Simone Branca

Simone Branca
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-03-25) 25 March 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Busto Arsizio, Italy
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team 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 191 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 June 2024

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

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
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Südtirol 2012–13 Lega Pro 1 A 29 1 0 0 — 29 1
2013–14 23 2 2 0 — 4[a] 0 29 2
2014–15 Lega Pro 27 2 2 0 — 29 2
Total 79 5 4 0 0 0 4 0 87 5
Alessandria 2015–16 Lega Pro 33 3 8 0 — 1[b] 0 42 3
2016–17 27 1 2 0 — 6[c] 0 35 1
2017–18 Serie C 16 0 2 0 — 18 0
Total 76 4 12 0 0 0 7 0 95 4
Vejle 2017–18 Danish 1st Division 14 0 0 0 — 14 0
Cittadella 2018–19 Serie B 34 1 2 0 — 3[d] 0 39 1
Career totals 203 10 18 0 0 0 14 0 235 10
  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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