Antonio Junior Vacca
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 13 May 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Naples, Italy | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
–2009 | Benevento | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2013 | 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) |
2019–2022 | Venezia | 51 | (0) |
2023–2024 | Foggia | 10 | (0) |
International career | |||
2011 | Italy U-20 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 January 2024 |
Antonio Junior Vacca (born 13 May 1990) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder.
Club career
[edit]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] Vacca's contract with Venezia was terminated by mutual consent on 8 September 2022.[3]
On 19 January 2023, Vacca returned to Foggia on a 1.5-year contract.[4] The contract was terminated by mutual consent on 24 January 2024.[5]
Personal life
[edit]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.[6][7][8]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 23 August 2023[9]
Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Benevento | 2008–09 | Lega Pro 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
2009–10 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[b] | 0 | 13 | 1 | |||
2010–11 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 1 | ||||
2011–12 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 25 | 5 | ||||
2013–14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||||
Total | 69 | 6 | 8 | 1 | — | 2 | 0 | 79 | 7 | |||
Barletta (loan) | 2012–13 | Lega Pro 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||
Livorno (loan) | 2012–13 | Serie B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
Catanzaro | 2013–14 | Lega Pro 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
2014–15 | Lega Pro | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
Total | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |||
Reggiana | 2014–15 | Lega Pro | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3[b] | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
2015–16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
Total | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |||
Foggia | 2015–16 | Lega Pro | 15 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | 5[b] | 0 | 25 | 3 | |
2016–17 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[c] | 1 | 34 | 2 | |||
2017–18 | Serie B | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | |||
Total | 65 | 3 | 7 | 1 | — | 7 | 1 | 79 | 5 | |||
Parma | 2017–18 | Serie B | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||
Casertana (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie C | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
Venezia | 2019–20 | Serie B | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||
2020–21 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||
2021–22 | Serie A | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
Total | 51 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 54 | 0 | |||
Foggia | 2022–23 | Serie C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5[b] | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
Career total | 275 | 9 | 24 | 2 | — | 19 | 1 | 318 | 12 |
- ^ Includes Coppa Italia, Coppa Italia Serie C
- ^ a b c d e f Appearance(s) in Lega Pro/Serie C play-off
- ^ Appearance(s) in Supercoppa di Lega Pro
References
[edit]- ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 31 January 2010.
- ^ "UFFICIALE: triennale per Antonio Junior Vacca" (Press release) (in Italian). Venezia. 16 July 2019.
- ^ "ANTONIO JUNIOR VACCA DEPARTS VENEZIA FC". Venezia. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- ^ "WELCOME BACK ANTONIO JUNIOR" (in Italian). Foggia. 19 January 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ^ "VACCA SALUTA I ROSSONERI" (in Italian). Foggia. 24 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Dent, Arthur (2019-01-26). "Casertana, Antonio Vacca: attempted robbery and gunshots, then the outburst on Instagram". iSport. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
- ^ Antonio Junior Vacca at Soccerway
External links
[edit]- Antonio Junior Vacca at Soccerway
Categories:
- 1990 births
- Footballers from Naples
- Living people
- Italian men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Italy men's youth international footballers
- Benevento Calcio players
- ASD Barletta 1922 players
- US Livorno 1915 players
- US Catanzaro 1929 players
- AC Reggiana 1919 players
- Calcio Foggia 1920 players
- Parma Calcio 1913 players
- Casertana FC players
- Venezia FC players
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- Serie C players
- Italian football midfielder, 1990s birth stubs