Diego Ciccone

Diego Ciccone (born 21 July 1987) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for SC Veltheim.

Diego Ciccone
Personal information
Full name Diego Ciccone
Date of birth (1987-07-21) 21 July 1987
Place of birth Winterthur, Switzerland
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 SC Veltheim
Youth career
FC Tössfeld
FC Wil
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2010 St. Gallen 75 (5)
2010–2018 Vaduz 213 (10)
2018–2019 Rapperswil-Jona 15 (0)
2019 Young Fellows Juventus 15 (0)
2019– SC Veltheim
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:51, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Professional career

During his senior career Ciccone has played in the Swiss football league system representing two clubs, St. Gallen and Vaduz, and also Liechtenstein Football Cup with Vaduz. Ciccone has won the Swiss second tier, Swiss Challenge League, twice (once with St. Gallen in 2009 and once with Vaduz in 2014) and the Liechtenstein Football Cup four times with Vaduz (2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015).

On 2 July 2015, Ciccone scored the final goal in the first leg of 2015–16 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round in a 5–0 win against San Marinese La Fiorita, giving Vaduz an advantage ahead of the second leg in Liechtenstein.[1]

On 15 August 2019 SC Veltheim announced, that Ciccone had joined the club.[2]

Personal life

Ciccone is of Italian descent.[3]

Career statistics
As of match played 4 February 2017[4][5][6][7]
Club Season League Cup[nb 1] Europe[nb 2] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
St. Gallen 2006–07 Super League 14100—141
2007–08 Super League 3124020372
2008–09 Challenge League 23230—30
2009–10 Super League 6010—70
Total 7458020845
Vaduz 2010–11 Challenge League 2943220346
2011–12 Challenge League 2313020281
2012–13 Challenge League 30230—332
2013–14 Challenge League 2123110253
2014–15 Super League 2602120301
2015–16 Super League 3312062413
2016–17 Super League 1301040180
Total 1751017417220916
Career total 2491525419229321
Notes
  1. Including Swiss Cup and Liechtenstein Football Cup
  2. Including UEFA Europa League and UEFA Intertoto Cup

Honours
St. Gallen[5]
Vaduz[5]
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References
  1. http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2016/matches/round=2000654/match=2017113/index.html
  2. Diego Ciccone zum SC Veltheim, scveltheim.ch, 15 August 2019
  3. https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur53405.html
  4. "Football: Diego Ciccone". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  5. "Switzerland - D. Ciccone". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  6. http://www.fcvaduz.li/1Mannschaft/Statistiken/SpielerstatistikArchiv.aspx
  7. http://www.fcvaduz.li/1Mannschaft/Archiv.aspx
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