Personal information | |||
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Full name | Richard Gabriel Marcone | ||
Date of birth | 21 January 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Trapani | ||
Youth career | |||
–2007 | Esperia | ||
2007–2012 | Siena | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2013 | Vicenza | 0 | (0) |
2012–2013 | → South Tyrol (loan) | 26 | (0) |
2013– | Trapani | 19 | (0) |
2015–2016 | → Vicenza (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2016 | → Verona (loan) | 0 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 May 2016. |
Richard Gabriel Marcone (born 21 January 1993) is an Romania-born Italian footballer who plays for Trapani. Marcone received Italy youth national teams call-up in 2013.
Born in Bucharest to a Romanian mother and Italian father, Marcone started his professional career at Italian club A.C. Siena. He joined the Tuscan team from Esperia in temporary deal on 30 August 2007. The deal later turned to definitive deal. He was the member of the reserve in 2010–11 and 2011–12 season, and previously U17 youth team in 2009–10 season. Marcone also occasionally worked with first team as fourth keeper in 2011–12 Serie A. He wore no.93 shirt, his year of birth.
In June 2012, the club decided to capitalise his potential market value. Despite no real buyer from Serie A and B clubs nor he could enter the first team immediately, the club used player exchange to give an accounting value to the player, in order to pass the financial benchmark of FIGC. He was swapped with Giulio Cavallari of Vicenza Calcio in co-ownership deal, while Marcone's team-mate Alessandro Iacobucci (keeper), who spent 2011–12 season in South Tyrol, were swapped to Parma along with Pacini and Rossi. Moreover the deal was completed on 29 June 2012, the second last day of 2011–12 financial year, which ended on 30 June. However, his new "market" value to his new club, would be a cost in term of amortization as a kind of intangible asset. Half of Marcone was "valued" €750,000 and Cavallari €768,000, made only €18,000 cash involved. Marcone signed a 3-year contract.