Vito Chimenti (9 December 1953 – 29 January 2023) was an Italian football player and manager, who played as a forward.

During the second campaign, he scored the opening goal for Palermo in the first minute of the 1978–79 Coppa Italia final, which eventually ended in a 2–1 loss against Juventus.

In the same occasion, Chimenti had to be substituted out of the pitch at half time, following a knee injury caused by a foul from Antonio Cabrini.

[2][3] In the summer of 1979, he joined Serie A side Catanzaro, where he subsequently made his top-tier debut on 16 September 1979; however, he would only score once in the league.

[4] Then, the following year, he joined Serie C1 side Taranto, where he became the tournament's top scorer in the 1982–83 season with 13 goals, subsequently helping his team gain promotion to Serie B. Chimenti stayed at the club until 1985, when he was sentenced to serve a five-year ban from activity, due to his involvement in the Padova match-fixing scandal [it].