Hide Vitalucci

Hide Vitalucci

Personal information
Full name	Hide Kengei Vitalucci
Date of birth	(2002-03-05) 5 March 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth	Rome, Italy
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Arka Gdynia
Number	14
Youth career
0000–2019	Nagoya Grampus
2019–2021	Frosinone
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2021–2022	Frosinone	0	(0)
2021–2022	→ Pergolettese (loan)	25	(3)
2022–2023	Pergolettese	21	(1)
2024	Chojniczanka Chojnice	13	(5)
2024–	Arka Gdynia	4	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 August 2024

Hide Kengei Vitalucci (Japanese: ヒデ・ケンゲイ・ヴィタルッシー; born 5 March 2002) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for I liga club Arka Gdynia. He also holds Italian citizenship.

Career

A former youth academy player of Nagoya Grampus, Vitalucci joined Italian club Frosinone in 2019.[1][2]

On 15 July 2021, he joined Serie C side Pergolettese on a season-long loan deal.[3] He made his professional debut for the club on 21 August, in a goalless Coppa Italia Serie C draw against Pro Vercelli.[4] On 26 September, he scored his first professional goal for the club in a 2–2 league draw with Virtus Verona.[5] On 21 November, he scored a brace in a 4–0 league win over Pro Vercelli.[6]

On 22 July 2022, his deal with Pergolettese was officially turned permanent.[7][8] On 1 September 2023, Vitalucci's contract with the club was terminated by mutual consent.[9]

On 6 March 2024, Vitalucci joined Polish II liga club Chojniczanka Chojnice on a contract until June 2025, with an option for a further year.[10]

On 6 July 2024, Vitalucci joined Polish I liga club Arka Gdynia for an undisclosed fee,[11][12] reported to be approximately €70,000,[12] signing a three-year deal with the Pomeranian side.[11] On 3 August 2024, he scored his first goal for the club in a 3–0 away league win over Polonia Warsaw.[13]

Personal life

Born in Rome, Italy, to a Japanese mother and an Italian father,[6] he moved to Japan at the age of two.[2][11]

Career statistics

Club

As of 9 August 2024[14]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Pergolettese (loan)	2021–22	Serie C	25	3	—		—		2[a]	0	27	3
Pergolettese	2022–23	Serie C	21	1	—		—		1[b]	1	22	2
	Total		46	4	—		—		3	1	49	5
Chojniczanka Chojnice	2023–24	II liga	12	5	—		—		1[c]	0	13	5
Arka Gdynia	2024–25	I liga	4	1	0	0	—		—		4	1
Career total			62	10	0	0	0	0	4	1	66	11

1. One appearance in Coppa Italia Serie C, one appearance in Serie C promotion-play-offs
2. Appearance(s) in Coppa Italia Serie C
3. Appearance(s) in II liga promotion play-offs

References

1. Tramacere, Emanuele (28 March 2020). "Hide Vitalucci: a Frosinone sognando Nakata, ha già punito l'Inter" (in Italian). calciomercato.com.
2. Salines, Alessandro (10 June 2021). "Hide Vitalucci, il "piccolo samurai" è capocannoniere" (in Italian). alessioporcu.it.
3. Principato, Giacomo (15 July 2021). "UFFICIALE - Pergolettese, innesto dal Frosinone: arriva Vitalucci". Tutto C (in Italian). Retrieved 1 June 2024.
4. "Il Pergo cade ai rigori con la Pro Vercelli e saluta la Coppa Italia" (in Italian). 23 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
5. "Pergolettese, pareggio di rimonta: con la Virtus Verona è 2-2". La Provincia di Cremona (in Italian). 26 September 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
6. Bendoni, Luca (21 November 2021). "Pergolettese, tra infortuni e squalificati una botta di... Vita(lucci)". La Casa di C (in Italian). Retrieved 1 June 2024.
7. "VITALUCCI ALLA PERGOLETTESE". Frosinone Calcio (in Italian). 22 July 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
8. Minossi, Gianmarco (22 July 2022). "UFFICIALE - Pergolettese, dal Frosinone arriva Vitalucci". Tutto C (in Italian). Retrieved 1 June 2024.
9. "COMUNICATO UFFICIALE" [OFFICIAL RELEASE] (in Italian). Pergolettese. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
10. "Hide Vitalucci zawodnikiem Chojniczanki!" [Hide Vitalucci is a player of Chojniczanka!]. mkschojniczanka.pl (in Polish). 6 March 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
11. "Hide Vitalucci zawodnikiem Arki Gdynia" (in Polish). Arka Gdynia. 6 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
12. Główczyński, Jacek (6 July 2024). "Arka Gdynia dokonała dwóch transferów. Michał Rzuchowski i Hide Vitalucci pozyskani". sport.trojmiasto.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 6 July 2024.
13. "Polonia Warszawa - Arka Gdynia 0:3. Debiutanckie gole i asysta". trojmiasto.pl (in Polish). 3 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
14. Hide Vitalucci at Soccerway

External links

• Hide Vitalucci at WorldFootball.net