Luca Righini

Luca Righini

Personal information
Date of birth	25 December 1990
Place of birth	Cesena, Italy
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	free agent
Youth career
	Cesena
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2013	Cesena	1	(0)
2010–2011	→ Mezzocorona (loan)	22	(0)
2011–2012	→ Valenzana (loan)	32	(1)
2012–2013	→ Teramo (loan)	18	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of the end of 2012-13 season.

Luca Righini (born 25 December 1990) is an Italian footballer

Biography

Cesena

Born in Cesena, Emilia–Romagna, Righini started his career at A.C. Cesena. In 2006–07 season he was the member of Cesena's Allievi U17 team.^[1] From 2007 to 2010 he played for the reserve in the "spring" league.

Righini played once for the first team in January 2009.

Cesena–Vicenza swap

On 30 June 2010, the last day of 2009–10 financial year, Righini along with Denis Tonucci was sold to Serie B club Vicenza, for €450,000 and €1.3 million respectively. In exchange, Mattia Evangelisti and Giacomo Tulli were signed by Cesena also for the same price. Both clubs retained 50% registration rights. The deal created paper profit for the clubs in 2009–10 financial year but heavy cost in future seasons. ^{[nb 1]}

Lega Pro loans

On 31 August 2010 Righini left for Mezzocorona^[4] in temporary deal. The club also signed Filippo Forò from Vicenza and Ivan Reali from Ascoli, who sold from Vicenza in June 2010 for a flopped €0.8M.^[3] Righini played 22 games, including 14 starts for the fourth division club. In the end of 2010–11 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione the club relegated. In June 2011, Cesena and Vicenza renewed the four co-ownership deals. In July 2011 Righini left for another fourth division club Valenzana.^[5] However his clubs relegated again, including Cesena, Vicenza and Valenzana.

Cesena return

In June 2012 Cesena bought back Righini and Tonucci for €225,000 and €650,000 respectively; co-currently Evangelisti and Tulli returned to Vicenza also for €225,000 and €650,000. Except Tulli, all other 3 players were signed a 1-year contract.^[6][7] However Righini was not included in the pre-season camp.^[8] His contract was extended to 30 June 2014, however.

Righini later was confirmed as a player of Teramo in temporary deal. He was released by Cesena on circa summer 2013, which reflected as a loss on 2013–14 financial year in the company audit report .

Notes

1. On that day, Cesena had a positive net asset of €2,867,115,^[2] which boosted by the player profit (youth product did not had a asset value), despite only in form of increase in intangible asset (namely Tulli (€2.6M), Galuppo (€2.2M) and Evangelisti (€0.9M)), and successfully passed the financial test for 2011–12 Serie A. On Vicenza side, the €5,171,680 net equity was boosted by Tonucci (€2.6M) Benedetti (€2M), Righini (€0.9M) and Mandorlini (€0.8M),^[3] as well as the residual value of the risky signing of the previous year: Giacomo Di Donato for €800,000. Except Tonucci, none of the players played for their new club, and Vicenza sold its Italian youth internationals Davide Brivio for just €1.5 million.^[3]

References

1. "Comunicato Ufficiale N°5 (2006–07)" (PDF). Settore Giovanile e Scolastico (in Italian). FIGC. 3 October 2006. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
2. AC Cesena Report and Accounts on 30 June 2011 (Italian), CCIAA
3. Vicenza Calcio Report and Accounts on 30 June 2011 (Italian), CCIAA
4. "Chiusura Calciomercato: tutte le operazioni" (in Italian). Vicenza Calcio. 31 August 2010. Archived from the original on 22 January 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
5. "Dal Vicenza arriva Righini" (in Italian). Valenzana Calcio. 12 July 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
6. AC Cesena SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2012 (Italian)
7. Vicenza Calcio SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2012 (Italian)
8. "News dal ritiro di Acquapartita" (in Italian). AC Cesena. 10 July 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2012.

External links

• Football.it Profile (Italian)