Felice Piccolo (born 27 August 1983) is an Italian former

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who played as a defender.

Career

Juventus & various loans

Piccolo started his football career with the Juventus youth team, although he did not make any appearances for the side and was loaned out to

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Tuscan side Lucchese in order to gain some first team experience. Piccolo scored once for the club and took part in 24 games. The 2003–04 season saw the player farmed out once more, this time to

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side

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(in co-ownership deal), being a regular in their first team and playing 35 times. As part of a co-ownership deal, Piccolo moved to

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the next year, for €1.25M. He then spent a brief spell on loan at

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during 2005–06. Piccolo then returned to Juventus after the co-ownership deal with Reggina was resolved in Juve's favour for undisclosed fees. He was offered a 2-year deal which last until June 2008. In the 2006–07 Serie B campaign for the ''bianconeri'', Piccolo played a total of seven matches.

Empoli and Chievo

In July 2007, half of Piccolo's registration rights was sold to

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for €125K. Teammate

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also joined the club. In summer 2008, Empoli gained full ownership for €300K. After played once for Empoli at the start of season, he moved to

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on loan, in exchange with Angelo Antonazzo.

CFR Cluj loan

On 12 February 2010

loaned the defender out, until the end of season to

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. On 22 June, it was announced that Piccolo was signed by

outright.

Spezia and Alessandria

On 1 September 2014, the last market day of the summer session, back in Italy by agreeing with the

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. Since the summer of 2016 was acquired by the

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Honours

Player

Honored as Juventus player ; Juventus *

: 2006–07 ; CFR Cluj * Romanian Championship League: 2009–10, 2011–12 *

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: 2009–10 *

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References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Piccolo, Felice 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from the Province of Naples Italian footballers Italy under-21 international footballers Italy youth international footballers Association football defenders Juventus F.C. players S.S.D. Lucchese 1905 players Como 1907 players Reggina 1914 players S.S. Lazio players Empoli F.C. players CFR Cluj players Spezia Calcio players U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912 players Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Liga I players Italian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Romania Footballers from Campania