Davide Vitturini


Davide Vitturini is an Italian footballer who plays as a right-back for club Guidonia.

Club career

Born in L'Aquila, but raised in Florence and Pescara, Vitturini started playing football in two different grassroots teams before joining Pescara 1936|Pescara]'s youth academy, where he also played with Lucas Torreira. He made his debut with the first team on 2 December 2014, aged 17, in a Coppa Italia match against Sassuolo Calcio|Sassuolo]: his side lost 1–0 in the occasion. Just four days after, on 6 December 2014, he also made his league debut in the Serie B match against Pro Vercelli 1892|Pro Vercelli], which his side won 4–0. He gained another league appearance the following week, in the match against Avellino 1912|Avellino].
In the 2015 summer transfer window, Vitturini was sent on loan to Lega Pro team Teramo Calcio|Teramo]. However, Vitturini gained no playing time, and subsequently returned to Pescara in January 2016: he ended up being often used as a starter in the second part of the season in Serie B by Massimo Oddo, as the team reached promotion to Serie A following their victory in the play-offs.
Vitturini made his Serie A debut on 15 October 2016, in a 1–1 draw against Sampdoria. He collected other two consecutive appearances in the top flight, before picking up an injury that would force him to stop periodically and, eventually, lose the opportunity to take part in the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in 2017.
In the subsequent years, he would collect three consecutive loan spells with Carpi, Carrarese and Fano 1906|Fano], although he could establish himself as a frequent starter only in the latter season.
On 15 January 2020, Vitturini signed a 1.5-year contract with Feralpisalò.
On 26 January 2021, Vitturini returned to Teramo, joining until the end of the season. He subsequently became a free agent at the end of June.
On 14 November 2022, Vitturini joined Trento 1921|Trento] in Serie C.

International career

Vitturini has represented Italy at various youth levels. With the Italy U19 team, he took part at the 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship in Germany, where Italy finished as runners-up.

Personal life

Vitturini studied at the Liceo Classico "Gabriele D'Annunzio" in Pescara, where he obtained his maturity diploma with a final score of 85/100.
He subsequently pursued and obtained a degree in Business economics at the UniPegaso in Naples, where he has also pursued a professional degree in Sport management. He expressed the desire to work as a Director of Football following his retirement.

Honours

Italy U19