Massimo Margiotta
 Massimo Margiotta in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 July 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Maracaibo, Venezuela | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| 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) |
| 2001–2006 | Vicenza | 107 | (47) |
| 2003–2004 | → Perugia (loan) | 16 | (4) |
| 2005–2006 | → Piacenza (loan) | 34 | (4) |
| 2006–2008 | Frosinone | 56 | (12) |
| 2008–2010 | Vicenza | 58 | (5) |
| 2010–2011 | Barletta | 18 | (1) |
| Total | 436 | (122) | |
| International career | |||
| 1995 | Italy U-18 | 4 | (2) |
| 1998–2000 | Italy U-21 | 4 | (1) |
| 2000 | Italy Olympic | 4 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Venezuela | 11 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Massimo Margiotta (born 27 July 1977) is an Italian-Venezuelan former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Club career
Udinese
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Vicenza
Margiotta was signed by Vicenza in co-ownership deal with Udinese in mid-2001. In June 2002 Margiotta was bought outright by the Veneto club. In August 2003 he was loaned to Perugia but returned to January 2004. In August 2005 he left for Piacenza.
Frosinone
In July 2006 he left for Frosinone initially in temporary deal.[1] In summer 2007 Margiotta joined the Lazio-based club outright for €50,000.[2]
Margiotta admitted to be involved in a football gambling controversy in June 2007.[3] He is being suspended for four months, has to serve community service and pay a fine of €10,000.[4]
Return to Vicenza
On 21 August 2008, Margiotta returned to Vicenza.[5]
Barletta
In September 2010, he left for Barletta on free transfer, signed an annual contract.[6] He was immediately included in starting XI, partnered with Giuseppe Caccavallo and Nicola Bellomo in a 4–3–2–1 formation.[7] 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, Margiotta 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.
Post retirement
Since retired in 2011, Margiotta became a staff of Vicenza youth system, as Responsabili dell'Attività di Base from 2011–12 season to 2013–14 season (along with Alberto Ciarelli),[8][9][10] In 2014–15 season he replaced Stefano Umbro as Responsabile Attività Agonistic.[11]
In July 2015, Margiotta (for two months), CEO Dario Cassingena, Antonio Mandato and coach Mauro Carretta were sanctioned by Italian Football Federation (FIGC) on transfer irregularity on the signing of youth player Domenico Ranalletta.[12]
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 |
Honours
Udinese
References
- ^ "IL FROSINONE CALA IL SETTEBELLO" (in Italian). Frosinone Calcio. 7 July 2006. Archived from the original on 15 May 2014.
- ^ Vicenza Calcio SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2008 (in Italian)
- ^ "Italy striker charged in illegal betting probe". Daily Mail. 26 June 2007. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
- ^ "Di Michele accepts FIGC ban". UEFA.com. 31 July 2007. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
- ^ "MARGIOTTA SALUTA FROSINONE" (Google Cache) (in Italian). Frosinone Calcio. 21 August 2008. Retrieved 16 May 2014. [dead link]
- ^ "Arriva Massimo Margiotta". SS Barletta Calcio (in Italian). 16 September 2010. Archived from the original on 23 April 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
- ^ "Barletta – Foggia 1 – 2". SS Barletta Calcio (in Italian). 19 September 2010. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
- ^ "Ieri il Vicenza Calcio ospite dell'A.S.Roma" (in Italian). Vicenza Calcio. 19 April 2012. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
- ^ "Ai Giovanissimi 99 il XXIII Torneo Internazionale di Cairo Montenotte" (in Italian). Vicenza Calcio. 4 June 2013. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
- ^ "Domenica la seconda edizione del Memorial "Piermario Morosini"" (in Italian). Vicenza Calcio. 10 April 2014. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
- ^ "Composizione organigramma societario s.s. 2014-2015" (in Italian). Vicenza Calcio. 1 July 2014. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
- ^ "Comunicato Ufficiale N°70/A (2015–16)" (PDF) (in Italian). FIGC. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
- ^ "Udinese 4 - 2 Sigma (Aggregate: 6 - 4)". UEFA. 22 August 2000. Archived from the original on 23 June 2004. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
External links
- (in Italian) Official site
- Player profile - RAI Sport
- Venezuela caps - rsssf.com
- FIGC (in Italian)
- Massimo Margiotta – FIFA competition record (archived)
- http://aic.football.it/scheda/387/margiotta-massimo.htm
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- 1977 births
- Living people
- Association football forwards
- Italian footballers
- Venezuelan footballers
- Delfino Pescara 1936 players
- Reggio Audace F.C. players
- U.S. Lecce players
- Cosenza Calcio 1914 players
- Udinese Calcio players
- L.R. Vicenza Virtus players
- A.S.D. Barletta 1922 players
- Sportspeople from Maracaibo
- A.C. Perugia Calcio players
- Piacenza Calcio 1919 players
- Frosinone Calcio players
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- Serie C players
- Italy youth international footballers
- Italy under-21 international footballers
- Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Italy
- Venezuelan people of Italian descent
- Venezuela international footballers
- 2004 Copa América players