Simone Vitale (born 1 March 1986) is a retired
Italian footballer who played as a
left-back.
Biography
Born in
Balsorano, Abruzzo, Vitale started his career at Abruzzo team
Pescara. Vitale was an unused member in
2003 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship
The 2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the second edition of UEFA's UEFA European Under-17 Championship. Portugal hosted the championship, during 7–17 May. The format of the competition changed, and only 8 teams entered the competition ...
. Vitale made his Serie B debut on 11 September 2004, against
Piacenza. On 31 August 2005 he left for
Pro Vasto in temporary deal. In summer 2006 the temporary deal was renewed.
[ The club also signed several players from Pescara such as Vincenzo Aridità on 25 August] and Alessandro Rapino on 30 August 2006. Pescara was relegated in 2007. Vitale spent 3 seasons with the club in Serie C1 (later renamed to Lega Pro Prima Divisione), winning the promotion back to Serie B as the play-off winner of 2009–10 Lega Pro Prima Divisione
The 2009–10 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season was the thirty-second football league season of Italian Lega Pro Prima Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the second since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro.
It was divided into two ph ...
. Vitale played once in 2010–11 Serie B
The 2010–11 Serie B (known as the Serie bwin for sponsorship reasons) is the seventy-ninth season since its establishment in 1929, and the first one under the rule of the new Lega Serie B. A total of 22 teams contest the league, 15 of which ret ...
.
On 25 July 2011 Vitale left for Frosinone in co-ownership deal for €100,000[ in 3-year contract and Mario Artistico in definitive deal for €130,000][ in 2-year deal, as part of ]Antonio Bocchetti
Antonio Bocchetti (born 11 June 1980 in Naples) is an Italian retired footballer who played as defender.
Club career
Bocchetti started his career at Napoli. He played his first Serie A match on 3 December 2000. In July 2003, he was sold to Pia ...
's deal, for €170,000.[Delfino Pescara 1936 Srl Report and Accounts on 30 June 2012 ] The deals made Frosinone paid Pescara €60,000 cash only. In June 2012 Frosinone acquired Vitale outright for free.[
On 2 September 2013 he was signed by Nocerina.
On 31 January 2019 he was released from his contract with ]Teramo
Teramo (; nap, label= Abruzzese, Tèreme ) is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Abruzzo, the capital of the province of Teramo.
The city, from Rome, is situated between the highest mountains of the Apennines (Gran Sasso d'Italia) ...
by mutual consent.
References
External links
Lega Serie B profile
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1986 births
Sportspeople from the Province of L'Aquila
Footballers from Abruzzo
Living people
Italian men's footballers
Delfino Pescara 1936 players
Vastese Calcio 1902 players
Frosinone Calcio players
ASG Nocerina players
SSD Chieti FC 1922 players
SSD Città di Teramo players
Serie B players
Serie C players
Serie D players
Men's association football defenders