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What happened to ... Vincenzo Iaquinta: the Italian world champion in prison for deals with the Mafia

We have seen athletes with problems with justice go through the blog, but I remember, none of them for their dealings with the mafia. This is the case of Vincenzo Iaquinta.

Who was it ?: An Italian striker from the mid-90s at the beginning of this decade.

Why is he remembered ?: For being the world champion with the Italian national team and player of the caliber of Juventus of Turin.

What became of him ?: He retired in 2013 in the ranks of Juve. After hanging his boots, he got the title of coach, but his legal problems have stopped him.

Did you know ...?: I explain to you what is the problem with the justice: on October 28, in the context of a macro trial against the 'Ndrangheta, the mafia of Calabria (where Iaquinta is natural), the footballer He was sentenced to two years in prison for the crime of illegal possession of arms, while the player's father, Giuseppe, was sentenced to 19 years in prison, accused of belonging to the 'Ndrangheta.


- The player denies any relationship with the mafia and ensures that he was convicted only for being Calabrian.

- Reach fame in his time at Udinese, where he made the leap to Juve in 2007.

- The Turin team paid 11.3 million euros for their services.

- He was part of the Italian team that won the World Cup in 2006: he played five games and scored a goal against Ghana in the first phase.

- He was also in the 2010 World Cup, where he started. The 2008 European Championship was lost due to injury.

- The goal against Ghana of the 2006 World Cup was the first of the six that he got with the Azzurra .

- In the 2010 World Cup he also scored a goal: it was a penalty against New Zealand, in the first phase.

- He is married and has four children.

- It measures 1.89 meters.

Biography, palmares, statistics: Vincenzo Iaquinta was born in Crotone, Calabria, Italy, on November 21, 1979. He debuted as a professional in 1996 at Reggiolo. In 1998 he landed at Padova and later, that year, he went to Castel di Sangro. In 2000 he signed for Udinese, where he spent seven years. He then spent four and a half seasons at Juventus, because in 2012 he was loaned to Cesena. He returned to Juve in June of that year, but retired soon after. In his palmares he has a scudetto with Juventus. With Italy he played 40 games and scored six goals. He won, as I was saying, a World Cup.