Riccardo Meggiorini

Riccardo Meggiorini (born 4 September 1985) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Vicenza.

Club Career

Early career

Meggiorini took his first steps as a footballer at age eight, in a small football team from Tarmassia, a small fraction of Isola della Scala, and at 12 he entered in the Verona youth system, where he remained for two years. He moved to Bovolone in 2000, in which he scored 46 goals in 26 games in the category of Allievi regionali. He earned a call-up to the first team the following season, scoring 13 times in 27 appearances.

Inter Milan

In the summer of 2003, Meggiorini moved, on loan, to Internazionale, who placed him in the Primavera of the Nerazzurri. At the end of the season, on 23 June 2004 the club redeemed his contract. After starting the season in the youth team, Roberto Mancini called him up into the first team for the trip to Cagliari, giving him his Serie A debut on 14 November 2004, which ended 3–3.

Spezia and Pavia

In January 2005, he left on loan to Spezia of Serie C1, along with Hernan Paolo Dellafiore. In the summer of the same year, he moved to Pavia, also in Serie C1. In January 2006, he moved to Cittadella, another Serie C1 team. He loan was extended in July 2006

Cittadella

He was bought by Cittadella in co-ownership deal in summer 2007, for €40,000, and won promotion to Serie B in June 2008.

Genoa and Bari

In June 2009 Meggiorini was involved in the signing of Diego Milito (€28 million) and Thiago Motta (€10.2 million). Which Inter paid Genoa €20 million cash and half of the registration rights of Meggiorini (tagged for €2.5 million),Robert Acquafresca (€9.5 million), half of Ivan Fatic (€200,000),Leonardo Bonucci (€3 million) and Francesco Bolzoni (€3 million). Genoa also paid another €2.5 million to Cittadella via Inter in order to fully owned the registration rights of Meggiori

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