Gaetano Vitale

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Gaetano Vitale
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-08-04) 4 August 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth Castellamare di Stabia, Italy
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Cerignola
Number 4
Youth career
−2018 Sorrento
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018−2020 Sorrento 54 (5)
2020−2022 Salernitana 0 (0)
2020−2021Foggia (loan) 32 (2)
2021−2022Seregno (loan) 29 (1)
2022–2024 Monopoli 0 (0)
2022–2023Gubbio (loan) 24 (0)
2023–2024Sorrento (loan) 36 (4)
2024 Sorrento 0 (0)
2024–2025 Cavese 33 (3)
2025– Cerignola 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 April 2025

Gaetano Vitale (born 4 August 2001) is an Italian footballer who plays as midfielder for Serie C Group C club Cerignola. [2]

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Club career

Early career

Vitale played for Sorrento Youth Sector. [3] In the 2018–19 season, he was awarded as "best young player of 2018–19 Serie D", making 27 appearances and scoring three goals for Sorrento. [3] [4] In the 2019–20 season, he made 26 appearances and scored two goals. [4]

Foggia

On 27 September 2020, Vitale was signed by Salernitana, and was then loaned to Foggia. [5]

Seregno

In the summer 2021, Vitale was loaned to Seregno. [6]

Monopoli

On 20 July 2022, Vitale signed a three-year contract with Monopoli. [7] On 1 September 2022, he was loaned by Gubbio. [8] On 7 July 2023, Vitale returned to Sorrento on loan with an option to buy. [9]

Cavese

On 14 August 2024, Vitale joined Cavese, with Sorrento previously exercising their option to acquire his rights and re-sell them to Cavese. [10]

Style of play

Vitale has been compared to Nicolò Barella for his excellent vision and shooting. [4] [5]

References

  1. Gaetano Vitale at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
  2. Gaetano Vitale at Soccerway
  3. 1 2 "Gaetano Vitale e il sogno della A - Foggiacalciomania". Foggiacalciomania (in Italian). 23 February 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 "Calcio, la Salernitana acquista Gaetano Vitale a titolo definitivo dal Sorrento". Positanonews (in Italian). 27 September 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Gaetano Vitale e Lorenzo Lucca il tesoro delle nobili del Sud". UsCatanzaro.net (in Italian). 15 January 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  6. "Nuovo acquisto del Seregno: dal Foggia arriva Gaetano Vitale". Monza in Diretta (in Italian). 10 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  7. "GAETANO VITALE É UN NUOVO CALCIATORE DEL MONOPOLI" (in Italian). Monopoli. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  8. "Due nuovi acquisti in prestito: arrivano Vitale e Di Stefano" (in Italian). Gubbio. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  9. "GAETANO VITALE AL SORRENTO CALCIO" [GAETANO VITALE AT SORRENTO] (in Italian). Monopoli. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  10. "𝐕𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐄 è un nuovo calciatore Biancoblù" [𝐕𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐄 is a new Biancoblù footballer] (in Italian). Cavese. 14 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.