Piacenza Home Jersey 2002/03 – Salvatore Miceli – N.17 – Player Issued – Lotto – Serie A – LPR Brakes

Salvatore Miceli's vintage jersey: Piacenza in its last Serie A season

The first official jersey of Piacenza Football Club for the 2002/2003 season in a Player Issued version is an authentic and rare relic of early millennium Italian football. Manufactured by Lotto — the white and red club's technical sponsor for the entire 1997-2005 cycle — this kit represents one of Piacenza's last physical documents in the top Italian league: the 2002/03 season was the last in the club's history in Serie A, ending with relegation to Serie B after an exhausting struggle for survival. The kit is constructively exemplary in Lotto's tradition of the time: a bright red base with white trim, the Piacenza Calcio shield embroidered on the chest — the characteristic rhombus with the wolf on a green background — an embroidered Lotto logo, and the large white LPR Brakes sponsor in the center of the chest. On the left sleeve is the "Lega Calcio®" patch in a circular format with the tricolor ball, a symbol of Italian Serie A football of that era. The pink satin inner lining is the technical signature of Lotto match jerseys from the 90s and early 2000s. The jersey is produced in Italy, as confirmed by the internal Lotto label, and is in size XL. The back is personalized with the name MICELI and the number 17. An authentic relic that carries with it all the history and flavor of an unrepeatable Italian football era.

The player: Salvatore Miceli

Salvatore Miceli (Paola, March 5, 1974) is an Italian midfielder who has played over fifteen years of professional football across Serie A, Serie B, and Serie C, building a solid and consistent career through the Italian leagues. Developed at Cosenza, where he made 100 appearances in Serie B, in 1997 he moved to Venezia where, under the guidance of Walter Novellino, he achieved promotion to Serie A, making his debut in the top league on September 20, 1998, in the Venezia-Parma match. He would also follow Novellino to Napoli in Serie B, earning another promotion. In January 2001, he joined Piacenza, with whom he achieved his third personal promotion to Serie A. In the 2002/03 season, the season of this jersey, Miceli wore the white and red shirt in a Serie A championship full of intensity and difficulty, in a team that would fight until the last day to stay in the league. A serious and well-prepared professional, a symbol of quality Italian provincial football — the kind of player that true connoisseurs appreciate.

What is a vintage Player Issued jersey?

A Player Issued jersey is a kit specifically prepared for a particular player but not necessarily worn in an official match. It differs from the commercial version due to a series of precise technical characteristics: professional finishes, personalization with the player's name and number, match-grade cut and materials, exclusive technical details reserved for team supply. When a Player Issued jersey is over twenty years old — as in the case of this 2002/03 example — it acquires the Vintage classification, becoming an impossible-to-find historical document of Italian football. The rarity of these jerseys grows exponentially over time: match jerseys from the 90s and early 2000s were not produced in large quantities, and those in good condition are today objects of constant search by the most demanding collectors.

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