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 18 | 2 | |
2020–21 | Serie B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
Total | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | ||
Pescara (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie B | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | 8 | 1 | |||
Cesena (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie C | 15 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | ||
Career total | 262 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 282 | 19 |
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