Marco Branca

Marco Branca

Personal information
Full name	Marco Branca
Date of birth	January 6, 1965 (1965-01-06) (age 46)
Place of birth	Grosseto, Italy
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Striker
Youth career
1981–1982	Grosseto
1982–1984	Cagliari
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1984–1986	Cagliari	52	(4)
1986–1987	Udinese	18	(2)
1987–1988	Sampdoria	9	(1)
1988–1990	Udinese	55	(13)
1990–1991	Sampdoria	20	(5)
1991–1992	Fiorentina	23	(5)
1992–1994	Udinese	58	(22)
1994–1995	Parma	25	(7)
1995-1996	Roma	7	(2)
1996–1998	Internazionale	52	(23)
1998–1999	Middlesbrough	12	(9)
1999–2000	FC Lucerne	10	(2)
2000–2001	Monza	17	(7)
National team
1996	Italy Olympic Team	3	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Marco Branca (born 6 January 1965 in Grosseto) is an Italian former football striker who is currently head of the technical staff of Serie A club Internazionale.

Career

Branca started his playing career in the then-amateur local team of his native city Grosseto, but was soon signed by Cagliari, where he made his professional debut. He then moved to Udinese, then to U.C. Sampdoria, and then again to Udinese. Following another season for Sampdoria, he signed first for Fiorentina and successively for Parma. In 1995 he is part of AS Roma, which later sold him in the winter transfer market to Inter in exchange with Marco Delvecchio. In his first season with the Nerazzuri, Branca impressively scored 17 goals in 24 matches, but did not repeat in his next campaign with Inter and was successively sold to English side Middlesbrough, offering his contribution to its promotion in the Premier League. Branca scored nine goals in 12 league games for Middlesbrough including two on his league debut in a 3–1 victory against Sunderland, a hat-trick versus Bury and another two in the 6–0 win over Swindon Town. In addition, he played two League Cup games, scoring the second goal against Liverpool in the semi-final second leg.^[1]

He retired in 2001.

Since 2005, he has been part of Internazionale's management.

References

1. ^ Potts, Ian (18 February 1998). "Merson and Branca light Boro's way". London: The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-merson-and-branca-light-boros-way-1145724.html. Retrieved 12 November 2009. 

External links

• Playing career

Persondata
Name	Branca, Marco
Alternative names	Branca, Marco
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	1965-1-6
Place of birth	Grosseto, Italy
Date of death
Place of death