| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 15 July 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Rome, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Bologna | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ?–1995 | Lazio | ||
| Senior career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Apps2 | (Gls)2 |
| 1994–1995 | Lazio | 8 | (3) |
| 1995–1996 | Verona | 7 | (1) |
| 1996–1997 | Bari | 27 | (3) |
| 1997–1999 | Salernitana | 67 | (33) |
| 1999–2003 | Parma | 83 | (41) |
| 2002–2003 | → Juventus (loan) | 26 | (7) |
| 2003–2004 | Juventus | 29 | (11) |
| 2004–2006 | Valencia | 35 | (11) |
| 2006 | → Monaco (loan) | 15 | (5) |
| 2006 | Monaco | 14 | (3) |
| 2007–2009 | Genoa | 44 | (11) |
| 2008–2009 | → Bologna (loan) | 38 | (24) |
| 2009– | Bologna | 0 | (0) |
| National team3 | |||
| 1993–1994 | Italy U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2001–2004 | Italy | 14 | (2) |
| 1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 2009. 2 Appearances (Goals). |
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Marco Di Vaio (born July 15, 1976) is an Italian football striker, who currently plays for Bologna FC. In his long career, Di Vaio has played for Lazio (1994-95), Hellas Verona (Nov95-1996), Bari (1996-97), Salernitana (1997-99), Parma (1999-2002), Juventus (2002-04), Valencia (2004-05) and Monaco (2006).
At of July 2009 he scored 101 Serie A goals in 237 games.
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Career
Early career
Marco Di Vaio started his career at hometown club S.S. Lazio. He made his Serie A debut on 20 November 1994 against Padova.
He then played for Serie B clubs.
Salernitana
He was a revelation at Salernitana, leading them to their second promotion to the Serie A in 1997-98 as the top scorer in Serie B for that season.
Parma
Despite Salernitana's relegation the following season, Di Vaio remained in Serie A, after being purchased by Parma. He scored an impressive number of goals for the Gialloblu and he went on to become the 2nd highest scorer of the league in his third season for the team.
Juventus
Juventus won the race to sign him during the following summer (2002), by paying Parma €7miilion (€2million plus 50% registration rights of Brighi) for the loan.[1]
But Di Vaio never really reproduced the form he showed at Parma, mainly because of the immense competition for a first-team place at Juventus. Initial a loan, he was signed permanently in summer 2003 for €14 million.
Still, he managed to win one scudetto with Juventus, and reached 2003 UEFA Champions League Final.
Valencia
Due to early end in UEFA Champions League 2003–04 and the arrival of new coach Fabio Capello, Juventus made a re-construction on the squad. Di Vaio and his striking partner Fabrizio Miccoli were out. Di Vaio moved to defending UEFA Cup and La Liga champion Valencia on a 5-year contract, costing Valencia €10.5million, where he met with countrymen new coach Claudio Ranieri and new signing Bernardo Corradi which Di Vaio partner with in 10 La Liga matches and create a total of 4 goals.
He became the top scorer for the Spanish side, despite managing a mere eleven goals in La Liga.
However, his presence in the first team line-up of Valencia became constricted by the arrivals of Patrick Kluivert and former Zaragoza ace David Villa. Also the sack of Ranieri. New coach Quique Sánchez Flores prefer to use Miguel Ángel Angulo as partner of Villa or 4-5-1 formation. Di Vaio only made 1 start at La Liga 2005–06.
Monaco
In January 2006, Di Vaio was loaned out to Monegasque side Monaco with option to purchase.[2] Along with Di Vaio, countryman Christian Vieri was also signed, which he partner with him for 7 Ligue 1 match, created 3 goals all scored by Vieri.
In the second season he became the 3rd striker behind new signings Jan Koller and Jérémy Menez, he only made 6 start.
Genoa
On the 22 January 2007 however, after an unsuccessful spell in Ligue 1, Di Vaio surprisingly returned to Italy by signing with Serie B club Genoa.[3] Which the club aiming to promotion. In the next season, now in Serie A, Marco Borriello and Giuseppe Sculli were more regularly at the front. Di Vaio made 9 starts.
Bologna
On 21 August 2008 it was confirmed that Di Vaio has signed for Serie A rivals Bologna FC,[4] who were just promoted from Serie B. He is reunited with former Genoa team-mate Adaílton. Di Vaio was a surprise star in the 2008/09 season, scoring an impressive 24 goals for a mediocre Bologna side. He is the second most scored player in the season.
