Marco Rigoni

Marco Rigoni

Personal information
Date of birth	5 January 1980 (1980-01-05) (age 31)
Place of birth	Montegrotto Terme, Italy
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Novara
Number	10
Youth career
1994–1997	Padova
1997–2000	Juventus
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1999–2003	Juventus	1	(0)
2001	→ Ravenna (loan)	13	(2)
2002	→ Cittadella (loan)	1	(0)
2003–2006	Triestina	94	(6)
2006–2009	Ternana	67	(16)
2006–2007	→ Pescara (loan)	32	(3)
2009–	Novara	72	(8)
National team
1998	Italy U17	2	(1)
1998	Italy U18	6	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Marco Rigoni (born 5 January 1980) is an Italian footballer who plays for Novara at Serie A. He played over 150 matches at Serie B.

Career

Born in Montegrotto Terme, Province of Padua, Rigoni started his career at hometown club Padova. He then joined Juventus, at first as a forward, but after just one appearance in Serie A (on 17/1/1999), he was loaned to Ravenna in January 2001 and Cittadella in January 2002 of Serie B, before joining Triestina in January 2003. He terminated his contract with Juve in order to join Triestina.

He played regularly at Triestina, but in January 2006 he was sold to league rivals Ternana. After the team was relegated to Serie C1, he joined Pescara of Serie B on loan. He went back to Ternana in 2007-08 season, but failed to make the club reaching front position.

He was offered a new 2-year contract in 2008.^[1]

In summer 2009, he joined Novara of Lega Pro Prima Divisione, rejoining Attilio Tesser his coach at Triestina.

At international level, he capped for U15, U17 and U18 level. He capped for U18 team at 1999 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship qualification.

References

1. ^ "MARCO RIGONI RINNOVA FINO AL 2010" (in Italian). Ternana Calcio. 2008-08-01. http://www.ternanacalcio.com/index.php?module=loadNews&idNews=2516&tipo=1&Pagina=1&Sez=9. Retrieved 2010-01-02. 

External links

• Profile at Football.it (Italian)
• Profile at Novara (Italian)
• Profile at La Gazzetta dello Sport (2006-07) (Italian)
• http://www.figc.it/nazionali/DettaglioConvocato?codiceConvocato=1544&squadra=3

Persondata
Name	Rigoni, Marco
Alternative names	Rigoni, Marco
Short description	Italian footballer
Date of birth	1980-1-5
Place of birth	Montegrotto Terme, Italy
Date of death
Place of death