Michele Rigione (born 7 March 1991) is an Italian footballer who plays for side Avellino as a centre back.
On 21 July 2010, he was loaned to Lega Pro Prima Divisione club Foggia Calcio, as a replacement of departed defenders likes Lorenzo Burzigotti. He became a starting centre-back since round 5 (except round 6), partnering with Simone Romagnoli, Andrea Iozzia or Andrea Torta. He also played 5 matches at 2010–11 Coppa Italia Lega Pro, except the first match as unused bench.
On 22 June 2011 Inter bought the remain rights of Rigione for €500,000 (made Inter registered an additional €150,000 financial cost) and on the same day Chievo also acquired Rincón and youth player Davide Tonani for a nominal fee. Additionally Marco Andreolli returned to Chievo also for €500,000, making the deals were pure player swap.F.C. Internazionale Milano S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2011 Require purchase in CCIAA (in Italian)
Rigione went on loan to two more clubs (Cremonese in Lega Pro 1st Division along with Riccardo Bocalon and Grosseto in Serie B along with Giulio Donati) until he was released by Inter on 30 June 2013 as a free agent.
On 23 April 2015, Rigione terminated his contract at Catanzaro by a mutual consent, leaving him as a free agent.
However, on 30 August 2017 Rigione returned to Cesena on loan. On 10 January 2018 he was signed by fellow Serie B club Ternana Calcio on another loan.
At the end of 2017–18 season, Cesena was bankrupted, while Rigione failed to find a team for 2018–19 season. He was registered as a youth product of Chievo for the Homegrown Player Rule.
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Foggia (loan) | 2010–11 | Lega Pro Prima Divisione | 1 |
Cremonese (loan) | 2011–12 | Lega Pro Prima Divisione | 1 |
Grosseto (loan) | 2012–13 | Serie B | 0 |
Catanzaro | 2013–14 | Lega Pro Prima Divisione | 0 |
2014–15 | Lega Pro | 3 | |
Teramo | 2015–16 | Lega Pro | 0 |
Virtus Lanciano | 2015–16 | Serie B | 1 |
Cesena | 2016–17 | Serie B | 2 |
Cesena (loan) | 2017–18 | Serie B | 1 |
Ternana Calcio (loan) | 2017–18 | Serie B | 0 |
Novara Calcio (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie C | 0 |
Chievo | 2019–20 | Serie B | 3 |
2020–21 | Serie B | 1 | |
Cosenza Calcio | 2021–22 | Serie B | 1 |
2022–23 | Serie B | 2 | |
According to Internazionale, Rigione was the captain of Italy national under-17 football team.
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