Sebastiano Siviglia
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Sebastiano Siviglia is a former Italian footballer. Siviglia has played over 250 matches at Serie A
.
, the Province of Reggio Calabria
, Siviglia started his senior career at Audax Ravagnese, a Serie D
club located in Ravagnese, Reggio Calabria
, southern Italy. He then spent 3 seasons at Parma
, located in Emilia–Romagna region, northern Italy.
Siviglia then moved to Serie D
side Nocerina
in 1993, which finished as runner-up with the Campania
side in Group H and promoted to professional football (Serie C2, Italian 4th highest level). He won Serie C2 Group C Champion in 1995 and promoted again. Siviglia finished the 3rd in Group B with Nocerina but lost to Ascoli
in promotion playoffs first round (also semi-final).
. He played the first Serie A match on 22 September 1996 against Fiorentina as starter, which the Veneto
side lost 0–2 to la viola. He played 30 league matches that season (all as starter), and followed the team relegated to Serie B. In 1998, he was signed by newly relegated league rival Atalanta
, in exchange with Paolo Foglio
, and won promotion back to Serie A in 2000 as the 4th. He finished 7th in 2000–01 Serie A season with the Lombardy
side, but was provisionally banned 2 months for suspected match-fixing along with team-mate Fabio Gallo
and Luciano Zauri
. The ban cleared in May 2001. Siviglia returned to squad on 13 May, against Roma
, which lost 0–1 away at Stadio Olimpico
. Roma maintained 5 points lead that round (round 30) and ultimately won the Scudetto.
agreed to sign Siviglia which Siviglia's contract was reported would expired on 30 June and announced officially on 6 July Co-currently, Alessandro Rinaldi
moved to Atalanta on 28 June as part exchange deal, tagged for 6 billion Italian lire. But he failed to play regularly, only played 5 league matches under Fabio Capello
, as the club had internationals players Cafu
, Aldair, Walter Samuel
, Zago
, Christian Panucci
, Vincent Candela and Jonathan Zebina
. He made his UEFA Champions League
debut there, on 30 October 2001 against R.S.C. Anderlecht
, as starting XI along with Cafu, Aldair and Samuel.
On 30 June 2002, he last day of 2001–02 fiscal year, he was re-signed by Parma
in exchanged with Luigi Sartor
. Sartor was priced €9.5 million and Siviglia priced €9 million. Roma also swapped their backup players and even youth players for inflated price with other clubs, in order to gain false "profit". As both club got value added on the players they sell, which gave "profit" by selling players, but they were false "profit" because they turned all the revenue they sell to buy registration rights from opposite side also with inflated price, but as the cost was amortized proportionally during the player contract (usually multi-year), which still appeared profit in the first fiscal year balance sheet. Roma finally fined €60,000 by Criminal Court of Rome for irregularity on youth players transfers only on 30 October 2007. But the Chairman of both clubs acquitted the false accounting. And inflate the price and cross-trading itself are not illegal, prosecutor failed to prove the purpose behind is illegal against the clubs.
, where he partnered with the rising star Cesare Bovo
, which also one of the few youth players sold by Roma in 2002 and not a flop. Both players was spotted and shined again, which Siviglia joined Lazio on loan.
, Paolo Negro
and Massimo Oddo
remained and Jaap Stam
, Siniša Mihajlović
and Giuseppe Favalli
had left the club. He played 29 league matches that season, and 4 2004–05 UEFA Cup matches, 3 as starting XI, out of possible 6.
Siviglia was selected by Delio Rossi
along with Cribari
as central defender pair and secured 6th place for the club. He only missed a few matches due to injury, likes in round 7. and suspended in round 22 & 23 (after received a red card in round 21). But due to 2006 Italian football scandal, Lazio deducted 30 points in 2005–06 season and 3 points in next season, ruled the biancocelesti out of European competition.
. That season, Siviglia played 32 Serie A matches, 31 as starter and sent off 2 times and thus suspended twice (round 19, 37 & 38). He was also injured due to a muscle injury in his left thigh and missed the round 28 match.
. 3 days later, on 28 November, he played his first UEFA Champions League
match and the 2nd in his career, against Olympiakos, the match lost 1–2 at home. He then only missed round 18 and 36 due to suspension, and rested against Parma on round 34. He also played the last group stage match against Real Madrid
after the lost to Olympiacos. He was not call-up to the match before the Coppa Italia semi-final but played the full match on 7 May the 0–2 lost to Internazionale
at the Cup. After that match, his season was pre-mature and not call-up to round 37 due to injury and not call-up to the last match against Napoli
as Lazio certainly not qualify to European competition as 7 points away from the 8th team Napoli who qualified to 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup.
season, was selected as vice-captain behind Tommaso Rocchi
and Cristian Ledesma
.
