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Luca Cigarini

Luca Cigarini

Midfield - Defensive Midfield  at Retired
Age39
CitizenshipItaly
Height1.75 m
Footright
BornJune 20, 1986
👕500+ Apps 🎯50+ Assists 🏴25+ Caps Veteran
Market value
Defensive Midfield Midfield

Career snapshot

9
clubs played for
04/05
debut season
0.06
goals / match
Atalanta BC
top club · 182 apps

Career highs

€8.00m
peak value · 2009
€11.00m
top transfer fee · 09/10
4
best season · 04/05
31 / 1
int'l caps / goals
531Appearances
31Goals
60Assists
156Yellow cards
3Red cards
169Full matches (90′)
Full nameLuca Cigarini
Date of birth1986-06-20 (39 yrs)
Place of birthMontecchio Emilia, Italy
CitizenshipItaly
PositionMidfield - Defensive Midfield (main: Midfield)
Footright
Height175.00 m
Current clubRetired
Joined2025-07-01
Contract expires
AgentBC Group
Jul 2025
Transfer: Reggiana → Retired
25/26 · Transfer
Nov 2024
Injury: unknown
8 games missed
Jul 2024
24/25 — AC Reggiana 1919
10 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Dec 2023
Injury: unknown
4 games missed
Jul 2023
23/24 — AC Reggiana 1919
24 matches · 2 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Feb 2023
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Oct 2022
Injury: unknown
8 games missed
Jul 2022
22/23 — AC Reggiana 1919
18 matches · 0 G · 4 A · across 2 competitions
May 2022
Injury: unknown
10 games missed
May 2022
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jan 2022
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Aug 2021
Transfer: Without Club → Reggiana
21/22 · Transfer
Jul 2021
21/22 — AC Reggiana 1919
34 matches · 1 G · 10 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2021
Transfer: Crotone → Without Club
21/22 · Transfer
Feb 2021
Injury: unknown
7 games missed
Nov 2020
Injury: unknown
13 games missed
Sep 2020
Transfer: Cagliari → Crotone
20/21 · Transfer
Jul 2020
20/21 — FC Crotone
15 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2019
19/20 — Cagliari Calcio
22 matches · 0 G · 4 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2018
18/19 — Cagliari Calcio
28 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Feb 2018
Injury: unknown
8 games missed
Jul 2017
17/18 — Cagliari Calcio
27 matches · 2 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2017
Transfer: Sampdoria → Cagliari
17/18 · Transfer · €2.26m
Jul 2016
Transfer: Atalanta BC → Sampdoria
16/17 · Transfer · €3.50m
Jul 2016
16/17 — UC Sampdoria
7 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Feb 2016
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Aug 2015
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Jul 2015
15/16 — Atalanta BC
26 matches · 2 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2014
14/15 — Atalanta BC
34 matches · 1 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2013
13/14 — Atalanta BC
36 matches · 2 G · 8 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2013
Transfer: Napoli → Atalanta BC
13/14 · Transfer · €4.20m
Jun 2013
Transfer: Atalanta BC → Napoli
12/13 · Return from loan
Feb 2013
Injury: unknown
6 games missed
Jul 2012
12/13 — Atalanta BC
30 matches · 2 G · 5 A · across 2 competitions
Aug 2011
Transfer: Napoli → Atalanta BC
11/12 · Loan
Jul 2011
11/12 — Atalanta BC
32 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 1 competition
Jun 2011
Transfer: Sevilla FC → Napoli
10/11 · Return from loan
Aug 2010
Transfer: Napoli → Sevilla FC
10/11 · Loan
Jul 2010
10/11 — Sevilla FC
18 matches · 3 G · 2 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2009
Transfer: Atalanta BC → Napoli
09/10 · Transfer · €11.00m
Jul 2009
09/10 — SSC Napoli
29 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Oct 2008
Injury: unknown
11 games missed
Jul 2008
Transfer: Parma → Atalanta BC
08/09 · Transfer · €10.50m
Jul 2008
08/09 — Atalanta BC
24 matches · 3 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2007
07/08 — Parma FC
32 matches · 3 G · 5 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2006
06/07 — Parma FC
31 matches · 2 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2005
05/06 — Parma FC
21 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions
Jun 2005
Transfer: Sambenedettese → Parma
04/05 · Return from loan
Jul 2004
04/05 — US Sambenedettese
33 matches · 4 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2004
Transfer: Parma U19 → Sambenedettese
04/05 · Loan
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €8.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset
15,191 min
Minutes played by club
AC Reggiana 1919 23.9%
FC Crotone 0.3%
Cagliari Calcio 6.7%
UC Sampdoria 0.0%
Atalanta BC 43.1%
Sevilla FC 1.8%
SSC Napoli 3.7%
Parma FC 15.9%
US Sambenedettese 4.5%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
AC Reggiana 1919 4 21/22 24/25 86 3 17 3,636
FC Crotone 1 20/21 20/21 15 1 1 48
Cagliari Calcio 3 17/18 19/20 77 2 8 1,017
UC Sampdoria 1 16/17 16/17 7 0 0 0
Atalanta BC 6 08/09 15/16 182 11 23 6,552
Sevilla FC 1 10/11 10/11 18 3 2 280
SSC Napoli 1 09/10 09/10 29 2 0 560
Parma FC 3 05/06 07/08 84 5 9 2,410
US Sambenedettese 1 04/05 04/05 33 4 0 688

