Antonio Junior Vacca

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Antonio Junior Vacca
Personal information
Full name Antonio Junior Vacca
Date of birth (1990-05-13) 13 May 1990 (age 31)
Place of birth Naples, Italy
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Venezia
Number 5
Youth career
0000–2009 Benevento
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 Benevento 70 (6)
2012–2013 → Barletta (loan) 3 (0)
2013 → Livorno (loan) 2 (0)
2013–2015 Catanzaro 31 (0)
2015 Reggiana 18 (0)
2016–2018 Foggia 72 (4)
2018–2019 Parma 11 (0)
2018–2019 → Casertana (loan) 27 (0)
2019– Venezia 30 (0)
National team
2011 Italy U-20 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 January 2021

Antonio Junior Vacca (born 13 May 1990) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Serie A club Venezia.

Club career[]

Vacca made his Serie C debut for Benevento on 31 January 2010 in a game against Arezzo.[1]

On 16 July 2019, Vacca signed a 3-year contract with Venezia.[2]

Personal life[]

On 26 January 2019, Vacca was a victim of a robbery by two criminals who tried to steal his jewels, however, they were not able to take the jewels, but his car was damaged by a gunshot; Vacca was not harmed.[3][4][5]

On 6 April 2020, it was announced that Vacca tested positive for COVID-19, amid its pandemic in Italy.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 31 January 2010.
  2. ^ "UFFICIALE: triennale per Antonio Junior Vacca" (Press release) (in Italian). Venezia. 16 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Casertana, Vacca: tentata rapina e colpi di pistola, poi lo sfogo". La Gazzetta dello Sport - Tutto il rosa della vita (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  4. ^ "Napoli, Vacca vittima di una rapina con sparatoria". Fox Sports (in Italian). 26 January 2019. Archived from the original on 29 January 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  5. ^ Dent, Arthur (2019-01-26). "Casertana, Antonio Vacca: attempted robbery and gunshots, then the outburst on Instagram". iSport. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  6. ^ "Serie B has first coronavirus case". Football Italia. 6 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2020.

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