Enzo Maresca
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| Enzo Maresca | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Enzo Maresca | |
| Date of birth | 10 February, 1980 | |
| Place of birth | Pontecagnano, Italy | |
| Height | 1.80 m | |
| Position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Sevilla FC | |
| Number | 25 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 19??-1994 1994-1998 | A.C. Milan Cagliari | |
| Professional clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (goals) |
| 1998-2000 2000-2005 2000-2001 2002-2003 2004-2005 2005-present | West Bromwich Juventus FC → Bologna FC (on loan) → Piacenza (co-ownership) → Fiorentina (co-ownership) Sevilla FC | 47 (5) 37 (4) 23 (0) 31 (9) 25 (5) |
| National team** | ||
| 2000-02 | Italy U-21 | 15 (0) |
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* Professional club appearances and goals | ||
Enzo Maresca (born 10 February 1980 in Pontecagnano, Salerno) is an Italian professional footballer, who plays for Spanish team Sevilla FC. He is 180 cm tall and weighs 77 kg.
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[edit] 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.<ref>WBA's timeline 2000</ref>
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 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.<ref name="permanent">UEFA.com news 26 June 2003</ref> As Piacenza were relegated, Juventus acquired the full ownership of Maresca from Piacenza for € 3 million.<ref name="permanent"/> When ACF Fiorentina loaned Maresca for the 2004-05 season, they bought 50% of his transfer rights for € 5 million.<ref>Juventus official doc (in PDF file)</ref> 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.<ref>Fiorentina and Juventus' co-ownership of Enzo Maresca, Giorgio Chiellini and Fabrizio Miccoli was terminated when Juventus paid Fiorentina 6.7 million Euro. Source: Juventus Quarterly Report, page 15 (in PDF file)</ref><ref>UEFA.com news 16 July 2005</ref> At Sevilla, he quickly emerged as a key player in midfield, crowning his debut season by capturing the UEFA Cup 2005-06 trophy, scoring a goal and being named Man of the Match as Sevilla swept aside Middlesbrough FC 4-0.<ref>'05/'06 UEFA Cup Final Report </ref> Maresca donated the 10.000€ Man of the Match prize money to the San Juan de Dios hospital in Seville.<ref>(Spanish) Enzo Maresca fue elegido mejor jugador de la final</ref>
[edit] International career
Since 1995, Maresca has represented various youth national teams.<ref>FIGC.com- official stactics</ref> 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.
[edit] Honors
- Italian Champion: 2002
- UEFA Cup: 2006
- UEFA Super Cup:2006
[edit] References
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| Sevilla FC - Current Squad |
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1 Palop | 2 Javi Navarro | 3 David | 4 Daniel Alves | 5 Duda | 6 Adriano | 7 Chevantón | 8 Poulsen | 10 Luís Fabiano | 11 Renato | 12 Kanouté | 13 Cobeño | 14 Escudé | 15 Navas | 16 Puerta | 17 Jesuli | 18 Martí | 19 Dragutinović | 20 Aitor Ocio | 21 Pablo Ruiz | 22 Fernando Sales | 23 Kepa | 24 Hinkel | 25 Maresca | 27 Benaglio | 28 David Prieto | 34 Diego Capel | 35 Crespo | 38 Bruno | 39 Alfaro | -- Antonio López | -- Carlitos | Coach: Juande Ramos |
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