He missed 2 months again since November 2008 due to injury He returned to squad on 22 January 2010 against Torino
at Coppa Italia. He then missed round 23 after received his 4th yellow card of the season. He played for Lazio at 2009 Coppa Italia Final
as starter, which Lazio won Sampdoria
after penalty shootout, and was Siviglia's first major honour. As Lazio qualified for next season UEFA Europa League, he was rested again for round 37, and suspended for round 36 due to received another 4 yellow cards.
at 2009 Supercoppa Italiana
. As he had only 1 year contract left with Lazio and aged 36, he became less active as starting XI partially due to injury and the coach failed to fine the best central pair. Siviglia and Cribari
at first were the starting central back under the new coach Davide Ballardini
. He played both legs of UEFA Europa League play-off round but replaced by Aleksandar Kolarov
in the 23 minutes on 27 August 2009. He was suffered muscle problem.
Siviglia returned on 12 September against Juventus
, partnered with Mobido Diakité and lost 0–2. In the next match, the opening match of Europa League group stage
, the coach preferred Diakité and Cribari, then Siviglia partnered with Diakité again in Serie A round 4. In the next match (round 5), in although he was the starter, he was replaced by Cribari in the 35th minutes, again due to injury.
Siviglia returned in round 8 against Sampdoria but unusual as right back and Cribari-Diakité were the starting pair. He then call-up to the match against Villarreal
, but Siviglia did not had a place in the final squad, as the coach preferred Ştefan Radu
partnered with Cribari and Diakité was the only central back at the bench.
Co-currently with Lazio struggle to win, the starting line-up was unstable. Siviglia was not call-up to the match against Bari in round 9, but returned in round 10, this time partnered with Radu in although Cribari and Diakitè also received call-up. But the experiment of Ballardini failed again, lost to Cagliari 0–1, the experiment continued in next match, a 1–1 draw with Siena
in round 11. 4 days later he traveled to Spain for the European match against Villarreal, which he partnered with Diakite again and Radu moved back to fullback position, but he was substituted at half-time with Mauro Zarate
in order strength the attack. Ultimately Lazio lost 1–4. Ballardini resumed the experimental Siviglia-Radu pair and the coach dislike Cribari who often collect caution, but the team lost again to Milan in round 12. Siviglia then injured again.
On 6 December Siviglia returned to play as a unused bench at Derby della Capitale
(round 15). In the next match, Siviglia formed 3 men defender along with Radu and Guglielmo Stendardo
in a 352 formation and finally a second win of the league and the first for Siviglia against Genoa
from the front of table on 13 December (round 16). Then Lazio gave up the next European match and filled with backup player. 3 days after the European match, Siviglia played as one of the 3-men defense agaim at the 0–1 lost to Inter
on 20 December (round 17). Siviglia also secured a place in 3-men defesne in the next 2 matches, including the 3rd league won against Livorno. Since the arrival of new coach Edoardo Reja
, he did not play the first match under Reja against Palermo
at Coppa Italia, but returned as one of the 3-men defense in the next match (round 20). After played as unused sub against at Coppa Italia, He played as starting central-back partnered with Stendardo (in 433 formation), against Chievo
which both struggle to secure point to stay.
After that match (round 21), he was out-favoured by the coach and returned as starting XI in round 26, partnered with Stendardo and ended in 1–1 draw with Fiorentina. In the next 2 matches 352 was re-introduced and Siviglia had played as starter, both Lazio lost.
but in mid-March, he suffered muscle problem again, and recalled on 3 April. Siviglia returned to the field on 25 April, replaced Simone Del Nero
in the last minute.
On 15 May the last match of the season, Siviglia returned to starting XI, with new experimental partners André Dias
and Giuseppe Biava
in their 352 formation. Before the match both team secured a place in next season Serie A and Lazio won Udinese
3–1.
|1989–1990||Audax Ravagnese||Interregionale
||23||0||?||?||rowspan=9 colspan=2| ||?||?
|-
|1993–94||rowspan=3|Nocerina||CND
||24||0||?||?||?||?
|-
|1994–95||Serie C2||33||2||?||?||?||?
|-
|1995–96||Serei C1||30||0||?||?||?||?
