Marco Piccinni (born 19 April 1987) is an Italian former footballer who played as a

midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in t ...

Career

Born in

Bari Bari ( ; ; ; ) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia Regions of Italy, region, on the Adriatic Sea in southern Italy. It is the first most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy. It is a port and ...

, Italy, Piccinni started his career at hometown club A.S. Bari. After made his debut in the last rounds of

2005–06 Serie B The 2005–06 Serie B is the 74th season since its establishment in 1929. It is the second highest football league in Italy. Teams Cremonese, Rimini, Mantova and Avellino had been promoted from Serie C, while Bologna, Brescia and Atalanta h ...

(round 40 of 42 rounds season), he was loaned to Pro Vasto but returned in January 2007 for Bari youth team. He only played for Pro Vasto in

2006–07 Coppa Italia The 2006–07 Coppa Italia was the 60th edition of the national domestic tournament. The final was played, like the two previous editions, between Internazionale and Roma. The first match was played in Rome on 9 May 2007, and the second leg in Mi ...

. He then sold to

Noicattaro Noicattaro (, Barese: ; known as Noja until 1862) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bari and region of Apulia, southern Italy. The Mother Church (''Chiesa Madre'') dates to the 12th–13th centuries and is built in Apulian- Ro ...

in co-ownership deal. In June 2009 he returned to Bari but in July left for

Brindisi Brindisi ( ; ) is a city in the region of Apulia in southern Italy, the capital of the province of Brindisi, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. Historically, the city has played an essential role in trade and culture due to its strategic position ...

. He failed to find a club to borrow him in 2011. He wore no.95 of Bari, which in recent years only players that excluded from the coach plan would wore "large" number in Bari. FIGC only allowed players to wear number from 1 to 99. Along with

Conti Conti is an Italian surname. Geographical distribution As of 2014, 63.5% of all known bearers of the surname ''Conti'' were residents of Italy (frequency 1:756), 11.8% of the United States (1:24,071), 9.2% of Brazil (1:17,439), 6.3% of Argentina ...

(93), Langella (94),

Statella Giuseppe Statella (born 15 March 1988) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Club career On 5 October 2020 he joined Vibonese. On 26 July 2021, he moved to Lavello in Serie D. On 31 January 2022, Statella returned ...

(96),

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(97) and

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(98), they were not part of the plan of Bari's first team. In January 2012, Piccinni left for

Piacenza Piacenza (; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy, and the capital of the province of Piacenza, eponymous province. As of 2022, Piacenza is the ninth largest city in the region by population, with more ...

without a single appearance for Bari in

2011–12 Serie B The 2011–12 Serie B (known as the Serie bwin for sponsorship reasons) was the eightieth season since its establishment in 1929. A total of 22 teams contested the league: 15 of these were returning from the 2010–11 season, four had been pro ...

season. In 2012, he joined

Barletta Barletta (; Salentino: ''Varrétte'' or ''Barlétte'') is a city and ''comune'' in Apulia, in southeastern Italy. Barletta is the '' capoluogo'', together with Andria and Trani, of the Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani. It has a population of a ...

. On 13 August 2013 he joined

Chieti Chieti (, ; , , ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Southern Italy, east of Rome. It is the capital of the province of Chieti, in the Abruzzo, Abruzzo region. In Italian, the adjectival form is ''teatino'' and inhabitants of Chieti ar ...

. In July 2014 Piccinni signed with the

Serie D The Serie D () is the highest level of semi-professional football in Italy, and the fourth tier of the Italian national league system. It sits beneath the third and lowest fully professional league, Serie C, and feeds in to it through promotion ...

side

Fidelis Andria Fidelis Andria 2018 or simply Fidelis Andria is an Italian football club based in Andria, Apulia. The club was founded in 1971 and re-founded in 2005, 2013 and 2018. The team competes in . Fidelis Andria play their home matches at Stadio Degl ...

. After winning the championship, he renewed his contract with

by signing a 1-year deal, with option for a 2nd year, for the 2015-16

Lega Pro The Lega Italiano Calcio Professionistico (Italian for Professional Football Italian League), commonly known as Lega Pro (Pro League), is the governing body that runs the third tier of professional football competitions in Italy, the Serie C. I ...

season. At the end of the season, he signed a new 1-year deal for season 2016-17 with

. On 2 September 2019, he signed a 2-year contract with

Monopoli Monopoli (; ) is a town and comune, 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 (2014), ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Piccinni, Marco 1987 births Living people Footballers from Bari Italian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Serie B players Serie C players Lega Pro Seconda Divisione players Serie D players SSC Bari players Vastese Calcio 1902 players AS Noicattaro Calcio players Brindisi FC players Lucchese 1905 players Piacenza Calcio 1919 players ASD Barletta 1922 players SSD Chieti FC 1922 players Fidelis Andria 2018 players Potenza Calcio players SS Monopoli 1966 players 21st-century Italian sportsmen