Cosimo Chiricò (born 5 October 1991) is an Italian professional

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who plays as a winger or

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for club

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Club career

Lecce

After having loan spells away, he became a member of Lecce's first team squad for the

2012–13 Lega Pro Prima Divisione The 2012–13 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season was the thirty-fifth football league season of Italian Lega Pro Prima Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the fifth since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro. It was divided into two phas ...

season. He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–0 win over

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on 16 September and his second goal a week later in a 3–1 win against

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Parma

In summer 2013 Chiricò was signed by Serie A club

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. On 29 July 2013 he was signed by Serie B club

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on a temporary deal, joining

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and

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also from Parma. On 20 June 2014 Chiricò and Cristian Dell'Orco were signed by

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Prato

In October 2015 Cosimo signed for

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Foggia

In January 2016 Cosimo signed for

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. He signed a new 3-year contract on 10 July 2017. However, on 31 January 2018 he was released by Foggia in a mutual consent.

Cesena

On 5 February 2018, he signed a contract with

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, until the end of season. He was assigned number 9 shirt, which was owned by Ettore Gliozzi.

Lecce

On 9 July 2018 he was signed by his former club

Lecce Lecce ( ); el, label=Griko, Luppìu, script=Latn; la, Lupiae; grc, Λουπίαι, translit=Loupíai), group=pron is a historic city of 95,766 inhabitants (2015) in southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Lecce, the province ...

, but made just one appearance in the

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Serie C

On 4 January 2019 he was signed by

Monza Monza (, ; lmo, label=Lombard language, Lombard, Monça, locally ; lat, Modoetia) is a city and ''comune'' on the River Lambro, a tributary of the Po River, Po in the Lombardy region of Italy, about north-northeast of Milan. It is the capit ...

on a permanent basis.

Return to Ascoli

On 23 September 2020 he returned to

on a permanent basis.

Back to Serie C

On 1 February 2021, he joined

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side

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on loan. On 7 July 2021, he transferred to

on a permanent basis. On 29 June 2022, Chiricò signed a three-year contract with

Crotone Crotone (, ; nap, label= Crotonese, Cutrone or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Calabria, Italy. Founded as the Achaean colony of Kroton ( grc, Κρότων or ; la, Crotona) in Magna Graecia, it was known as Cotrone from the Middle Ages until ...

. On 14 July 2023, Chiricò joined

Honours

Monza *

Group A: 2019–20

References

External links

Lega Serie B profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chirico, Cosimo 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Brindisi Footballers from the Province of Brindisi Italian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Men's association football wingers Men's association football midfielders Serie B players Serie C players Serie D players US Lecce players Brindisi FC players Vigor Lamezia players SS Virtus Lanciano 1924 players Parma Calcio 1913 players Latina Calcio 1932 players Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC players AC Prato players Calcio Foggia 1920 players AC Cesena players AC Monza players Calcio Padova players FC Crotone players Catania FC players