|-
|1996–97||rowspan=2|Verona
||Serie A
||30||1||2||0||32||1
|-
|1997–98||rowspan=3|Serie B
||28||0||4||1||32||1
|-
|1998–99||rowspan=3|Atalanta
||32||2||6||0||38||2
|-
|1999–2000||30||1||7||0||37||1
|-
|2000–01||rowspan=12|Serie A||26||0||7||0||33||0
|-
|2001–02||Roma
||5||0||1||0||1||0||7||0
|-
|rowspan=2|2002–03||Parma||2||0||1||0||1||0||4||0
|-
|Atalanta||17||3||colspan=2| ||rowspan=2 colspan=2| ||17||3
|-
|2003–04||Lecce
||31||0||0||0||31||0
|-
|2004–05||Lazio
||29||2||1||0||4||0||34||2
|-
|rowspan=2|2005–06||Parma||0||0||2||0||colspan=2 rowspan=3| ||2||0
|-
|rowspan=5|Lazio||31||1||colspan=2| ||31||1
|-
|2006–07||32||3||2||0||34||3
|-
|2007–08||19||1||6||0||2||0||27||1
|-
|2008–09||27||2||5||0||colspan=2| ||32||2
|-
|2009–10
||20||1||0||0||3||0||241||1
|-
469||19||?||?||11||0||?||?
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
.
Early career
Born in PalizziPalizzi
Palizzi is a comune in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about 120 km southwest of Catanzaro and about 30 km southeast of Reggio Calabria...
, the Province of Reggio Calabria
Province of Reggio Calabria
The Province of Reggio Calabria is a province in the Calabria region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Reggio., it has an area of 3,183 km², and a total population of 565,866. There are 97 comuni in the province, see Comuni of the Province of Reggio Calabria.- Economy :The region is...
, Siviglia started his senior career at Audax Ravagnese, a 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...
club located in Ravagnese, Reggio Calabria
Reggio Calabria
Reggio di Calabria , commonly known as Reggio Calabria or Reggio, is the biggest city and the most populated comune of Calabria, southern Italy, and is the capital of the Province of Reggio Calabria and seat of the Council of Calabrian government.Reggio is located on the "toe" of the Italian...
, southern Italy. He then spent 3 seasons at Parma
Parma F.C.
Parma Football Club , commonly referred to as just Parma, is an Italian professional football club based in Parma, Emilia–Romagna that will compete in Serie A for the 2011–12 season, having finished in twelfth position last season. Founded as Verdi Foot Ball Club in July 1913, the club changed its...
, located in Emilia–Romagna region, northern Italy.
Siviglia then moved to 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...
side Nocerina
A.G. Nocerina 1910
Associazione Sportiva Giovanile Nocerina is an Italian association football club, based in Nocera Inferiore, Campania.Nocerina in the season 2011-12 plays in Serie B.- Games with Juventus :...
in 1993, which finished as runner-up with the Campania
Campania
Campania is a region in southern Italy. The region has a population of around 5.8 million people, making it the second-most-populous region of Italy; its total area of 13,590 km² makes it the most densely populated region in the country...
side in Group H and promoted to professional football (Serie C2, Italian 4th highest level). He won Serie C2 Group C Champion in 1995 and promoted again. Siviglia finished the 3rd in Group B with Nocerina but lost to Ascoli
Ascoli Calcio 1898
Ascoli Calcio 1898 is an Italian football club based in Ascoli Piceno, Marche. The club was formed in 1898 and currently plays in Italian Serie B, having returned to it after two seasons spent in Serie A...
in promotion playoffs first round (also semi-final).
Verona & Atalanta
In 1996, he was signed by Serie A side VeronaHellas Verona F.C.
Hellas Verona Football Club is a professional Italian association football team, based in Verona, Veneto. The team's colours are yellow and blue and gialloblu is the team's most widely used nickname...
. He played the first Serie A match on 22 September 1996 against Fiorentina as starter, which the Veneto
Veneto
Veneto is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about 5 million, ranking 5th in Italy.Veneto had been for more than a millennium an independent state, the Republic of Venice, until it was eventually annexed by Italy in 1866 after brief Austrian and French rule...
side lost 0–2 to la viola. He played 30 league matches that season (all as starter), and followed the team relegated to Serie B. In 1998, he was signed by newly relegated league rival Atalanta
Atalanta B.C.
Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio, commonly known as just Atalanta, Atalanta Bergamo or the abbreviation Atalanta BC, is an Italian football club based in Bergamo, Lombardy.They are nicknamed the Nerazzurri and the orobici...
, in exchange with Paolo Foglio
Paolo Foglio
Paolo Foglio is a former Italian footballer. He played nearly 150 matches at Serie A.Foglio primary plays as a right defender.-Biography:...
