Piacenza Born in
Catanzaro, and coming through the youth ranks at
Piacenza. He made his debut for
Piacenza during the
2000–01 Serie B season, against
Crotone, on 9 March 2001, at less than 18 years of age. He was loaned to
Ternana for the 2002–03 season, where he never played after fracturing his fibula. After a loan spell at
SPAL, he returned to Piacenza for the 2003–04, with which he made 13 appearances, scoring his first goal in a 3–2 home loss to
Napoli. He joined
Serie C1 side
Pistoiese on loan and scored 8 goals in 12 games. Cacia returned to Piacenza for the 2005–06, and was the team's leading goalscorer, with 18 goals in 37 games. He repeated the feat during the 2006–07 season, scoring 14 goals in 28 games; however his season was cut short when he suffered a broken ankle against Crotone.
Fiorentina co-ownership In summer 2007 half of his contractual rights was sold to
Fiorentina for €4.5 million, due to injury, he played for Piacenza until winter transfer period, when he moved to
Florence in January 2008. Caica made his Fiorentina debut on 16 January in the second leg of the Italian Cup against Ascoli. Cacia who faced competition for places from
Luca Toni,
Christian Vieri,
Giampaolo Pazzini and
Adrian Mutu, only played six games for
Fiorentina in all competitions during the 2007–08 season, with his only goal for the club coming in the
UEFA Cup against
Rosenborg BK in 2008. In June 2008 he was bought back by Piacenza for €2.8 million. On 22 February 2009, he was injured in the match against
Lazio after fracturing his fibula. On 28 February, he underwent surgery in Pavia. He scored 2 goals in 22 games during his debut season at the club. After returning from injury, he was loaned to
Reggina on 28 August 2009, where he played 27 times scoring just 4 goals. A loan move in 2010 back to his old club
Piacenza saw Cacia recapture his goal scoring form, on 14 August 2010 Cacia scored a hat trick in a 5–3 victory in the Italian Cup second qualifying round against
Virtus Lanciano. Cacia ended the season scoring 21 goals in all competitions and finish third in the scoring charts in
Serie B for the 2010–11 season. In June 2011 Lecce acquired Cacia outright. After impressing back at Piacenza, Cacia joined
Padova on loan in 2011, scoring 11 league goals.
Hellas Verona In 2012, Cacia joined
Hellas Verona in
Serie B on a permanent deal. During the 2012–13 season Cacia scored 24 goals in Serie B making him the top goal scorer in the division and helping earn Hellas Verona promotion to
Serie A as runners up behind
U.S. Sassuolo Calcio. However, after the arrival of former Italian International
Luca Toni during the summer of the 2013–14 season, Cacia found his first team place more limited in Serie A making only 13 appearances, with 10 of those coming off the bench as a substitute. On 13 June 2014, Cacia announced he would be leaving Hellas Verona in search of more regular football, On 27 June it was revealed that Cacia was still a target for
Leeds United owner
Massimo Cellino.
Bologna On 5 August 2014, Cacia signed for Serie B club
Bologna on a free transfer. He wore no.9 shirt from departing
Rolando Bianchi. In his first season, he scored 11 goals in 38 games helping Bologna gain promotion to
Serie A via the play-offs by beating Pescara, qualifying as the highest place team after a 1–1 aggregate draw in the two legged final.
Ascoli On 11 September 2015, Cacia was signed by Serie B newcomer
Ascoli on a two-year contract.
Return to Piacenza On 18 July 2019, he returned to
Piacenza on a one-year contract. On 12 December 2019, the contract was terminated by mutual consent. ==International career==