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

3€2M6€4M8€6M11€8M04/05 — 4 goals (US Sambenedettese)404/0505/06 — 2 assists205/0606/07 — 2 goals (Parma FC)06/07 — 2 assists406/0707/08 — 3 goals (Parma FC)07/08 — 5 assists807/0808/09 — 3 goals (Atalanta BC)08/09 — 3 assists608/0909/10 — 2 goals (SSC Napoli)209/1010/11 — 3 goals (Sevilla FC)10/11 — 2 assists510/1111/12 — 1 goals (Atalanta BC)11/12 — 2 assists311/1212/13 — 2 goals (Atalanta BC)12/13 — 5 assists712/1313/14 — 2 goals (Atalanta BC)13/14 — 8 assists1013/1414/15 — 1 goals (Atalanta BC)14/15 — 3 assists414/1515/16 — 2 goals (Atalanta BC)15/16 — 2 assists415/1616/1717/18 — 2 goals (Cagliari Calcio)17/18 — 3 assists517/1818/19 — 1 assists118/1919/20 — 4 assists419/2020/21 — 1 goals (FC Crotone)20/21 — 1 assists220/2121/22 — 1 goals (AC Reggiana 1919)21/22 — 10 assists1121/2222/23 — 4 assists422/2323/24 — 2 goals (AC Reggiana 1919)23/24 — 3 assists523/2424/2505/06 — €200K07/08 — €3M08/09 — €7M09/10 — €8M10/11 — €7M11/12 — €4.5M12/13 — €5.5M13/14 — €7.5M14/15 — €8M15/16 — €7M16/17 — €5M17/18 — €3M18/19 — €1.5M19/20 — €1M20/21 — €800K21/22 — €600K22/23 — €500K23/24 — €300K24/25 — €200KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

04/05: 4404/0505/06: 0005/0606/07: 2206/0707/08: 3307/0808/09: 3308/0909/10: 2209/1010/11: 3310/1111/12: 1111/1212/13: 2212/1313/14: 2213/1414/15: 1114/1515/16: 2215/1616/17: 0016/1717/18: 2217/1818/19: 0018/1919/20: 0019/2020/21: 1120/2121/22: 1121/2222/23: 0022/2323/24: 2223/2424/25: 0024/25

