Diego Ciccone
Diego Ciccone (born 21 July 1987) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for SC Veltheim.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Diego Ciccone | ||
| Date of birth | 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
| Club | Season | League | Cup[nb 1] | Europe[nb 2] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| St. Gallen | 2006–07 | Super League | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 1 | |
| 2007–08 | Super League | 31 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 2 | |
| 2008–09 | Challenge League | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10 | Super League | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| Total | 74 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 84 | 5 | ||
| Vaduz | 2010–11 | Challenge League | 29 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 6 |
| 2011–12 | Challenge League | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 1 | |
| 2012–13 | Challenge League | 30 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 33 | 2 | ||
| 2013–14 | Challenge League | 21 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 3 | |
| 2014–15 | Super League | 26 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 1 | |
| 2015–16 | Super League | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 41 | 3 | |
| 2016–17 | Super League | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Total | 175 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 209 | 16 | ||
| Career total | 249 | 15 | 25 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 293 | 21 | ||
- Notes
- Including Swiss Cup and Liechtenstein Football Cup
- Including UEFA Europa League and UEFA Intertoto Cup
Honours
- St. Gallen[5]
- Vaduz[5]
- Swiss Challenge League (1): 2013–14
- Liechtenstein Football Cup (6): 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016-17
References
- http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2016/matches/round=2000654/match=2017113/index.html
- Diego Ciccone zum SC Veltheim, scveltheim.ch, 15 August 2019
- https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur53405.html
- "Football: Diego Ciccone". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- "Switzerland - D. Ciccone". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- http://www.fcvaduz.li/1Mannschaft/Statistiken/SpielerstatistikArchiv.aspx
- http://www.fcvaduz.li/1Mannschaft/Archiv.aspx
External links
- Diego Ciccone at Weltfussball
- Diego Ciccone at FootballDatabase.eu
- Diego Ciccone at Soccerbase
- Diego Ciccone at Soccerway
- Flashscore profile