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Ferdinando Vitofrancesco

Italian footballer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 9, 2025
Entity authorityQ3742702
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Ferdinando Vitofrancesco (born August 4, 1988) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Serie D club Varese.

Club career

Vitofrancesco started playing in Milan's youth sector in 2000, at the age of 11.

On November 25, 2006, due to the large number of injuries suffered by various players, he got his first first-team call-up for a Serie A match against Messina. However, he didn't even manage to get a spot on the bench. He did three days later in a Coppa Italia game against Brescia, but eventually didn't enter the field.

In summer 2007 Vitofrancesco left for Cremonese in co-ownership deal for €5,000. In June 2008 the club purchased outright for an additional €70,000, made Milan booked the bonus of €65,000 as financial income.

In June 2011 he was signed by Serie B club Cittadella in exchange with Daniel Semenzato. He spent two years in Cittadella.

In 2013, he moved to Perugia.

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The public source identifies “Ferdinando Vitofrancesco” as italian footballer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Ferdinando, Vitofrancesco and Italian.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1988, 2000, 2006, 2007—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1988-08-04. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Ferdinando, Vitofrancesco and Italian providing the first useful test.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 9, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q3742702. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1988, 2000, 2006 and 2007.

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This entry incorporates text from Ferdinando Vitofrancesco” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.