Rosario Licata

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Rosario Licata
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-01-16) 16 January 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth Sciacca, Italy
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Unitas Sciacca
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2007 Campobello di Mazara [1] 15 (?)
2007–2013 Udinese 0 (0)
2009–2010SPAL (loan) 10 (0)
2010–2011Como (loan) 15 (1)
2011–2012Viareggio (loan) 17 (0)
2012–2013Portogruaro (loan) 7 (0)
2013–2014 Foggia 10 (1)
2014 Sorrento 2 (0)
2014–2015 Ribera 18 (3)
2015–2016 Folgore Selinunte 14 (3)
2016 Marsala 11 (1)
2016–2018 Mazara 43 (5)
2018–2019 Cavese 13 (0)
2019–2021 Akragas 31 (2)
2021– Unitas Sciacca 0 (0)
International career
2022– Sicily 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 January 2019

Rosario Licata (born 16 January 1989) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Italian Eccellenza Sicily club Unitas Sciacca.

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Career

Born in Sciacca, Sicily, Licata was a player for Campobello di Mazara in 2006–07 Serie D. From 2007 to 2009, he was a player for the reserve team of Udinese Calcio.

Licata left for SPAL in July 2009. [2] In July 2010, he joined Como along with Francesco Bossa. [3] Licata was the starting defender for Como in first half of the season, which he made 9 starts. He only played 4 times in the second half of the season due to injury.[ citation needed ] In summer 2011, he was signed by Viareggio. Licata was a player for Portogruaro in 2012–13 Lega Pro Prima Divisione. Licata returned to Udine again on 1 July 2013. He was the member of Udinese B team in 2013 pre-season, which against Udinese A on 28 July [4] and Clodiense on 4 August. [5] On 5 August, he was on trial at Lega Pro 2nd Division newcomer Foggia. [6] On 31 January 2014, he was signed by fellow fourth division club Sorrento. [7] [8] [9] Both clubs had to finish 8th or above in order to avoid relegation to Serie D, as at the end of season the prime division and the second division of Lega Pro would be merged, thus Serie D would be the fourth division of the whole system again, be remain amateur (de facto semi-pro).

From 2014 to 2018, he played for several Serie D and Eccellenza (fourth- and fifth-tear) teams. [10]

On 12 August 2018, he signed with Serie C club Cavese. [11]

On 21 August 2019, he joined fifth-tier Eccellenza side Akragas. [12]

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