, and won promotion back to Serie A in 2000 as the 4th. He finished 7th in 2000–01 Serie A 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...
side, but was provisionally banned 2 months for suspected match-fixing along with team-mate Fabio Gallo
Fabio Gallo
Fabio Gallo is a former Italian footballer who played in the role of a midfielder. He actually is the Atalanta B.C.'s youth team coach.-Honours:* Brescia** Anglo-Italian Cup:***1993-1994* Treviso...
and Luciano Zauri
Luciano Zauri
Luciano Zauri is an Italian footballer who plays for Lazio.-Atalanta:Zauri made his debut in Serie A in the 1996–97 season with Atalanta in a 4–0 loss at home to Roma....
. The ban cleared in May 2001. Siviglia returned to squad on 13 May, against Roma
A.S. Roma
Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...
, which lost 0–1 away at Stadio Olimpico
Stadio Olimpico
The Stadio Olimpico is the main and largest sports facility of Rome, Italy. It is located within the Foro Italico sports complex on the north of the city. An asset of the Italian National Olympic Committee, the structure is intended primarily for football...
. Roma maintained 5 points lead that round (round 30) and ultimately won the Scudetto.
Roma & Returned to Parma
On 19 May 2001, RomaA.S. Roma
Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...
agreed to sign Siviglia which Siviglia's contract was reported would expired on 30 June and announced officially on 6 July Co-currently, Alessandro Rinaldi
Alessandro Rinaldi
Alessandro Rinaldi is a retired Italian footballer.He began his career in the U.S. Consalvo, a small team from the Quadraro district in Rome before moving first to Lodigiani and then to S.S. Lazio. He never played for Lazio in the Serie A...
moved to Atalanta on 28 June as part exchange deal, tagged for 6 billion Italian lire. But he failed to play regularly, only played 5 league matches under Fabio Capello
Fabio Capello
Fabio Capello is an Italian football manager and former player. He is the manager of the England national football team.Capello has the distinction of winning the domestic league title with every club he has coached throughout his career...
, as the club had internationals players Cafu
Cafu
Marcos Evangelista de Moraes , better known as Cafu, is a former Brazilian footballer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest right-backs ever. He was given this nickname due to his speed up and down the right flank which was reminiscent of Cafuringa, a Brazilian forward from the 1970s...
, Aldair, Walter Samuel
Walter Samuel
Walter Adrián Samuel is an Argentine footballer who currently plays for Internazionale. Throughout his career he has been regarded as one of football's toughest defenders, with team-mate and Inter captain Javier Zanetti referring to him as the "hardest player" he has played with.Having been gifted...
, Zago
Antônio Carlos Zago
Antônio Carlos Zago, widely known as "Antônio Carlos" or "A.C.Zago", is a former Brazilian footballer and current coach.-Club career:...
, Christian Panucci
Christian Panucci
Christian Panucci is a retired Italian footballer. He was a member of the Italian national team. Panucci is a right back, but can also play as a centre back.-Early career:...
, Vincent Candela and Jonathan Zebina
Jonathan Zebina
Jonathan Zebina is a French footballer playing for Stade Brestois 29. He plays as a right back and occasionally as a centre back, though he started out as a striker....
. He made his UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
debut there, on 30 October 2001 against R.S.C. Anderlecht
R.S.C. Anderlecht
Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht, usually known as Anderlecht or RSCA , is a Belgian professional football club based in Anderlecht in the Brussels Capital Region. Anderlecht plays in the Belgian Pro League and is the most successful Belgian football team in European competitions as well as in the...
, as starting XI along with Cafu, Aldair and Samuel.
On 30 June 2002, he last day of 2001–02 fiscal year, he was re-signed by Parma
Parma F.C.
Parma Football Club , commonly referred to as just Parma, is an Italian professional football club based in Parma, Emilia–Romagna that will compete in Serie A for the 2011–12 season, having finished in twelfth position last season. Founded as Verdi Foot Ball Club in July 1913, the club changed its...
in exchanged with Luigi Sartor
Luigi Sartor
Luigi Sartor is a retired Italian footballer. Usually a fullback on either flank, he can also appear as a central defender....
. Sartor was priced €9.5 million and Siviglia priced €9 million. Roma also swapped their backup players and even youth players for inflated price with other clubs, in order to gain false "profit". As both club got value added on the players they sell, which gave "profit" by selling players, but they were false "profit" because they turned all the revenue they sell to buy registration rights from opposite side also with inflated price, but as the cost was amortized proportionally during the player contract (usually multi-year), which still appeared profit in the first fiscal year balance sheet. Roma finally fined €60,000 by Criminal Court of Rome for irregularity on youth players transfers only on 30 October 2007. But the Chairman of both clubs acquitted the false accounting. And inflate the price and cross-trading itself are not illegal, prosecutor failed to prove the purpose behind is illegal against the clubs.
