Pietro Arcidiacono

Pietro Arcidiacono (born 21 May 1988) is an Italian football player. He plays for A.C.R. Messina.

Pietro Arcidiacono
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-05-21) 21 May 1988
Place of birth Catania, Italy
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 ACR Messina
Youth career
0000–2007 Empoli
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Empoli 3 (0)
2007–2008 → Monza (loan) 31 (4)
2009–2010 → Sorrento (loan) 24 (1)
2010–2011 Fidelis Andria 14 (0)
2011 Adrano 12 (5)
2011–2013 Nuova Cosenza 24 (14)
2013–2014 Vado 15 (6)
2014–2015 Martina Franca 49 (15)
2015–2016 Juve Stabia 16 (4)
2016 Foggia 10 (2)
2016–2017 Arezzo 30 (2)
2017–2018 Sicula Leonzio 30 (5)
2018–2019 Messina 29 (10)
2019–2020 Potenza 9 (1)
2020– ACR Messina 7 (2)
National team
2006 Italy U-19 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:23, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

Club career

He made his Serie B debut for Empoli on 30 August 2008 in a game against Brescia.[1]

On 15 September 2018, he joined Serie D club Messina.[2]

On 17 January 2020, his contract with Potenza was terminated by mutual consent.[3] The next day, he returned to ACR Messina.[4]

Controversies

In November 2012 Arcidiacono, while playing for Cosenza, celebrated a goal displaying a shirt with "Speziale Innocente" written on it. This was because Arcidiacono is a childhood friend of Antonino Speziale, the young Catania supporter convicted of the murder of Filippo Raciti in the Catania incidents in 2007.

Following this episode, viewed as offensive for the memory of the late Raciti and of his family, Arcidiacono was given a DASPO, a football banning order, by the Police Director (Questore) of Catanzaro. This banning order, whilst impeding him to enter any football stadium in Italy, did not impact his career as a professional footballer.

References
  1. "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 30 August 2008.
  2. "DEFINITO L'INGAGGIO DI PIETRO ARCIDIACONO" (in Italian). Messina. 15 September 2018.
  3. "RESCISSIONE CONSENSUALE ARCIDIACONO" (Press release) (in Italian). Potenza. 17 January 2020.
  4. "Acr Messina, bentornato Pietro Arcidiacono" (Press release) (in Italian). ACR Messina. 17 January 2020.
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