Fabio Lucioni

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Fabio Lucioni

|image =Fabio Lucioni.jpg

| fullname = Fabio Lucioni{{cite web |url=http://www.legaseriea.it/uploads/default/attachments/comunicati/comunicati_m/1193/files/allegati/1198/cu24.pdf |title=Comunicato Ufficiale N. 24 |trans-title=Official Press Release No. 24 |publisher=Lega Serie A |page=2 |date=15 August 2011 |accessdate=8 December 2020 |language=Italian |archive-date=8 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208164850/http://www.legaseriea.it/uploads/default/attachments/comunicati/comunicati_m/1193/files/allegati/1198/cu24.pdf |url-status=dead }}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|9|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = Terni, Italy

| height = 1.86 m

| position = Defender

| currentclub = Frosinone

| clubnumber = 15

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Ternana

| years1 = 2006–2008 | caps1 = 13 | goals1 = 0 | clubs1 = Ternana

| years2 = 2008 | caps2 = 7 | goals2 = 1 | clubs2 = → Monopoli (loan)

| years3 = 2008–2009 | caps3 = 29 | goals3 = 6 | clubs3 = Noicattaro

| years4 = 2009–2010 | caps4 = 0 | goals4 = 6 | clubs4 = Ternana

| years5 = 2010 | caps5 = 15 | goals5 = 0 | clubs5 = Gela

| years6 = 2010–2012 | caps6 = 0 | goals6 = 0 | clubs6 = Siena

| years7 = 2010–2011 | caps7 = 32 | goals7 = 3 | clubs7 = → Barletta (loan)

| years8 = 2011–2012 | caps8 = 31 | goals8 = 2 | clubs8 = → Spezia (loan)

| years9 = 2012–2014 | caps9 = 48 | goals9 = 2 | clubs9 = Reggina

| years10 = 2014–2018 | caps10= 117 | goals10= 5 | clubs10= Benevento

| years11 = 2018–2023 | caps11= 135 | goals11= 6 | clubs11= Lecce

| years12 = 2023–2024 | caps12= 23 | goals12= 2 | clubs12 = Palermo

| years13 = 2025– | caps13= 8 | goals13= 0 | clubs13 = Frosinone

| totalcaps =

| totalgoals =

| club-update = 17 May 2025

}}

Fabio Lucioni (born 25 September 1987) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for {{Italian football updater|Frosinone}} Frosinone.

Career

=Ternana, loans and Gela=

Born in Terni, Umbria, Lucioni started his career at hometown club Ternana. In January 2008, he was loaned to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione (Serie C2) clubs, namely Monopoli and Noicattaro. After 6 months at Ternana without a league appearance, he left for Gela along with Salvatore Ricca in January 2010.{{cite news|url=http://www.gelacalcio.it/dettaglio.asp?id=2622|title=Tesserati Lucioni e Ricca dalla Ternana|date=12 January 2010|accessdate=25 December 2010|publisher=Gela Calcio|language=Italian|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100224043731/http://www.gelacalcio.it/dettaglio.asp?id=2622|archivedate=24 February 2010}}{{cite news|url=http://www.ternanacalcio.com/index.php?module=loadArticolo&idArticolo=1876|title=RICCA E LUCIONI AL GELA|date=12 January 2010|accessdate=6 June 2012|publisher=Ternana Calcio|language=Italian|quote=La Ternana calcio comunica di aver ceduto i difensori Salvatore Ricca e Fabio Lucioni al Gela. Il primo è stato trasferito con la formula del prestito, mentre il secondo a titolo definitivo. }} Gela signed Lucioni outright and Ricca on a temporary deal. Lucioni made 15 appearances for Gela.

