Riccardo Maniero

Riccardo Maniero

Personal information
Date of birth	(1987-11-26) 26 November 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth	Naples, Italy
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Savoia
Youth career
	Juventus
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2010	Juventus	0	(0)
2007–2008	→ Ascoli (loan)	20	(1)
2008–2009	→ Bari (loan)	0	(0)
2009	→ Lumezzane (loan)	13	(2)
2009–2010	→ Arezzo (loan)	31	(12)
2010–2015	Pescara	93	(32)
2012–2013	→ Ternana (loan)	18	(2)
2015	Catania	20	(6)
2015–2017	Bari	70	(19)
2017–2019	Novara	31	(4)
2018–2019	→ Cosenza (loan)	27	(3)
2019–2020	Pescara	30	(6)
2020–2022	Avellino	54	(20)
2022–2024	Turris	66	(16)
2024–	Savoia	0	(0)
International career
2005–2007	Italy U20	6	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 May 2024

Riccardo Maniero (born 26 November 1987) is an Italian footballer who plays as a forward for Serie D club Savoia.

Career

Juventus and loans

Maniero began his youth career with Juventus in the late 1990s,^{[ citation needed ]} and was promoted to the Primavera reserve team in 2005. ^[1] As a player of the under-20 team, Maniero also received some call ups by Didier Deschamps for the senior side in various Coppa Italia and Serie B matches, specifically in matches against AlbinoLeffe, Lecce, and Genoa, appearing as an unused substitute on the bench. This was the season when Juventus were relegated to the second division for the first time in their history following the Calciopoli scandal, and Maniero was eventually part of the team that led Juventus back to Serie A that year.

In June 2007, Maniero was not part of Claudio Ranieri's first team plans and so, he was loaned out to Ascoli, together with fellow Juventus youth player Andrea Luci. ^[2] With Ascoli, Maniero managed a single goal in 21 league appearances, and following his loan stint with Ascoli, he was again loaned out to another Serie B club Bari, ^[3] along with fellow Juventus loanees Davide Lanzafame, Raffaele Bianco, and Rej Volpato. While Lanzafame and Bianco established themselves well with the club, Maniero failed to settle and gain regular action, as the attacker made zero official appearances in six months with the biancorossi.

Following his disappointing spell with Bari, Maniero was sub-loaned out to Italian third division side, Lumezzane. ^[4] During his loan period with Lumezzane, Maniero made his first 13 league appearances, and he also scored 2 goals.

In July 2009, another third division club Arezzo officially announced the engagement of Maniero. ^[5] Maniero had a successful season with the Lega Pro Prima Divisione side, establishing himself as a starter and scoring 12 goals in 31 league appearances.

Pescara

In August 2010 Maniero joined Pescara ahead of the 2010–11 Serie B campaign in co-ownership deal, for €450,000. ^[6] Co-currently Juventus signed Luca Del Papa from Pescara also in co-ownership deal for €300,000. ^[6] On the same day Pescara signed Raffaele Alcibiade in temporary deal from Juve. Maniero, however, failed to score regularly in Serie B. On 31 August 2012 he left for Serie B newcomer Ternana after Maniero was excluded from Pescara's Serie A plan. ^[7] Ternana also got midfielder Antonino Ragusa and defender Riccardo Brosco from Pescara on the same day.

On 19 June 2013 the co-ownership between Pescara and Juventus were terminated, which saw Maniero now 100% under Pescara's contract for free as well as Del Papa under Juve for €100,000. ^{[8] [9]}

Catania

On 14 January 2015 he was signed by Calcio Catania. ^[10] He wore no.7 shirt for his new team, vacated by Marcelinho. ^[11] Catania was expelled (relegated) from 2015–16 Serie B due to a match-fixing scandal.

Bari

On 31 August 2015 Maniero was signed by Serie B club Bari. ^[12]

Novara

On 4 August 2017 Maniero was signed by another Serie B club Novara. ^[13]

Return to Pescara

On 18 July 2019, he returned to Pescara. ^[14]

Avellino

On 11 September 2020 he signed a 3-year contract with Avellino. ^[15]

References

1. Fullsoccer (in Italian) Archived 15 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
2. "Luci e Maniero bianconeri" (in Italian). Ascoli Calcio 1898. 26 June 2007. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
3. "Preso il terzino sinistro Bonomi" (in Italian). AS Bari. 28 June 2008. Archived from the original on 27 October 2010. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
4. "Maric e Maniero in uscita" (in Italian). AS Bari. 18 January 2009. Archived from the original on 20 November 2010. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
5. "Arezzo: i primi sette colpi" (in Italian). tuttomercatoweb.com. 10 July 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
6. Delfino Pescara 1936 Srl bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2011 (in Italian), PDF purchased in Italian CCIAA
7. "Speciale calciomercato: chiusura" (in Italian). Delfino Pescara 1936. 31 August 2012. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
8. "Co-ownership agreement summary". Juventus FC. 19 June 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
9. Delfino Pescara 1936 S.r.l. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2013 (in Italian), PDF purchased from Italian CCIAA
10. "Riccardo Maniero dal Pescara al Catania a titolo definitivo" (in Italian). Calcio Cataina. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
11. "Virtus Lanciano-Catania: 21 rossazzurri a disposizione di mister Marcolin" (in Italian). Calcio Cataina. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
12. "Riccardo Maniero dal Catania al Bari: cessione a titolo definitivo" (in Italian). Calcio Catania. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
13. "Ufficiale: Riccardo Maniero è un calciatore del Novara" (Press release) (in Italian). Novara Calcio. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
14. "I #BiancAzzurri salutano l'arrivo di Maniero, Busellato e Chochev" (in Italian). Pescara. 18 July 2019.
15. "L'Us Avellino comunica di aver ingaggiato, con un accordo su base triennale, il calciatore Riccardo Maniero" (in Italian). Avellino. 11 September 2020.

External links

• National Team Archive of FIGC (in Italian)
• Lega Serie B profile (in Italian)
• Football.it profile (in Italian)