Massimo Margiotta

Massimo Margiotta

Personal information
Date of birth	27 July 1977 (1977-07-27)
Place of birth	Maracaibo, Venezuela
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Barletta
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1994–1997	Pescara	42	(7)
1997–1998	Cosenza	33	(19)
1998–1999	Lecce	19	(7)
1999	Reggiana	18	(10)
1999–2001	Udinese	35	(6)
2001–2007	Vicenza	107	(47)
2003–2004	→ Perugia (loan)	16	(4)
2005–2006	→ Piacenza (loan)	34	(4)
2006–2007	→ Frosinone (loan)	38	(11)
2007–2008	Frosinone	18	(1)
2008–2010	Vicenza	58	(5)
2010–	Barletta	18	(1)
National team‡
1995	Italy U-18	4	(2)
1998–2000	Italy U-21	4	(1)
2000	Italy Olympic	4	(0)
2004–2005	Venezuela	11	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 2009. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of December 24, 2006

Massimo Margiotta (born 27 July 1977) is an Italian-Venezuelan footballer who plays for Barletta.

Career

Margiotta was signed by Vicenza in co-ownership deal with Udinese in mid 2001. In August 2003 he was loaned to Perugia but returned to January 2004. In August 2005 he left for Piacenza. In July 2006 he left for Frosinone.

Massimo admitted to be involved in a football gambling controversy in June 2007. He is being suspended for 4 months, has to serve community service and pay a fine of 10,000 euros.

In September 2010, he left for Barletta on free transfer, signed an annual contract. He was immediately included in starting XI, partnered with Giuseppe Caccavallo and Nicola Bellomo in 4-3-2-1 formation. Coach Arcangelo Sciannimanico putted the original starter Paolo Carbonaro and Saveriano Infantino on the bench. Margiotta scored a late goal for Barletta after Foggia scored its second goal.

International career

Born in Venezuela, he played for Italy at youth level and at Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics. In 2004 FIFA changed its rules to allow a footballer switch nation to be represented if he had multi-nationality. Originally targeted for player aged under 21, that year also accept any player to apply. Margiotta switched to Venezuela as he might have no chance to play for Italy. He collected 11 caps, 4 of them were friendlies.

Career statistics

International

International appearances and goals
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Goal	Competition
Italy
1.	13 September 2000	Melbourne, Australia	Australia	1–0	0	2000 Olympics (Italy U23)
2.	16 September 2000	Adelaide, Australia	Honduras	3–1	0	2000 Olympics (Italy U23)
3.	19 September 2000	Adelaide, Australia	Nigeria	1–1	0	2000 Olympics (Italy U23)
4.	23 September 2000	Sydney, Australia	Spain	0–1	0	2000 Olympics (Italy U23)
Venezuela
1.	18 February 2004	Caracas, Venezuela	Australia	1–1	0	Friendly
	1 June 2004	San Cristóbal, Venezuela	Chile	0–1	0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
	6 June 2004	Lima, Peru	Peru	0–0	0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
	6 July 2004	Lima, Peru	Colombia	0–1	0	Copa América 2004
	9 July 2004	Lima, Peru	Peru	1–3	1	Copa América 2004
	12 July 2004	Trujillo, Peru	Bolivia	1–1	0	Copa América 2004
	18 August 2004	Las Palmas, Spain	Spain	2–3	0	Friendly
	9 October 2004	Maracaibo, Venezuela	Brazil	2–5	0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
10.	2 February 2005	Maracaibo, Venezuela	Estonia	3–0	1	Friendly
11.	26 March 2005	Maracaibo, Venezuela	Colombia	0–0	0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

External links

• (Italian) Official site
• Player profile - RAI Sport
• Venezuela caps - rsssf.com
• FIGC (Italian)
• Massimo Margiotta – FIFA competition record
• http://aic.football.it/scheda/387/margiotta-massimo.htm