International career
Internationally, Di Vaio played for Italy at Euro 2004. He made his senior debut on 5 September 2001, a friendly match against Morocco. He was drop out by Marcello Lippi which coached him at Juventus, after poorly played in Spain.
Career statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Italy | League | Coppa Italia | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| Lazio | Serie A | 8 | 3 | |||||||||
| 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Verona | Serie B | 7 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Bari | 27 | 3 | |||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Salernitana | 36 | 21 | |||||||||
| Serie A | 31 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Parma | 23 | 6 | |||||||||
| 2000–2001 | 27 | 15 | ||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | 33 | 20 | 10 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Juventus | 26 | 7 | 11 | 4 | |||||||
| 2003–2004 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 3 | ||||||||
| Spain | League | Copa del Rey | Copa de la Liga | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 2004–2005 | Valencia | La Liga | 30 | 11 | 7 | 2 | ||||||
| 2005–2006 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||
| France | League | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 2005–2006 | Monaco | Ligue 1 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 2006–2007 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Italy | League | Coppa Italia | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 2006–07 | Genoa | Serie B | 22 | 9 | 22 | 9 | ||||||
| 2007–08 | Serie A | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 4 | |||||
| 2008–09 | Bologna | 38 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 25 | |||||
| Total | Italy | 329 | 135 | |||||||||
| Spain | 35 | 11 | 13 | 2 | ||||||||
| France | 29 | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||
| Career Total | 393 | 154 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||
International statistics
| International appearances and goals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Goal | Competition |
| 1. | 5 September 2001 | Piacenza, Italy |  Morocco |
1–0 | 0 | Friendly |
| 2. | 13 February 2002 | Catania, Italy |  United States |
1–0 | 0 | Friendly |
| 3. | 17 April 2002 | Milan, Italy |  Uruguay |
1–1 | 0 | Friendly |
| 4. | 21 August 2002 | Trieste, Italy |  Slovenia |
0–1 | 0 | Friendly |
| 5. | 20 November 2002 | Pescara, Italy |  Turkey |
1–1 | 0 | Friendly |
| 6. | 30 April 2003 | Geneva Switzerland |  Switzerland |
2–1 | 0 | Friendly |
| 7. | 3 June 2003 | Campobasso, Italy |  Northern Ireland |
2–0 | 0 | Friendly |
| 8. | 11 October 2003 | Reggio Calabria, Italy |  Azerbaijan |
4–0 | 1 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying |
| 9. | 12 November 2003 | Warsaw, Poland |  Poland |
1–3 | 0 | Friendly |
| 10. | 16 November 2003 | Ancona, Italy |  Romania |
1–0 | 1 | Friendly |
| 11. | 28 April 2004 | Genoa, Italy |  Spain |
1–1 | 0 | Friendly |
| 12. | 22 June 2004 | Guimarães, Portugal |  Bulgaria |
2–1 | 0 | UEFA Euro 2004 |
| 13. | 18 August 2004 | Reykjavík, Iceland |  Iceland |
0–2 | 0 | Friendly |
| 14. | 9 October 2004 | Celje, Slovenia | Slovenia |
0–1 | 0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying |
Honours
Juventus
Parma
Salernitana
Valencia
Individual
References
- ^ Juventus F.C.: Agreements with Parma A.C.PDF (Italian)) Juventus.com 30 August 2002
- ^ "Transfert : Marco Di Vaio prêté à Monaco" (in French). AS Monaco FC official site. 2005-12-28. http://www.asm-fc.com/article.aspx?id=1232. Retrieved on 2009-07-12.
- ^ "E’ fatta per Marco Di Vaio al Genoa Cfc" (in Italian). genoacfc.it. 2007-01-22. http://www.genoacfc.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1253&Itemid=31. Retrieved on 2009-07-12.
- ^ "DI VAIO E' MOLTO VICINO AL BOLOGNA" (in Italian). Genoa CFC official site. 2008-08-21. http://www.genoacfc.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5406&Itemid=31. Retrieved on 2009-07-12.
External links
- FootballDatabase provides Marco Di Vaio's profile and stats
- Official Website
- uefa.com short bios.
- Profile at Lega Calcio (Italian)
- Marco Di Vaio French league stats at lfp.fr (French)
- FIGC National Team Stats. Archive (Italian)
- Marco Di Vaio FIFA competition record
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