Parma & loans
Siviglia only played twice for Parma before returned to Atalanta in December 2002 for their Serie A campaign. In August 2003, he left for another Serie A side LecceU.S. Lecce
Unione Sportiva Lecce or simply U.S. Lecce is an Italian football club based in Lecce, Apulia who play in the Italian Serie A. After being crowned Serie B champions in 2009–10, the team successfully managed to avoid relegation in 2010-11....
, where he partnered with the rising star Cesare Bovo
Cesare Bovo
Cesare Bovo is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Genoa.-Lecce & youth career:Bovo grew up playing in the renowned AS Roma youth system, and was sold on a co-ownership bid to Serie B club Lecce in the 2002/2003 season, which Bovo was exchanged with Mauro Rizzo who both...
, which also one of the few youth players sold by Roma in 2002 and not a flop. Both players was spotted and shined again, which Siviglia joined Lazio on loan.
2004–05
Although aged 31, Siviglia started to play as a regular for a big club, as Lazio only had Fernando CoutoFernando Couto
Fernando Manuel Silva Couto, OIH is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a central defender.During a 21-year professional career, he played in a number of top teams in Portugal, Spain and Italy , appearing in nearly 600 official games and winning the national league title of each country,...
, Paolo Negro
Paolo Negro
Paolo Negro is a former Italian footballer. He could either play as a central defender or a right back.-Club career:...
and Massimo Oddo
Massimo Oddo
Massimo Oddo, Ufficiale OMRI, is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Lecce, on loan from Milan. He was part of the Italian squad that won the 2006 FIFA World Cup.-Club career:...
remained and Jaap Stam
Jaap Stam
Jakob "Jaap" Stam is a retired Dutch football player who was twice voted best defender in the 1998–99 and 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League. He played for several European clubs like PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, S.S. Lazio, A.C. Milan and AFC Ajax before retiring in October 2007...
, Siniša Mihajlović
Siniša Mihajlovic
Siniša Mihajlović is a Serbian football manager and former player. He was in charge of Serie A club Fiorentina since June 2010 to November 2011....
and Giuseppe Favalli
Giuseppe Favalli
Giuseppe Favalli is a retired Italian footballer who played as a defender for Serie A clubs Lazio, Internazionale and Milan.-Cremonese:He started his career with then-Serie B squad Cremonese...
had left the club. He played 29 league matches that season, and 4 2004–05 UEFA Cup matches, 3 as starting XI, out of possible 6.
2005–06
On 31 August 2005, the loan deal became permanent, cost €610,000 only for Lazio He signed a 3-year contract. Prior to join Lazio, he also played two matches (all at Coppa Italia) for Parma as starter. Later Couto also joined Parma on free transfer.Siviglia was selected by Delio Rossi
Delio Rossi
Delio Rossi is an Italian association football manager, currently managing Fiorentina.-Playing career:Rossi's playing career was not a bright one, as he reached his personal top from 1981 to 1983, playing Serie B with U.S. Foggia, where he spent most of his footballing time...
along with Cribari
Emílson Sánchez Cribari
Emílson Sánchez Cribari is a Brazilian footballer currently playing for Cruzeiro Esporte Clube.-Career:...
as central defender pair and secured 6th place for the club. He only missed a few matches due to injury, likes in round 7. and suspended in round 22 & 23 (after received a red card in round 21). But due to 2006 Italian football scandal, Lazio deducted 30 points in 2005–06 season and 3 points in next season, ruled the biancocelesti out of European competition.
2006–07
In 2006–07 season, Lazio finished 3rd (due to Fiorentina deducted 15 points and finished 6th), marked the return to UEFA Champions LeagueUEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
. That season, Siviglia played 32 Serie A matches, 31 as starter and sent off 2 times and thus suspended twice (round 19, 37 & 38). He was also injured due to a muscle injury in his left thigh and missed the round 28 match.
2007–08
At the start of 2007–08 season, he was injured in a friendly match But he was also offered a new contract which last until June 2010. After he played the first league match of the season on 23 October as starter, he suffered complained of pain and did a surgery. On 25 November, he returned to squad and played 90+ minutes against his former club ParmaParma F.C.
Parma Football Club , commonly referred to as just Parma, is an Italian professional football club based in Parma, Emilia–Romagna that will compete in Serie A for the 2011–12 season, having finished in twelfth position last season. Founded as Verdi Foot Ball Club in July 1913, the club changed its...
