Vincenzo Aridità (born 20 July 1985) is an Italian footballer who most recently played for Italian

Serie C The Serie C (), officially known as Serie C NOW for sponsorship purposes, is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing ...

club Sambenedettese.

Biography

Born in

Villaricca Villaricca, known until 17 May 1871 as Panicocoli (), is a (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italy, Italian region of Campania, located about 10 km northwest of Naples. It is the birthplace of popular Italian singer S ...

, the Province of Naples, Campania, Aridità started his career at Abruzzo club

Pescara Pescara (; ; ) is the capital city of the province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo Regions of Italy, region of Italy. It is the most populated city in Abruzzo, with 118,657 (January 1, 2023) residents (and approximately 350,000 including the surround ...

. He made his Serie B debut on 28 May 2006, against

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. That match, the last round of

2005–06 Serie B The 2005–06 Serie B is the 74th season since its establishment in 1929. It is the second highest football league in Italy. Teams Cremonese, Rimini, Mantova and Avellino had been promoted from Serie C, while Bologna, Brescia and Atalanta h ...

, Aridità replaced

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in the second half. In

2006–07 Serie B The 2006–07 Serie B season is the 75th season since its establishment in 1929. It started on 9 September 2006 and ended on 10 June 2007. The 22 clubs in Serie B each played 42 matches during the regular season. The 2006–07 season marked the ...

Aridità selected no.22 shirt, due to the club retired his old number no.12. On 25 August 2006 Pescara signed

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in temporary deal, thus Aridità left for Pro Vasto also in temporary deal on the same day. Aridità played all the game of 2006–07 Serie C2. Both Pescara and Pro Vasto were relegated, to Serie C1 and Serie D respectively. Aridità became the backup keeper of Pescara again but in

2007–08 Serie C1 The 2007–08 Serie C1 season was the thirtieth football league season of Italian Serie C1 since its establishment in 1978. It was divided into two phases: the regular season, played from September 2007 to May 2008, and the playoff phase from Ma ...

. On 8 September 2008 Aridità left for

Lanciano Lanciano (; ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Chieti, part of the Abruzzo region of central Italy. It has 33,944 inhabitants as of 2023. The town is known for the first recorded Catholic Church, Catholic Miracle of Lanciano, Eucharis ...

initially in 2-year contract. He was one of the protagonist in

2011–12 Lega Pro Prima Divisione The 2011–12 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season will be the thirty-fourth football league season of Italian Lega Pro Prima Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the fourth since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro. It will be divided in ...

which the club won the playoffs for promotion. Aridità was one of the backup for Nicola Leali and then Luigi Sepe in

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and

2013–14 Serie B The 2013–14 Serie B (known as the Serie B Eurobet for sponsorship reasons) was the 82nd season since its establishment in 1929. A total of 22 teams contested the league: 15 of which were returning from the 2012–13 Serie B, 2012–13 season, ...

respectively. Despite Aridità wore no.1 shirt, he was the second keeper in the

2013–14 Coppa Italia The 2013–14 Coppa Italia, also known as TIM Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 67th edition of the domestic competition. As in the previous year, 78 clubs have taken part in the tournament. Lazio were the cup holders. Napoli were the winners, ...

and then became third in the opening game of 2013–14 Serie B ( Angelo Casadei was the starting keeper in round 1 as Sepe injured and from round 2 (as of round 4) Casadei was on the bench).

References

External links

Lega Serie B profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aridita, Vincenzo 1985 births Footballers from the Metropolitan City of Naples Living people Italian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Delfino Pescara 1936 players Vastese Calcio 1902 players SS Virtus Lanciano 1924 players US Sambenedettese players Serie B players Serie C players 21st-century Italian sportsmen