Diego Ciccone

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Diego Ciccone

| image =

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|7|21|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Winterthur, Switzerland

| height = 1.73 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = SC Veltheim

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = FC Tössfeld

| youthyears2 =

| youthclubs2 = FC Wil

| years1 = 2006–2010

| clubs1 = St. Gallen

| caps1 = 75

| goals1 = 5

| years2 = 2010–2018

| clubs2 = Vaduz

| caps2 = 213

| goals2 = 10

| years3 = 2018–2019

| clubs3 = Rapperswil-Jona

| caps3 = 15

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2019

| clubs4 = Young Fellows Juventus

| caps4 = 15

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2019–

| clubs5 = SC Veltheim

| caps5 =

| goals5 =

| club-update = 22:51, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

}}

Diego Ciccone (born 21 July 1987) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for SC Veltheim.

Career

During his senior career Ciccone has played in the Swiss football league system representing two clubs, St. Gallen and Vaduz, and also Liechtenstein Football Cup with Vaduz. Ciccone has won the Swiss second tier, Swiss Challenge League, twice (once with St. Gallen in 2009 and once with Vaduz in 2014) and the Liechtenstein Football Cup four times with Vaduz (2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015).

On 2 July 2015, Ciccone scored the final goal in the first leg of 2015–16 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round in a 5–0 win against San Marinese La Fiorita, giving Vaduz an advantage ahead of the second leg in Liechtenstein.{{Cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2017113--la-fiorita-vs-vaduz/|title = La Fiorita-Vaduz 2016 History}}

On 15 August 2019 SC Veltheim announced, that Ciccone had joined the club.[https://scveltheim.ch/news/detailview/article/68157/eyJlIjoiODE4NSIsInR5cGUiOiJzcGVjaWFsIiwidGltZSI6IjIwMTktMDEtMDFfXzIwMTktMTItMzEiLCJpIjoyfQ== Diego Ciccone zum SC Veltheim], scveltheim.ch, 15 August 2019

Personal life

Ciccone is of Italian descent.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur53405.html|title=Fiche de Diego Ciccone (FC Vaduz), l'actu le palmares et les stats de Diego Ciccone|access-date=12 December 2017|archive-date=3 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303044452/http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur53405.html|url-status=dead}}

Career statistics

{{updated|match played 4 February 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/diego-ciccone/11419/ |title=Switzerland - D. Ciccone |publisher=Soccerway |accessdate=5 July 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.fcvaduz.li/1Mannschaft/Statistiken/SpielerstatistikArchiv.aspx |title=FC Vaduz > 1. Mannschaft > Statistiken > Spielerstatistik Archiv |website=www.fcvaduz.li |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031034750/http://www.fcvaduz.li/1Mannschaft/Statistiken/SpielerstatistikArchiv.aspx |archive-date=31 October 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.fcvaduz.li/1Mannschaft/Archiv.aspx |title=FC Vaduz > 1. Mannschaft > Archiv |website=www.fcvaduz.li |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924144016/http://www.fcvaduz.li/1Mannschaft/Archiv.aspx |archive-date=24 September 2012}}

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|Cup{{efn\|Includes Swiss Cup and Liechtenstein Football Cup}} !colspan="2"\|Europe{{efn\|Includes UEFA Europa League and UEFA Intertoto Cup}} !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
rowspan="5"\|St. Gallen \|2006–07 \|Swiss Super League \|14	1	0	0	colspan="2"\|—	14	1
2007–08 \|Swiss Super League \|31	2	4	0	2	0	37	2
2008–09 \|Swiss Challenge League \|23	2	3	0	colspan="2"\|—	3	0
2009–10 \|Swiss Super League \|6	0	1	0	colspan="2"\|—	7	0
colspan="2"\|Total !74	5	8	0	2	0	84	5
rowspan="8"\|Vaduz \|2010–11 \|Swiss Challenge League \|29	4	3	2	2	0	34	6
2011–12 \|Swiss Challenge League \|23	1	3	0	2	0	28	1
2012–13 \|Swiss Challenge League \|30	2	3	0	colspan="2"\|—	33	2
2013–14 \|Swiss Challenge League \|21	2	3	1	1	0	25	3
2014–15 \|Swiss Super League \|26	0	2	1	2	0	30	1
2015–16 \|Swiss Super League \|33	1	2	0	6	2	41	3
2016–17 \|Swiss Super League \|13	0	1	0	4	0	18	0
colspan="2"\|Total !175	10	17	4	17	2	209	16
colspan="3"\|Career total !249	15	25	4	19	2	293	21