. 3 days later, on 28 November, he played his first UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
match and the 2nd in his career, against Olympiakos, the match lost 1–2 at home. He then only missed round 18 and 36 due to suspension, and rested against Parma on round 34. He also played the last group stage match against Real Madrid
Real Madrid
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...
after the lost to Olympiacos. He was not call-up to the match before the Coppa Italia semi-final but played the full match on 7 May the 0–2 lost to Internazionale
F.C. Internazionale Milano
Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...
at the Cup. After that match, his season was pre-mature and not call-up to round 37 due to injury and not call-up to the last match against Napoli
S.S.C. Napoli
Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli, commonly referred to as Napoli, is a professional Italian football club based in Naples and founded in 1926. The club has spent most of its history in Serie A, where it currently plays its 2011–12 season....
as Lazio certainly not qualify to European competition as 7 points away from the 8th team Napoli who qualified to 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup.
2008–09
As one of the most experienced players in the squad, Siviglia has deputized as captain on many occasions and before the start of the 2008–09Serie A 2008-09
The 2008–09 Serie A was the seventy-seventh season since its establishment. It began on 30 August 2008 and ended on 31 May 2009, with the announcement of the list of fixtures made on 25 July 2008...
season, was selected as vice-captain behind Tommaso Rocchi
Tommaso Rocchi
Tommaso Rocchi is an Italian footballer who is the current captain of Serie A club Lazio. Rocchi has also been capped for the Italian national team.-Early years:...
and Cristian Ledesma
Cristian Daniel Ledesma
Cristian Daniel Ledesma is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Lazio. A dual citizen of Argentina and Italy, he represents the latter at international level since November 2010....
.
He missed 2 months again since November 2008 due to injury He returned to squad on 22 January 2010 against Torino
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....
at Coppa Italia. He then missed round 23 after received his 4th yellow card of the season. He played for Lazio at 2009 Coppa Italia Final
2009 Coppa Italia Final
-Post-match:After the match, some Lazio players wore a T-shirt to joke A.S. Roma rivals with written on it Io campione, tu zero titoli , quoting a sentence said by José Mourinho who had, earlier in the season, correctly predicted that Milan, Juve and Roma would have completed the season with no...
as starter, which Lazio won Sampdoria
U.C. Sampdoria
Unione Calcio Sampdoria is an Italian association football club based in Genoa. The club was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the 1890s, Sampierdarenese and Andrea Doria...
after penalty shootout, and was Siviglia's first major honour. As Lazio qualified for next season UEFA Europa League, he was rested again for round 37, and suspended for round 36 due to received another 4 yellow cards.
2009–10
Siviglia started the 2009–10 season by winning InternazionaleF.C. Internazionale Milano
Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...
at 2009 Supercoppa Italiana
2009 Supercoppa Italiana
The 2009 Supercoppa Italiana was a match played by the 2008–09 Serie A winners Internazionale and 2008–09 Coppa Italia winners Lazio. It took place on 8 August 2009 at the Beijing National Stadium in Beijing, China. Lazio won the match 2–1 to earn their third Supercoppa...
. As he had only 1 year contract left with Lazio and aged 36, he became less active as starting XI partially due to injury and the coach failed to fine the best central pair. Siviglia and Cribari
Emílson Sánchez Cribari
Emílson Sánchez Cribari is a Brazilian footballer currently playing for Cruzeiro Esporte Clube.-Career:...
at first were the starting central back under the new coach Davide Ballardini
Davide Ballardini
Davide Ballardini is an Italian association football manager who is currently the head coach at Serie A club Cagliari...
. He played both legs of UEFA Europa League play-off round but replaced by Aleksandar Kolarov
Aleksandar Kolarov
Aleksandar Kolarov is a professional association footballer playing for Premier League side Manchester City and the Serbian national team....
in the 23 minutes on 27 August 2009. He was suffered muscle problem.
Siviglia returned on 12 September against Juventus
Juventus F.C.
Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...
, partnered with Mobido Diakité and lost 0–2. In the next match, the opening match of Europa League group stage
2009–10 UEFA Europa League group stage
The 2009–10 UEFA Europa League group stage matches took place between 17 September and 17 December 2009.The group stage featured the 38 winners of the play-off round and the 10 losing sides of the Champions League play-off round....
, the coach preferred Diakité and Cribari, then Siviglia partnered with Diakité again in Serie A round 4. In the next match (round 5), in although he was the starter, he was replaced by Cribari in the 35th minutes, again due to injury.
Siviglia returned in round 8 against Sampdoria but unusual as right back and Cribari-Diakité were the starting pair. He then call-up to the match against Villarreal
Villarreal CF
Villarreal Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. , usually abbreviated to Villarreal CF or just Villarreal, is a Spanish Primera División football club based in Vila-real, a city in the province of Castellón within the Valencian Community...
