Simone Branca

Simone Branca (born 25 March 1992) is an Italian football player. He plays for Cittadella. Besides Italy, he has played in Denmark.[1]

Simone Branca
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-03-25) 25 March 1992
Place of birth Busto Arsizio, Italy
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Cittadella
Number 23
Youth career
0000–2012 Novara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 Novara 0 (0)
2012–2013 → Südtirol (loan) 29 (1)
2013–2015 Südtirol 50 (4)
2015–2018 Alessandria 76 (4)
2018 Vejle 14 (0)
2018– Cittadella 34 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

He is the product of Novara youth teams. He made a couple of bench appearances for Novara's senior squad in 2011–12 Serie A, but did not see any field time.[2]

Before the 2012–13 season he joined Serie C club Südtirol on loan. He made his Serie C debut for Südtirol on 2 September 2012 in a game against AlbinoLeffe as a starter.[3] Before the next season, he dissolved his Novara contract by mutual consent and rejoined Südtirol on a permanent basis.[4]

On 30 June 2015 Branca signed a three-year contract with another Serie C club Alessandria.[5]

On 26 January 2018, he moved to Denmark, signing with Vejle in the second-tier Danish 1st Division. He reunited with the Italian manager Adolfo Sormani, who previously coached Branca at Südtirol. He became the first Italian to play for Vejle.[6] He contributed to Vejle getting promotion back to Danish Superliga.

On 6 July 2018, he returned to Italy, signing with Serie B club Cittadella.[7]

Career statistics
As of match played 25 May 2019[8][9]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Südtirol 2012–13 Lega Pro 1 A 29100—291
2013–14 23220—4[lower-alpha 1]0292
2014–15 Lega Pro 27220—292
Total 795400040875
Alessandria 2015–16 Lega Pro 33380—1[lower-alpha 2]0423
2016–17 27120—6[lower-alpha 3]0351
2017–18 Serie C 16020—180
Total 7641200070954
Vejle 2017–18 Danish 1st Division 14000—140
Cittadella 2018–19 Serie B 34120—3[lower-alpha 4]0391
Career totals 203101800014023510
  1. Appearances in the 2014 Lega Pro Prima promotion play-offs
  2. Appearance in the 2016 Lega Pro promotion play-offs
  3. Appearances in the 2017 Lega Pro promotion play-offs
  4. Appearances in the 2019 Serie B promotion play-offs

References
  1. Interview with Simone Branca goal.com
  2. "Novara-Atalanta Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 19 February 2012.
  3. "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 2 September 2012.
  4. "PERFEKT! SIMONE BRANCA GEHÖRT DEM FC SÜDTIROL" (in Italian). Südtirol. 11 July 2013.
  5. "NUOVO ACQUISTO IN CASA ALESSANDRIA" (in Italian). Alessandria. 30 June 2015.
  6. "VB sikrer sig italiensk midtbanespiller" (in Danish). Vejle. 26 January 2018.
  7. "Simone Branca è granata!" (in Italian). Cittadella. 6 July 2018.
  8. Simone Branca at Soccerway
  9. "Simone Branca » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 31 May 2019.


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