Vincenzo Iaquinta

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Vincenzo Iaquinta

Personal information
Full name	Vincenzo Iaquinta
Date of birth	21 November 1979 (1979-11-21) (age 30)
Place of birth	Cutro, Italy
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Juventus
Number	9
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps (Gls)†
1996–1997	Reggiolo	033 0(6)
1998	Padova	013 0(3)
1998–2000	Castel di Sangro	052 0(8)
2000–2007	Udinese	176 (58)
2007–	Juventus	057 (28)
National team‡
2001–2002	Italy U-21	010 0(1)
2005–	Italy	035 0(5)
Honours Competitor for  Italy Football (soccer) FIFA World Cup Gold Germany 2006
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 October 2009. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 October 2009

Vincenzo Iaquinta, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI^[2][3], (born November 21, 1979 in Cutro, Crotone) is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays for Serie A club Juventus. He is a tall, strong striker who possesses a good and powerful shot and is great in the air. He can also play on the wing.

[edit] Club career

Iaquinta was born in in Cutro, in the province of Crotone. Like many Calabrians in the 1980s, his parents immigrated to Emilia-Romagna, in Northern Italy, because of better job opportunities. Prior to joining Udinese in 2000, Iaquinta played with his brother in the lower divisions for Reggiolo (1996-97), Padova (1998), and Castel di Sangro (1998-2000).

Iaquinta scored a hat-trick on his first UEFA Champions League group stage match at 2005–06 season.

[edit] Juventus

Owner of Udinese Calcio Giampaolo Pozzo recently revealed that FC Barcelona had bought the player in January 2006,^{[citation needed]} but Juventus signed Iaquinta on a five-year contract in June 2007 for a fee €11.3 million.^[4]

During the 2007–08 season, Iaquinta made only a handful appearances for Juventus, mostly being used as backup to experienced strikers and long-term bianconeri Alessandro Del Piero and David Trezeguet. It appeared as if he may have been surplus to requirements after the signing of Brazilian striker Amauri Carvalho de Oliveira, this leading to rumours about a possible move out of Juventus for the player. However these rumours did not actually bring to a move in the summer window, and Iaquinta was therefore confirmed also for the 2008–09 season. Iaquinta started the season as fourth-choice striker, but enjoyed a particularly impressive string of performances when both Amauri and Trezeguet were injured, thus giving Iaquinta a chance to play more regularly with Juventus. Most notably, he scored the first goal against Chelsea F.C. in the second leg of the first knockout stage of the UEFA Champions League. Despite this, Juve went to draw the match 2–2, which meant the bianconeri were out of European football. Since then, he also started playing regularly also in Serie A games, also taking implicitly advantage of a falling-out between Trezeguet and head coach Claudio Ranieri.

[edit] International career

He was a member of the Italian squad that won the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He scored Italy's second goal in their opening match against Ghana. He played in 5 out of 7 of Italy's matches including the semi-final and final. Iaquinta missed out on Euro 2008, due to an injury suffered over a month before.

[edit] International goals

Updated to games played September 9, 2009. ^[5]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	June 12, 2006	Hanover, Germany	Ghana	2–0	Win	2006 FIFA World Cup
2.	April 1, 2009	Bari, Italy	Republic of Ireland	1–1	Draw	FIFA World Cup 2010 Qualification
3.	June 10, 2009	Pretoria, South Africa	New Zealand	4–3	Win	Friendly match
4.	June 10, 2009	Pretoria, South Africa	New Zealand	4–3	Win	Friendly match
5.	September 9, 2009	Turin, Italy	Bulgaria	2–0	Win	FIFA World Cup 2010 Qualification

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Vincenzo Iaquinta FIFA competition record
• FootballDatabase.com provides Iaquinta's profile and stats

Italy squad v • d • e Italy squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup Winners (4th title) 1 Buffon • 2 Zaccardo • 3 Grosso • 4 De Rossi • 5 Cannavaro • 6 Barzagli • 7 Del Piero • 8 Gattuso • 9 Toni • 10 Totti • 11 Gilardino • 12 Peruzzi • 13 Nesta • 14 Amelia • 15 Iaquinta • 16 Camoranesi • 17 Barone • 18 Inzaghi • 19 Zambrotta • 20 Perrotta • 21 Pirlo • 22 Oddo • 23 Materazzi • Coach: Lippi v • d • e Italy squad – 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup 1 Buffon • 2 Santon • 3 Grosso • 4 Chiellini • 5 Cannavaro • 6 Legrottaglie • 7 Pepe • 8 Gattuso • 9 Toni • 10 De Rossi • 11 Gilardino • 12 De Sanctis • 13 Gamberini • 14 Amelia • 15 Iaquinta • 16 Camoranesi • 17 Rossi • 18 Palombo • 19 Zambrotta • 20 Montolivo • 21 Pirlo • 22 Dossena • 23 Quagliarella • Coach: Lippi