=Siena, Barletta and loans=

In July 2010, he was signed by Serie B team Siena for €25,000AC Siena SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2011 {{in lang|it}} and farmed to third division club Barletta in a co-ownership deal, for a peppercorn fee of €500.{{cite news|url=http://www.acsiena.it/2010/07/23/lac-siena-ingaggia-iacobucci-e-lucioni-girato-al-barletta/ |title=L'AC Siena ingaggia Iacobucci e Lucioni, girato al Barletta |date=23 July 2010 |access-date=6 June 2012 |publisher=AC Siena |language=Italian |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608010025/http://www.acsiena.it/2010/07/23/lac-siena-ingaggia-iacobucci-e-lucioni-girato-al-barletta/ |archive-date=8 June 2012 }}{{cite news|url=http://www.ssbarletta.com/dettaglinotizie_frame.asp?idnews=23 |title=Acquistato il difensore Fabio Lucioni |date=23 July 2010 |access-date=25 December 2010 |publisher=SS Barletta Calcio |language=Italian |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501102356/http://www.ssbarletta.com/dettaglinotizie_frame.asp?idnews=23 |archive-date=1 May 2012 }} On 23 June 2011, Siena bought back Lucioni also for €500.{{cite news|url=http://www.ssbarletta.com/dettaglinotizie_frame.asp?idnews=751|title=Risoluzione delle comproprietà|date=23 June 2011|accessdate=6 June 2012|publisher=SS Barletta Calcio|language=Italian|archive-date=7 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407152311/http://www.ssbarletta.com/dettaglinotizie_frame.asp?idnews=751|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=http://www.acsiena.it/2011/06/24/lesito-delle-comproprieta/|title=L'esito delle comproprietà|date=24 June 2011|access-date=6 June 2012|publisher=AC Siena|language=Italian|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120720095347/http://www.acsiena.it/2011/06/24/lesito-delle-comproprieta/|archive-date=20 July 2012|url-status=dead}} However, as Siena was promoted back to Serie A, Lucioni failed to enter first team.

On 22 July 2011, Lucioni joined another third division club Spezia Calcio on a temporary deal.{{cite news|url=http://www.acspezia.com/notizie/Mercato-dal-Siena-arriva-in-prestito-il-difensore-Fabio-Lucioni.3859.html|title=Mercato: dal Siena arriva in prestito il difensore Fabio Lucioni|date=22 July 2011|accessdate=6 June 2012|publisher=Spezia Calcio|language=Italian}}{{cite news|url=http://www.acsiena.it/2011/07/25/lucioni-in-prestito-allo-spezia/ |title=Lucioni in prestito allo Spezia |date=25 July 2011 |access-date=6 June 2012 |publisher=AC Siena |language=Italian |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512215517/http://www.acsiena.it/2011/07/25/lucioni-in-prestito-allo-spezia/ |archive-date=12 May 2014 }} He won the Supercoppa di Lega di Prima Divisione against his former club Ternana as well as promotion to Serie B.

On 5 July 2012, he was named in the 28-man pre-season squad for Siena.{{cite news|url=http://www.acsiena.it/2012/07/05/26-convocati-per-il-raduno/|title=28 convocati per il raduno|date=5 July 2012|access-date=21 July 2012|publisher=AC Siena|language=Italian|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218075747/http://www.acsiena.it/2012/07/05/26-convocati-per-il-raduno/|archive-date=18 February 2013|url-status=dead}} However, on 20 July he left the Serie A club altogether.

=Reggina=

On 20 July 2012, Reggina Calcio signed Lucioni to a new co-ownership deal,{{cite news|url=http://www.acsiena.it/2012/07/20/la-robur-acquista-paciceduti-pesoli-del-prete-lucioni-genevier/|title=La Robur acquista Paci. Ceduti Pesoli, Del Prete, Lucioni, Genevier|date=20 July 2012|access-date=21 July 2012|publisher=AC Siena|language=Italian|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721024126/http://www.acsiena.it/2012/07/20/la-robur-acquista-paciceduti-pesoli-del-prete-lucioni-genevier/|archive-date=21 July 2012|url-status=dead}} for a peppercorn of €250.AC Siena SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2012 {{in lang|it}} He wore the no. 6 shirt, which was vacated by Antonio Giosa.{{cite news|url=http://www.legaserieb.it/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=b617a0e2-bc50-4dcc-bb1f-67f09912e4ff&groupId=115051|title=Comunicati Stampa N°17 (2012–13)|date=24 August 2012|accessdate=29 March 2014|publisher=Lega Serie B|language=Italian}}{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He played 11 times in his second Serie B season. In June 2013, Siena gave up their chance to buy back the other 50% of Lucioni's registration rights from Reggina.{{cite news|url=http://www.acsiena.it/2013/06/21/lesito-dellapertura-delle-buste/ |title=Comproprietà: l'esito delle buste |date=21 June 2013 |access-date=31 March 2014 |publisher=AC Siena |language=Italian |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703062236/http://www.acsiena.it/2013/06/21/lesito-dellapertura-delle-buste |archive-date=3 July 2013 }}

The next season he swapped his previous no. 6 for the number 5 jersey, which had been vacated by Gianluca Freddi.{{cite news|url=http://www.legaserieb.it/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=c1df0203-b521-4a9b-8709-90094f812249&groupId=115051|title=Comunicati Stampa N°17 (2013–14)|date=23 August 2013|accessdate=29 March 2014|publisher=Lega Serie B|language=Italian}}

=Benevento=

Lucioni joined Benevento in 2014. After collecting 36 appearances in the 2014–15 Serie C season, he became the team captain in 2015–16, when he gained promotion to Serie B for the first time in the club's history. He captained his team to another historic promotion, this time to Serie A, in 2016–17, netting 3 goals in the process.

