Hide Vitalucci

Hide Vitalucci
Personal information
Full name Hide Kengei Vitalucci
Date of birth (2002-03-05) 5 March 2002 (age 23)
Place of birth Rome, Italy
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Polonia Warsaw
(on loan from Arka Gdynia)
Number 27
Youth career
–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 38 (5)
2026– → Polonia Warsaw (loan) 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:13, 29 January 2026 (UTC)

Hide Kengei Vitalucci (Japanese: ヒデ・ケンゲイ・ヴィタルッシー; born 5 March 2002) is a Japanese-Italian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for I liga club Polonia Warsaw, on loan from Arka Gdynia.

Career

A former youth academy player of Nagoya Grampus, Vitalucci joined Italian club Frosinone in 2019.[2][3]

On 15 July 2021, he joined Serie C side Pergolettese on a season-long loan deal.[4] He made his professional debut for the club on 21 August, in a goalless Coppa Italia Serie C draw against Pro Vercelli.[5] On 26 September, he scored his first professional goal for the club in a 2–2 league draw with Virtus Verona.[6] On 21 November, he scored a brace in a 4–0 league win over Pro Vercelli.[7]

On 22 July 2022, his deal with Pergolettese was officially turned permanent.[8][9] On 1 September 2023, Vitalucci's contract with the club was terminated by mutual consent.[10]

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.[11]

On 6 July 2024, Vitalucci joined Polish I liga club Arka Gdynia for an undisclosed fee,[12][13] reported to be approximately €70,000,[13] signing a three-year deal with the Pomeranian side.[12] On 3 August 2024, he scored his first goal for the club in a 3–0 away league win over Polonia Warsaw.[14] On 23 January 2026, he joined Polonia Warsaw on loan until the end of the season.[1]

Personal life

Born in Rome, Italy, to a Japanese mother and an Italian father,[7] he moved to Japan at the age of two.[3][12]

Career statistics

As of match played 30 October 2025[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Pergolettese (loan) 2021–22 Serie C 25 3 — — 2[b] 0 27 3
Pergolettese 2022–23 Serie C 21 1 — — 1[c] 1 22 2
Total 46 4 — — 3 1 49 5
Chojniczanka Chojnice 2023–24 II liga 12 5 — — 1[d] 0 13 5
Arka Gdynia 2024–25 I liga 32 5 2 0 — — 34 5
2025–26 Ekstraklasa 6 0 1 0 — — 7 0
Total 38 5 3 0 — — 41 5
Polonia Warsaw (loan) 2025–26 I liga 0 0 — — — 0 0
Career total 96 14 3 0 0 0 4 1 103 15
  1. ^ Includes Polish Cup
  2. ^ One appearance in Coppa Italia Serie C, one appearance in Serie C promotion-play-offs
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in Coppa Italia Serie C
  4. ^ Appearance(s) in II liga promotion play-offs

Honours

Arka Gdynia

References

  1. ^ a b "Hide Vitalucci wypożyczony do Polonii Warszawa" (in Polish). Polonia Warsaw. 23 January 2026. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  2. ^ Tramacere, Emanuele (28 March 2020). "Hide Vitalucci: a Frosinone sognando Nakata, ha già punito l'Inter" (in Italian). calciomercato.com.
  3. ^ a b Salines, Alessandro (10 June 2021). "Hide Vitalucci, il "piccolo samurai" è capocannoniere" (in Italian). alessioporcu.it.
  4. ^ Principato, Giacomo (15 July 2021). "UFFICIALE - Pergolettese, innesto dal Frosinone: arriva Vitalucci". Tutto C (in Italian). Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Il Pergo cade ai rigori con la Pro Vercelli e saluta la Coppa Italia" (in Italian). 23 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Pergolettese, pareggio di rimonta: con la Virtus Verona è 2-2". La Provincia di Cremona (in Italian). 26 September 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  7. ^ a b 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.
  8. ^ "VITALUCCI ALLA PERGOLETTESE". Frosinone Calcio (in Italian). 22 July 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  9. ^ Minossi, Gianmarco (22 July 2022). "UFFICIALE - Pergolettese, dal Frosinone arriva Vitalucci". Tutto C (in Italian). Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  10. ^ "COMUNICATO UFFICIALE" [OFFICIAL RELEASE] (in Italian). Pergolettese. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  11. ^ "Hide Vitalucci zawodnikiem Chojniczanki!" [Hide Vitalucci is a player of Chojniczanka!]. mkschojniczanka.pl (in Polish). 6 March 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  12. ^ a b c "Hide Vitalucci zawodnikiem Arki Gdynia" (in Polish). Arka Gdynia. 6 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  13. ^ a b 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.
  14. ^ "Polonia Warszawa - Arka Gdynia 0:3. Debiutanckie gole i asysta". trojmiasto.pl (in Polish). 3 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  15. ^ Hide Vitalucci at Soccerway
  16. ^ Wieczorek, Bartosz (25 May 2025). "Arka Gdynia triumfatorem Betclic 1 Ligi. Trofeum za zwycięstwo poleciało do Stalowej Woli!". sport.tvp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 29 May 2025.
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