Marco Bresciano
Bresciano with Australia in 2006
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mark Bresciano | ||
| Date of birth | 11 February 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder / Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1986–1996 | Bulleen Lions | ||
| 1997 | AIS | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1997 | Bulleen Lions | 9 | (4) |
| 1997–1999 | Carlton | 28 | (6) |
| 1999–2002 | Empoli | 80 | (17) |
| 2002–2006 | Parma | 123 | (19) |
| 2006–2010 | Palermo | 107 | (12) |
| 2010–2011 | Lazio | 20 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Al Nasr | 17 | (10) |
| 2012–2015 | Al-Gharafa | 51 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1997 | Australia U17 | 5 | (5) |
| 1998–1999 | Australia U20 | 7 | (0) |
| 1998–2000 | Australia U23 | 15 | (0) |
| 2001–2015 | Australia | 84 | (13) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 September 2015. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 January 2015 |
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Mark "Marco" Bresciano (Italian pronunciation: [breʃˈʃano]; born 11 February 1980) is a former Australian professional football (soccer) player who played as a midfielder.
Born in Melbourne, Bresciano played youth football for Bulleen Lions, before moving into the National Soccer League with Carlton. In 1999, he moved to Italian Serie B side Empoli, beginning a twelve-year stay in the country. In 2002, he moved to the Serie A with Parma, later playing for Palermo and S.S. Lazio. From 2011, he spent the final four years of his career in the Middle East, first with UAE Pro-League side Al Nasr and then Qatar Stars League club Al-Gharafa where he last played in 2015.
Bresciano had a long career for Australia, making 84 appearances and scoring 13 goals. He played in three FIFA World Cups, two AFC Asian Cups (one victorious) and the 2004 OFC Nations Cup winning team. His goal against Uruguay in the 2006 World Cup qualification play-off sent the match to a penalty shootout which Australia won to qualify for the first time in 32 years. He previously represented Australia frequently at youth levels, including the 2000 Summer Olympics in Australia and the 1999 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
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