Alessio Vita (born 16 March 1993) is an Italian professional

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who plays for

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Club career

Early career

A former

Torino Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. T ...

youth player, he represented the club's Primavera formation from 2010 to 2012. In 2012, he was sold to

Monza Monza (, ; lmo, label=Lombard language, Lombard, Monça, locally ; lat, Modoetia) is a city and ''comune'' on the River Lambro, a tributary of the Po River, Po in the Lombardy region of Italy, about north-northeast of Milan. It is the capit ...

in co-ownership, making 36 appearances and scoring seven goals in his first season in the professionals. After two excellent seasons played in ''Biancorosso'' under his mentor Antonino Asta, his contract was not redeemed by Torino. On 19 January 2015, Monza, suffering from financial difficulties, released Vita for free.

Sassuolo and loan to Vicenza

On 20 January 2015 Vita was signed by

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club

Sassuolo Sassuolo (; egl, label=Modenese dialect, Modenese, Sasól ) is an Italian town, ''comune'', and industrial centre of the Province of Modena in Emilia-Romagna. Standing on the right bank of the river Secchia some southwest of Modena, the town ...

on a three-and-a-half year contract. He was immediately transferred to

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club

Vicenza Calcio L.R. Vicenza, commonly referred to as Vicenza, is an Football in Italy, Italian football club based in Vicenza, Veneto. Founded in 1902 as Associazione del Calcio in Vicenza, they became Lanerossi Vicenza in 1953, then Vicenza Calcio from 1990 ...

in a temporary deal for one-and-a-half seasons. He selected the number 16 shirt for his new team. Vita made his debut on 24 January, against

Trapani Trapani ( , ; scn, Tràpani ; lat, Drepanum; grc, Δρέπανον) is a city and municipality (''comune'') on the west coast of Sicily, in Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Trapani. Founded by Elymians, the city is still an impor ...

. He substituted Stefano Giacomelli in the second half. In July 2016 the loan was renewed.

Cesena

On 30 June 2017, the last day of Cesena's financial year, Vita was sold to

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, with Alessandro Ahmetaj and Emanuele Grumo moved to Sassuolo.

Cittadella

On 4 July 2019, he signed with

International career

Vita was a player of

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, which he played 3 out of 4 possible matches of 2012–13 Under 20 Regional Competition, including a brace against

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. Vita also played the friendly match against

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Career statistics

Club

References

External links

AIC profile (data by football.it)
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vita, Alessio 1993 births Footballers from Rome Living people Italian footballers Association football forwards Torino F.C. players A.C. Monza players U.S. Sassuolo Calcio players L.R. Vicenza players A.C. Cesena players FeralpiSalò players A.S. Cittadella players Serie B players Serie C players