Manuel Nicoletti (born 9 December 1998) is an Italian

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who plays for club

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as a

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Career

Nicoletti is a youth exponent from

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 ...

. He made his Serie B debut on 29 November 2014 against

Modena Modena (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language#Dialects, Modenese, Mòdna ; ett, Mutna; la, Mutina) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern I ...

. He replaced

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after 90 minutes. He signed with Catanzaro on permanent basis on 20 July 2018 after spending the 2017–18 season on loan with the club. On 21 September 2020, he joined

Monopoli Monopoli (; Monopolitano: ) is a town and municipality in Italy, in the Metropolitan City of Bari and region of Apulia. The town is roughly in area and lies on the Adriatic Sea about southeast of Bari. It has a population of 49,246 ...

on a two-year contract. On 3 August 2021, he signed a two-year contract for

Foggia Foggia (, , ; nap, label= Foggiano, Fògge ) is a city and former ''comune'' of Apulia, in Southern Italy, capital of the province of Foggia. In 2013, its population was 153,143. Foggia is the main city of a plain called Tavoliere, also known ...

. On 31 January 2022, Nicoletti signed a contract with

until 30 June 2024. On 31 August 2022, he moved on loan to Reggiana, with an option to buy. On 19 January 2024, Nicoletti was loaned to Casertana. On 28 August 2024, Nicoletti moved to

References

1998 births People from Catanzaro Sportspeople from the Province of Catanzaro Footballers from Calabria Living people Italian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Italy men's youth international footballers FC Crotone players US Catanzaro 1929 players SS Monopoli 1966 players Calcio Foggia 1920 players AC Reggiana 1919 players Casertana FC players AZ Picerno players Serie B players Serie C players {{Italy-footy-defender-1990s-stub