Pablo Vitti (born 9 July 1985) is an

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who plays as striker. Vitti played for different clubs both in his country and abroad, including Ukraine, Canada, Mexico and Ecuador. He is known for his

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and finishing ability.

Career

Professional

Vitti started his career at hometown club

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. He made his breakthrough into the ''canallas'' first team in 2004, where he was a consistent goal scorer and was rewarded with the number 10 shirt. Vitti was considered one of the most promising youngsters in the Argentine First Division, but his progression has been halted slightly in recent seasons. He left his hometown club in 2006 to go to Banfield, but he only made fifteen appearances for Banfield without scoring a single goal. After moving to Independiente he was quickly loaned to

Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( ) or UPL is a professional association football league in Ukraine and the highest level of the Ukrainian football league system. Originally known as the Vyshcha Liha ( , ) it was formed in 1991 during the 1992 in ...

club

Chornomorets Odesa FC Chornomorets Odesa ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Odesa, Ukraine. According to the club's website, it was formed in 1936 as ''Dynamo'', but until 2002 it carried a logo with 1958 and 1959 Odesa Odesa, also spelled Odessa, is the third most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern ...

was brief, and on 9 February 2009, it was announced that

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had signed Vitti on a loan. Pablo Vitti scored his first goal for

on 24 June 2009 vs.

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. Vitti wore the captain's armband for Toronto FC in an international friendly vs. his fellow countrymen from River Plate at

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on 22 July 2009. He scored 2 goals in 26 MLS games for Toronto in 2009, and returned to Independiente at the end of the season. After being released by Toronto FC Vitti signed with Peruvian top flight club

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in mid-January. He scored his first goal for the club in a 4–1 over

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6 March 2010. San Martin won the

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with Vitti playing an integral role all season scoring 15 goals in all competitions. Most considered Vitti to be the best player in the Peruvian League during the 2010 season, earning him a three-year contract with the most successful team in Peru

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. In December 2015 it was announced that Vitti would become the joining

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in the

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. On 9 August 2016, Vitti signed a one-year contract with

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side

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International

Vitti was an integral part of the Argentina Under-20 squad that won the

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in the Netherlands. Vitti's time with the Argentina youth programs he was considered to be one of Argentina's top prospects on the same level as

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and

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his teammates on the winning U-20 team.

Honours

Club

Canadian Championship The Canadian Championship () is an annual soccer tournament contested by Canadian professional teams. The winner is awarded the Voyageurs Cup and a berth in the CONCACAF Champions Cup. It is contested by Major League Soccer sides Toronto FC, Va ...

(1):

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

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(1):

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

International

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(1):

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References

External links

MLS player profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vitti, Pablo 1985 births Living people Argentine men's footballers Argentina men's under-20 international footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent Rosario Central footballers Club Atlético Banfield footballers Club Atlético Independiente footballers FC Chornomorets Odesa players Toronto FC players Club Deportivo Universidad de San Martín de Porres players Club Universitario de Deportes footballers Querétaro F.C. footballers L.D.U. Quito footballers Club Atlético Tigre footballers San Martín de San Juan footballers All Boys footballers Veria F.C. players Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Expatriate men's footballers in Peru Men's association football forwards Major League Soccer players Footballers from Rosario, Santa Fe Argentine Primera División players Ukrainian Premier League players Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Liga MX players Peruvian Primera División players Super League Greece players Ecuadorian Serie A players Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Ecuador Argentina men's youth international footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Canada Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Peru Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador 21st-century Argentine sportsmen