Marco Amelia with Milan in 2012
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Full name | Marco Amelia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 2 April 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Frascati, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team
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Vicenza | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1987–1991 | Lupa Frascati | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1991–2001 | Roma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2008 | Livorno | 167 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003–2004 | → Lecce (loan) | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004 | → Parma (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2009 | Palermo | 34 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Genoa | 30 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2014 | Milan | 29 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | Rocca Priora | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | Perugia | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | Lupa Castelli Romani | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Chelsea | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017– | Vicenza | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1998 | Italy U15 | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1998–1999 | Italy U16 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000–2001 | Italy U18 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2002–2004 | Italy U21 | 19 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005–2009 | Italy | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:48, 3 October 2015 (UTC). |
Marco Amelia, Ufficiale OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmarko aˈmɛːlja]; born 2 April 1982) is an Italian professional footballer who plays for Vicenza as a goalkeeper.
Developed at Roma, Amelia spent most of his career at Livorno, where he made 181 appearances across all competitions, including playing and scoring in the 2006–07 UEFA Cup.
Amelia won a Bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics, and earned nine senior caps for Italy between 2005 and 2009. He was part of the squad that won the 2006 FIFA World Cup, also being included for Italy's UEFA Euro 2008 squad.
Born in Frascati, Province of Rome, Amelia grew up as part of the Roma youth system. In 2001, he left the Giallorossi to join Serie C1 club Livorno on loan, playing only once in his first season with the Tuscan side; he was successively confirmed by Livorno in 2002–2003 season, for a transfer fee of €2.8 million, as part of the deal that acquired half of Giorgio Chiellini's registration rights for €3.1 million, and promoted as regular by head coach Roberto Donadoni in the club's Serie B comeback campaign.