Antonio De Vitis
Personal information
Date of birth (1964-05-16) 16 May 1964
Place of birth Lecce, Italy
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Piacenza (technical director)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1983 Napoli 1 (0)
1983–1984 Campania 27 (7)
1984–1985 Palermo 24 (8)
1985–1986 Salernitana 25 (16)
1986–1988 Taranto 71 (28)
1988–1991 Udinese 74 (20)
1991–1995 Piacenza 120 (49)
1995–1999 Hellas Verona 107 (38)
*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

  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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