Antonio Junior Vacca

Italian football player
Antonio Junior Vacca
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-05-13) 13 May 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Naples, Italy
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
0000–2009 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

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

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

Club

As of match played 23 August 2023[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] Europe Other Total
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
  1. ^ Includes Coppa Italia, Coppa Italia Serie C
  2. ^ a b c d e f Appearance(s) in Lega Pro/Serie C play-off
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in Supercoppa di Lega Pro

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. ^ "ANTONIO JUNIOR VACCA DEPARTS VENEZIA FC". Venezia. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  4. ^ "WELCOME BACK ANTONIO JUNIOR" (in Italian). Foggia. 19 January 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  5. ^ "VACCA SALUTA I ROSSONERI" (in Italian). Foggia. 24 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ Dent, Arthur (2019-01-26). "Casertana, Antonio Vacca: attempted robbery and gunshots, then the outburst on Instagram". iSport. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  9. ^ Antonio Junior Vacca at Soccerway

External links

  • Antonio Junior Vacca at Soccerway


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