Mattia Vitale

Mattia Vitale
Vitale with Frosinone in 2021
Personal information
Full name Mattia Vitale
Date of birth (1997-10-01) 1 October 1997 (age 29)
Place of birth Bologna, Italy
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Salernitana
Number 32
Youth career
2003–2009 Persiceto85
2009–2011 Bologna
2011–2016 Juventus
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Juventus 2 (0)
2016 → Lanciano (loan) 19 (0)
2016–2017 → Cesena (loan) 21 (0)
2017 → Venezia (loan) 0 (0)
2017–2018 → SPAL (loan) 2 (0)
2018–2020 SPAL 0 (0)
2019 → Carpi (loan) 13 (1)
2019–2020 → Frosinone (loan) 5 (0)
2020–2021 Frosinone 10 (0)
2021–2022 Pro Vercelli 34 (2)
2022–2025 Crotone 91 (7)
2025–2026 Vicenza 27 (1)
2026– Salernitana 0 (0)
International career
2012 Italy U15 1 (0)
2013 Italy U17 3 (0)
2014 Italy U18 3 (0)
2017 Italy U20 6 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Italy
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Third place2017 South Korea
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 29 April 2026

Mattia Vitale (born 1 October 1997) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie C Group C club Salernitana.

Club career

Juventus

A native of Bologna, Vitale joined the youth set-up of local club Bologna, playing as a forward, before moving north to Turin giants Juventus in 2011. He was first included in a matchday squad on 11 January 2015, remaining an unused substitute for their 3–1 Serie A win away to Napoli. The player made his professional debut on 11 April against Parma, replacing fellow youngster Kingsley Coman for the final ten minutes of a 0–1 away defeat, becoming Juve's youngest debutant since Nicola Zanini in 1991. On 9 May, he played his first match at the Juventus Stadium, replacing Roberto Pereyra for the final 15 minutes of a 1–1 draw with Cagliari.

Lanciano (loan)

In 2016, he joined Serie B club Lanciano on a six-month loan, recording 19 league appearances and an assist.

Cesena (loan)

On 6 July 2016, Cesena announced the loan signing of Vitale from Juventus for the 2016–2017 season.

SPAL

Carpi (loan)

On 15 January 2019 he joined Carpi on loan for the rest of the 2018–19 season.

Frosinone

On 16 July 2019 he joined Frosinone on loan. As certain performance conditions were met, Frosinone was obligated to purchase his rights at the end of the 2019–20 season.

Pro Vercelli

On 31 August 2021, he joined Serie C club Pro Vercelli.

Crotone

On 19 July 2022, Vitale signed a three-year contract with Crotone.

Honours

Juventus

Italy U20

References

  1. 1 2 "FIFA U-20 World Cup Korea Republic 2017 Squad List: Italy (ITA)" (PDF). FIFA. 11 June 2017. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
  2. 1 2 "UEFA.com's weekly wonderkid: Mattia Vitale". uefa.com. 6 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Parma vs. Juventus – 4 May 2015 – Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Dalla Juventus arriva Mattia Vitale" (in Italian). 6 July 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Mercato: Vitale per il centrocampo!" [Market: Vitale for the midfield!] (in Italian). Carpi F.C. 1909. 15 January 2019. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  6. ↑ "MATTIA VITALE E' UN CALCIATORE DEL FROSINONE" (Press release) (in Italian). Frosinone. 16 July 2019. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  7. ↑ "Gatto e Vitale: la Pro chiude il mercato con due "botti" | VercelliNotizie" (in Italian). 31 August 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  8. ↑ "Awua, Panico e Vitale sono rossoblù!" (in Italian). Crotone. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  9. ↑ Mattia Vitale at Soccerway
  10. ↑ Francesco Oddi (11 June 2017). "Mondiale Under 20, Uruguay-Italia 1-4 ai rigori: Plizzari super, azzurrini terzi" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 15 June 2017.