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| Full name | Liberato Gianpaolo Cacace[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 27 September 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Empoli | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2015 | Island Bay United | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Wellington Phoenix Reserves | 23 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Wellington Phoenix | 58 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Sint-Truiden | 50 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | → Empoli (loan) | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Empoli | 47 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | New Zealand U17 | 8 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | New Zealand U20 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019– | New Zealand U23 | 2 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018– | New Zealand | 26 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 September 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 September 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Liberato Gianpaolo Cacace (/kəˈkɑːtʃi/ kə-KAH-chee;[2] born 27 September 2000) is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Serie A club Empoli and the New Zealand national team.[3]
- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: New Zealand" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
- ^ New Zealand Football (8 November 2021). Ask The Squad | Liberato Cacace & Elijah Just. Archived from the original on 19 August 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2022 – via YouTube.
- ^ "21st-century sports stars: Five Kiwis just getting started on the international stage". Stuff. Retrieved 1 January 2021.