Gianmarco Piccioni (born 18 July 1991) is an Italian professional

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who plays as a

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for Acireale.

Club career

Sambenedettese

Born in San Benedetto del Tronto,

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, Piccioni started his career at hometown club Sambenedettese. Since 2007–08 season he played for its under-20 team. In

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he also played 4 games for the first team.

Vicenza

In January 2009 he was sold to '' Serie B'' team Vicenza for €100,000 along with

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(€100,000),

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(€150,000) and German Pomiro (€100,000). Sambenedettese also signed

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(€150,000) and Marco Zentil (€150,000) in exchange. The two clubs also retained 50% registration rights of the 6 players. Piccioni signed a -year contract. In June 2009 the co-ownership deal was renewed except Evangelisti (to Vicenza) and Zentil (to Sambenedettese). However Sambenedettese soon bankrupted. Piccioni played 18 games in under-20 league in 2009–10 season.

L'Aquila

In August 2010 he was sold to

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of ''

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'' (Italian fourth division). Piccioni only played a handful game for the first team but was selected by ''Lega Pro'' under-20 representative team once, for a training camp. In January 2011 he was selected by ''Seconda Divisione'' Group C U-21 representative team for 2011

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, eventually Group C was the winner. On 31 August 2011 Piccioni returned to ''LP Prima Divisione'' (Italian third division) for

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. On the same day L'Aquila signed

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in exchange.

Rimini

On 8 January 2019, he signed with Rimini.

Arzignano

On 7 September 2019, he joined

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Lanciano Profile

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