Vincenzo Sicignano (born 8 July 1974 in Pompei,

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) is an Italian former football

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turned coach. He is currently working as goalkeeping coach for Empoli.

Playing career

Unlike other footballers from

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which start their career at

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, he started his career at the Sicilian club Palermo. He left Palermo to join

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in summer 2003. He made his debut for Parma replacing

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at half-time against

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on 6 November 2003. He made his Serie A debut in the 0–0 draw against

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three days later. He also started the return leg against Salzburg, which Parma won 5–0 at home. After his only Serie A appearance, and two more in the

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, Sicignano joined Lecce on loan on 16 January 2004, which became a permanent deal. After Lecce were relegated from Serie A, Sicignano joined ChievoVerona in the summer of 2006. He played 2 out of 2 qualifying matches in the

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, and 1 out of 2 in the 2006–07 UEFA Cup, but later in the season he lost his place in the starting lineup to

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. He played the 2007-08 season with

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, being transferred from Chievo in a loan (exchange with Massimo Zappino) deal. In summer 2008, he was signed outright, but he just played 20 games, being challenged by Pierluigi Frattali for first choice. He became more of a regular in 2009, when he was featured in 33 league games (out of 42). In 2010, he played only 22 games. He left Frosinone in 2011, after the club suffered relegation from

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, to join

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in the

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league.

Post-playing and coaching career

After retiring in 2012, Sicignano accepted to return at his former club Palermo as goalkeeping coach of the Under-19 ''Primavera'' youth team. He was successively promoted to first team goalkeeping coach in June 2015.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sicignano, Vincenzo 1974 births Living people People from Pompei Italian men's footballers Palermo FC players Parma Calcio 1913 players US Lecce players AC ChievoVerona players Frosinone Calcio players Men's association football goalkeepers Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Footballers from Campania