Enzo Maresca

Football player infobox
playername = Enzo Maresca


fullname = Enzo Maresca
height = height|m=1.80
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1980|2|10
cityofbirth = Pontecagnano
countryofbirth = Italy
currentclub = Sevilla FC
clubnumber = 8
position = Midfielder
youthyears = 1991–1994
1994–1998
youthclubs = A.C. Milan
Cagliari
years = 1998–2000
2000–2005
2000–2001
2002–2003
2004–2005
2005–
clubs = West Bromwich Albion
Juventus FC
→ Bologna FC (on loan)
→ Piacenza (co-ownership)
→ Fiorentina (co-ownership)
Sevilla FC
caps(goals) = 47 0(5)
37 0(4)
23 0(0)
31 0(9)
25 0(5)
81 (13)
nationalyears = 2000–02
nationalteam = Italy U-21
nationalcaps(goals) = 15 (2)
pcupdate = 16 May 2007
ntupdate = 11 May 2006

Enzo "Enzo" Maresca (born 10 February 1980 in Pontecagnano) is an Italian professional footballer, who plays for Spanish team Sevilla FC.

Club 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. 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. [cite news
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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. He returned to Juventus, but joined Piacenza Calcio, who bought joint ownership of Maresca for € 4 million. [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UCL/news/Kind=1/newsId=77284.html UEFA.com news 26 June 2003] ] As Piacenza were relegated, Juventus acquired the full ownership of Maresca from Piacenza for € 3 million. When ACF Fiorentina loaned Maresca for the 2004-05 season, they bought 50% of his transfer rights for € 5 million. [ [http://www.juventus.com/fmknet/View.aspx?da_id=2450 Juventus official doc] "(in PDF file)"] Maresca returned to Juventus in summer 2005, but never really settled in the "Vecchia Signora"'s starting eleven. 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.

In August 2005, he moved from Juventus to join Sevilla FC in Spain, for a transfer fee of € 2.5 million. [ Fiorentina and Juventus' co-ownership of Enzo Maresca, Giorgio Chiellini and Fabrizio Miccoli was terminated when Juventus paid Fiorentina 6.7 million Euro. "Source: [http://www.juventus.com/fmknet/View.aspx?da_id=6804 Juventus Quarterly Report, page 15] (in PDF file)] [ [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UEFACup/news/Kind=1/newsId=317383.html UEFA.com news 16 July 2005] ] 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 as Sevilla swept aside Middlesbrough FC 4-0 .He was also influential in their successful defence of their title in 2007 when they beat Catalan side Espanyol. [ [http://en.uefa.com/competitions/UEFACup/history/Season=2005/Round=2214/Match=84102/Report=RP '05/'06 UEFA Cup Final Report ] ] Maresca donated the 10.000€ Man of the Match prize money to the San Juan de Dios hospital in Seville. [es icon [http://www.marca.com/edicion/marca/futbol/uefa/es/desarrollo/647483.html Enzo Maresca fue elegido mejor jugador de la final] ]

International career

Since 1995, Maresca has represented various youth national teams. [ [http://www.figc.it/nazionali/DettaglioConvocato?codiceConvocato=1521 FIGC.com- official stactics] ] He was selected for the Italy national under-21 football team in the Toulon U-21 Championships. 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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