Riccardo Scimeca
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| Riccardo Scimeca | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Riccardo Scimeca | |
| Date of birth | June 13, 1975 | |
| Place of birth | Leamington Spa, England | |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |
| Playing position | Midfielder, Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Cardiff City | |
| Number | 19 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1993–1999 1999–2003 2003–2004 2004–2006 2006 2006– |
Aston Villa Nottingham Forest Leicester City West Bromwich Albion → Cardiff City (loan) Cardiff City |
73 (2) 153 (7) 29 (1) 35 (0) 1 (0) 61 (6) |
| National team | ||
| 1998 | England B | 1 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Riccardo Scimeca (born 13 June 1975, Leamington Spa) is an English professional footballer who currently plays for Cardiff City.
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[edit] Career
He started his career at Aston Villa, coming through the clubs youth system, as a centre forward and was largely a squad player until his move to Nottingham Forest in 1999. He moved on to Leicester City in 2003,[1] on a free transfer after failing to agree a new deal, then West Bromwich Albion a year later by activating a get out clause in his contract which allowed him to leave Leicester,[2] before his transfer to Cardiff in 2005.[3]
Since his arrival at Ninian Park Scimeca has become an important part of the Cardiff side under manager Dave Jones and has also developed something of a goal scoring touch which he admitted surprised him.[4] At the beginning of the 2007–08 season he was sidelined with a groin injury and started the season on the treatment table. He attempted a comeback in August in a reserve match against Plymouth Argyle but only lasted twelve minutes after suffering a recurrence of the injury.[5] He again came close to a return in December 2007 after having an operation on his groin injury but suffered another setback after he contracted the MRSA virus after the incision failed to fully heal.[6] He made his long awaited return for Cardiff on 19 February 2008 by playing 45 minutes against Newport County in the FAW Premier Cup, his first appearance for the Bluebirds for nearly a year. He went on to make a total of 11 appearances in all competitions during the season, mostly as a substitute in order to return to match fitness.
[edit] Club stats
As of 19 February 2008
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Aston Villa | 1995-96 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 1996-97 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| 1997-98 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
| 1998-99 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 2 | |
| Subtotal | 71 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 88 | 2 | |
| Nottingham Forest | 1999-00 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| 2000-01 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 4 | |
| 2001-02 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | |
| 2002-03 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 4 | |
| Subtotal | 224 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 254 | 10 | |
| Leicester City | 2003-04 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 |
| Subtotal | 253 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 285 | 11 | |
| West Bromwich Albion | 2004-05 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 2005-06 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Subtotal | 288 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 325 | 11 | |
| Cardiff City | 2005-06 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| 2006-07 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 5 | |
| 2007-08 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Total | 350 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 391 | 17 | |
[edit] Honours
- Cardiff
- FA Cup Runner-up: 1
[edit] References
- ^ "Foxes snap up Scimeca", BBC Sport, 2003-06-24. Retrieved on 2007-05-01.
- ^ "Scimeca joins West Brom", BBC Sport, 2004-05-18. Retrieved on 2007-05-01.
- ^ "Scimeca heads to Wales", Sky Sports, 2006-01-13. Retrieved on 2007-05-11.
- ^ "Scimeca amazed by scoring touch" BBC Sport retrieved on 1 October 2007
- ^ "Cardiff suffer double injury blow" BBC Sport retrieved on 1 October 2007
- ^ "My brush with the MRSA bug - Scimeca" South Wales Echo Retrieved on 16 January 2008
[edit] External links
- Riccardo Scimeca player profile at cardiffcityfc.co.uk
- Riccardo Scimeca player profile at wba.co.uk
- Riccardo Scimeca player profile at lcfc.co.uk
- Riccardo Scimeca career stats at Soccerbase
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