Carlo Manicone (born 26 January 1998) is a Swiss professional
footballer who plays as a
forward
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for Italian
Serie D club
Varesina.
Professional career
Manicone began his footballing career Switzerland with Team Ticino, before joining the youth academies of
Juventus
Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football leagu ...
and
Empoli
Empoli () is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy, about southwest of Florence, to the south of the Arno in a plain formed by the river. The plain has been usable for agriculture since Roman times. The comm ...
in Italy. After being the player of the tournament for Empoli in the
Torneo di Viareggio, on 27 July 2017 Manicone signed a four-year contract with
Lugano.
Manicone made his professional debut for Lugano in a 1–0
Swiss Super League
The Swiss Super League (known as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsorship reasons) is a Swiss professional league in the top tier of the Swiss football league system and has been played in its current format since the 2003–04 season ...
to
St. Gallen on 16 August 2017. He injured the
anterior cruciate ligament of his knee in the last matchday of the 2017–18 season, and was successfully operated requiring a recovery period of 6 months.
On 23 January 2019, Manicone was loaned out to
Chiasso for the rest of the season.
On 2 September 2019, he joined Italian club
Bisceglie on loan. On 22 January 2020, he moved on another
Serie C loan to
Pianese. On 6 October 2020, he was loaned to
Serie C club
Grosseto. On 7 January 2021, he returned to
Chiasso on another loan. In July 2022, he made a permanent move to Chiasso.
In February 2023, Manicone moved to
SC Kriens. In July 2023, Manicone joined Italian
Serie D club
Varesina.
Personal life
Manicone is the son of
Antonio Manicone
Antonio Manicone (; born 27 October 1966) is an Italian professional football manager and a former player, who functioned as a midfielder, both as a defensive midfielder, and as a deep-lying playmaker.
Career
Despite playing for several It ...
, who was also a professional footballer and former international of the
Italy national football team.
References
External links
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SFL Profile*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Manicone, Carlo
1998 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Lugano
Footballers from Ticino
Swiss men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Swiss people of Italian descent
Juventus FC players
Empoli FC players
FC Lugano players
FC Chiasso players
AS Bisceglie Calcio 1913 players
US Grosseto 1912 players
SC Kriens players
Swiss Super League players
Serie C players
Serie D players