Alessandro Cibocchi

Alessandro Cibocchi (born 18 September 1982) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender.

Alessandro Cibocchi
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-09-18) 18 September 1982
Place of birth Terni, Italy
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 N/A
Number N/A
Youth career
Ternana
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001 Ternana 1 (0)
2002 Torino 0 (0)
2002 → Viterbese (loan) 9 (0)
2003–2009 Ternana 27 (1)
2003–2004 → Meda (loan) 24 (3)
2005 → Potenza (loan) 5 (0)
2006–2007 → Sassari Torres (loan) 15 (0)
2009–2010 Colligiana 22 (6)
2010 Deruta 6 (0)
2011 PortoSummaga 17 (0)
2011–2012 Swindon Town 18 (0)
2014 Civitanovese – (–)
2014– A.C. Bastia 1924 – (–)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:00, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Career

Early career

Born in Terni, Umbria, Cibocchi started his career at hometown club Ternana Calcio, which he made his league debut on 14 October 2001, as one of the starting XI. He was replaced by Cristian Lizzori in the 65th minute and the match Ternana losing to Ancona 0–1.

Torino & false accounting scandal

In January 2002, he swapped club with Torino Calcio's Emanuele Calaiò, which later found that the pure player exchange were with inflated price tag on both players, in order to increase the selling profit on the balance sheet. Despite it also created another investment/cost on players and counter-weight the profit, but also created an asset with higher nominal value than its fair value. The deals later fined by Italian Football Federation (FIGC) 8 years later.[1]

He was awarded no.26 shirt in 2001–02 Serie A[2] but did not made any appearances with Torino.

Cibocchi was loaned to Viterbese in 2002–03 Serie C1 but the deal was cancelled in January 2003, and returned to Ternana on loan.[3]

Return to Ternana

In July 2003 he returned to Ternana in permanent deal as the club exchanged him with Calaiò for a second time, he also signed a length deal partially to amortise his nominal price tag in years. He left for Meda of Serie C2 that season. With theLombard club, he played a career high so far with 24 league games in a single season.

After only played 3 times in the first half of 2004–05 Serie B, he left for Serie C2 club Potenza. In the next season, he only played once in Serie B. Cibocchi returned to Serie C2 again in 2006–07 season.[4] After Ternana relegated to Serie C1 in 2007, he returned to his mother club and signed a new 3-year contract.[5] He played 23 Prima Divisione/Serie C1 matches for Ternana since his return.

From Lega Pro to Serie B

In August 2009 he left for Lega Pro Seconda Divisione club Colligiana.[6] The team finished as the 17th and went bankrupt after the season. After failed to find a club in summer transfer window, he left for Serie D (top division of regional/amateur/non-professional leagues) side Deruta.[7] However, he was signed by Serie B side PortoSummaga in December 2010[8] (paperwork completed on 7 January 2011). The club at that time was the 21st with 18 points (round 20) and far away to escape from relegation zone. He made his debut on 8 January 2011, the first game after the winter break, replacing another new signing Ivan Franceschini at half time. That match PortoSummaga losing to Crotone 0–2.

Swindon Town

In 2011 he moved to Swindon Town under Paolo Di Canio where he was part of the EFL League Two winning side. He became something of a fan favourite in large part due to his social media presence[9] and the popularised chant 'Dance with Cibocchi'.[10] He terminated his contract by mutual consent for personal reasons on 22 August 2012.[11]

Honours
Swindon Town

References
  1. "Comunicato n° 091 Commissione Disciplinare Nazionale" (PDF). FIGC (in Italian). 9 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
  2. "(2001–02 season) COMUNICATI STAMPA no.108: Variazione numerazione maglie" (PDF). Lega Calcio (in Italian). 9 March 2002. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  3. "La Salernitana cambia volto". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 1 February 2003. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  4. "MERCATO: CIBOCCHI ALLA TORRES". Ternana Calcio (in Italian). 31 August 2006. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  5. "CIBOCCHI SEMPRE PIU' ROSSOVERDE. SCAPPINI CONTRATTUALIZZATO". Ternana Calcio (in Italian). 20 August 2007. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  6. "UFFICIALE: rinforzo in difesa per la Colligiana". Tutto Lega Pro (in Italian). 3 August 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  7. "L'ex ternano Cibocchi firma per il Deruta". Tutto Lega Pro (in Italian). 17 October 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  8. "Portogruaro, per la difesa spuntano Franceschini e Cibocchi". Tutto Mercato Web (TMW) (in Italian). 27 December 2010. Archived from the original on 24 September 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  9. "Alessandro Cibocchi player profile". swindon-town-fc.co.uk/.
  10. "Cibocchi departs town". swindontownfc.co.uk.
  11. "Swindon Town release Alessandro Cibocchi by mutual consent". BBC.
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