Antonio De Vitis

Antonio De Vitis
Personal information
Date of birth	16 May 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth	Lecce, Italy
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Piacenza (technical director)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1982–1983	Napoli
1983–1984	Campania
1984–1985	Palermo
1985–1986	Salernitana
1986–1988	Taranto
1988–1991	Udinese
1991–1995	Piacenza
1995–1999	Hellas Verona
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Antonio "Totò" De Vitis (born 16 May 1964) is a retired Italian footballer who played as a striker.^[1]

Playing career

A prolific striker, De Vitis started his career with Napoli, making his Serie A debut with the Campanian club in a home game against Genoa.^[2] He successively started a career in the minor leagues of Italian football; in 1988, after winning promotion to the top flight with Udinese, he returned to play at Serie A level.

In 1991, De Vitis signed for newly-promoted Serie B club Piacenza, becoming a star player for the Biancorossi and a major factor in the club's promotion to Serie A in 1993 and the following campaigns in the Italian top flight. He left Piacenza in 1995 to sign for Hellas Verona, playing for the Gialloblu until 1999.

Post-playing career

On 1 November 2023, De Vitis returned to Piacenza as the club's new technical director, working alongside sporting director Alessio Sestu.^[3]

Personal life

He is the father of professional footballer Alessandro De Vitis.^[4]

References

^ "Antonio De Vitis". weltfussball.de. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
^ "Correva l'anno 1982: il 12 dicembre Napoli e Genoa pareggiarono segnando dal dischetto" (in Italian). PianetaGenoa1893.net. 7 April 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
^ "Piacenza - Esonerato Maccarone. Panchina a Stefano Rossini con Totò De Vitis direttore tecnico" (in Italian). SportPiacenza.it. 1 November 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
^ "Totò presenta Alessandro: ecco chi è De Vitis" (in Italian). PadovaSport. 4 July 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2023.

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[weltfussball-1] "Antonio De Vitis". weltfussball.de. Retrieved 23 November 2019.

[2] "Correva l'anno 1982: il 12 dicembre Napoli e Genoa pareggiarono segnando dal dischetto" (in Italian). PianetaGenoa1893.net. 7 April 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2023.

[3] "Piacenza - Esonerato Maccarone. Panchina a Stefano Rossini con Totò De Vitis direttore tecnico" (in Italian). SportPiacenza.it. 1 November 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2023.

[4] "Totò presenta Alessandro: ecco chi è De Vitis" (in Italian). PadovaSport. 4 July 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2023.

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