Assists by season

04/05: 0004/0505/06: 2205/0606/07: 2206/0707/08: 5507/0808/09: 3308/0909/10: 0009/1010/11: 2210/1111/12: 2211/1212/13: 5512/1313/14: 8813/1414/15: 3314/1515/16: 2215/1616/17: 0016/1717/18: 3317/1818/19: 1118/1919/20: 4419/2020/21: 1120/2121/22: 101021/2222/23: 4422/2323/24: 3323/2424/25: 0024/25
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
24/25 Italy Cup AC Reggiana 1919 1 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 Serie B AC Reggiana 1919 9 0 0 2 1 0
23/24 Italy Cup AC Reggiana 1919 3 1 2 1 0 205
23/24 Serie B AC Reggiana 1919 21 1 1 8 1 1,012
22/23 Serie C-B AC Reggiana 1919 16 0 4 6 0 0
22/23 Superc. Serie C AC Reggiana 1919 2 0 0 1 0 0
21/22 Playoff Serie C AC Reggiana 1919 1 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 Serie C-B AC Reggiana 1919 33 1 10 14 0 2,419
20/21 Italy Cup FC Crotone 1 1 0 0 0 48
20/21 Serie A FC Crotone 14 0 1 3 0 0
19/20 Italy Cup Cagliari Calcio 0 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Serie A Cagliari Calcio 22 0 4 6 0 0
18/19 Italy Cup Cagliari Calcio 3 0 0 2 0 0
18/19 Serie A Cagliari Calcio 25 0 1 9 0 0
17/18 Italy Cup Cagliari Calcio 1 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Serie A Cagliari Calcio 26 2 3 12 0 1,017
16/17 Italy Cup UC Sampdoria 3 0 0 1 0 0
16/17 Serie A UC Sampdoria 4 0 0 3 0 0
15/16 Italy Cup Atalanta BC 1 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Serie A Atalanta BC 25 2 2 10 0 912
14/15 Italy Cup Atalanta BC 1 1 0 0 0 90
14/15 Serie A Atalanta BC 33 0 3 10 0 0
13/14 Italy Cup Atalanta BC 3 0 1 0 0 0
13/14 Serie A Atalanta BC 33 2 7 9 0 1,250
12/13 Italy Cup Atalanta BC 3 0 1 1 0 0
12/13 Serie A Atalanta BC 27 2 4 8 1 1,134
11/12 Serie A Atalanta BC 32 1 2 12 0 2,551
10/11 Champions League Qu. Sevilla FC 2 0 1 0 0 0
10/11 Copa del Rey Sevilla FC 4 1 0 0 0 188
10/11 Europa League Sevilla FC 4 2 0 0 0 92
10/11 LaLiga Sevilla FC 6 0 0 2 0 0
10/11 Supercopa Sevilla FC 2 0 1 2 0 0
09/10 Italy Cup SSC Napoli 1 0 0 1 0 0
09/10 Serie A SSC Napoli 28 2 0 1 0 560
08/09 Italy Cup Atalanta BC 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/09 Serie A Atalanta BC 23 3 3 9 0 615
07/08 Italy Cup Parma FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/08 Serie A Parma FC 32 3 5 9 0 793
06/07 Italy Cup Parma FC 4 1 0 0 0 244
06/07 Serie A Parma FC 21 1 2 5 0 1,373
06/07 UEFA Cup Parma FC 6 0 0 0 0 0
05/06 Italy Cup Parma FC 4 0 1 0 0 0
05/06 Serie A Parma FC 17 0 1 2 0 0
04/05 Playoff C1 US Sambenedettese 2 0 0 0 0 0
04/05 Serie C1 - B US Sambenedettese 31 4 0 7 0 688
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
04/05 2004-07-01 Parma U19 Sambenedettese Loan 0
04/05 2005-06-30 Sambenedettese Parma Return from loan 0
08/09 2008-07-04 Parma Atalanta BC Transfer 7000000 €10.50m
09/10 2009-07-03 Atalanta BC Napoli Transfer 7000000 €11.00m
10/11 2010-08-04 Napoli Sevilla FC Loan 6500000
10/11 2011-06-30 Sevilla FC Napoli Return from loan 4500000
11/12 2011-08-31 Napoli Atalanta BC Loan 4000000
12/13 2013-06-30 Atalanta BC Napoli Return from loan 7500000
13/14 2013-07-01 Napoli Atalanta BC Transfer 7500000 €4.20m
16/17 2016-07-20 Atalanta BC Sampdoria Transfer 5000000 €3.50m
17/18 2017-07-01 Sampdoria Cagliari Transfer 2000000 €2.26m
20/21 2020-09-08 Cagliari Crotone Transfer 800000
21/22 2021-07-01 Crotone Without Club Transfer 600000
21/22 2021-08-23 Without Club Reggiana Transfer 600000
25/26 2025-07-01 Reggiana Retired Transfer 75000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
08/09 Cruciate ligament tear 2008-10-30 2009-01-10 73 11
12/13 Ankle sprain 2013-02-03 2013-02-17 15 6
15/16 Knee surgery 2015-08-18 2015-09-11 25 2
15/16 unknown injury 2016-02-03 2016-02-12 10 2
17/18 Broken foot 2018-02-11 2018-04-09 58 8
20/21 Calf injury 2020-11-26 2021-02-13 80 13
20/21 Knee problems 2021-02-27 2021-04-11 44 7
21/22 unknown injury 2022-01-21 2022-01-29 9 1
21/22 Cruciate ligament tear 2022-05-18 2022-05-30 13 1
21/22 Cruciate ligament surgery 2022-05-30 2022-10-23 147 10
22/23 Cruciate ligament surgery 2022-10-25 2022-12-03 40 8
22/23 flu 2023-02-19 2023-02-22 4 1
23/24 muscular problems 2023-12-01 2023-12-23 23 4
24/25 Muscle injury 2024-11-03 2025-01-06 65 8
Current€75k
Peak€8.00m
Low
Δ since start−€125k
€2.00m€4.00m€6.00m€8.00m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €75k
Jan 1, 1970
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €8.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €8.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.20m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €8.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.75m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €950k
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #53840 #5 4 0 former national player
Team #21746 1 0 former national player
Team #21426 1 0 former national player
Team #21100 5 0 former national player
Team #11947 #21 20 1 former national player
Team #3376 0 0 former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Maxi Moralez 1 0 0
Artur Ioniță 1 0 0
João Pedro 1 0 0
Marco Sportiello 1 0 0
Paolo Rozzio 2 0 0
Andrea Masiello 1 0 0
Nicolò Barella 1 0 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
04/05 Serie C1 - B US Sambenedettese 4 31
07/08 Serie A Parma FC 3 32
08/09 Serie A Atalanta BC 3 23

