Felice Di Cecco

Felice Di Cecco

Personal information
Date of birth	27 June 1994
Place of birth	Fara San Martino, Italy
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Cesena
Youth career
0000–2011	Pescara
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2014	Brescia	0	(0)
2014–2017	Cesena	0	(0)
2015	→ Gorica (loan)	0	(0)
2015–2016	→ Santarcangelo (loan)	0	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Felice Di Cecco (born 27 June 1994) is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie B club Cesena. Di Cecco made his professional debut during 2015–16 Lega Pro Cup.

Biography

Youth career

Born in Fara San Martino, Abruzzo, Di Cecco started his career at Abruzzan club Pescara. He was released in 2011.^[1]

Brescia

After 2 years without a club, he was signed by Serie B club Brescia in 2013. However, he failed to play for the first team, as well as unable to play for their reserves team as overage player. Di Cecco only played three times for the reserves in training matches against the first team.^[2][3][4]

Cesena

However, in June 2014, few days before the closing of 2013–14 financial year, Di Cecco (for €1.6M) and Antonio Romano (for €2.4M) were sold to Cesena in a 3-year contract for a total of €4 million transfer fee, at the same time Brescia also signed Emanuele Fonte and Simone Galassi also for a total of €4 million fee. The deals made both club had a paper profit of €4 million, but generating a cost of amortization of €1.333 million in the next 3 seasons.^[5][6] Both clubs were boosted by the paper profits, which Brescia had a net assets of €2.75 million at 30 June 2014, as well as €4.55 million for Cesena (Cesena also had another swap deal with Parma, which bankrupted in the following summer).^[5][6]

Di Cecco failed to enter the first team either at Cesena, which the club was participating in 2014–15 Serie A. On 31 January 2015 Di Cecco and Luigi Palumbo were moved to Slovenian club ND Gorica in temporary deals.^[7] The bureaucratic process was completed on 5 February.^[8][9]

On 31 August 2015 Di Cecco and Abdoul Yabré were signed by Santarcangelo in another loan.^[10] Di Cecco made his debut in Lega Pro Cup.^[11] He also played in next two matches of the Lega Pro Cup.^[12][13]

References

1. "Di Cecco, il rilancio passa da Santarcangelo". Il Centro (in Italian). Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso. 15 November 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
2. "Brescia-Brescia Primavera/Allievi Naz. 4-0 / Il tabellino" (in Italian). Brescia Calcio. 13 September 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
3. "Brescia-Brescia Primavera 4-1 / Il tabellino" (in Italian). Brescia Calcio. 6 November 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
4. "Brescia-Brescia Primavera 2-0 / Il tabellino" (in Italian). Brescia Calcio. 29 January 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
5. Brescia Calcio S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2014, PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.
6. A.C. Cesena S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2014, PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.
7. "Operazioni in uscita" (in Italian). A.C. Cesena. 31 January 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
8. "ZAPISNIK 10. seje Registracijske komisije NZS z dne 05.02.2015" (PDF) (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia (NZS). 5 February 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
9. "PREGLED POGODB MED IGRALCI IN KLUBI 1. SNL NA DAN 05.02.2015" (PDF) (in Slovenian). NZS. 5 February 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
10. "Yabre e Di Cecco nuovi giocatori del Santarcangelo" (in Italian). Santarcangelo Calcio. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
11. "Pontedera-Santarcangelo 9-10 d.c.r.; Granata eliminati in Coppa dopo i rigori infiniti". Pisa Today (in Italian). 11 November 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
12. "Pisa-Santarcangelo 0-1. Nerazzurri fuori dalla Coppa Italia Lega Pro" (in Italian). A.C. Pisa 1909. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
13. "Valanga biancazzurra in Coppa: 5 lampi aprono la strada alla semifinale" (in Italian). S.P.A.L. 17 February 2016 [circa]. Retrieved 10 October 2016.