Mirco Antenucci
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 9 August 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Termoli, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Ternana | ||
| Number | TBA | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2002–2007 | Giulianova | 92 | (13) |
| 2004–2005 | → Ancona (loan) | 26 | (2) |
| 2007–2011 | Catania | 18 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | → Venezia (loan) | 27 | (6) |
| 2009 | → Pisa (loan) | 20 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | → Ascoli (loan) | 40 | (24) |
| 2011–2012 | Torino | 60 | (16) |
| 2012– | Catania | 1 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | → Spezia (loan) | 33 | (6) |
| 2013– | → Ternana (loan) | 10 | (7) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 June 2013. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Mirko Antenucci (born 8 September 1984) is an Italian footballer and striker currently playing for Ternana Calcio in the Italian Serie B, on loan from Calcio Catania..
Club career
Giulianova
Antenucci began his professional career in 2002, with Serie C1 club, Giulianova Calcio, where in two seasons with the club, the young striker managed to make 35 appearances, before spending the 2004–05 season on loan at Serie C2 side, A.C. Ancona. During his loan spell with the club, Antenucci scored 2 goals in 27 league appearances, before returning to Giulianova Calcio in the summer of 2005. In his second tenure with the Teramo based club, Antenucci scored 12 goals in 57 league matches, over the course of two seasons.
Calcio Catania
In July 2007 he was signed by Serie A side, Calcio Catania[1] and was loaned to S.S.C. Venezia ahead of the 2007–08 Serie C1 campaign. He made 27 league appearances that season, scoring 6 goals.
On 1 July 2008, Antenucci returned to Catania and entered into the first team squad. He made 4 substitute appearances under, then coach, Walter Zenga in the first half of the 2008–09 Serie A season. On 5 January 2009, however, Mirco Antenucci was sent out on loan to Serie B club Pisa Calcio, to gain experience and playing time. During his six-month spell with the Serie B club, Antenucci scored just 1 goal in 20 league appearances, and the club failed to avoid relegation and also bankrupted. He returned to Catania on 30 June 2009.
On 19 August 2009, Catania opted to send out the striker on another loan deal to Ascoli[2] where he joined fellow Catania loanees Marcello Gazzola and Vito Falconieri. Following his transfer to Ascoli, the player really thrived, earning a regular starting role, and going on to make 40 appearances in the league, scoring an impressive 24 goals. He only missed 2 league matches: the first round of the season and once due to suspension.[3] The player returned to Catania ahead of the 2010–11 Serie A season. Antenucci did make 14 league appearances for Catania that season, although most of them were off the substitute's bench. After just 1 goal, Antenucci was sent out on a co-ownership agreement.
On 23 January 2011, it was announced that he joined Torino F.C. in a co-ownership deal. In his first 6-month spell with the club, Antenucci scored 6 goals in 19 appearances, before turning in an additional 10 goals in 40 league appearances the following season. His efforts helped guide the club to a second place finish in the 2011–12 Serie B standings, and hence, promotion to Serie A.[4]
On 21 June 2012, Calcio Catania out-bided Torino in a blind auction for the player's co-ownership, and so the 28-year old returned to Sicily ahead of the 2012–13 Serie A season. After making a substitute appearance in matchday 1 of the season on 26 August 2012, the player was sent out on loan to Spezia Calcio of the Italian Serie B, on yet another season-long loan deal.
He was loaned to Serie B side Ternana Calcio on 20 July 2013.
References
- ↑ "UFFICIALE: Antenucci va al Catania, ma su di lui l'asta continua". Tutto Mercato Web (in Italian). 22 July 2007. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
- ↑ "Mirko Antenucci all’Ascoli. Domani la presentazione". Ascoli Calcio 1898 (in Italian). 19 August 2009. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
- ↑ "Giudice Sportivo: 7.000 € di multa. Un turno a Giallombardo e Antenucci". Ascoli Calcio 1898 (in Italian). 11 May 2010. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
- ↑ "Antenucci al Toro" [Antenucci at the bull]. Torino FC (in Italian). 23 January 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
External links
- Football.it Profile (Italian)
- Catania Profile (Italian)
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