Marco Amelia
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | April 2, 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Frascati, Rome, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Genoa | ||
| Number | 32 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Lupa Frascati | |||
| Roma | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2001–2008 | Livorno | 166 | (1) |
| 2003 | → Lecce (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2004 | → Parma (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Palermo | 34 | (0) |
| 2009– | Genoa | 12 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2002–2004 | Italy U-21 | 19 | (0) |
| 2005– | Italy | 9 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 31, 2009. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Marco Amelia, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI[1][2], (born April 2, 1982 in Frascati, Rome) is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Genoa and the Italian national team.
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[edit] Club career
Amelia grew up as part of the A.S. Roma youth system. In 2001 he left the giallorossi to join Serie C1 club Livorno, playing only once in his first season with the Tuscan side; he was successively confirmed by Livorno in 2002–03, and promoted as regular by head coach Roberto Donadoni in the club's Serie B comeback campaign.
Amelia then spent two unremarkable loan spells at Lecce and Parma (both [{Serie A]]) before to return at Livorno in June 2004, becoming one of the team mainstays since then, and also having his chance to make a debut at European level in the 2006–07 UEFA Cup, where he even managed to score a goal, a injury time header against Partizan Belgrade.
In July 2008, after Livorno were relegated to Serie B, Amelia agreed a permanent deal to join Palermo; among the highlights of his season, he was mostly remembered by fans for a penalty save to Ronaldinho in the 2–1 Palermo win to AC Milan, but also, in a more negative fashion, for suffering a goal from 45-meter distance by Giuseppe Mascara in the Derby di Sicilia against Catania ended in a shocking 0–5 home loss for his side.
In August 2009, Amelia moved to Genoa as part of a player exchange deal, with Rubinho moving the other way.
[edit] International career
Amelia was the starting keeper for the Azzurrini and conceded only four goals in six games as Italy won the 2004 European Under-21 Football Championship, while taking home the bronze medal with Italy at the Summer Olympics that same year.
He earned his first cap for Italy in a friendly against Ivory Coast on November 16, 2005, playing the last twenty minutes as a substitute for Christian Abbiati; this was his only senior-side experience when Italy coach Marcelo Lippi chose him over Morgan De Sanctis as the third-choice goalkeeper behind Gianluigi Buffon and Angelo Peruzzi for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, but never received any playing time. He has since moved up to Buffon's backup following Peruzzi's retirement, and started his first match for Italy in a 2-0 friendly loss to Croatia on August 16, 2006.
Amelia has earned 9 caps overall for the Azzurri.
[edit] Honours
- Athens 2004: Bronze medal
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 2004
- FIFA World Cup: 2006
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Profile and Career Statistics - Official A.S. Livorno website
- (Italian) National Team stats
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