Antimo Iunco (born 6 June 1984) is an Italian

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who plays as a forward.

Club career

Early career

Iunco started his career at hometown club

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. He followed the team to play at

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after winning the Serie D Group H champion in 2002. In January 2004, he joined

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in a co-ownership deal. He was made permanent in June 2004.

Chievo

After Verona relegated to

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, he moved to cross town rival Chievo (in a co-ownership deal), which also relegated but from

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, where he won Serie A promotion in 2008. He made 19 league starts in 27 league appearances for the

champion. In June 2008, Chievo bought him outright. After the club signed Mauro Esposito on loan who had much more experience at Serie A, Iunco was out-favoured and in January 2009 loaned to Serie B struggler

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after the club signed

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Cittadella

On 30 August 2009, he joined

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of Serie B, as part of the deal that Chievo signed Manuel Iori earlier, re-joining Chievo teammate Diego Oliveira. Iunco took number 7 shirt that previously owned by central midfielder Fabio Giordano. In June 2010, Cittadella signed him in co-ownership deal for €500,000AC Chievo-Verona S.R.L. Report and Accounts on 30 June 2011 (in Italian) and sold the remain 50% registration rights of Manuel Iori to Chievo.

Torino

On 12 July 2010, he was sold to fellow Serie B side

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, and Chievo retained another 50% registration rights. (Chievo acquired Iunco outright for €700,000 and sold for €1M.) On 25 June 2011 Chievo regained all the registration rights for €99,000. It was also due to an auction error by Torino chairman

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, which offered €20,000 more than Chievo but did not sign it, thus it was not considered a valid offer.

Spezia

On 30 July 2011 Iunco joined

club Spezia in another co-ownership deal for €150,000 fee. On 23 June 2012 Chievo bought back Iunco again, for just €750 fee.

Bari

In summer 2012 Iunco was loaned to

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Trapani

On 19 August 2013 Iunco joined

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. On 23 January 2015 he was transferred to

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Alessandria & Paganese

Iunco joined Serie C club

on 23 January 2015. He spent seasons with the club. In summer 2016 Iunco joined another Serie C club Paganese. However, he terminated his contract in a mutual consent in the winter transfer window.

Return to Cittadella

Iunco returned to Cittadella on 10 January 2017. On 18 July he signed a new contract.

Honours

Chievo *

: 2007–08 Spezia *

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: 2012 *

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: 2011–12 *

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: 2011–12

References

External links

Profile at La Gazzetta dello Sport (2007–08)
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Iunco, Antimo Italian men's footballers Serie A players Serie B players Hellas Verona FC players AC ChievoVerona players US Salernitana 1919 players AS Cittadella players SSC Bari players FC Trapani 1905 players Men's association football forwards Footballers from Brindisi 1984 births Living people 21st-century Italian sportsmen