Marco Di Vaio
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Di Vaio playing for the Montreal Impact in 2013
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marco Di Vaio | ||
| Date of birth | 15 July 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Rome, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–1994 | Lazio | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1995 | Lazio | 8 | (3) |
| 1995–1996 | Verona | 7 | (1) |
| 1996–1997 | Bari | 27 | (3) |
| 1997–1999 | Salernitana | 67 | (33) |
| 1999–2002 | Parma | 83 | (41) |
| 2002–2004 | Juventus | 55 | (18) |
| 2004–2006 | Valencia | 35 | (11) |
| 2006–2007 | AS Monaco | 29 | (8) |
| 2007–2008 | Genoa | 44 | (12) |
| 2008–2012 | Bologna | 143 | (65) |
| 2012–2014 | Montreal Impact | 76 | (34) |
| Total | 575 | (230) | |
| National team | |||
| 1993–1994 | Italy U-18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2001–2004 | Italy | 14 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 October 2014. |
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Marco Di Vaio (born 15 July 1976) is a retired Italian footballer who played as a striker. A prolific goalscorer, in his long club career, Di Vaio scored over 200 league goals while playing for several clubs, mainly in Italy, as well as in Monaco, Spain, and Canada. At international level, Di Vaio represented the Italy national football team at Euro 2004.
Di Vaio started his career at his hometown club Lazio. He made his Serie A debut on 20 November 1994 against Padova. He then played for Serie B clubs such as Verona and Bari before moving to Salernitana in 1997.
He was a revelation at Salernitana, leading them to their second promotion to the Serie A in 1997–98 as the top scorer in Serie B for that season.
Despite Salernitana's relegation the following season, Di Vaio remained in Serie A, after being purchased by Parma. He scored an impressive number of goals for the Gialloblu and he went on to become the 2nd highest scorer of the league in his third season for the team.
Juventus won the race to sign him during the following summer (2002), by paying Parma €7million (€2million plus 50% registration rights of Brighi) for the loan.
But Di Vaio never really reproduced the form he showed at Parma, mainly because of the immense competition for a first-team places at Juventus. Initially a loan signing, he was signed permanently in summer 2003 for €14 million.
During his stay with Juventus he managed to win one scudetto, and reached 2003 UEFA Champions League Final.
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