Rigino Cicilia (born 23 September 1994) is a

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Heracles Almelo Heracles Almelo is a Dutch professional football club based in Almelo, founded in 1903. The club has won the Dutch national title twice, in 1927 and 1941. Heracles won the Eerste Divisie title during the 2004–05 season, gaining promotion to th ...

. He won two caps for the Curaçao under-20 team in 2013. A former youth team player at KVC Oranje, FC Kerkrade-West, and

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, he turned professional at

Roda JC Kerkrade Sportvereniging Roda Juliana Combinatie Kerkrade (; Ripuarian: ), also known as Roda JC Kerkrade () or commonly Roda JC or Roda, is a Dutch professional football club based in Kerkrade, Netherlands. Roda JC Kerkrade plays in the Eerste Divisie. ...

, and made his first team debut in August 2014. He spent the 2015–16 season on loan at

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. He joined English club

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in June 2016, remaining there for one season before he joined Lithuanian side

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in October 2017. He helped Sūduva to win the

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title in 2017 and 2018, and to win the 2018

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. He returned to the Netherlands to sign with

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in February 2019 and moved to the Czech Republic to join Slovácko in July 2020. He won the

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with Slovácko in 2022 and then returned to the Netherlands to sign with Heracles Almelo.

Club career

Roda JC Kerkrade

Cicilia spent his youth with KVC Oranje, FC Kerkrade-West, and

(

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), before joining the youth academy at

. He was one of a club record eight youth team players offered a professional contract at Roda JC in June 2013. He made his debut in the

(second tier) on 25 August 2014, coming on for Danny Schreurs 78 minutes into a 3–0 defeat to

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at the

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. He scored his first goal for the club on 23 September, in a 2–1

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victory over

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at the

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. Four days later he scored his first league goal, in a 2–1 win over

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at the Stadion De Braak. He ended the 2014–15 season with two goals in 23 appearances, though was not used in the play-offs as Roda JC beat

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to regain a place in the

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(first tier), and signed a new one-year contract in March 2015. He made two appearances in the Eredivisie as a substitute in August 2015, before joining Eerste Divisie club

on loan for the rest of the 2015–16 season. He made a total of 24 appearances for the club, scoring seven goals, including a hat-trick in a 5–3 home defeat to

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on 4 December, as RKC Waalwijk finished second-from-bottom in 18th place. He was released by Roda JC in May 2016. He had a trial at

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side

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in June 2016.

Port Vale

In June 2016, Cicilia signed a two-year contract with

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club

. He started just two of the opening ten games of the 2016–17 season and found himself competing with

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behind Anton Forrester in the first team pecking order; Cicilia said that additional conditioning work helped him to adjust to the physicality of the English game. He scored his first goal for the club on 22 October, and then won a penalty, as the "Valiants" came from behind to draw 2–2 with

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. His size and unconventional playing style quickly made him a 'cult hero' for Vale fans, who nicknamed him 'Reggie'. However

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rarely played Cicilia form the start of matches, believing him to be more of an impact substitute. He was sidelined with a calf strain injury in February. He returned to action after a four-week absence, but failed to add to his goal tally, and was sent off for two bookable offence on the final home game of the season – a 2–0 defeat to

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on 22 April; caretaker-manager Michael Brown said that the sending off was harsh. He left Port Vale following the club's relegation in May 2017 after he and Brown came to a mutual agreement to end his contract.

FK Sūduva

In October 2017, Cicilia signed with Lithuanian

club

. He played three games for the "Suvalkiečiai" in

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as they won the league for the first time in their history. He played and scored in the 2018

as Sūduva recorded a 5–0 victory over

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. On 11 July, he scored his first career hat-trick as Sūduva beat Cypriot champions

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3–1 at the

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in the first leg of the first round of

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for the

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; he completed his hat-trick within 19 minutes of the kick-off. He was named in A Lyga's Team of the Month for June and July, though this was reported as being primarily due to it being a poor month for attackers in the division. Sūduva went on to retain their league title in

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FC Eindhoven

On 19 February 2019, Cicilia signed with Eerste Divisie side

on a contract to run until summer 2020. Head coach

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stated that "He is a big boy, physically strong, good at the ball and someone who can score a goal". He had to wait 12 games before scoring his first goal of the 2019–20 season, at which point he scored four goals in two games against

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II and

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. He ended the campaign with 11 goals in 31 games for the "Blauw-witten", before his contract was terminated on 1 April due to the

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Slovácko

On 1 July 2020, Cicilia joined

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club

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on a two-year contract; head coach

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signed him to replace departing striker

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. He scored three goals in 20 appearances throughout the

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season, helping Slovácko to qualify for the new

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with a fourth-place league finish. He scored six goals from 23 league appearances in the 2021–22 season, and also scored two goals in four games in the club's

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Slovácko won the competition for the first time by beating

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3–1 in the final, and Cicilia said that: "the season was hard, a little up and down for me. I'm proud of the boys for how they did it". Cicilia left Slovácko without saying goodbye two weeks before end of his contract.

Heracles Almelo

On 11 August 2022, Cicilia joined Eerste Divisie club

on a two-year contract.

International career

Cicilia was named in the Curaçao U20

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for the

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, and played both games at the

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; a 3–0 defeat to

and a 2–1 defeat to

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Style of play

Cicilia is a

, but despite his size is a goal poacher rather than a target man.

Career statistics

Honours

Individual *

Team of the Month: June/July 2018 FK Sūduva *

: 2018 Slovácko *

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cicilia, Rigino 1994 births Living people People from Willemstad Curaçao footballers Curaçao under-20 international footballers Association football forwards Curaçao expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in Germany Roda JC Kerkrade players RKC Waalwijk players Expatriate footballers in England Port Vale F.C. players Expatriate footballers in Lithuania FK Sūduva Marijampolė players FC Eindhoven players Expatriate footballers in the Czech Republic 1. FC Slovácko players Heracles Almelo players Eerste Divisie players Eredivisie players English Football League players A Lyga players Czech First League players