He was alleged to have failed a doping test in September 2017, shortly after Benevento's 1–0 Serie A defeat to Torino; with the defender having tested positive for a banned substance. An Anabolic steroid, known as Clostebol was detected in the sample Lucioni provided. Following this, in January 2018 the Benevento captain was suspended by NADO (Italy's National Anti-Doping Organization).{{Cite news|url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/benevento-captain-lucioni-fails-doping-test|title=Benevento captain Lucioni fails doping test|date=2017-09-22|work=FourFourTwo|access-date=2018-01-17|language=en}} Finally, he was disqualified for one year from the sport.{{Cite web |url=https://wtop.com/sports/2018/01/benevento-captain-lucioni-banned-1-year-for-doping/ |title=Benevento captain Lucioni banned 1 year for doping | WTOP |access-date=17 January 2018 |archive-date=17 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117192515/https://wtop.com/sports/2018/01/benevento-captain-lucioni-banned-1-year-for-doping/ |url-status=dead }}

=Lecce=

On 20 July 2018 he joined Lecce on a permanent basis.{{Cite web|url=http://www.corrieredellosport.it/news/calcio/calcio-mercato/2018/07/20-45565301/calciomercato_lecce_che_colpo_ufficiale_lucioni|title = Calciomercato Lecce, che colpo: Ufficiale Lucioni}} In August 2018 the doping ban was reduced{{Cite web|url=https://www.lecceprima.it/sport/lucioni-squalifica-ridotta-torna-campo-benevento.html|title = Sorpresa in extremis: Lucioni in campo da subito, squalifica ridotta}} and Lucioni could return to the pitch, making his debut with his new team on 27 August at Stadio Ciro Vigorito, facing his former team Benevento. At the beginning of the 2021–22 season, he assumed the captaincy after Marco Mancosu left the club.

==Loan to Frosinone==

On 25 June 2022, Lucioni moved on loan to Frosinone.{{cite web|publisher=Frosinone|url=https://www.frosinonecalcio.com/lucioni-e-giallazzurro/|title=LUCIONI È GIALLAZZURRO|date=25 June 2022|access-date=28 June 2022|language=it}} With Frosinone, he won the Serie B title and his personal third promotion to Serie A in his career.

=Palermo=

On 26 June 2023, Palermo announced the signing of Lucioni on a two-year contract.{{cite web |publisher=Palermo FC |language=it |date=26 June 2023 |title=FABIO LUCIONI È ROSANERO |url=https://www.palermofc.com/it/news/fabio-lucioni-e-rosanero_38543/}} On 20 November 2024, the contract was terminated by mutual consent.{{cite web|publisher=Palermo FC|url=https://www.palermofc.com/en/news/contract-termination-for-lucioni/|title=Contract termination for Lucioni|date=20 November 2024|access-date=25 November 2024}}

=Frosinone=

On 3 February 2025, Lucioni moved to Serie B club Frosinone.{{cite web|publisher=Frosinone|url=https://www.frosinonecalcio.com/lucioni-torna-al-frosinone/|title=LUCIONI TORNA AL FROSINONE|trans-title=LUCIONI RETURNS TO FROSINONE|date=3 February 2025|access-date=8 February 2025|language=it}}

Honours

;Spezia

Supercoppa di Lega di Prima Divisione: 2012{{Cite web|url=http://www.acspezia.com/notizie/Tempo-Reale---Supercoppa-Prima-Divisione-Andata-Ternana-Spezia-0-0.5535.html|title=Pagina non trovata}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.acspezia.com/notizie/Tempo-Reale---Supercoppa-Prima-Divisione-Ritorno-Spezia-Ternana-2-1-and-0-0.5560.html|title=Pagina non trovata}}
Lega Pro Prima Divisione: 2012
Coppa Italia Lega Pro: 2012

; Benevento