Personal information | |||
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Full name | Vincenzo Maresca | ||
Date of birth | 10 February 1980 | ||
Place of birth | Pontecagnano Faiano, Italy | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1991–1994 | Milan | ||
1994–1998 | Cagliari | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–2000 | West Bromwich Albion | 47 | (5) |
2000–2004 | Juventus | 37 | (4) |
2000–2001 | → Bologna (loan) | 23 | (0) |
2002–2003 | → Piacenza (loan) | 31 | (9) |
2004–2005 | Fiorentina | 25 | (5) |
2005–2009 | Sevilla | 96 | (13) |
2009–2010 | Olympiacos | 24 | (5) |
2011–2012 | Málaga | 39 | (4) |
2012–2014 | Sampdoria | 17 | (3) |
2014–2016 | Palermo | 47 | (1) |
2016–2017 | Verona | 8 | (0) |
Total | 394 | (49) | |
National team | |||
1995 | Italy U15 | 5 | (0) |
1995 | Italy U16 | 1 | (0) |
1998 | Italy U17 | 1 | (1) |
1998–1999 | Italy U18 | 12 | (4) |
1999–2000 | Italy U20 | 11 | (6) |
2000–2002 | Italy U21 | 15 | (2) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 December 2016. |
Vincenzo 'Enzo' Maresca (Italian pronunciation: [ˈɛntso maˈreska]; born 10 February 1980) is an Italian former footballer who played as a midfielder.
After starting out at West Bromwich Albion in 1998, he went on to play for several clubs in his country, including Juventus who loaned him twice for the duration of his contract. Released in 2004, he went to play one season with Fiorentina then resumed his career in La Liga with Sevilla (four years) and Málaga, appearing in 134 games and scoring 17 goals in the competition whilst winning five major titles with the former side; in between his two spells in Spain he also spent one year in Greece with Olympiacos, returning to Italy where he played until his retirement in 2017, totalling 140 matches in the Serie A (17 goals).
Maresca represented Italy at youth level, including the Italy under-21 team, but was never capped at senior level.
Born in Pontecagnano Faiano, Province of Salerno, Maresca started playing football at the age of 11 with A.C. Milan, joining Cagliari Calcio after three years.
He made his senior debut with West Bromwich Albion in a 0–2 home defeat against Bradford City on 20 September 1998, played two incomplete seasons with the English club in the Football League First Division.