Antonio Junior Vacca
Personal information
Full name Antonio Junior Vacca
Date of birth (1990-05-13) 13 May 1990
Place of birth Naples, Italy
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Foggia
Number 5
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– Foggia 0 (0)
International career
2011 Italy U-20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 September 2022

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

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]

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.[5][6][7]

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. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ Dent, Arthur (2019-01-26). "Casertana, Antonio Vacca: attempted robbery and gunshots, then the outburst on Instagram". iSport. Retrieved 2019-01-29.


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