Vitangelo Spadavecchia Explained

Vitangelo Spadavecchia
Fullname:Vitangelo Spadavecchia
Birth Date:25 November 1982
Birth Place:Molfetta, Italy
Height:1.92 m
Position:Goalkeeper
Youthyears1:1997–2000
Youthclubs1:Andria
Youthyears2:2000–2002
Youthclubs2:Bari
Years1:2002–2009
Years2:2004–2005
Years3:2006–2007
Years4:2007
Years5:2008–2009
Years6:2010–2011
Years7:2015
Years8:2015–2016
Clubs2:Sambenedettese (loan)
Clubs3:Pescara (loan)
Clubs4:Catania (loan)
Clubs5:Sorrento (loan)
Clubs6:Andria
Clubs7:Atletico Mola
Clubs8:Altamura
Caps1:5
Goals1:0
Caps2:14
Goals2:0
Caps3:15
Goals3:0
Caps4:0
Goals4:0
Caps5:19
Goals5:0
Caps6:56
Goals6:0
Caps7:N/A
Goals7:N/A
Caps8:N/A
Goals8:N/A
Totalcaps:109
Totalgoals:0
Nationalyears1:2001–2003
Nationalteam1:Italy U-20[1]
Nationalcaps1:17
Nationalgoals1:0
Pcupdate:22 May 2012
Ntupdate:30 June 2016

Vitangelo Spadavecchia (born 25 November 1982) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Statistiche in Nazionale. Italian Football Federation. it. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211144/http://www.figc.it/nazionali/DettaglioConvocato?codiceConvocato=2107&squadra=1. 3 March 2016. 23 November 2018.
  2. News: Spadavecchia a Pescara, Aridità a Vasto. 25 August 2006. 5 November 2014. Pescara Calcio. it. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141105090333/http://www.pescaracalcio.com/stagione/archivio-news/853-spadavecchia-a-pescara-aridit-vasto.html. 5 November 2014.
  3. http://www.asandriabat.it/news/ultima_notizia_view.php?id=938 Spadavecchia-Andria: raggiunta l'intesa.
  4. News: (85)–DEFERIMENTO DELLA PROCURA FEDERALE A CARICO DI: CRISTIAN BIANCONE (calciatore tesserato all'epoca dei fatti per la Società Sorrento Calcio Srl, attualmente tesserato per la Società ASD Soverato V.) VITANGELO SPADAVECCHIA (calciatore tesserato all'epoca dei fatti per la Società Sorrento Calcio Srl, attualmente tesserato per la Società AS Andria Bat Srl), ANTONINO CASTELLANO (all'epoca dei fatti, Dirigente con poteri di rappresentanza legale della Società Sorrento Calcio Srl), ROBERTO AMODIO (all'epoca dei fatti, tesserato in qualità di Direttore Sportivo della Società SS Juve Stabia Spa) e le Società SS JUVE STABIA Spa e SORRENTO CALCIO Srl ▪ (nota №777/318pf10-11/SP/AM/blp del 2.8.2011). Comunicato Ufficiale. 23/CDN. 2011–12. 11 October 2011. 14 March 2019. Commissione Disciplinare Nazionale. FIGC. it.
  5. News: Partita truccata, nel blitz campano indagato il portiere Spadavecchia. 15 October 2010. 14 March 2019. Corriere del Mezzogiorno. it.
  6. 5) RICORSO DEL CALC. SPADAVECCHIA VITANGELO AVVERSO LA SANZIONE DELLA SQUALIFICA PER ANNI 3 E MESI 3 INFLITTA AL RECLAMANTE A SEGUITO DI DEFERIMENTO DEL PROCURATORE FEDERALE PER VIOLAZIONE DEGLI ARTT. 1,COMMA 1, 6, COMMA 1 E 7, COMMA 1 C.G.S. IN RIFERIMENTO ALLA GARA JUVE STABIA/SORRENTO DEL 5.4.2009 – NOTA №777/318PF10-11/SP/AM/BLP DEL 2.8.2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20140110001333/http://www.figc.it/Assets/contentresources_2/ContenutoGenerico/35.$plit/C_2_ContenutoGenerico_30389_StrilloComunicatoUfficiale_lstAllegati_Allegato_0_upfAllegato.pdf. 6 December 2011. 2011–12. 104/CGF. 10 January 2014. 14 March 2019. Comunicato Ufficiale. Corte di Giustizia Federale. FIGC. it.
  7. Web site: Archived copy . 2012-05-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120525104147/http://coni.it/fileadmin/arbitrato/565_A.pdf . 2012-05-25 . dead .
  8. News: L'Atletico Mola vince con il Mesagne Calcio. 1 November 2015. 23 November 2018. quimesagne.it. it.