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
21/22 Serie C-B AC Reggiana 1919 10 33
13/14 Serie A Atalanta BC 7 33
07/08 Serie A Parma FC 5 32

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
12/13 2013-06-30 Atalanta BC Napoli Return from loan €7.50m
11/12 2011-08-31 Napoli Atalanta BC Loan €4.00m
10/11 2011-06-30 Sevilla FC Napoli Return from loan €4.50m
10/11 2010-08-04 Napoli Sevilla FC Loan €6.50m
04/05 2005-06-30 Sambenedettese Parma Return from loan
04/05 2004-07-01 Parma U19 Sambenedettese Loan

Teams faced most often by Luca Cigarini's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
ACF Fiorentina 41 14 9 18 54 62 -8 34%
AC Milan 41 11 6 24 51 77 -26 27%
Torino FC 40 17 11 12 60 57 +3 43%
Udinese Calcio 40 20 11 9 70 55 +15 50%
AS Roma 40 8 8 24 38 67 -29 20%
Genoa CFC 40 15 9 16 54 51 +3 38%
Empoli FC 25 7 8 10 36 32 +4 28%
Spezia Calcio 25 12 5 8 46 30 +16 48%
Atalanta 23 10 5 8 32 31 +1 43%
Sampdoria 22 8 7 7 40 38 +2 36%
Juventus 22 5 2 15 14 43 -29 23%
Chievo Verona 22 8 4 10 21 23 -2 36%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
04/05 Senior debut season
04/05 First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
24/25 10 0 2 0 1 0
23/24 24 1,217 9 0 1 0.74
22/23 18 0 7 0 0 0
21/22 34 2,419 14 0 0 0.52
20/21 15 48 3 1 0 7.5
19/20 22 0 6 1 0 0
18/19 28 0 11 0 0 0
17/18 27 1,017 12 1 0 1.15
16/17 7 0 4 0 0 0
15/16 26 912 10 0 0 0.99
14/15 34 90 10 1 0 11
13/14 36 1,250 9 2 0 0.79
12/13 30 1,134 9 0 1 0.79
11/12 32 2,551 12 0 0 0.42
10/11 18 280 4 0 0 1.29
09/10 29 560 2 0 0 0.32
08/09 24 615 9 0 0 1.32
07/08 32 793 9 0 0 1.02
06/07 31 1,617 5 0 0 0.28
05/06 21 0 2 0 0 0
04/05 33 688 7 0 0 0.92

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Serie A
362 apps
18 G
38 A
Serie C1 - B
80 apps
5 G
14 A
Italy Cup
30 apps
4 G
5 A
Europa League
4 apps
2 G
0 A
Serie B
30 apps
1 G
1 A
Copa del Rey
4 apps
1 G
0 A
Champions League Qu.
2 apps
0 G
1 A
Supercopa
2 apps
0 G
1 A
LaLiga
6 apps
0 G
0 A
UEFA Cup
6 apps
0 G
0 A

Frequently asked about Luca Cigarini

Who is Luca Cigarini?

Luca Cigarini is an Italy professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfield for Retired.

How old is Luca Cigarini?

Luca Cigarini is 39 years old. He was born on June 20, 1986 in Montecchio Emilia.

What position does Luca Cigarini play?

Luca Cigarini plays as a defensive midfield (Midfield - Defensive Midfield).

What club does Luca Cigarini play for?

Luca Cigarini currently plays for Retired.

How many career goals has Luca Cigarini scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Luca Cigarini has scored 31 goals in 531 appearances.