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Marco Amelia 
Personal information 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 Club information Current club Milan Number 1 Youth career 1987–1991 Lupa Frascati 1991–2001 Roma Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2000–2002 Roma 0 (0) 2001–2002 → Livorno (loan) 1 (0) 2002–2008 Livorno 165 (1) 2003–2004 → Lecce (loan) 13 (0) 2004 → Parma (loan) 0 (0) 2008–2009 Palermo 34 (0) 2009–2011 Genoa 30 (0) 2010–2011 → Milan (loan) 4 (0) 2011– Milan 0 (0) National team‡ 1998 Italy U-15 12 (0) 1998–1999 Italy U-16 5 (0) 2000–2001 Italy U-18 3 (0) 2002–2004 Italy U-21 19 (0) 2005–2009 Italy 9 (0) HonoursCompetitor for 
ItalyMen's Football Bronze 2004 Athens Team Competition * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 April 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 June 2009Marco Amelia, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI,[1][2] (born 2 April 1982) is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Milan. He was part of the Italian squad that won the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
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Club career
Early career
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 2002–03 season. for a transfer fees of €2.8M, as part of the deal that acquired half of Giorgio Chiellini's registration rights for €3.1M,[3] and promoted as regular by head coach Roberto Donadoni in the club's Serie B comeback campaign.
Amelia then spent two unremarkable loan spells at Lecce and Parma (both Serie A) before to return at Livorno in June 2004, becoming one of the team mainstays since then, and also having his chance to make a debut at European level in the 2006–07 UEFA Cup, where he even managed to score a goal, an injury time header against Partizan Belgrade.
Palermo
In July 2008, after Livorno were relegated to Serie B, Amelia agreed a permanent deal to join Palermo, for €6M[4]; among the highlights of his season, he was mostly remembered by fans for a penalty save to Ronaldinho in the 2–1 Palermo win to AC Milan, but also, in a more negative fashion, for suffering a goal from 45-meter distance by Giuseppe Mascara in the Derby di Sicilia against Catania ended in a shocking 0–4 home loss for his side.
Genoa
In August 2009, Amelia moved to Genoa as part of a player exchange deal, with Rubinho moving the other way, both player valued €5M.[5] He was the first choice of the team except a few matches played his understudy Alessio Scarpi.
Milan
On the 23rd of June, 2010 and after the sale of goalkeeper Marco Storari to Juventus F.C., [6] Amelia was signed by Milan on loan in a deal which included the right to purchase the player at the end of the year long loan. [7] On the 24th of May, Milan took up the option to buy the keeper, despite Marco only making a handful of appearances and being second choice to Christian Abbiati all season.[8]
Honours
Club
- Roma
- Serie A: 2000–01
- Serie C1: 2001–02 (girone A)
- Serie A: 2010–11
- Supercoppa Italiana: 2011
Country
- European U-21 Championship Gold medal: 2004
- Summer Olympics Bronze medal: 2004
- FIFA World Cup: 2006
Statistics
Club
As of 28 August 2011.
Team Season Domestic
LeagueDomestic
CupContinental
Competition1Other
Tournaments2Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Roma 2000–01 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 Livorno 2001–02 1 0 0 0 – ? ? 1 0 2002–03 35 0 2 0 – – 37 0 Lecce 2003–04 13 0 1 0 – – 14 0 Parma 2004 0 0 1 0 1 0 – 2 0 Livorno 2004–05 31 0 2 0 – – 33 0 2005–06 36 0 3 0 – – 39 0 2006–07 30 0 0 0 8 1 – 38 1 2007–08 33 0 0 0 – – 33 0 Total 166 0 7 0 8 1 0 0 181 1 Palermo 2008–09 34 0 1 0 – – 35 0 Genoa 2009–10 30 0 0 0 5 0 – 35 0 Milan 2010–11 4 0 1 0 3 0 – 8 0 Career Total 245 0 10 0 16 1 0 0 271 1 1Continental competitions include the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League.
2Other tournaments include Coppa Italia Serie C.International
As of 13 August 2010.[9]
Italy national team Year Apps Goals 2005 1 0 2006 2 0 2007 2 0 2008 3 0 2009 1 0 Total 9 0 References
- ^ "Amelia Sig. Marco – Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana" (in Italian). quirinale.it. Presidenza della Repubblica Italiana. 27 September 2004. http://www.quirinale.it/elementi/DettaglioOnorificenze.aspx?decorato=142501. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
- ^ "Amelia Sig. Marco – Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana" (in Italian). quirinale.it. Presidenza della Repubblica Italiana. 12 December 2006. http://www.quirinale.it/elementi/DettaglioOnorificenze.aspx?decorato=198393. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
- ^ Vittorio Malagutti (2002-11-07). "La Roma ha un buco nel bilancio? Per coprirlo basta vendere 26 sconosciuti [Roma had hole in the budget? Sell 26 unknown is enough to cover.]" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2002/novembre/07/Roma_buco_nel_bilancio_Per_co_0_0211077824.shtml. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
- ^ "DICHIARAZIONE DI ZAMPARINI" (in Italian). ilpalermocalcio.it. 2008-09-02. http://www.ilpalermocalcio.it/it/0809/news_scheda.jsp?id=9777. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
- ^ (in Italian) Genoa CFC 2009 annual report. C.C.I.A.A. & registroimprese.it. 28 April 2010.
- ^ "Agreement with A.C. Milan for the acquisition of the registration rights of the player Marco Storari". Juventus FC. 23 June 2010. http://www.juventus.com/site/filesite/finance/comunicatipricesensitive/comunicato_23062010_storari_eng.pdf. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
- ^ "A.C. Milan comunicato ufficiale" (in Italian). A.C. Milan. 23 June 2010. http://www.acmilan.com/NewsDetail_popup.aspx?idNews=123847&progr=0. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
- ^ "Boateng è del Milan Riscatto da 7 milioni" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 25 May 2011. http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2011/maggio/25/Boateng_del_Milan_Riscatto_milioni_ga_10_110525107.shtml. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
- ^ "Player – Marco Amelia". national-football-teams.com. http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=13439. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
External links
- Official website (Italian)
- Profile at official club website
- Profile at Assocalciatori.it (Italian)
- International caps at FIGC.com (Italian)
A.C. Milan – current squad 1 Amelia · 2 Taiwo · 4 Van Bommel · 5 Mexès · 7 Pato · 8 Gattuso · 9 Inzaghi · 10 Seedorf · 11 Ibrahimović · 13 Nesta · 16 Flamini · 18 Aquilani · 19 Zambrotta · 20 Abate · 22 Nocerino · 23 Ambrosini (c) · 25 Bonera · 27 Boateng · 28 Emanuelson · 30 Roma · 32 Abbiati · 33 Thiago Silva · 52 De Sciglio · 57 Valoti · 70 Robinho · 76 Yepes · 77 Antonini · 92 El Shaarawy · 99 Cassano · Coach: Allegri
Categories:- 1982 births
- Living people
- People from Frascati
- A.S. Livorno Calcio players
- A.S. Roma players
- 2006 FIFA World Cup players
- FIFA World Cup-winning players
- Association football goalkeepers
- Association football goalkeepers who have scored
- Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Italian footballers
- Italy international footballers
- Italy under-21 international footballers
- Olympic bronze medalists for Italy
- Olympic footballers of Italy
- Parma F.C. players
- Serie A footballers
- Serie B footballers
- U.S. Lecce players
- U.S. Città di Palermo players
- UEFA Euro 2008 players
- 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup players
- Genoa C.F.C. players
- A.C. Milan players
- Olympic medalists in football
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