Stefano Piccinini
{{short description|Italian footballer (born 2002)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Stefano Piccinini
|image =
|full_name =
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2002|12|31|df=y}}
|birth_place = Reggio Emilia,{{Cite web |title=Serie A, primo contratto da professionisti per due giovani reggiani |url=https://www.reggionline.com/tag/stefano-piccinini/ |access-date=17 April 2022 |website=www.reggionline.com}} Italy
|height = 1.86 m
|position = Defender
|currentclub = Cittadella
|clubnumber = 35
|youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2018
|youthclubs1 = Reggiana
|youthyears2 = 2018–2020
|youthclubs2 = Sassuolo
|years1 = 2020–2024 |clubs1 = Sassuolo |caps1 = 1 |goals1 = 0
|years2 = 2021–2022 |clubs2 = → Vis Pesaro (loan) |caps2 = 32 |goals2 = 0
|years3 = 2022–2024 |clubs3 = → Pergolettese (loan) |caps3 = 63 |goals3 = 6
|years4 = 2024– |clubs4 = Cittadella |caps4 = 5 |goals4 = 0
|nationalyears1 = 2020
|nationalteam1 = Italy U18
|nationalcaps1 = 1
|nationalgoals1 = 0
|club-update = 21 February 2025
|nationalteam-update = 12 February 2020
}}
Stefano Piccinini (born 31 December 2002) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for {{Italian football updater|Cittadella}} club Cittadella.
Career
On 22 May 2020 he signed his first professional contract for Sassuolo.{{Cite press release|title=Primo contratto professionistico per Stefano Piccinini|url=http://www.sassuolocalcio.it/giovanili/primo-contratto-professionistico-per-stefano-piccinini/|language=it|publisher=Sassuolo|date=22 May 2020|access-date=28 August 2020}} On 2 August 2020 he made his Serie A debut against Udinese.{{Cite news|date=4 August 2020|title=Piccinini timbra la prima in Serie A|language=it|publisher=Il Resto del Carlino|url=https://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/reggio-emilia/sport/piccinini-timbra-la-prima-in-serie-a-1.5384463|access-date=28 August 2020}}{{Cite web|last=Manfredi|first=Jacopo|date=2 August 2020|title=Sassuolo-Udinese 0-1, festa neroverde malgrado Okaka: centrato l'8° posto|url=https://www.repubblica.it/sport/calcio/serie-a/2020/08/02/news/sassuolo-udinese_0-1_festa_neroverde_malgrado_okaka_centrato_l_8_posto-263564251/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=28 August 2020|publisher=la Repubblica|language=it}}
On 17 July 2021, he was loaned to Serie C club Vis Pesaro.{{cite web|publisher=Vis Pesaro|url=https://www.vispesaro1898.it/vis/quattro-giovani-di-grande-talento-dal-sassuolo-alla-vis/|title=QUATTRO GIOVANI DI GRANDE TALENTO, DAL SASSUOLO ALLA VIS!|date=17 July 2021|language=it}} On 4 August 2022, Piccinini moved on a new loan to Pergolettese.{{cite web|publisher=Pergolettese|url=https://www.facebook.com/pergolettese/posts/pfbid02YnTsDGLvDUiwaMvQQ6FceyDptwYRpZ6Ska3jobJ1XSgiFDjfcuavrbowL6trB2cDl|title=COMUNICATO UFFICIALE.|date=4 August 2022|access-date=15 August 2022|language=it}} The loan was extended for the 2023–24 season.{{cite web|publisher=Pergolettese|url=https://www.uspergolettese1932.it/news/ufficiale-stefano-piccinini-ritorna-alla-pergolettese.php|title=UFFICIALE: STEFANO PICCININI RITORNA ALLA PERGOLETTESE.|trans-title=OFFICIAL: STEFANO PICCININI RETURNS TO PERGOLETTESE.|date=17 August 2023|access-date=21 August 2023|language=it}}
On 30 August 2024, Piccinini signed with Cittadella.{{cite web|publisher=Cittadella|url=https://www.ascittadella.it/in-evidenza/stefano-piccinini/|title=STEFANO PICCININI|trans-title=STEFANO PICCININI|date=30 August 2024|access-date=30 August 2024|language=it}}
Personal life
His older brother Gabriele Piccinini is also a football player.{{cite web|publisher=Sassuolo News|url=https://www.sassuolonews.net/non-solo-sasol/il-fratello-di-stefano-piccinini-gabriele-va-dal-lentigione-al-pisa-32323|title=Il fratello di Stefano Piccinini, Gabriele, va dal Lentigione al Pisa|date=5 June 2021|accessdate=26 November 2021|language=it}}
Club statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 9 April 2022}}{{Soccerway|stefano-piccinini/640633|accessdate=3 August 2020}}
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| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Sassuolo
|1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Vis Pesaro (loan)
|32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
| colspan="3" |Career total
!33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
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References
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{{AS Cittadella squad}}
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Category:Footballers from Reggio Emilia
Category:Italian men's footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:AC Reggiana 1919 players
Category:US Sassuolo Calcio players
Category:Vis Pesaro dal 1898 players
Category:US Pergolettese 1932 players
Category:AS Cittadella players
Category:Italy men's youth international footballers
Category:21st-century Italian sportsmen
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