, but Siviglia did not had a place in the final squad, as the coach preferred Ştefan Radu
Stefan Radu
Ştefan Daniel Radu is a Romanian football player who plays for Lazio, as a full back.-Dinamo Bucharest:Radu began his career with major Romanian club side Dinamo Bucureşti. Radu played four seasons of first team football with Dinamo, gaining a reputation as one of his country's brightest talents...
partnered with Cribari and Diakité was the only central back at the bench.
Co-currently with Lazio struggle to win, the starting line-up was unstable. Siviglia was not call-up to the match against Bari in round 9, but returned in round 10, this time partnered with Radu in although Cribari and Diakitè also received call-up. But the experiment of Ballardini failed again, lost to Cagliari 0–1, the experiment continued in next match, a 1–1 draw with Siena
A.C. Siena
Associazione Calcio Siena is an Italian football club based in Siena.The club currently plays in Serie A, having gained promotion from Serie B at the end of the 2010-2011 season....
in round 11. 4 days later he traveled to Spain for the European match against Villarreal, which he partnered with Diakite again and Radu moved back to fullback position, but he was substituted at half-time with Mauro Zarate
Mauro Zárate
Mauro Matías Zárate is an Argentine footballer who plays for Serie A club Internazionale on loan from Lazio.Zárate started his career with Vélez Sársfield in his native country, playing three years for the team and winning the Primera División title in the 2005 Clausura tournament...
in order strength the attack. Ultimately Lazio lost 1–4. Ballardini resumed the experimental Siviglia-Radu pair and the coach dislike Cribari who often collect caution, but the team lost again to Milan in round 12. Siviglia then injured again.
On 6 December Siviglia returned to play as a unused bench at Derby della Capitale
Derby della Capitale
The Derby della Capitale , also known as Derby Capitolino and Derby del Cupolone, as well as The Rome Derby in English, is the football local derby in Rome, Italy, between the two major teams of the city, Roma and Lazio...
(round 15). In the next match, Siviglia formed 3 men defender along with Radu and Guglielmo Stendardo
Guglielmo Stendardo
Guglielmo "Willy" Stendardo is an Italian football defender currently playing for Lazio.His brother, Mariano, is also a footballer, currently playing for Grosseto....
in a 352 formation and finally a second win of the league and the first for Siviglia against Genoa
Genoa C.F.C.
Genoa Cricket and Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Genoa , is a professional Italian football club based in the city of Genoa, Liguria...
from the front of table on 13 December (round 16). Then Lazio gave up the next European match and filled with backup player. 3 days after the European match, Siviglia played as one of the 3-men defense agaim at the 0–1 lost to Inter
F.C. Internazionale Milano
Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...
on 20 December (round 17). Siviglia also secured a place in 3-men defesne in the next 2 matches, including the 3rd league won against Livorno. Since the arrival of new coach Edoardo Reja
Edoardo Reja
Edoardo "Edy" Reja is an Italian football coach and former player, currently managing Lazio in the Italian Serie A. Born in Italy to Slovenian parents, Reja speaks Slovene and Italian. He is also fluent in Friulan....
, he did not play the first match under Reja against Palermo
U.S. Città di Palermo
Unione Sportiva Città di Palermo is an Italian football club from Palermo, Sicily which currently plays in Serie A, the top level of Italian football. Formed in 1900 as Anglo Panormitan Athletic and Football Club, the club had various names before assuming its final form in 1987 and is currently...
at Coppa Italia, but returned as one of the 3-men defense in the next match (round 20). After played as unused sub against at Coppa Italia, He played as starting central-back partnered with Stendardo (in 433 formation), against Chievo
A.C. ChievoVerona
Associazione Calcio Chievo Verona is a professional Italian football club named after and based in Chievo, a suburb of 2,800 inhabitants in Verona, Veneto, and owned by Paluani, a cake company and the inspiration for their original name, Paluani Chievo...
which both struggle to secure point to stay.
After that match (round 21), he was out-favoured by the coach and returned as starting XI in round 26, partnered with Stendardo and ended in 1–1 draw with Fiorentina. In the next 2 matches 352 was re-introduced and Siviglia had played as starter, both Lazio lost.
but in mid-March, he suffered muscle problem again, and recalled on 3 April. Siviglia returned to the field on 25 April, replaced Simone Del Nero
Simone Del Nero
Simone Del Nero, is an Italian footballer who plays as a left midfielder. He currently plays in Serie A with Lazio, after joining on a free five-year deal from Serie B club Brescia.-Club career:...
in the last minute.
