U.S. Igea Virtus Barcellona
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Football Club Igea Virtus Barcellona is an Italian association football
club, based in Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto
, Sicily. The club was founded in 1945 and refounded in 1964 as Associazione Sportiva Nuova Igea, and changed to their current name in 1993. The team's colors are yellow and red.
The club, more predominantly known as Igea or Barcellona, plays at the Stadio Carlo D'Alcontres.
In July 2010 the club folded.
Carmelo Di Bella
Diaw Doudou Christian Riganò
Football in Italy
Football is the most popular sport in Italy. The Italian national football team has won the FIFA World Cup 4 times , trailing only Brazil . Italy's club sides have won 27 major European trophies, making them the most successful European nation in the subject of football...
club, based in Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto is a town and comune of about 50,000 inhabitants in the north coast of Sicily, Italy, 40 km from Messina towards Palermo. It belongs to the Province of Messina.-History:...
, Sicily. The club was founded in 1945 and refounded in 1964 as Associazione Sportiva Nuova Igea, and changed to their current name in 1993. The team's colors are yellow and red.
The club, more predominantly known as Igea or Barcellona, plays at the Stadio Carlo D'Alcontres.
Notable former players
Carmelo Di Bella
Carmelo Di Bella was an Italian football player and manager. Di Bella spent the vast majority of his career in Sicily where he was a prominent figure in the footballing scene, especially in relation to the island's most successful clubs; Catania and Palermo.-Playing career:Di Bella, a left wing,...
Diaw Doudou Christian Riganò
Christian Riganò
Christian Riganò is an Italian football striker who is currently playing with Rondinella Calcio, the second team of Florence.-Career:...