Alessio Vita (born 16 March 1993) is an Italian professional
footballer
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who plays for
Cittadella.
Club career
Early career
A former
Torino youth player, he represented the club's
Primavera formation from 2010 to 2012.
In 2012, he was sold to
Monza
Monza (, ; lmo, label= Lombard, Monça, locally ; lat, Modoetia) is a city and ''comune'' on the River Lambro, a tributary of the Po in the Lombardy region of Italy, about north-northeast of Milan. It is the capital of the Province of M ...
in
co-ownership, making 36 appearances and scoring seven goals in his first season in the professionals. After two excellent seasons played in ''Biancorosso'' under his mentor
Antonino Asta
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He played as a right winger during his career, although he was a versatile player capable of playing anywhere in midfield. As a player, he was ...
,
his contract was not redeemed by Torino. On 19 January 2015, Monza, suffering from financial difficulties, released Vita for free.
Sassuolo and loan to Vicenza
On 20 January 2015 Vita was signed by
Serie A
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club
Sassuolo on a three-and-a-half year contract. He was immediately transferred to
Serie B
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club
Vicenza Calcio in a temporary deal for one-and-a-half seasons.
He selected the number 16 shirt for his new team. Vita made his debut on 24 January, against
Trapani. He substituted
Stefano Giacomelli
Stefano Giacomelli (born 30 April 1990) is an Italian footballer who plays as a forward for Serie B club LR Vicenza.
Club career Foligno
Born in Spoleto, Umbria, Giacomelli started his career with Foligno. He made his league debut during 2006– ...
in the second half.
In July 2016 the loan was renewed.
Cesena
On 30 June 2017, the last day of Cesena's financial year, Vita was sold to
Cesena
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History
Cesena was ...
,
with Alessandro Ahmetaj and Emanuele Grumo moved to Sassuolo.
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Cittadella
On 4 July 2019, he signed with Cittadella.
International career
Vita was a player of Italy Lega Pro representative teams, which he played 3 out of 4 possible matches of 2012–13 Under 20 Regional Competition, including a brace against Slovenia
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. Vita also played the friendly match against Oman
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.
Career statistics
Club
References
External links
AIC profile (data by football.it)
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1993 births
Footballers from Rome
Living people
Italian footballers
Association football forwards
Torino F.C. players
A.C. Monza players
U.S. Sassuolo Calcio players
L.R. Vicenza players
A.C. Cesena players
FeralpiSalò players
A.S. Cittadella players
Serie B players
Serie C players