On 15 May the last match of the season, Siviglia returned to starting XI, with new experimental partners André Dias
André Dias
For Al Ain's Brazilian striker André Dias, see André Felippe Seixas Dias.André Gonçalves Dias, or simply André Dias , is a Brazilian football central defender. He currently plays for Lazio.-Club:...
and Giuseppe Biava
Giuseppe Biava
Giuseppe Biava is an Italian footballer, who currently plays as a centre back for Serie A side Lazio.-AlbinoLeffe:A centre back, Biava started his career with the Leffe youth team, before moving to newly-promoted Serie D team Albinese in 1995...
in their 352 formation. Before the match both team secured a place in next season Serie A and Lazio won Udinese
Udinese Calcio
Udinese Calcio is an Italian football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and currently plays in the Serie A. Founded in 1896, Udinese is the second oldest club in the Serie A, after Genoa....
3–1.
Lazio
- Coppa ItaliaCoppa ItaliaThe Coppa Italia is an Italian football annual cup competition. Its first edition was held in 1922, but the second champions were not crowned until 1936. Roma and Juventus lead the way with nine wins. Roma has contested more finals, 16, while Torino and Juventus follow with 13...
: 1 (2008–09Coppa Italia 2008-09The 2008–09 Coppa Italia was the sixty-first season of the tournament. The competition started on 9 August 2008 and ended on 13 May 2009. The radically different format used in the 2007–08 Coppa was abandoned, with the new format more closely resembling earlier editions of the tournament.The final...
) - Supercoppa ItalianaSupercoppa ItalianaThe Supercoppa Italiana is a pre-season football competition held the week before the season begins in Italy every year. It is contested by the winners of the Serie A and the Coppa Italia in the previous season, as a curtain raiser to the new season. It is usually played at the home of the Serie A...
: 1 (20092009 Supercoppa ItalianaThe 2009 Supercoppa Italiana was a match played by the 2008–09 Serie A winners Internazionale and 2008–09 Coppa Italia winners Lazio. It took place on 8 August 2009 at the Beijing National Stadium in Beijing, China. Lazio won the match 2–1 to earn their third Supercoppa...
)
Career statistics
|-|1989–1990||Audax Ravagnese||Interregionale
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...
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|1993–94||rowspan=3|Nocerina||CND
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...
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|1994–95||Serie C2||33||2||?||?||?||?
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|1995–96||Serei C1||30||0||?||?||?||?
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|1996–97||rowspan=2|Verona
Hellas Verona F.C.
Hellas Verona Football Club is a professional Italian association football team, based in Verona, Veneto. The team's colours are yellow and blue and gialloblu is the team's most widely used nickname...
||Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
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|1997–98||rowspan=3|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...
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|1998–99||rowspan=3|Atalanta
Atalanta B.C.
Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio, commonly known as just Atalanta, Atalanta Bergamo or the abbreviation Atalanta BC, is an Italian football club based in Bergamo, Lombardy.They are nicknamed the Nerazzurri and the orobici...
||32||2||6||0||38||2
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|1999–2000||30||1||7||0||37||1
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|2000–01||rowspan=12|Serie A||26||0||7||0||33||0
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|2001–02||Roma
A.S. Roma
Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...
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|rowspan=2|2002–03||Parma||2||0||1||0||1||0||4||0
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|Atalanta||17||3||colspan=2| ||rowspan=2 colspan=2| ||17||3
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|2003–04||Lecce
U.S. Lecce
Unione Sportiva Lecce or simply U.S. Lecce is an Italian football club based in Lecce, Apulia who play in the Italian Serie A. After being crowned Serie B champions in 2009–10, the team successfully managed to avoid relegation in 2010-11....
||31||0||0||0||31||0
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|2004–05||Lazio
S.S. Lazio
Società Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to as Lazio, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. The team, founded in 1900, play in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football...
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|rowspan=2|2005–06||Parma||0||0||2||0||colspan=2 rowspan=3| ||2||0
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|rowspan=5|Lazio||31||1||colspan=2| ||31||1
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|2006–07||32||3||2||0||34||3
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|2007–08||19||1||6||0||2||0||27||1
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|2008–09||27||2||5||0||colspan=2| ||32||2
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|2009–10
2009–10 Serie A
The 2009–10 Serie A was the seventy-eighth season since its establishment. There were three promoted teams from the Serie B, replacing the three teams that were relegated following the 2008–09 season. Nike provided a new match ball - the T90 Ascente - for this season...
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469||19||?||?||11||0||?||?
- 1 Included 1 appearance at Supercoppa Italiana