Rigino Cicilia

Rigino Cicilia
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-09-23) 23 September 1994
Place of birth Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles
Height 1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Port Vale
Number 9
Youth career
KVC Oranje
FC Kerkrade-West
Alemannia Aachen
Roda JC Kerkrade
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Roda JC Kerkrade 22 (1)
2016 → RKC Waalwijk (loan) 23 (6)
2016– Port Vale 14 (3)
National team
2013 Curaçao U20 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 27 November 2016 (UTC).


Rigino Cicilia (born 23 September 1994) is a Curaçaoan footballer who plays as a forward for English League One club Port Vale.

He won two caps for the Curaçao under-20 team in 2013. A former youth team player at KVC Oranje, FC Kerkrade-West, and Alemannia Aachen, he turned professional at Roda JC Kerkrade, and made his first team debut in August 2014. He spent the 2015–16 season on loan at RKC Waalwijk. He joined English club Port Vale in June 2016.

Club career

Roda JC Kerkrade

Cicilia spent his youth with KVC Oranje, FC Kerkrade-West, and Alemannia Aachen (Germany), before joining the youth academy at Roda JC Kerkrade. He was one of a club record eight youth team players offered a professional contract at Roda JC in June 2013.[2] He made his debut in the Eerste Divisie (second tier) on 25 August 2014, coming on for Danny Schreurs 78 minutes into a 3–0 defeat to FC Volendam at the Kras Stadion.[3] He scored his first goal for the club on 23 September, in a 2–1 KNVB Cup victory over SC Heerenveen at the Parkstad Limburg Stadion.[4] Four days later he scored his first league goal, in a 2–1 win over Helmond Sport at the Stadion De Braak.[5] He ended the 2014–15 season with two goals in 23 appearances, though was not used in the play-offs as Roda JC beat NAC Breda to regain a place in the Eredivisie (first tier), and signed a new one-year contract in March 2015.[6]

He made two appearances in the Eredivisie as a substitute in August 2015, before joining Eerste Divisie club RKC Waalwijk on loan for the rest of the 2015–16 season.[7] He made a total of 24 appearances for the club, scoring seven goals, including a hat-trick in a 5–3 home defeat to Jong Ajax on 4 December, as RKC Waalwijk finished second-from-bottom in 18th place.[8] He was released by Roda JC in May 2016.[9] He had a trial at Austrian Bundesliga side SKN St. Pölten in June 2016.[10]

Port Vale

In June 2016, Cicilia signed a two-year contract with English League One club Port Vale.[11] He started just two of the opening ten games of the 2016–17 season and found himself competing with Martin Paterson behind Anton Forrester in the first team pecking order; Cicilia said that additional conditioning work helped him to adjust to the physicality of the English game.[12] He scored his first goal for the club on 22 October, and then won a penalty, as the "Valiants" came from behind to draw 2–2 with Oxford United at Vale Park.[13] His size and unconventional playing style quickly made him a 'cult hero' for Vale fans, who nicknamed him 'Reggie'.[14][15] However Bruno Ribeiro rarely played Cicilia form the start of matches, believing him to be more of an impact substitute.[16]

International career

Cicilia was named in the Curaçao U20 squad for the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship in Mexico, and played both games at the Estadio Cuauhtémoc in Puebla City; a 3–0 defeat to Mexico and a 2–1 defeat to El Salvador.[17]

Style of play

Cicilia is a 1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in) forward, but despite his size is a goal poacher rather than a target man.[18]

Statistics

Club Season Division League KNVB Cup
FA Cup		 EFL Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
RKC Waalwijk (loan)[19] 2015–16Eerste Divisie236110000247
Roda JC Kerkrade[19] 2013–14Eredivisie0000000000
2014–15Eerste Divisie201310000232
2015–16Eredivisie2000000020
Total 221310000252
Port Vale 2016–17[20]League One14321003[lower-alpha 1]0194
Career total 59106300306813
  1. ↑ Appearance/s in the EFL Trophy.

References

  1. ↑ "Cicilia becomes the second signing under the Bruno Ribeiro era". port-vale.co.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "Contract voor jeugdspelers Roda JC Kerkrade". rodajc.nl (in Dutch). Roda JC. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "Volendam vs. Roda JC 3 - 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "Roda JC vs. Heerenveen 2 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "Helmond Sport vs. Roda JC 1 - 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  6. ↑ "Roda JC verlengt contracten Faik, Paulissen, Werker en Cicilia". rodajc.nl (in Dutch). Roda JC. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "RKC Waalwijk huurt spits Rigino Cicilia van Roda JC Kerkrade". De Gelderlander (in Dutch). 31 August 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  8. ↑ "RKC Waalwijk vs. Ajax II 3 - 5". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  9. ↑ "Overzicht contracten Roda JC spelers". rodajc.nl (in Dutch). Roda JC. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  10. ↑ "St. Pölten testing storm talent from Curacao". fussball-imnetz.at (in German). 18 June 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  11. ↑ Baggaley, Mike (30 June 2016). "Port Vale sign striker Rigino Cicilia". The Sentinel. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  12. ↑ Baggaley, Mike (21 September 2016). "Port Vale: Rigino Cicilia playing way into first team contention". The Sentinel. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  13. ↑ Baggaley, Mike (24 October 2016). "Port Vale: Brown hopes Cicilia goal is a turning point". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  14. ↑ Baggaley, Mike (22 November 2016). "Port Vale 2, Oldham 2 REPORT: Big Reg Cicilia makes a point". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  15. ↑ "Rigino Cicilia: Port Vale's Caribbean striker from Curacao wins over fans in Burslem". BBC Sport. 23 November 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  16. ↑ Baggaley, Mike (28 November 2016). "Port Vale boss Ribeiro says Cicilia is best as super sub for now". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  17. ↑ "A1-spits Rigino Cicilia definitief opgeroepen voor nationale selectie". rodajc.n (in Dutch). Roda JC. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  18. ↑ Baggaley, Mike (25 November 2016). "Port Vale fan's view: Why midfield is Bruno's biggest problem". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  19. 1 2 "Profile". vi.nl. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  20. ↑ "Games played by Rigino Cicilia in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
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