Giovanni Marchese
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 17 October 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Caltanissetta, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Catania | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Torino | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2005 | Torino | 7 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | → Treviso (loan) | 31 | (0) |
| 2005–2010 | Chievo | 20 | (0) |
| 2006 | → Catania (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Bari (loan) | 19 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | → Salernitana (loan) | 34 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | → Catania (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2010–2013 | Catania | 75 | (5) |
| 2013–2016 | Genoa | 49 | (3) |
| 2017– | Catania | 1 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2004 | Italy U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2005 | Italy U21 | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 January 2017. |
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Giovanni Marchese (born 17 October 1984) is an Italian footballer who plays for Lega Pro club Catania.
Born in Caltanissetta, Sicily, Marchese started his career with the youth system of Serie A side Torino. After Torino were relegated in 2003, Marchese occasionally received call-up from first team, and made 7 appearances since April 2004. He was the member of Primavera Under-20 team in 2003–04 season. In 2004, he was loaned out to Serie B side Treviso along with Riccardo Pagliuchi in order to gain experience, and with Treviso he managed 31 appearances in just one season and in 2005 he returned to Turin. But Torino's financial made the club went bankrupt and its promotion to Serie A was canceled. All players were allowed to leave for free and a new team was formed in Serie B as successor. Marchese and team-mate Andrea Mantovani joined Chiveo in August 2005.
After his loan return to Torino, Marchese was instantly sold to Serie A rivals Chievo, in 2005. After a short spell with the Chievo Verona first team, the player was sent out on loan to the-Serie B side, Catania for the remaining six months of the 2005–2006 season. In his time with Catania, he made 14 appearances helping the Sicilian giants win promotion into the Serie A for the first time in just over two decades. After returning to Verona in the summer of 2006, Marchese remained at the club for the 2006–07 Serie A season. However, after finishing fifth in the league just a year earlier the Verona-based club were relegated to Serie B for the 2007–2008 season. He remained at the club for the first six months of their Serie B campaign, however, he was loaned out to fellow Serie B side Bari for the remaining half of the 2007–08 Serie B season. ChievoVerona did win promotion back to the Italian top flight that season. On 1 July 2006, Marchese returned to Verona for their Serie A and UEFA Cup campaign, but just made 9 league appearances. He followed the team relegated to Serie B after the club slipped form 4th in 2005–06 season (post- trail) to 18th in 2006–07. He remained at the club for the first six months of their Serie B campaign, made 11 league appearance. On 1 February 2008, he was loaned out to fellow Serie B side Bari for the remaining half of the season.
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