Personal information | |||
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Full name | Luca Marrone | ||
Date of birth | 28 March 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Turin, Italy | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Zulte Waregem (on loan from Juventus) | ||
Number | 4 | ||
Youth career | |||
1995–1998 | Lascaris | ||
1998–2009 | Juventus | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009– | Juventus | 15 | (1) |
2010–2011 | → Siena (loan) | 18 | (1) |
2013–2014 | → Sassuolo (loan) | 15 | (0) |
2015–2016 | → Carpi (loan) | 9 | (1) |
2016 | → Hellas Verona (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2016– | → Zulte Waregem (loan) | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2006–2007 | Italy U17 | 4 | (0) |
2007 | Italy U19 | 1 | (0) |
2009–2013 | Italy U21 | 32 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 May 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 September 2013 |
Luca Marrone (born 28 March 1990) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian club Zulte Waregem, on loan from Italian club Juventus.
Born in Bosconero, a comune in the Province of Turin, Marrone began playing football with local club Lascaris in 1995 at the age of five and was scouted by provincial giants Torino and Juventus. A childhood Juventus fan, he chose the latter and joined their youth system at age eight.
At age eight, Marrone joined the Juventus youth system and made his way through the ranks of the youth sector all the way through to the Primavera (under-20) youth squad for the 2007–08 season. After impressing in the Primavera side for a couple of seasons, then-Juve head coach and former youth director at the club Ciro Ferrara called Marrone to join the first team squad for the 2009–10 Serie A pre-season. After taking part in a number of friendly matches and pre-season tournaments, including the Peace Cup and the TIM Trophy, Marrone was called up to the Juventus bench for the season opener against Chievo. He went on to make his Serie A debut as a 70th-minute substitute for Tiago. He also received a yellow card later in that match. In September, he made his second appearance against Livorno as a late substitute for Mauro Camoranesi and was named on the bench for a number of important Serie A and European matches. In February 2010, he captained the Primavera team to a successful defence of the Viareggio Tournament title. He was once again called up for the summer training camp with the first team prior to the 2010–11 Serie A season under new head coach Luigi Delneri.