Marco Paoloni

Marco Paoloni

Personal information
Full name	Marco Paoloni
Date of birth	21 February 1984 (1984-02-21) (age 27)
Place of birth	Civitavecchia, Italy
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Benevento
Youth career
	Roma
2003–2004	Teramo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2004–2007	Teramo	50	(0)
2005–2006	→ Ternana (co-ownership)	6	(0)
2007–2008	Ascoli	9	(0)
2008–2011	Cremonese	55	(0)
2011-	Benevento	11	(0)
National team
2002	Italy U18	4	(0)
2002–2003	Italy U19	8	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Marco Paoloni (born 21 February 1984) is an Italian footballer who plays for Benevento at Lega Pro Prima Divisione.

Biography

Born in Civitavecchia, the Province of Rome, Paoloni started his career at A.S. Roma. But in summer 2003, he left Roma's Primavera^[1] for Serie C1 side Teramo Calcio and played the last 4 matches of the 2003-04 season. In the next season, he was the first choice ahead Paolo Mancini until January. In the next season, he was signed by Serie B side Ternana in co-ownership deal, where he played as Tommaso Berni's backup, along with Lorenzo Bucchi. In June 2006, Teramo won the auction to bought back Paoloni 50% registration rights. But he was sold to Ascoli in another co-ownership deal and signed a 3-year contract on 31 August.^[2] He was loaned back to Teramo, where he remained as first choice. That season Teramo finished 8th in Serie C1. In June 2007, Teramo gave up the remain rights to Ascoli and went bankrupt soon after. In 2007-08 season, he was the backup of Massimo Taibi. On September 2008, he mutually terminated his contract with Ascoli which would expire in June 2009,^[3] and joined Udinese Calcio on free transfer, which sent him to Cremonese in another co-ownership deal. At Cremona, Paoloni was Giorgio Bianchi's backup in first half of the season, but since January he was the first choice goalkeeper.

In June 2010, Cremonese bought him outright.^[4] In January 2011 he moved to Benevento in exchange goalkeeper Gabriele Aldegani's change to Cremonese.

On the 1st of June, 2011 he was arrested due to the investigation of the proxy of Cremona concerning bets and match fixing in Serie B and Lega Pro ^[5]

International career

Paoloni capped for Italy U19 team at 2003 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship, ahead Andrea Ivaldi, which Italy won the tournament. He also call-up to 2003-04 Four Nations Tournament (between Switzerland, Germany and Austria) first match against Switzerland U20 team, behind Emanuele Bianchi as backup. In the next 5 matches of the tournament, the never call-up again, as the coach has tested Tommaso Berni (already played for U21 in 2002), Mario Cassano, Bianchi, Alfonso De Lucia, Francesco Scotti, Davide Capello and Paolo Comi in the U21 feeder team. Due to club performance, he never received U21 call-up.

References

1. ^ "Homepage> Le Giovanili> Primavera" (in Italian). AS Roma. Archived from the original on 2003-02-07. http://web.archive.org/web/20030207022730/www.asroma.it/GiovaniliList.aspx?Categoria=22. Retrieved 2010-03-15. 
2. ^ "Calciomercato" (in Italian). Ascoli Calcio 1898. 2006-08-31. http://www.ascolicalcio.net/altre_news.asp?id=1793. Retrieved 2010-01-24. 
3. ^ "Rescissione per Paoloni" (in Italian). Ascoli Calcio 1898. 2008-08-29. http://www.ascolicalcio.net/altre_news.asp?id=3777. Retrieved 2010-01-24. 
4. ^ "Paoloni rimane in grigiorosso" (in Italian). US Cremonese. 25 June 2010. http://www.uscremonese.it/news.html?tx_ttnews%5Bt_news%5D=1586&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=10&cHash=a3d64161a9. Retrieved 26 June 2010. ^{[dead link]}
5. ^ "Maxi-investigation on betting, match-fixing in Serie B and C" (in English). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 2011-06-10. http://english.gazzetta.it/Football/01-06-2011/maxi-investigation-on-betting-801443349776.shtml. Retrieved 2011-06-11. 

External links

• Profile at FIGC (Italian)
• Profile at AIC.Football.it (Italian)
• Profile at tuttocalciatori.net (Italian)
• Marco Paoloni arrestato
• Marco Paoloni, il portiere che narcotizzava i compagni

Persondata
Name	Paoloni, Marco
Alternative names	Paoloni, Marco
Short description	Italian footballer
Date of birth	1984-2-21
Place of birth	Civitavecchia, Italy
Date of death
Place of death