Marco Sau

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Marco Sau
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Sau playing for Juve Stabia in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-11-03) 3 November 1987 (age 34)
Place of birth Sorgono, Italy
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Benevento
Number 25
Youth career
1996–2005 Tonara ASD
2005–2007 Cagliari
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2018 Cagliari 194 (45)
2007–2008 → Manfredonia (loan) 31 (10)
2008–2009 → AlbinoLeffe (loan) 18 (0)
2009–2010 → Lecco (loan) 30 (4)
2010–2011 → Foggia (loan) 33 (20)
2011–2012 → Juve Stabia (loan) 36 (21)
2019 Sampdoria 5 (0)
2019– Benevento 54 (17)
National team
2013 Italy 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:58, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

Marco Sau (Italian: [ˈmarko ˈsau], Sardinian: [ˈmaɾku ˈzau]; born 3 November 1987) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie B club Benevento.

Early life[]

Sau has been nicknamed Pattolino (Duckling) since childhood. His idol growing up was the striker Gianfranco Zola, also from his native Province of Nuoro in Sardinia.[1]

While visiting an uncle in Scotland in his early teens, Sau played in the youth ranks of Livingston and a local team in Gourock.[2]

Club career[]

Cagliari[]

Sau turned professional at Cagliari in 2007. On 25 June 2008 he was signed by AlbinoLeffe.[3] On 15 July 2009, he was loaned to Lecco.[4]

Foggia[]

In August 2010 Sau was acquired by Foggia of Lega Pro Prima Divisione by head coach Zdenek Zeman in co-ownership deals, for a peppercorn of €500,[5] scoring 20 league goals that season. In June 2011 Foggia acquired Sau and Salvatore Burrai outright for a total of €207,000 by a closed tender mediated by Lega Serie A.[5][6] However they were returned to Cagliari on 31 August 2011 for the same total price (Burrai for free and Sau for €207,000).[7][8] Foggia later brought the transfer to court to claim the transfer documents were falsified.[9]

Return to Cagliari[]

Sau was re-acquired by Cagliari on 31 August 2011 on a two-year contract.[8] He played at S.S. Juve Stabia in 2011–12 Serie B season,[10] scoring 21 goals. This form allowed him into the Cagliari first team for 2012–13.[2]

Sau scored both of Cagliari's goals in a 2–2 draw against Inter on 18 November 2012.[2]

On 29 August 2014, Sau renewed his contract with Cagliari until 2017.[11]

Later career[]

On 31 January 2019, Sau signed with Sampdoria after seven years at Cagliari.[12] After five goalless substitute appearances, he signed a two-year contract at Serie B's Benevento on 22 July.[13] He scored a hat-trick on 29 December in a 4–0 home win over Ascoli,[14] and the following 29 June he came off the bench to score the only goal against his former club Juve Stabia to win promotion to Serie A as champions with seven games left.[15]

International career[]

Sau made his international debut on 31 May 2013, coming on as a 49th-minute substitute against San Marino in a friendly 4–0 win at the Stadio Renato Dall'Ara in Bologna.[16]

Honours[]

Cagliari

Benevento

References[]

  1. ^ Sergio Cadeddu. "Sau innamorato: "Che bello giocare per il Cagliari, per la Sardegna"" (in Italian). Cagliari News 24. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
  2. ^ a b c Fleming, Scott (20 December 2012). "Born in Sardinia, made in Gourock". The Herald. Herald & Times Group. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Sau all'AlbinoLeffe" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. 25 June 2008. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  4. ^ "E' rientrato Larrivey" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. 15 July 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  5. ^ a b Cagliari Calcio SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2011 (in Italian), PDF purchased from Italian CCIAA
  6. ^ ""Buste": Burrai e Sau al Foggia" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. 25 June 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  7. ^ "Sau e Burrai tornano al Cagliari" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  8. ^ a b Cagliari Calcio SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2012 (in Italian), PDF purchased from Italian CCIAA
  9. ^ "Cagliari in Tribunale: il Foggia contesta il contratto di Sau" (in Italian). fantagazzetta. 20 March 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  10. ^ "Sau alla Juve Stabia" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  11. ^ "Sau ha rinnovato fino al 2017". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 29 August 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  12. ^ "UFFICIALE: Sampdoria, arriva Sau dal Cagliari a titolo definitivo" (in Italian). Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  13. ^ "UFFICIALE: Benevento, ecco Marco Sau. Due anni di contratto". Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  14. ^ "La nuova sfida di Marco Sau lontano dall'Isola" [Marco Sau's new challenge far away from the Island]. L'Unione Sarda (in Italian). 29 January 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  15. ^ a b Blackburn, Liam (30 June 2020). "Filippo Inzaghi leads Benevento back to Serie A". Goal. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  16. ^ "Marco Sau - national football team player". Eu-football.info. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
  17. ^ "Serie B: Cagliari title, Livorno relegated - Football Italia".

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