Michele Piccolo

Michele Piccolo
Personal information
Full nameMichele Piccolo
Date of birth1 September 1985
Place of birthBadia Polesine, Italy
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing positionForward
Club information
Current team
Fiorenzuola
Youth career
Padova
2002–2004A.C. Milan
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2006A.C. Milan1(0)
2004Prato (loan)15(0)
2005–2006→ Pizzighettone (loan)36(8)
2006–2011Pizzighettone123(31)
2011–Fiorenzuola15(8)
National team
2001Italy U151(0)
2004Italy U192(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of End of 2009-10 season.
† Appearances (Goals).

Michele Piccolo (born 1 September 1985) is an Italian footballer who plays for Fiorenzuola (as of 2011-12 season).

Career

AC Milan

Born in Badia Polesine, Veneto, Piccolo started his career at Veneto club Padova, about 50 km to his born place. In September 2002, he joined Milan youth teams. He played his first and only match for A.C. Milan first team on 24 May 2003, the last Serie A match of the season and the match before 2003 UEFA Champions League Final and 2003 Coppa Italia Final. In the match he partnered with Alessandro Matri and neither one scored. The match ended with 2-4 lost to Piacenza as Milan almost rested all the regular starter.[1]

In the next season, he played all the time at Primavera (U20) Team and not played in the first team. In 2004-05 season, he left on loan to Prato of Serie C1 along with Matri but in mid-season joined Pizzighettone at Serie C2.

Pizzighettone

Piccolo joined Pizzighettone in January 2005 and followed the team promoted to Serie C1 in 2005. He played 28 league matches and scored 6 goals in 2005–06 Serie C1 season and the club decided to sign him in co-ownership deal in 2006, for a peppercorn fee of €1,000.[2] In 2006-07 season, Piccolo only played 8 league matches. After the club relegated back to Serie C2 at the end of season, the club sign him permanently from Milan. Piccolo then played 42 league matches in two seasons and followed the club relegated to Serie D (non-professional) in 2009.

Fiorenzuola

Piccolo joined Fiorenzuola of Serie D in 2011-2012 season.

References

  1. "Milan youngsters tested". forzamilan.com. 2003-05-24. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
  2. "AC Milan Group 2006 annual report". AC Milan (in Italian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2011.

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