Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 25 March 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Busto Arsizio, Italy | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Cittadella | ||
Number | 23 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2012 | Novara | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012 | Novara | 0 | (0) |
2012–2013 | → Südtirol (loan) | 29 | (1) |
2013–2015 | Südtirol | 50 | (4) |
2015–2018 | Alessandria | 76 | (4) |
2018 | Vejle | 14 | (0) |
2018– | Cittadella | 191 | (6) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 June 2024 |
Simone Branca (born 25 March 1992) is an Italian football player. He plays for Cittadella. Besides Italy, he has played in Denmark. [1]
He is the product of Novara youth teams. He made a couple of bench appearances for Novara's senior squad in 2011–12 Serie A, but did not see any field time. [2]
Before the 2012–13 season he joined Serie C club Südtirol on loan. He made his Serie C debut for Südtirol on 2 September 2012 in a game against AlbinoLeffe as a starter. [3] Before the next season, he dissolved his Novara contract by mutual consent and rejoined Südtirol on a permanent basis. [4]
On 30 June 2015 Branca signed a three-year contract with another Serie C club Alessandria. [5]
On 26 January 2018, he moved to Denmark, signing with Vejle in the second-tier Danish 1st Division. He reunited with the Italian manager Adolfo Sormani, who previously coached Branca at Südtirol. He became the first Italian to play for Vejle. [6] He contributed to Vejle getting promotion back to Danish Superliga.
On 6 July 2018, he returned to Italy, signing with Serie B club Cittadella. [7]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Südtirol | 2012–13 | Lega Pro 1 A | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 29 | 1 | |||
2013–14 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 29 | 2 | |||
2014–15 | Lega Pro | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 29 | 2 | ||||
Total | 79 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 87 | 5 | ||
Alessandria | 2015–16 | Lega Pro | 33 | 3 | 8 | 0 | — | 1 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 42 | 3 | |
2016–17 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 6 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 35 | 1 | |||
2017–18 | Serie C | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | ||||
Total | 76 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 95 | 4 | ||
Vejle | 2017–18 | Danish 1st Division | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |||
Cittadella | 2018–19 | Serie B | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 3 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 39 | 1 | |
Career totals | 203 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 235 | 10 |
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