Fiorentina entered the summer transfer market to complete their squad in order to be ready for the three competitions they will play in this season: Serie A, Coppa Italia, and UEFA Conference League.
The most important signing for the team is their new coach, Stefano Pioli, who had been with La Viola for two seasons, 2017/2018 and 2018/2019, overseeing 74 matches.
Pioli arrived at the team after one season with Al-Nassr in the Saudi Pro League without winning any trophies.
He came to replace Raffaele Palladino, who led the team to the semi-final of the UEFA Conference League last season.
The team have bought the contracts of their loaned players from last season, including Robin Gosens, Nicolò Fagioli and Albert Gudmundsson.
They also made signings from other teams, including Mattia Viti on loan from OGC Nice, Tariq Lamptey from Brighton, Simon Sohm from Parma, Edin Džeko from Fenerbahçe, and Jacopo Fazzini from Empoli.
In addition to those, ACF Fiorentina signed another striker as a backup option to Moise Kean and Džeko: Roberto Piccoli, a centre-forward from Cagliari.
In the following Roberto Piccoli scout report and player analysis, we will analyse Roberto Piccoli style of play and technical characteristics, based on his performances with Cagliari.
Who Is Roberto Piccoli?
Roberto Piccoli is an Italian right-footed centre-forward who is 190cm tall and 24 years old.
The player has had an eventful career despite his relatively young age.
Hes played for seven teams in the first team and for Fiorentina as his eighth side.
He was promoted to the first team at Atalanta BC in 2020/2021, and then he went on a short-term loan to Spezia Calcio in the same season.
After returning to Atalanta BC, he continued with the team until January in the 2021/2022 season, then went on a short-term loan to Genoa.
In the following season, 2022/2023, he went again on long-term loan in January to Hellas Verona.
Then, after returning, he went on another loan in January of the 2022/2023 season to Empoli.
Subsequently, he went on loan again to Lecce in the 2023/2024 season, and then in the following season, he went on a loan to Cagliari Calcio.
Finally, he joined Fiorentina after Cagliari bought his contract from Atalanta BC in season 2025/2026.
Roberto Piccoli played for 130 matches in all teams in the first team, scored 56 goals and made six assists in all competitions.
Roberto Piccoli Stats
Roberto Piccolis radar chart compares his performance with that of other centre-forwards from Europes top-five leagues in 2024/2025, providing him a percentile rank with 50 being average.
Roberto Piccoli Pizza Chart
Starting with the defending section, Piccoli ranked in the 85th percentile among centre-forwards from the top-five leagues for aerial duels per 90, being in the 60th percentile in winning these aerial duels.
He was below average for the other elements in the defending section.
Regarding the attacking section, he ra
