Martín Leonel Cicotello (born 14 May 1981) is an Argentine

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and former player who played as a

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Playing career

Born in Santa Fe, Cicotello was a youth graduate of hometown side

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. Due to his Italian passport, he moved to the country in 2002, and started playing for

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side Sporting Genzano. Aside from a one-year spell at

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side

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, Cicotello only played for Eccellenza sides during his career. He represented ,

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, Spal Lanciano,

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, Fermana, Mosciano,

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and Correggese.

Coaching career

After retiring, Cicotello returned to his native country and joined

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in 2013, as a youth coach. He left the club in the following year to work as an assistant manager at

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, and later moved to South Korea to coach Sancheong HS. Back to Argentina in 2015, Cicotello was an assistant at

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, before joining

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's youth sides in the following year. In September 2016, he was named as an assistant of

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, while being in charge of the reserve team. Cicotello left All Boys in May 2017, and joined Christián Lovrincevich's staff at Peruvian side

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, as his assistant. In November, however, he returned to his native country to become a youth coordinator at his first club Unión. Cicotello left Unión on 28 May 2018, and subsequently became one of

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's assistants at

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. He continued to work with Kudelka at

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and

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, also acting as an interim manager of the latter in April 2021 after Kudelka tested positive for

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. On 24 November 2022, Cicotello was appointed manager of the reserve side of

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. The following 2 January, however, he became the manager of

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along with Carlos Ruiz, after his former duo

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resigned. Cicotello and Ruiz resigned from Arsenal on 8 May 2023, and he moved to Chile nine days later, after being named in charge of

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. Despite qualifying the club to the

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, he left on 9 December. On 29 February 2024, Cicotello returned to his home country after being appointed manager of

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in the top tier. He resigned from the club on 25 August. On 23 December 2024, Cicotello was announced as manager of Uruguayan club

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for the upcoming season. The following 5 July, he was sacked.

References

External links

Calcio Marche profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cicotello, Martin 1981 births Living people Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent Footballers from Santa Fe, Argentina Argentine men's footballers Serie D players Eccellenza players USD Città di Fasano players L'Aquila 1927 players Fermana FC players Men's association football forwards Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Argentine football managers Arsenal de Sarandí managers Unión La Calera managers Independiente Rivadavia managers Montevideo City Torque managers Argentine Primera División managers Chilean Primera División managers Uruguayan Primera División managers Argentine expatriate football managers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Peru Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Uruguay Expatriate football managers in South Korea Expatriate football managers in Peru Expatriate football managers in Chile Expatriate football managers in Uruguay 21st-century Argentine sportsmen