Liberato Cacace has already made four appearances for the All Whites. Photo / Getty
Wellington Phoenix star teenager Liberato Cacace will be leaving the club at the end of this season after signing to play for Belgian club Sint-Truiden.
According to Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws, the 19-year-old left back reportedly cost 1.2 million euros ($NZ2.1m), signing a three-year deal in what
is another success story for the Wellington side's academy.
Cacace is the second Wellington Phoenix academy graduate in the past 13 months to have transferred to a top league in Europe, following ex-teammate Sarpreet Singh who signed with Bayern Munich and is on loan at FC Nürnberg.
Cacace, who has also made three appearances for the All Whites, was a standout this season at left back for the Phoenix, scoring three goals in 25 games to help Wellington finish the regular season in third place.
"I would like to thank the club for everything they have done for me since I first started at the Phoenix Aaademy as a 16-year-old, and for the professional manner in which they have gone through this transfer agreement with Sint-Truiden," Cacace said in a club statement.
