Kevin Mathieu Vinetot (born 14 June 1988) is a French

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who plays

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for Italian club Siracusa.

Club career

Born in

Villiers-le-Bel Villiers-le-Bel () is a commune in the French department of Val-d'Oise, in the northern suburbs of Paris. It is located from the center of Paris. History A tragedy occurred in the town in the early evening of March 25, 1818, when a cracked ...

, suburb of

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, Vinetot started in the reserve side of

Guingamp Guingamp (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. With a population of 7,115 as of 2020, Guingamp is one of the smallest towns in Europe to have a top-tier professional football team: En Avant Guin ...

. In mid-2008 he moved to Italian side

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, winning the promotion playoffs. In 2009–10 season, he played all 34 league matches and both legs of relegation play-outs.

Crotone

In July 2010 he was transferred to

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team

Crotone Crotone (; ; or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Calabria, Italy. Founded as the Achaean colony of Kroton ( or ; ), it became a great Greek city, home of the renowned mathematician-philosopher Pythagoras amongst other famous citizens, and one ...

along with Francesco Migliore and Fabio Gubinelli.

Genoa

In June 2011 he was sold to

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team

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in co-ownership deal, for €1 million (€950,000 cash plus half of Leonardo Terigi) in 4-year contract. The deal made Crotone had a revenue of €2 million in Italian accounting. Vinetot signed a 4-year contract. But on 17 July 2011 he returned to Crotone. His loan and co-ownership was renewed in summer 2012 and in June 2013 for co-ownership only.

Lecce

On 2 August 2013 Vinetot joined

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in temporary deal. On 20 June 2014 Vinetot joined Genoa outright, as well as Terigi to Crotone outright. On 12 August 2014 Vinetot was acquired by Lecce outright, with the residual 50% registration rights of

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went to Genoa.

AlbinoLeffe

In July 2015 he was loaned to AlbinoLeffe. He made 32 appearances in the

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Lecce and Mantova

He returned to Lecce and played three games for the team in the 2016–2017 Lega Pro season before moving to

Mantova Mantua ( ; ; Lombard and ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Italian region of Lombardy, and capital of the eponymous province. In 2016, Mantua was designated as the "Italian Capital of Culture". In 2017, it was named as the "European C ...

on loan on 31 January 2017.

Südtirol

On 17 July 2017 he moved to

Südtirol South Tyrol ( , ; ; ), officially the Autonomous Province of Bolzano – South Tyrol, is an autonomous province in northern Italy. Together with Trentino, South Tyrol forms the autonomous region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. The provinc ...

on a permanent deal.

Personal life

Vinetot was born in metropolitan France and is of Guadeloupean descent.

References

External links

Football.it Profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vinetot, Kevin 1988 births Living people Footballers from Val-d'Oise People from Villiers-le-Bel French men's footballers French people of Guadeloupean descent Men's association football central defenders En Avant Guingamp players Serie B players Serie C players Giulianova Calcio players FC Crotone players US Lecce players UC AlbinoLeffe players FC Südtirol players French expatriate men's footballers French expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy 21st-century French sportsmen