1981-1983 Bari Years Team Height 1.83 m | 1981 Bari Role Footballer Playing position Name Nicola Caricola | |
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Date of birth (1963-02-13) February 13, 1963 (age 52) Similar People Massimo Briaschi, Massimo Bonini, Luciano Bodini, Luciano Favero, Mario Bortolazzi | ||
Nicola Caricola own goal, MetroStars vs New England
Nicola Caricola (born 13 February 1963 in Bari, Italy) is a former Italian footballer who played as a sweeper.
At club level, Caricola played for Bari (1981–83), Juventus (1983–87), Genoa (1987–94, 1994–95), and Torino (1994) in Italy. In 1995, he had an unsuccessful trial with English side Aston Villa. He finished out his career with the New Jersey MetroStars of Major League Soccer, playing with them during the league's inaugural season in 1996. Although Caricola played well for the team, he is most remembered for the own goal he scored in the dying seconds of the club's first home game, a 1–0 loss to New England Revolution. He retired in February 1997.
In 2005 Nicola Caricola moved to Cape Town, South Africa and established Nicaf Espresso Systems, official distributor of Lavazza Espresso Coffee in southern Africa. The name "Nicaf" stands for "NI-cola" and "CAF-fe'".
