Marco Piccioni

Early spells in Lega Pro

Born in Rome, Lazio, Piccioni started his career at hometown club S.S. Lazio. After graduating from the Primavera under-20 team, he left for Serie C1 and Serie C2 teams such as Ascoli, Prato, Brescello, San Marino Calcio and Monza.

Sassuolo

In mid-2004 Piccioni was signed by Serie C2 club Sassuolo along with Manuel Benetti and Filippo Pensalfini. The club also signed defender Fabrizio Anselmi, Nicolò Consolini, Sebastiano Girelli, Edevaldo Grimaldi, forward Gaetano Masucci and keeper Alberto Pomini, who all became a key player for the club promoted from Serie C2 to Serie B in 2008. In 2011–12 season, Piccioni, along with Consolini, Masucci and Pomini, were the only four players from the original 2004–05 squad plus Francesco Magnanelli who already played for Sassuolo since 2005. At first a midfielder, Piccioni later became a centre-back. Piccioni was the captain of the team in 2011–12 Serie B, while Magnanelli was the vice-captain. Piccioni wore no.6 shirt since the team promoted to the second division. In Italian Serie C, the team did not have a fixed number. Piccioni played an average of 26 games per season (as of 2010–11 season). He had been suspended 11 times: (2004–05 once), (2005–06 twice), (2006–07 twice), (2007–08 three), (2008–09, once), (2009–10, once) and (2010–11, once)

2004–08 Piccioni played 26 games (25 starts) in 2004–05 Serie C1. However, he only played once in the first leg of the promotion playoffs. Piccioni made…

Supercoppa di Lega di Prima Divisione: 2008 (Sassuolo) Lega Pro Prima Divisione: 2008 (Sassuolo)