Vitangelo Spadavecchia

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Vitangelo Spadavecchia
Personal information
Full name Vitangelo Spadavecchia
Date of birth (1982-11-25) 25 November 1982 (age 40)
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*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2009 Bari 5 (0)
2004–2005Sambenedettese (loan) 14 (0)
2006–2007Pescara (loan) 15 (0)
2007Catania (loan) 0 (0)
2008–2009Sorrento (loan) 19 (0)
2010–2011 Andria 56 (0)
2015 Atletico Mola N/A (N/A)
2015–2016 Altamura N/A (N/A)
Total109(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.

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Club career

Bari

Spadavecchia joined Bari in mid-2000.

Spadavecchia joined Pescara on 25 August 2006. [2]

Andria

In December 2009 Bari released Spadavecchia who played as a backup; he joined third tier club Andria in January 2010. [3]

Match fixing scandal

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]

Return to football

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.

International career

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]

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