Nicholas Caglioni (born 14 January 1983) is an Italian
football
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goalkeeper
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.
Career
Formerly a Serie A player for
Messina
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with a total 11 appearances in the Italian top flight, Caglioni was banned from football for two years after he was found positive to
cocaine
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after a
Serie A
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match against
Catania
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on February 11, 2007.
His ban was expired on March 15, 2009; after the expiring, he joined
Pro Patria of
Lega Pro Prima Divisione
Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football league in Italy. It consisted of 33 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 16 and 17 teams for group A and B respectively. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1.
Before the 1978â ...
.
In January 2011 he joined
Salernitana
Unione Sportiva Salernitana 1919, commonly referred to as Salernitana, is
an Italian football club based in Salerno, Campania. The original club was founded in 1919 and has been reconstituted three times in the course of its history, most recentl ...
on a free transfer, serving as first-choice keeper in the club's rise into the promotion playoffs, then lost to
Verona
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. In July 2011 he joined
Serie B
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club
Modena
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, after his contract with Salernitana expired.
References
External links
Career profile at AIC.Football.it
1983 births
Living people
Footballers from the Province of Bergamo
Italian men's footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
Atalanta BC players
ACR Messina players
Aurora Pro Patria 1919 players
US Salernitana 1919 players
Modena FC 2018 players
FC Crotone players
US Lecce players
Feralpisalò players
Serie A players
Serie B players
Serie C players
Serie D players
Doping cases in association football
ASD Fanfulla players
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