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Marco Zamboni
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-12-07) 7 December 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Bussolengo, Italy
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
AC Garda
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1997 Chievo 38 (1)
1997–1999 Juventus 1 (0)
1997Napoli (loan) 4 (0)
1998Chievo (loan) 12 (0)
1998–1999Lecce (loan) 36 (1)
1999–2003 Udinese 31 (0)
2002Modena (loan) 5 (0)
2003Verona (loan) 18 (0)
2003–2004 Napoli 37 (3)
2004–2006 Reggina 29 (2)
2005–2006Sampdoria (loan) 1 (0)
2006–2007 Spezia 10 (0)
2007Crotone (loan) 16 (0)
2007–2008 Crotone 0 (0)
2008–2012 SPAL 1907 94 (1)
2012–2013 Trento 12 (0)
2017 GSD Ambrosiana 3 (0)
2018–2019 ASD Sona
2019– AC Garda
International career
1998 Italy U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 December 2017

Marco Khaleel Zamboni (born 7 December 1977) is an Italian professional football defender, currently playing for AC Garda.[1]

Club career

Zamboni was born in Bussolengo, Italy. After starting his career with Chievo in 1995, he played for Juventus between 1997 and 1999, but immediately after he was signed by the Turin club in the summer of 1997, he was loaned to Napoli of Serie A in October and subsequently back to Chievo (Serie B) in January.

After he was loaned to U.S. Lecce, he was spotted by Serie A team Udinese Calcio. He was signed in co-ownership deal for €1.29M (2.5 billion lire) .Udinese also signed Morgan De Sanctis in co-ownership deal also for €1.29M (2.5 billion lire).[2]

After not playing in 2001–02 season, he left on loan again to Modena F.C. of Serie A, then Verona (Serie B). In summer 2003, he was signed by Napoli again, then time played 37 games in Serie B. In summer 2004, he returned to Serie A football, for Reggina Calcio. He then spotted by U.C. Sampdoria, signed him on loan.[3]

Ahead of the 2019–20 season, 41-year old Zamboni joined AC Garda.[4][5]

International career

Zamboni has been capped for Italy national under-21 football team. He was an unused member of the Italy squad that won the gold medal at the 1997 Mediterranean Games Football Tournament, on home soil.

Style of play

Zamboni is a reliable defender who possesses great physical strength, although he is not particularly skilful from a technical standpoint; his characteristics led him to be compared to Pietro Vierchowod in his youth.[citation needed] He is capable of playing both as a centre-back and as a right-back.[6]

Honours

Udinese

References

  1. ^ "Footballer Marco Zamboni". En.dreamfoot.net. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Relazioni e Bilancio al 30 Giugno 2000" (in Italian). 19 December 2000. Retrieved 24 March 2015. page 42, IMMOBILIZZAZIONI FINANZIARIE Compartecipazioni ex art. 102 bis N.O.I.F.
  3. ^ "Sampdoria swoop for Reggina pair". UEFA.com. 13 August 2005. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
  4. ^ Si è presentato l’A.C. Garda del riconfermato mister Paolo Corghi, pianeta-calcio.it, 5 August 2019
  5. ^ L’altra campana: intervista a Marco Zamboni, casanapoli.net, 20 September 2019
  6. ^ "Marco Zamboni". Hellastory.net (in Italian). Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Udinese 4 - 2 Sigma (Aggregate: 6 - 4)". UEFA. 22 August 2000. Archived from the original on 23 June 2004. Retrieved 16 April 2020.