Alessandro Vecchi (born 7 March 1991) is an Italian footballer who played professionally for

SPAL Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor, commonly known as S.P.A.L. (), is a professional football club based in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The team plays in Serie B, the second tier of the Italian football league system. Founded in 1907, since ...

and

Mantova Mantua ( ; it, Mantova ; Lombard and la, Mantua) is a city and ''comune'' in Lombardy, Italy, and capital of the province of the same name. In 2016, Mantua was designated as the Italian Capital of Culture. In 2017, it was named as the Euro ...

. A

centre-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

, he is known for his eye for goal.

Club career

Born in

Guastalla Guastalla ( Guastallese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Reggio Emilia in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Geography Guastalla is situated in the Po Valley, and lies on the banks of the Po River. Guastalla is located at around from the citi ...

, in Emilia region, Vecchi started his career at Emilian club

Parma Parma (; egl, Pärma, ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, music, art, prosciutto (ham), cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,292 inhabitants, Parma is the second mos ...

. In 2010, he left for

Lega Pro Prima Divisione Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football league in Italy. It consisted of 33 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 16 and 17 teams for group A and B respectively. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1. Before the 1978 ...

club

in temporary deal. However, he only able to play in the reserve league. In July 2011 Vecchi and

Francesco Pambianchi Francesco Pambianchi (born 12 January 1989) is an Italian professional association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football)#Centre-back, centre back for Serie D club S.S.D. Casarano Calcio, Casarano. Career Pambianchi ...

were moved to SPAL in co-ownership deal, for €200,000 and €250,000 respectively, as a direct swap with

Davide Colomba Davide Colomba (born 19 July 1988) is an Italian professional football player who last played for Indian club FC Pune City. A midfielder, he is the son of Franco Colomba, who brought Davide to Italian side Parma F.C. when he had been head co ...

(price tag €450,000Parma F.C. SpA ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2012
PDF purchased from Italian CCIAA
/ref>), the son of Parma's head coach at that time,

Franco Colomba Franco Colomba (born 6 February 1955 in Grosseto) is an Italian football coach and former player, most recently in charge of Serie B club Livorno. Career Playing Colomba, a midfielder, started his playing career in Bologna, making his Seri ...

. SPAL was expelled from the professional league in July 2012, thus Pambianchi and Vecchi returned to Parma on a free transfer. In August 2012 Vecchi joined

Lega Pro Seconda Divisione Lega Pro Seconda Divisione was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consisted of 36 teams, but in the 2011–12 season, there were 41 teams divided geographically into two divisions of ...

club

Mantova F.C. Mantova 1911 Società a Responsabilità Limitata (Mantova 1911 s.r.l.), commonly referred to as Mantova, is an Football in Italy, Italian football club based in Mantua ( it, Mantova), Lombardy. Mantova had played consecutively in the Italian Se ...

He remained in Mantua for 2013–14 season. The club qualified to the 2014–15 Serie C as the 8th placed team in Group A of the

2013–14 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione The 2013–14 Seconda Divisione season is the thirty-sixth and final football league season of Italian Seconda Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the sixth since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro. It is divided into two phases: ...

International career

Vecchi played for the Italy U-17 team in the team's 2008 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship elite qualification campaign. He played once, in the last match, in which he replaced

Luca Caldirola Luca Caldirola (born 1 February 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for club Monza. Mainly a centre-back, he can also play as a left-back. Club career Inter Milan 2009–10 season Caldirola started his career a ...

as the team's centre-back. Vecchi played 3 times for the Italy U-19 team: against

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...

Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of Denmark , establishe ...

and the

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

.FIGC

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vecchi, Alessandro Italian men's footballers Parma Calcio 1913 players SPAL players Mantova 1911 players Serie C players Men's association football defenders Italy men's youth international footballers People from Guastalla 1991 births Living people Footballers from the Province of Reggio Emilia