Alessandro Cibocchi
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Alessandro Cibocchi is an Italian footballer who plays for League 2 club Swindon Town.

Early career

Born in Terni
Terni
Terni is a city in southern Umbria, central Italy, capital of the province of Terni, located in the plain of the Nera river. It is 104 km N of Rome, 36 km NW of Rieti, and 29 km S of Spoleto.-History:...

, Umbria, Cibocchi started his career at hometown club Ternana Calcio
Ternana Calcio
Ternana Calcio is an Italian football club based in the city of Terni, Umbria.The team's colours are red and green.The club was founded in 1925 and refounded in 1993. In its history, Ternana have twice played in Serie A...

, which he made his league debut on 14 October 2001, as one of the starting XI. He was replaced by Cristian Lizzori
Cristian Lizzori
Cristian Lizzori is a former Italian footballer.-Biography:Born in Codogno, Lombardy region, Lizzori started his career at Internazionale. In 2000, he graduated from Primavera Under-20 team and joined Arezzo along with Giovanni Passiglia, Nello Russo and Giuseppe Ticli. He made his Serie B debut...

 in the 65th minute and the match Ternana losing to Ancona
A.C. Ancona
Associazione Calcio Ancona was a professional Italian football club, based in Ancona, Marche. It was founded in 1905 as Unione Sportiva Anconitana, changing its name to Ancona Calcio 1905 in 1981 and being refounded in 2004 with its last denomination....

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Torino & false accounting scandal

In January 2002, he swapped club with Torino Calcio
Torino F.C.
Torino Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Torino, is a professional Italian football club based in Turin, Piedmont, that was founded in 1906. The club has spent most of its history in the top tier in Italian football....

's Emanuele Calaiò
Emanuele Calaiò
Emanuele Calaiò is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie A side A.C. Siena.-Football career:Calaiò started his football career at Torino making his league debut against Reggina on 6 January 2000, he scored a goal for Torino three minutes into his debut...

, which later found that the pure player exchange were with inflated price tag on both players, in order to increase the selling profit on the balance sheet. Despite it also created another investment/cost on players and counter-weight the profit, but also created an asset with higher nominal value than its fair value. The deals later fined by Italian Football Federation (FIGC) 8 years later.

He was awarded no.26 shirt in 2001–02 Serie A but did not made any appearances with Torino.

Cibocchi was loaned to Viterbese
A.S. Viterbese Calcio
Associazione Sportiva Viterbese Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Viterbo, Lazio. The club was founded in 1908 and refounded in 2004 as A.S. Viterbo Calcio, but changed its name back during the 2005–06 season. Viterbese currently plays in Serie D. The team's colors are yellow...

 in 2002–03 Serie C1 but the deal was cancelled in January 2003, and returned to Ternana on loan.

Return to Ternana

In July 2003 he returned to Ternana in permanent deal as the club exchanged him with Calaiò for a second time, he also signed a length deal partially to amortised his nominal price tag in years. He left for Meda
A.C. Meda 1913
A. C. Meda 1913 is an Italian association football company based in Meda , Lombardy Italy.-History:It was founded in 1913 as Associazione Calcio Meda 1913 and refounded several times, the last, with the current name, on June 17, 2010 deciding to address only the youth sector, but there is a first...

 of Serie C2 that season. With the Lombardy
Lombardy
Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...

 club, he played a career high so far with 24 league games in a single season.

After only played 3 times in the first half of 2004–05 Serie B, he left for Serie C2 club Potenza. In the next season, he only played once in Serie B. Cibocchi returned to Serie C2 again in 2006–07 season. After Ternana relegated to Serie C1 in 2007, he returned to his mother club and signed a new 3-year contract. He played 23 Prima Divisione/Serie C1 matches for Ternana since his return.

From Lega Pro to Serie B

In August 2009 he left for Lega Pro Seconda Divisione club Colligiana. The team finished as the 17th and went bankrupt after the season. After failed to find a club in summer transfer window, he left for Serie D
Serie D
Serie D is the top level of the Italian non-professional football association called Lega Nazionale Dilettanti. The association represents over a million football players and thousands of football teams across Italy. Serie D ranks just below Lega Pro Seconda Divisione , and is thus considered the...

 (top division of regional/amateur/non-professional leagues) side Deruta
A.S. Deruta
Associazione Sportiva Deruta is an Italian association football club located in Deruta, Umbria. It currently plays in Serie D.-External links:*...

. However, he was signed by Serie B
Serie B
Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...

 side PortoSummaga in December 2010 (paperwork completed on 7 January 2011). The club at that time was the 21st with 18 points (round 20) and far away to escape from relegation zone. He made his debut on 8 January 2011, the first game after the winter break, replacing another new signing Ivan Franceschini
Ivan Franceschini
Ivan Franceschini is an Italian footballer who currently plays for Portogruaro in Serie B.-Career:A native of Parma, Franceschini started his career at Parma AC. In 1996–97 season, he was loaned to Olympique de Marseille in Ligue 1. In June 1997, Franceschini returned to Parma but went to...

 at half time. That match PortoSummaga losing to Crotone
F.C. Crotone
Football Club Crotone is an Italian football club based in Crotone, Calabria. Founded in 1923, it currently plays in Serie B, holding home games at Stadio Ezio Scida, which has a 9,631-seat capacity.-History:...

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