Enzo Maresca

Enzo Maresca
Personal information
Full name	Vincenzo Maresca
Date of birth	February 10, 1980 (1980-02-10) (age 29)
Place of birth	Pontecagnano, Italy
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Olympiacos
Number	25
Youth career
1991–1994 1994–1998	A.C. Milan Cagliari
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998–2000 2000–2002 2000–2001 2002–2003 2003–2004 2004–2005 2005–2009 2009-	West Bromwich Albion Juventus → Bologna FC (loan) Piacenza Juventus Fiorentina Sevilla FC Olympiacos	47 0(5) 17 0(1) 23 0(0) 31 0(9) 20 0(3) 25 0(5) 95 (13)
National team2
1995 1995 1998 1998–1999 1999–2000 2000–2002	Italy U15 Italy U16 Italy U17 Italy U18 Italy U20 Italy U21	05 0(0) 01 0(0) 01 0(1) 12 0(4) 11 0(6) 15 0(2)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 November 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 11 May 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Enzo Maresca (born 10 February 1980 in Pontecagnano) is an Italian professional footballer, who currently plays for Greek champions Olympiacos FC.

Club career

Youth career

Maresca started playing youth football at A.C. Milan, before joining Cagliari Calcio. He got his senior debut with English club West Bromwich Albion in 1998, where he played for two seasons.

Juventus

He moved back to Italy and joined Juventus FC in January 2000, at the age of 19, in a transfer deal worth 4.3 million Pound sterling, a club record sale for Albion.^[1]

Despite showcasing a high level of promise in his Juventus career, he was, along with fellow young teammates, loaned out to various clubs. He was loaned to Bologna FC in October 2000, where he spent the remaining part of the 2000-01 season.

Maresca joined Piacenza in summer 2002, who bought joint ownership of Maresca. As Piacenza were relegated, Juventus acquired the full ownership of Maresca from Piacenza for € 2.6 million.^[2]

As a Juventus player, he never really got a chance. He is remembered for the time he scored a goal against Juve's intercity rivals Torino Calcio, and celebrated by imitating a bull, the Torino symbol.

Fiorentina

ACF Fiorentina signed Maresca along with Miccoli and Chiellini for €13M, which Juventus still holds half of registration rights. Maresca himself was tagged for €2.5M for joint-ownership.

At the end of season, Fiorentina only able to finish on top of relegated team, and Juventus bought back all three for €6.7M in blind auction between the clubs.^[3]

Sevilla

In August 2005, he moved from Juventus to join Sevilla FC in Spain, for a transfer fee of € 2.5 million.^[4] At Sevilla, he quickly emerged as a key player in midfield, crowning his debut season by capturing the UEFA Cup 2005-06 trophy, scoring two goals and being named Man of the Match in the final as Sevilla swept aside Middlesbrough 4-0 .He was also influential in their successful defence of their title in 2007 when they beat Catalan side Espanyol.^[5] Maresca donated the 10.000€ Man of the Match prize money to the San Juan de Dios hospital in Seville.^[6]

Olympiacos

On the July 13, 2009, Maresca transferred to Olympiacos FC in 3-year deal.^[7]

International career

Since 1995, Maresca has represented various youth national teams.^[8] He was selected for the Italy national under-20 football team in the Toulon Tournament. He also finished runner-up with Italy U18 at 1999 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship.

He is yet to make his debut for the senior national team.

Honors

• Italian Champion: 2002
• UEFA Cup: 2006, 2007
• UEFA Super Cup:2006
• Copa del Rey :2007
• Supercopa de España: 2007

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