Fabio Lucioni
Personal information
Full name Fabio Lucioni[1]
Date of birth (1987-09-25) 25 September 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Terni, Italy
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Palermo
Number 5
Youth career
Ternana
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2008 Ternana 13 (0)
2008 → Monopoli (loan) 7 (1)
2008–2009 Noicattaro 29 (6)
2009–2010 Ternana 0 (6)
2010 Gela 15 (0)
2010–2012 Siena 0 (0)
2010–2011 → Barletta (loan) 32 (3)
2011–2012 → Spezia (loan) 31 (2)
2012–2014 Reggina 48 (2)
2014–2018 Benevento 117 (5)
2018–2023 Lecce 135 (6)
2023– Palermo 17 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 January 2024

Fabio Lucioni (born 25 September 1987) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Serie B club Palermo.

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.[2][3] 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 €25,000[4] and farmed to third division club Barletta in a co-ownership deal, for a peppercorn fee of €500.[4][5][6] On 23 June 2011, Siena bought back Lucioni also for €500.[4][7][8] 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.[9][10] 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.[11] 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,[12] for a peppercorn of €250.[13] He wore the no. 6 shirt, which was vacated by Antonio Giosa.[14] 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.[15]

The next season he swapped his previous no. 6 for the number 5 jersey, which had been vacated by Gianluca Freddi.[16]

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).[17] Finally, he was disqualified for one year from the sport.[18]

Lecce

On 20 July 2018 he joined Lecce on a permanent basis.[19] In August 2018 the doping ban was reduced[20] 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.[21] 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.[22]

Honours

Spezia
Benevento
Lecce
Frosinone

References

  1. ^ "Comunicato Ufficiale N. 24" [Official Press Release No. 24] (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Serie A. 15 August 2011. p. 2. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Tesserati Lucioni e Ricca dalla Ternana" (in Italian). Gela Calcio. 12 January 2010. Archived from the original on 24 February 2010. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
  3. ^ "RICCA E LUCIONI AL GELA" (in Italian). Ternana Calcio. 12 January 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2012. 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.
  4. ^ a b c AC Siena SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2011 (in Italian)
  5. ^ "L'AC Siena ingaggia Iacobucci e Lucioni, girato al Barletta" (in Italian). AC Siena. 23 July 2010. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  6. ^ "Acquistato il difensore Fabio Lucioni" (in Italian). SS Barletta Calcio. 23 July 2010. Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
  7. ^ "Risoluzione delle comproprietà" (in Italian). SS Barletta Calcio. 23 June 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  8. ^ "L'esito delle comproprietà" (in Italian). AC Siena. 24 June 2011. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  9. ^ "Mercato: dal Siena arriva in prestito il difensore Fabio Lucioni" (in Italian). Spezia Calcio. 22 July 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  10. ^ "Lucioni in prestito allo Spezia" (in Italian). AC Siena. 25 July 2011. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  11. ^ "28 convocati per il raduno" (in Italian). AC Siena. 5 July 2012. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  12. ^ "La Robur acquista Paci. Ceduti Pesoli, Del Prete, Lucioni, Genevier" (in Italian). AC Siena. 20 July 2012. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  13. ^ AC Siena SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2012 (in Italian)
  14. ^ "Comunicati Stampa N°17 (2012–13)" (in Italian). Lega Serie B. 24 August 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2014.[permanent dead link]
  15. ^ "Comproprietà: l'esito delle buste" (in Italian). AC Siena. 21 June 2013. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  16. ^ "Comunicati Stampa N°17 (2013–14)" (in Italian). Lega Serie B. 23 August 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  17. ^ "Benevento captain Lucioni fails doping test". FourFourTwo. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  18. ^ "Benevento captain Lucioni banned 1 year for doping | WTOP". Archived from the original on 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  19. ^ "Calciomercato Lecce, che colpo: Ufficiale Lucioni".
  20. ^ "Sorpresa in extremis: Lucioni in campo da subito, squalifica ridotta".
  21. ^ "LUCIONI È GIALLAZZURRO" (in Italian). Frosinone. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  22. ^ "FABIO LUCIONI È ROSANERO" (in Italian). Palermo FC. 26 June 2023.
  23. ^ "Pagina non trovata".
  24. ^ "Pagina non trovata".

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