Vincenzo Iaquinta

What draws me to Iaquinta is the unglamorous arc behind the trophies. He came up from Crotone, the very tip of southern Italy, grinding through smaller clubs before seven formative seasons at Udinese earned him a move to Juventus and a place in Italy's 2006 World Cup squad. At 189 cm he was the kind of physical, no-nonsense striker who does the dirty work others skip. I have a soft spot for players whose careers are built on persistence rather than hype, and his Gold Collar and Order of Merit feel earned. A genuine grafter's story.

Name (English)

Vincenzo Iaquinta

Name (Japanese)

ヴィンチェンツォ・イアクインタ

Reading

ゔぃんちぇんつぉ・いあくいんた

Born

November 21, 1979 (age 46)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Goat

Origin

Crotone, Province of Crotone, Italy

Height

189 cm

Occupation

association football player

Awards & achievements

• Gold Collar for Sports Merit
• 2006 Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincenzo%20Iaquinta
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%84%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%82%AF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q191869

Tags

• Province of Crotone
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-23

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