[1][2][3] Riccardi played for the Calder Cannons in the NAB League for the 2017 and 2018 seasons.
[4] Although he played 29 games and kicked 25 goals over his two seasons at the club, he was overlooked for the AFL draft, and in 2019 joined the Werribee Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
[6][7][8] Riccardi debuted in the Giants' 12 point loss to the West Coast Eagles in the 13th round of the 2020 AFL season.
In his next game, Riccardi kicked 4 goals in the Giants' 38 point win over the Fremantle Dockers, earning much attention and being compared to former AFL stars such as Matthew Pavlich and Wayne Carey.
[3][11][12] He earned a 2020 AFL Rising Star nomination for his Round 14 performance.