Felice Evacuo (born 23 August 1982) is an Italian former

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who played as a

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Career

Early career

Born in

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, the

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, Evacuo started his professional career at Serie C1 side

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. In 2001–02 season, he joined

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, played at their youth team. Evacuo played his first Serie A match on 27 January 2002, replaced

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in the 77th minute of 1–0 defeat to

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. He played another match as starter on 17 March, but replaced by Claudio López as half time. During the 2002–03 season, he left for newly founded Florentia Viola on loan, where he played 20 league matches for ''La Viola'' in Serie C2. In the 2003–04 season, he played for Serie C1 side Viterbese.

Avellino

In summer 2004, he left for Serie C1 side

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, he scored 8 league goals and won promotion playoffs to Serie B. He played once at Serie B before left for Serie C1 side

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. In the 2006–07 season, he returned to Avellino, which relegated back to Serie C1 in June 2006. He won promotion playoffs again and scored 15 goals.

Frosinone & Benevento

In July 2007, he signed a three-year contract with

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. He was the second team-top-scorer behind

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. But in August 2008, he left for

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side

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Novara

On 9 July 2014, Evacuo moved

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permanently for transfer fee of about €700,000. On 10 May 2015, Novara won the

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championship and was promoted to Serie B; this victory follows that of the Lega Pro Super Cup.

Parma and Alessandria

On 6 July 2016, he moved to

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, newly promoted team in the

, signing a two-year contract. On 30 January 2017, it's transferred to

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with temporary annual on loan until 30 June 2017.

Trapani

In the summer of 2017 he left Alessandria for

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, another Serie C club. With Trapani, he achieved promotion to

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after winning the

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playoffs.

Catanzaro

On 5 October 2020, he joined

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Juve Stabia

On 8 September 2021, he signed with

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Career statistics

Honours

Fiorentina *

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: 2003 (Group B) Spezia *

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: 2012 Novara *Supercoppa di Serie C: 2015 Individual * Coppa Italia Co-Top Goalscorer (5 goals):

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Roberto Di Maggio; Davide Rota (4 June 2015). "Italy - Coppa Italia Top Scorers". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 29 October 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2015.

References

External links

Profile at La Gazzetta dello Sport 2007-08

Profile at FIGC
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