Marco Varaldi
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 21 July 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Milan, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ?–2001 | Internazionale | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2000–2003 | Internazionale | 0 | (0) |
| 2001–2003 | → Giulianova (loan) | 24 | (0) |
| 2003–2008 | A.C. Milan | 0 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | → Legnano (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | → Biellese (loan) | 32 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | → SPAL (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | → Lecco (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Vigor Lamezia | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 71 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1998 | Italy U15 | 3 | (0) |
| 1998 | Italy U16 | 2 | (0) |
| 1999 | Italy U17 | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Marco Varaldi (born 21 July 1982) is an Italian footballer. He spent his whole professional career at Serie C1 and Serie C2.
Biography
Varaldi started his career at Internazionale. In 2000-01 season, he occasionally played as unused bench for the first team, including 2000 Supercoppa Italiana. He also played for Primavera Team (U20 Youth Team) at 2001 Torneo di Viareggio.[1]
He then left on loan to Giulianova of Serie C1, where he worked as Liam Ardigo's backup. In the second season, he played ahead Ardigo. But he was not played in the relegation plyoffs that Giulianova won.
In summer 2003, he was involved a swap deal with A.C. Milan, which Varaldi (50% valued €1.75 million), Alessandro Livi (50% valued €1.725 million), Salvatore Ferraro (50% valued €1.75 million) and Giuseppe Ticli (50% valued €1.75 million) moved to AC Milan; Matteo Giordano (50% valued €1.5 million), Ronny Toma (50% valued €1.5 million), Simone Brunelli (50% valued €1.5 million) and Matteo Deinite (50% valued €1.5 million) moved to Inter. Later the deal was criticized by press as made false profit to balance sheet, as the transfer fees were paid via player exchange, but on the balance sheet, the nominal value could be adjusted by the two clubs. The tactic is commonly used to make the transfer fees larger in Italian football.[2][3]
He then left for Legnano, as Enrico Maria Malatesta's backup. In the next season, he played as the regular starter for Biellese of Serie C2, but not played in the relegation playoffs that Biellese lost in aggregate, in although Biellese re-admitted to Serie C2 next season. In summer 2005, he left for SPAL, as Emanuele Nordi's backup. In summer 2006, he signed for Lecco, where he played 2 seasons as Luca Mazzoni's backup.
In June 2008, the co-ownership deal with Inter ended, which AC Milan now wholly contracted with Varaldi for €50,000 (and Ronny Toma wholly with Inter for €150,000; i.e. €100,000 cash from Inter to Milan, a reserve of 2007).[4][5] But then he was released and joined Vigor Lamezia of Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, as Andrea Panico's one of the backup.
International career
Varaldi has capped for Italy at U15 level (by-then feeder team of U16 for UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship), U16 and U17 level (by-then feeder team of U18 for UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship), all were friendly matches.
References
- ↑ "VIAREGGIO, I NUMERI DELLA ROSA DELL'INTER" (in Italian). inter.it. 2001-02-12. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
- ↑ "Inter and AC Milan chiefs face new probe". ESPN Soccernet. Reuters. 2007-01-17. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
- ↑ "L'insulto: "Sei una plusvalenza"" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 2007-01-20. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
- ↑ "AC Milan Group 2008 Annual Report" (PDF). AC Milan (in Italian). ca. April 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2011. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ "Transfer market: co-ownership deals". inter.it. 2008-06-25. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
External links
- Profile at FIGC (Italian)
- Profile at tuttocalciatori.net (Italian)
- Profile at Football.it (Italian)