| Simone Branca | |
| Birth Date: | 25 March 1992 |
| Birth Place: | Busto Arsizio, Italy |
| Height: | 1.79 m |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Cittadella |
| Clubnumber: | 23 |
| Youthyears1: | –2012 |
| Youthclubs1: | Novara |
| Years1: | 2012 |
| Clubs1: | Novara |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2012–2013 |
| Clubs2: | → Südtirol (loan) |
| Caps2: | 29 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2013–2015 |
| Clubs3: | Südtirol |
| Caps3: | 50 |
| Goals3: | 4 |
| Years4: | 2015–2018 |
| Caps4: | 76 |
| Goals4: | 4 |
| Years5: | 2018 |
| Clubs5: | Vejle |
| Caps5: | 14 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2018– |
| Clubs6: | Cittadella |
| Caps6: | 191 |
| Goals6: | 6 |
| Pcupdate: | 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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 | 0 | 42 | 3 | ||
| 2016–17 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 6 | 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 | 0 | 39 | 1 | ||
| Career totals | 203 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 235 | 10 | |||