Nicola Rigoni

Nicola Rigoni

Personal information
Date of birth	November 12, 1990 (1990-11-12) (age 21)[1]
Place of birth	Schio, Italy
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Vicenza
Number	24
Youth career
	Vicenza
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2007–2010	Vicenza	31	(1)
2010–2011	Palermo	4	(0)
2011	→ Vicenza (loan)	9	(0)
2011–	Vicenza	11	(1)
National team
2007	Italy U-17 [2]	2	(0)
2011	Italy U-20	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:15, 28 January 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Nicola Rigoni (born November 12, 1990 in Schio) is an Italian association football midfielder who is currently signed with Vicenza, on loan from Palermo.

Career

A promising midfielder, and younger brother of Serie A footballer Luca Rigoni, he made his professional debut in the final weeks of the 2006–07 season with Vicenza.^[1] He then spent the 2007–08 season with the Primavera (under-19) squad, and collecting another first team appearance in the season. He was permanently promoted to the first team in the second part of the 2008–09 season, and his performances led Serie A outfit Palermo to sign the player in a bid which involved also the co-ownership of Sicilian youngster and Italian under-20 international Gianvito Misuraca, who joined Vicenza from the rosanero youth system. Rigoni will spend the 2009–10 season on loan to Vicenza in order to give him a chance to play more first team football before to join Palermo.

He finally arrived to Palermo on July 2010, joining the pre-season training camp of the rosanero, and made his debut with the Sicilian team in the return leg of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League playoff round against NK Maribor as a second half substitute for Fabio Liverani. He then appeared as a used substitute also in the first Serie A league game of the season against Cagliari.

On 28 January 2011 he was loaned out to Vicenza for the remainder of the season.^[3]

In June 2011 Vicenza bought back Rigoni and Luca Di Matteo returned to Palermo.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "nicola rigoni vicenza – Serie B" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. http://www.gazzetta.it/speciali/risultati_classifiche/2010/calcio/serieb/giocatori/giocatore_nicola_rigoni_272255996.shtml. Retrieved 2009-10-16. 
2. ^ "Convocazioni e presenze in campo" (in Italian). FIGC.it. http://www.figc.it/nazionali/DettaglioConvocato?codiceConvocato=3187&squadra=11. Retrieved 2009-10-16. 
3. ^ "Nicola Rigoni ritorna in biancorosso" (in Italian). Vicenza Calcio. 28 January 2011. http://www.vicenzacalcio.com/nicola-rigoni-ritorna-biancorosso. Retrieved 28 January 2011. 

Persondata
Name	Rigoni, Nicola
Alternative names	Rigoni, Nicola
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	1990-11-12
Place of birth	Schio, Italy
Date of death
Place of death