Gennaro Acampora

{{short description|Italian professional footballer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Gennaro Acampora

| image =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|3|29|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Naples, Italy

| height = 1.77 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Benevento

| clubnumber = 17

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2010 | youthclubs1 = Napoli

| youthyears2 = 2010–2014 | youthclubs2 = Spezia

| years1 = 2014–2021 | clubs1 = Spezia | caps1 = 75 | goals1 = 4

| years2 = 2016–2017 | clubs2 = → Perugia (loan) | caps2 = 34 | goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2018 | clubs3 = → Virtus Entella (loan) | caps3 = 17 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2021– | clubs4 = Benevento | caps4 = 80 | goals4 = 8

| years5 = 2023–2024 | clubs5 = → Bari (loan) | caps5 = 20 | goals5 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2014–2015 | nationalteam1 = Italy U-20 | nationalcaps1 = 5 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| club-update = 18 December 2024

| nationalteam-update =

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Gennaro Acampora (born 29 March 1994) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for {{Italian football updater|Benevento}} club Benevento.

Club career

Acampora made his professional debut in the Serie B for Spezia on 11 October 2014 in a game against Pro Vercelli.{{cite web|publisher=Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2014/10/11/italy/serie-b/us-pro-vercelli-calcio/asd-spezia-calcio-2008/1882287/|title=Game Report by Soccerway|date=11 October 2014}}

On 6 August 2021, he signed with Benevento.{{cite web|publisher=Benevento|url=https://www.beneventocalcio.club/news/notizie/3982/gennaro-acampora-e-un-nuovo-giocatore-del-benevento.shtml|title=GENNARO ACAMPORA E' UN NUOVO GIOCATORE DEL BENEVENTO|date=6 August 2021|accessdate=28 October 2021|language=it}}

On 1 September 2023, Acampora joined Bari on loan with an option to buy.{{cite web|publisher=Bari|url=https://www.sscalciobari.it/it/news/4350-benvenuto-gennaro-acampora/|title=Benvenuto Gennaro Acampora !|date=1 September 2023|access-date=1 September 2023|language=it}}

Personal life

On 1 January 2021, he tested positive for COVID-19.{{Cite press release|title=Comunicato Ufficiale: Covid-19|url=https://www.acspezia.com/news/comunicato-ufficiale-covid-19.22091.html|date=1 January 2021|publisher=Spezia|access-date=2 January 2021|language=it}}

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