Nicola Rigoni

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Nicola Rigoni
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Rigoni in 2020
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-11-12) 12 November 1990 (age 33) [1]
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*
YearsTeamApps(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)
2013–2014Reggina (loan) 16 (0)
2014–2015Cittadella (loan) 49 (4)
2019–2023 Monza 15 (2)
2021Pescara (loan) 8 (1)
2021–2022Cesena (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.

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Club career

Vicenza

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.

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.

Return to Vicenza

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+12-year contract with Vicenza. [7]

Chievo and loans to Vicenza, Reggina, and Cittadella

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]

Monza and loans to Pescara and Cesena

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]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 5 December 2021 [16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vicenza 2006–07 Serie B 100010
2007–08 Serie B200020
2008–09 Serie B9110101
2009–10 Serie B19010200
Total311200000331
Palermo 2010–11 Serie A 40005 [lower-alpha 1] 191
Vicenza (loan) 2010–11 Serie B900090
Vicenza 2011–12 Serie B28410294
Total374100000384
Chievo 2015–16 Serie A28300283
2016–17 Serie A12110131
2017–18 Serie A15010160
2018–19 Serie A24021261
Total794410000835
Vicenza (loan) 2012–13 Serie B811091
Reggina (loan) 2013–14 Serie B16010170
Cittadella (loan) 2013–14 Serie B16100161
2014–15 Serie B33300333
Total494000000494
Monza 2019–20 Serie C 1422020182
2020–21 Serie B101020
Total152302000202
Pescara (loan) 2020–21 Serie B8181
Cesena (loan) 2021–22 Serie C15010160
Career total26217121305128219
  1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Monza

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