Personal information | |||
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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.
Spadavecchia joined Bari in mid-2000.
Spadavecchia joined Pescara on 25 August 2006.[2]
In December 2009 Bari released Spadavecchia who played as a backup; he joined third tier club Andria in January 2010.[3]
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]
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.
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]