Michele Piccolo

Michele Piccolo

Personal information
Full name	Michele Piccolo
Date of birth	1 September 1985 (1985-09-01) (age 26)
Place of birth	Badia Polesine, Italy
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Pizzighettone
Youth career
	Padova
2002–2004	A.C. Milan
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2003–2006	A.C. Milan	1	(0)
2004	→ Prato (loan)	15	(0)
2005–2006	→ Pizzighettone (loan)	36	(8)
2006–	Pizzighettone	80	(19)
National team
2001	Italy U15	1	(0)
2004	Italy U19	2	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of End of 2009-10 season. † Appearances (Goals).

Michele Piccolo (born 1 September 1985) is an Italian footballer who plays for Pizzighettone (as of 2010-11 season).

Career

AC Milan

Born in Badia Polesine, Veneto, Piccolo started his career at Veneto club Padova, about 50 km to his born place. In September 2002, he joined Milan youth teams. He played his first and only match for A.C. Milan first team on 24 May 2003, the last Serie A match of the season and the match before 2003 UEFA Champions League Final and 2003 Coppa Italia Final. In the match he partnered with Alessandro Matri and neither one scored. The match ended with 2-4 lost to Piacenza as Milan almost rested all the regular starter.^[1]

In the next season, he played all the time at Primavera (U20) Team and not played in the first team. In 2004-05 season, he left on loan to Prato of Serie C1 along with Matri but in mid-season joined Pizzighettone at Serie C2.

Pizzighettone

Piccolo joined Pizzighettone in January 2005 and followed the team promoted to Serie C1 in 2005. He played 28 league matches and scored 6 goals in 2005–06 Serie C1 season and the club decided to sign him in co-ownership deal in 2006. In 2006-07 season, Piccolo only played 8 league matches. After the club relegated back to Serie C2 at the end of season, the club sign him permanently from Milan. Piccolo then played 42 league matches in two seasons and followed the club relegated to Serie D (non-professional/regional league) in 2009.

References

1. ^ "Milan youngsters tested". forzamilan.com. 2003-05-24. http://www.forzamilan.com/may2003.htm. Retrieved 2010-01-24. ^{[dead link]}

External links

• Profile at FIGC (Italian)
• Profile at Pizzighettone (Italian)
• Profile at tuttocalciatori.net (Italian)
• LaSerieD.com (Italian)

Persondata
Name	Piccolo, Michele
Alternative names	Piccolo, Michele
Short description	Italian footballer
Date of birth	1985-9-1
Place of birth	Badia Polesine, Italy
Date of death
Place of death