Vincenzo Iaquinta

Vincenzo Iaquinta
Vincenzo Iaquinta (2010)
Personnel
birthday	November 21, 1979
place of birth	Crotone ,  Italy
size	191 cm
position	Storm
Juniors
Years	station
	Reggiolo Calcio
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1996-1998	Reggiolo Calcio	30 0(8)
1998	Padova Calcio	13 0(3)
1998-2000	ASD Castel di Sangro	52 0(8)
2000-2007	Udinese Calcio	176 (58)
2007-2013	Juventus Turin	86 (30)
2012	→  AC Cesena  (loan)	7 0(1)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1999-2000	Italy U-20	5 0(1)
2001-2002	Italy U-21	10 0(1)
2004-2010	Italy	40 0(6)
1 Only league games are given.

Vincenzo Iaquinta (born November 21, 1979 in Crotone , Italy ) is a former Italian football player . The striker was under contract with Juventus Turin until June 2013 in Serie A.

Career

In the club

Vincenzo Iaquinta played for Udinese Calcio from the 2000/01 season , where he matured from a reservist to an important player. He was instrumental in the success of the 2004/05 season when Udinese finished fourth in the league. In the following Champions League qualification, he secured his club's first participation in the Champions League with two goals. In the first game against Panathinaikos Athens he scored all three goals in the 3-0 win for Udinese Calcio.

From the 2007/08 season Iaquinta played for Juventus Turin . He received a five-year contract. In January 2012, he was awarded to league rivals AC Cesena . After half a year, Iaquinta returned to the 2012/13 season, but was no longer a member of the first division squad. His contract, which expired in summer 2013, was not renewed.

In the national team

Iaquinta was in the Italian squad for the 2006 World Cup in Germany. Here he was substituted on in the first game against Ghana in the second half and scored the decisive 2-0 with his first international goal. In the further course of the tournament, national coach Marcello Lippi mostly used him as a joker in the second half, including in the semifinals against Germany and in the final against France , in which Italy won the football world championship for the fourth time on penalties.

successes

• World Champion : 2006
• Italian champion : 2011/12
• Top scorer of the Coppa Italia : 2007/08

accusation

Since March 23, 2016, Iaquinta has been on trial in Bologna in one of the largest mafia trials to date. He is accused of having illegal weapons and belonging to the Mafia, which he denies. In October 2018, he was sentenced to two years in prison and his father was sentenced to 19 years in prison.

Web links

Commons : Vincenzo Iaquinta  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Vincenzo Iaquinta in the database of weltfussball.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ Football world champion and Rome's ex-mayor in court. In: spiegel.de. March 23, 2016, accessed on March 28, 2016 (German). 
2. ↑ L'ex calciatore Vincenzo Iaquinta è stato condannato in primo grado a due anni di carcere , il post