Kevin Mathieu Vinetot (born 14 June 1988) is a French

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who plays

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for Italian club

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Club career

Born in

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, suburb of

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, Vinetot started in the reserve side of Guingamp. In mid-2008 he moved to Italian side

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, winning the promotion playoffs. In 2009–10 season, he played all 34 league matches and both legs of relegation play-outs.

Crotone

In July 2010 he was transferred to

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team

Crotone Crotone (, ; nap, label= Crotonese, Cutrone or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Calabria, Italy. Founded as the Achaean colony of Kroton ( grc, Κρότων or ; la, Crotona) in Magna Graecia, it was known as Cotrone from the Middle Ages until ...

along with Francesco Migliore and Fabio Gubinelli.

Genoa

In June 2011 he was sold to

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team

Genoa Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the List of cities in Italy, sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian ce ...

in co-ownership deal, for €1 million (€950,000 cash plus half of

Leonardo Terigi Leonardo Terigi (born 21 March 1991) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for club Ravenna. Career Born in Lucca, Tuscany, Terigi started his career at Ligurian club Genoa. In July 2010 Terigi was loaned to the Serie B club Croton ...

) in 4-year contract. The deal made Crotone had a revenue of €2 million in Italian accounting. Vinetot signed a 4-year contract. But on 17 July 2011 he returned to Crotone. His loan and co-ownership was renewed in summer 2012 and in June 2013 for co-ownership only.

Lecce

On 2 August 2013 Vinetot joined

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in temporary deal. On 20 June 2014 Vinetot joined Genoa outright, as well as Terigi to Crotone outright. On 12 August 2014 Vinetot was acquired by Lecce outright, with the residual 50% registration rights of Francesco Todisco went to Genoa.

AlbinoLeffe

In July 2015 he was loaned to AlbinoLeffe. He made 32 appearances in the

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Lecce and Mantova

He returned to Lecce and played three games for the team in the 2016–2017 Lega Pro season before moving to

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on loan on 31 January 2017.

Südtirol

On 17 July 2017 he moved to

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on a permanent deal.

Personal life

Vinetot was born in France and is of Guadeloupean descent.

References

External links

Football.it Profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vinetot, Kevin 1988 births Living people Footballers from Val-d'Oise People from Villiers-le-Bel French men's footballers French people of Guadeloupean descent Men's association football central defenders En Avant Guingamp players Serie B players Serie C players Giulianova Calcio players FC Crotone players US Lecce players UC AlbinoLeffe players FC Südtirol players French expatriate men's footballers French expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy