Vitangelo Spadavecchia
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vitangelo Spadavecchia | ||
| Date of birth | 25 November 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Molfetta, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–2000 | Andria | ||
| 2000–2002 | Bari | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2009 | Bari | 5 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | → Sambenedettese (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | → Pescara (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Catania (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | → Sorrento (loan) | 19 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Andria | 56 | (0) |
| 2015 | Atletico Mola | N/A | (N/A) |
| 2015–2016 | Altamura | N/A | (N/A) |
| Total | 109 | (0) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2001–2003 | Italy U-20[1] | 17 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 May 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 June 2016 | |||
Vitangelo Spadavecchia (born 25 November 1982) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Club career
[edit]Bari
[edit]Spadavecchia joined Bari in mid-2000.
Spadavecchia joined Pescara on 25 August 2006.[2]
Andria
[edit]In December 2009 Bari released Spadavecchia who played as a backup; he joined third tier club Andria in January 2010.[3]
Match fixing scandal
[edit]On 11 October 2011 Spadavecchia was banned 3 years and 3 months for match fixing (until 1 January 2015).[4] The suspected match was on 5 April 2009, Juve Stabia 1–0 Sorrento.[5] His former teammate Cristian Biancone also banned, along with Roberto Amodio (sports director of Juve Stabia) and Antonino Castellano (chairman of Sorrento).[4] Spadavecchia appealed twice, but dismissed by the Corte di Giustizia Federale of FIGC[6] and the Tribunale Nazionale di Arbitrato per lo Sport of CONI.[7]
Return to football
[edit]In mid-2015 he was signed by amateur side Atletico Mola. He played at least one game for the team in Eccellenza Apulia league, against Mesagne.[8] In December 2015 he joined the local side of Altamura.
International career
[edit]Spadavecchia capped 17 times for Italy national under-20 football team,[1] the ladder team between U19 and U21. Spadavecchia was part of the U20 squad in 2001 Mediterranean Games.[1] The team won a silver medal. However, Spadavecchia was an unused bench for the whole tournament.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Statistiche in Nazionale" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- ^ "Spadavecchia a Pescara, Aridità a Vasto" (in Italian). Pescara Calcio. 25 August 2006. Archived from the original on 5 November 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
- ^ Spadavecchia-Andria: raggiunta l'intesa. Archived July 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "(85)–DEFERIMENTO DELLA PROCURA FEDERALE A CARICO DI: CRISTIAN BIANCONE (calciatore tesserato all'epoca dei fatti per la Società Sorrento Calcio Srl, attualmente tesserato per la Società ASD Soverato V.) VITANGELO SPADAVECCHIA (calciatore tesserato all'epoca dei fatti per la Società Sorrento Calcio Srl, attualmente tesserato per la Società AS Andria Bat Srl), ANTONINO CASTELLANO (all'epoca dei fatti, Dirigente con poteri di rappresentanza legale della Società Sorrento Calcio Srl), ROBERTO AMODIO (all'epoca dei fatti, tesserato in qualità di Direttore Sportivo della Società SS Juve Stabia Spa) e le Società SS JUVE STABIA Spa e SORRENTO CALCIO Srl ▪ (nota №777/318pf10-11/SP/AM/blp del 2.8.2011)" (PDF). Commissione Disciplinare Nazionale. Comunicato Ufficiale (in Italian). Vol. 2011–12, no. 23/CDN. FIGC. 11 October 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ "Partita truccata, nel blitz campano indagato il portiere Spadavecchia". Corriere del Mezzogiorno (in Italian). 15 October 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ "5) RICORSO DEL CALC. SPADAVECCHIA VITANGELO AVVERSO LA SANZIONE DELLA SQUALIFICA PER ANNI 3 E MESI 3 INFLITTA AL RECLAMANTE A SEGUITO DI DEFERIMENTO DEL PROCURATORE FEDERALE PER VIOLAZIONE DEGLI ARTT. 1,COMMA 1, 6, COMMA 1 E 7, COMMA 1 C.G.S. IN RIFERIMENTO ALLA GARA JUVE STABIA/SORRENTO DEL 5.4.2009 – NOTA №777/318PF10-11/SP/AM/BLP DEL 2.8.2011" (PDF). Corte di Giustizia Federale. Comunicato Ufficiale (in Italian). 2011–12 (104/CGF). FIGC. 6 December 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-25. Retrieved 2012-05-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "L'Atletico Mola vince con il Mesagne Calcio". quimesagne.it (in Italian). 1 November 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
External links
[edit]- Vitangelo Spadavecchia at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
- "2006–07 profile". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 2007. Archived from the original on 13 September 2007. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
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