Antimo Iunco

Antimo Iunco (born 6 June 1984) is an Italian footballer who plays as a forward.

Antimo Iunco

Personal information
Date of birth	(1984-06-06) 6 June 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth	Brindisi, Italy
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Forward, winger
Youth career
	Brindisi
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2004	Brindisi	12	(0)
2004–2007	Verona	92	(13)
2007–2010	Chievo	38	(5)
2009	→ Salernitana (loan)	16	(3)
2009–2010	→ Cittadella (loan)	32	(12)
2010–2011	Torino	20	(6)
2011–2012	Spezia	26	(4)
2012–2013	Chievo	0	(0)
2012–2013	→ Bari (loan)	30	(1)
2013–2015	Trapani	31	(2)
2015–2016	Alessandria	30	(4)
2016–2017	Paganese	12	(0)
2017–2018	Cittadella	16	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Early career

Iunco started his career at hometown club Brindisi. He followed the team to play at Serie C2 after winning the Serie D Group H champion in 2002. In January 2004, he joined Verona of Serie B in a co-ownership deal.^[1] He was made permanent in June 2004.^[2][3]

Chievo

After Verona relegated to Serie C1, he moved to cross town rival Chievo (in a co-ownership deal), which also relegated but from Serie A, where he won Serie A promotion in 2008.^[4] He made 19 league starts in 27 league appearances for the Serie B champion.

In June 2008, Chievo bought him outright. After the club signed Mauro Esposito on loan who had much more experience at Serie A, Iunco was out-favoured and in January 2009 loaned to Serie B struggler Salernitana^[5] after the club signed Stephen Makinwa.

Cittadella

On 30 August 2009, he joined Cittadella of Serie B, as part of the deal that Chievo signed Manuel Iori earlier,^[6] re-joining Chievo teammate Diego Oliveira. Iunco took number 7 shirt that previously owned by central midfielder Fabio Giordano.

In June 2010, Cittadella signed him in co-ownership deal for €500,000^[7] and sold the remain 50% registration rights of Manuel Iori to Chievo.^[8]

Torino

On 12 July 2010, he was sold to fellow Serie B side Torino, and Chievo retained another 50% registration rights. (Chievo acquired Iunco outright for €700,000 and sold for €1M.^[7])^[9] On 25 June 2011 Chievo regained all the registration rights for €99,000.^[7] It was also due to an auction error by Torino chairman Urbano Cairo, which offered €20,000 more than Chievo but did not sign it, thus it was not considered a valid offer.^[10][11]

Spezia

On 30 July 2011 Iunco joined Serie B club Spezia in another co-ownership deal^[12] for €150,000 fee.^[13] On 23 June 2012 Chievo bought back Iunco again,^[14] for just €750 fee.^[13]

Bari

In summer 2012 Iunco was loaned to Bari.

Trapani

On 19 August 2013 Iunco joined Trapani.^[15] On 23 January 2015 he was transferred to Alessandria.^[16][17]

Alessandria & Paganese

Iunco joined Serie C club Alessandria on 23 January 2015. He spent 1+1⁄2 seasons with the club.

In summer 2016 Iunco joined another Serie C club Paganese.^[18] However, he terminated his contract in a mutual consent in the winter transfer window.^[19]

Return to Cittadella

Iunco returned to Cittadella on 10 January 2017.^[20] On 18 July he signed a new contract.^[21]

Honours

Chievo

• Serie B: 2007–08

Spezia

• Supercoppa di Lega di Prima Divisione: 2012
• Lega Pro Prima Divisione: 2011–12
• Coppa Italia Lega Pro: 2011–12

References

1. (in Italian). Hellas Verona F.C. 2 January 2004. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
2. "CALCIOMERCATO: MATTIA CASSANI E CRISTIAN AGNELLI IN GIALLOBLU' ANCHE NEL 2004/2005" (Press release) (in Italian). Hellas Verona F.C. 23 June 2004. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
3. (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Calcio. 25 June 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2005. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
4. "AL CHIEVO ARRIVA ANCHE IUNCO, IN COMPROPRIETA' CON L'HELLAS VERONA". AC ChievoVerona (in Italian). 31 August 2007. Retrieved 18 June 2010. ^{[dead link]}
5. "MERCATO: IUNCO IN PRESTITO ALLA SALERNITANA". AC ChievoVerona (in Italian). 22 January 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2010. ^{[dead link]}
6. "IUNCO IN PRESTITO AL CITTADELLA" (in Italian). A.C. ChievoVerona. 31 August 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2010. ^{[permanent dead link]}
7. AC Chievo-Verona S.R.L. Report and Accounts on 30 June 2011 (in Italian)
8. "OPERAZIONI CHIEVO-CITTADELLA: IORI E' DEL CHIEVO, ALLA SOCIETA' EUGANEA LA META' DI IUNCO" (in Italian). A.C. ChievoVerona. 23 June 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2010. ^{[permanent dead link]}
9. (Press release) (in Italian). Torino F.C. 12 July 2010. Archived from the original on 15 July 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
10. Matthews, Luke (25 June 2011). "Inter sign Emiliano Viviano following Bologna's auction error". Goal. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
11. Manassero, Francesco (26 June 2011). . La Stampa (in Italian). Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
12. "Mercato: trovato l'accordo per l'arrivo in bianco di Antimo Iunco" (Press release) (in Italian). Spezia Calcio. 30 July 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
13. A.C. Chievo-Verona S.r.l. bilancio ordinario d'esercizio data chiusura esercizio 30/06/2012 [A.C. Chievo-Verona S.r.l. financial report on 30 June 2012] (in Italian). Italian C.C.I.A.A. 2012.
14. "Comproprietà: Daniele Pedrelli è dello Spezia, Antimo Iunco al Chievo Verona" (Press release) (in Italian). Spezia Calcio. 23 June 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
15. "E' ufficiale. Acquistato Antimo Iunco" (Press release) (in Italian). Trapani Calcio. 19 August 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
16. (Press release) (in Italian). Trapani Calcio. 23 January 2015. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
17. (Press release) (in Italian). U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912. 23 January 2015. Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
18. "UFFICIALE: ANTIMO IUNCO E' IL NUOVO ATTACCANTE DELLA PAGANESE" (Press release) (in Italian). Paganese Calcio 1926. 2016 [circa]. Retrieved 20 July 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}
19. "RISOLUZIONE CONSENSUALE ANTIMO IUNCO" (Press release) (in Italian). Paganese Calcio 1926. Retrieved 20 July 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}
20. "Antimo Iunco è granata!" (Press release) (in Italian). A.S. Cittadella. 10 January 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
21. "Iunco ancora granata!" (Press release) (in Italian). A.S. Cittadella. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.

External links

• Profile at La Gazzetta dello Sport (2007–08) (in Italian) ^{[dead link]}
• Antimo Iunco at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
• Profile at AIC.Football.it (in Italian) ^{[dead link]}
• Antimo Iunco at Soccerway