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 (age 37)
Place of birth Winterthur, Switzerland
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team 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
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:51, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Professional career

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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

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Ciccone is of Italian descent.[3]

Career statistics

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As of match played 4 February 2017[4][5][6][7]
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

Honours

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St. Gallen[5]
Vaduz[5]

References

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  1. ^ "La Fiorita-Vaduz 2016 History | UEFA Europa League".
  2. ^ Diego Ciccone zum SC Veltheim, scveltheim.ch, 15 August 2019
  3. ^ "Fiche de Diego Ciccone (FC Vaduz), l'actu le palmares et les stats de Diego Ciccone". Archived from the original on 3 March 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Football: Diego Ciccone". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  5. ^ a b c "Switzerland - D. Ciccone". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  6. ^ "FC Vaduz > 1. Mannschaft > Statistiken > Spielerstatistik Archiv". www.fcvaduz.li. Archived from the original on 31 October 2012.
  7. ^ "FC Vaduz > 1. Mannschaft > Archiv". www.fcvaduz.li. Archived from the original on 24 September 2012.
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