Felice Piccolo

Felice Piccolo was born in Pomigliano d'Arco (Naples) on August 27, 1983.

Source Lazio Wiki

He started playing football with local club Rapid Pomigliano. He joined the Juventus youth setup at 15 and was added to the first team squad in 2001. He made no league appearances under Marcello Lippi but played a game in Coppa Italia. The Bianconeri won the Scudetto.

In 2002-03 he spent a year at Lucchese on loan. The Rossoneri were in C1 and finished 14t. The manager was first Francesco D'Arrigo (1-4) and then Osvaldo Jaconi (5-34). Piccolo played 26 league games with 1 goal and 1 game in Coppa Italia. His teammates included future Lazio Riccardo Bonetto (2006-07, 2009-11).

In 2003-04 he joined Como on loan. The Lariani were in Serie B but were relegated. The manager was initially Lazio legend Eugenio Fascetti and then Roberto Galia. Piccolo played 35 league games.

In 2004-05 he played on loan for Reggina in Serie A. The Amaranto finished 10th under Walter Mazzarri. Piccolo played 8 league games.

In 2005-06 he joined Lazio on loan. The manager was Delio Rossi and Lazio had a good season finishing 6th but were then docked 30 points for the Calciopoli scandal so ended up 16th. Piccolo played 2 league games.

In 2006 he returned to Juventus who had been relegated to Serie B for their involvement in Calciopoli. The Bianconeri won promotion under Didier Deschamps (Giancarlo Corradini for last two games). Piccolo played 7 league games. His teammates included Lazio connections, Giuliano Giannichedda (2001-05) and Pavel Nedved (1996-2001).

In 2007 he was sold to Empoli. The Tuscans were in Serie A but got relegated under Luigi Cagni, Alberto Malesani and then Cagni again. Piccolo played 20 league games, 1 in Coppa Italia and 2 in the UEFA Cup with 1 goal (F.C Zurich). He stayed on the following year and the Azzurri finished 5th under Silvio Baldini. He played 21 league games and 3 in Coppa Italia. In August 2009 after playing 1 Coppa Italia game he left Empoli.

He joined Chievo in Serie A but only played 1 game in CoppaItalia before leaving in February.

Piccolo left Italy and moved to Romania. He signed for Cluj in the Romanian top flight. He stayed four and half years. He played 107 games with 3 goals and won 2 league titles, 1 Cupa Româniel and 1 Supercupa Româniel.

In 2014 he returned to Italy and joined Spezia in Serie B. He stayed two seasons, in the first he played regularly making 31 league appearances with 1 goal (Bologna) and Spezia finished 5th under Nenad Bjelica. In the second he played less, only 6 total appearances (5 in B) and 1 goal in Coppa Italia (Brescia). From November Bjelica was replaced by Domenico Di Carlo.

Piccolo's last club was Alessandria. The Grigi were in Lega Pro (3rd tier) and finished 2nd but then lost the playoff final to Parma 2-3 on aggregate. Piccolo played a total of 73 games and scored 2 goals (Tuttocuoio, Prato). The following year they finished 6th but won the Serie C Coppa Italia. His managers were: Piero Braglia, Giuseppe Pillon, Cristian Stellini and Michele Marcolini.

Piccoli then retired at almost 35.

Piccoli was a defender. In his youth he was considered a prospect and he represented Italy at various youth levels; U16's (7 games), U17's (10 games, 1 goal), U19's (9 games, 1 goal), U20's (20 games, 1 goal) and U21's (8 games ,1 goal).

His career however never really took off at top club level. He played 348 professional games with 9 goals and won 1 Scudetto, a Serie B, 2 Romanian league titles, a Romanian Cup and Supercup plus a Serie C Coppa Italia.

At Lazio he only stayed one season. He was on loan and never got much playing time. Lazio had defenders Guglielmo Stendardo, Sebastiano Siviglia and Emílson Cribari as centre-backs plus Luciano Zauri, Manuel Belleri, Massimo Oddo and a young Lorenzo De Silvestri in the squad so he never broke into the first team.

Lazio Career

Season	Total Serie A Appearances
2005-06	2

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