Massimo Margiotta

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Massimo Margiotta
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Massimo Margiotta in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-07-27) 27 July 1977 (age 44)
Place of birth Maracaibo, Venezuela
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1997 Pescara 42 (7)
1997–1998 Cosenza 33 (19)
1998–1999 Lecce 19 (7)
1999 Reggiana 18 (10)
1999–2001 Udinese 35 (6)
2001–2006 Vicenza 107 (47)
2003–2004 → Perugia (loan) 16 (4)
2005–2006 → Piacenza (loan) 34 (4)
2006–2008 Frosinone 56 (12)
2008–2010 Vicenza 58 (5)
2010–2011 Barletta 18 (1)
Total 436 (122)
National team
1995 Italy U-18 4 (2)
1998–2000 Italy U-21 4 (1)
2000 Italy Olympic 4 (0)
2004–2005 Venezuela 11 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Massimo Margiotta (born 27 July 1977) is an Italian-Venezuelan former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Club career[]

Udinese[]

Vicenza[]

Margiotta was signed by Vicenza in co-ownership deal with Udinese in mid-2001. In June 2002 Margiotta was bought outright by the Veneto club. In August 2003 he was loaned to Perugia but returned to January 2004. In August 2005 he left for Piacenza.

Frosinone[]

In July 2006 he left for Frosinone initially in temporary deal.[1] In summer 2007 Margiotta joined the Lazio-based club outright for €50,000.[2]

Margiotta admitted to being involved in a football gambling controversy in June 2007. He was suspended for four months, had to serve community service and pay a fine of €10,000.[3]

Return to Vicenza[]

On 21 August 2008, Margiotta returned to Vicenza.[4]

Barletta[]

In September 2010, he left for Barletta on free transfer, signed an annual contract.[5] He was immediately included in starting XI, partnered with Giuseppe Caccavallo and Nicola Bellomo in a 4–3–2–1 formation.[6] Coach putted the original starter Paolo Carbonaro and Saveriano Infantino on the bench. Margiotta scored a late goal for Barletta after Foggia scored its second goal.

International career[]

Born in Venezuela, Margiotta played for Italy at youth level and at Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics. In 2004 FIFA changed its rules to allow a footballer switch nation to be represented if he had multi-nationality. Originally targeted for player aged under 21, that year also accept any player to apply. Margiotta switched to Venezuela as he might have no chance to play for Italy. He collected 11 caps, 4 of them were friendlies.

Post retirement[]

Since retired in 2011, Margiotta became a staff of Vicenza youth system, as Responsabili dell'Attività di Base from 2011–12 season to 2013–14 season (along with Alberto Ciarelli),[7][8][9] In 2014–15 season he replaced Stefano Umbro as Responsabile Attività Agonistic.[10]

In July 2015, Margiotta (for two months), CEO , Antonio Mandato and coach Mauro Carretta were sanctioned by Italian Football Federation (FIGC) on transfer irregularity on the signing of youth player Domenico Ranalletta.[11]

Career statistics[]

International[]

Honours[]

Udinese

References[]

  1. ^ "IL FROSINONE CALA IL SETTEBELLO" (in Italian). Frosinone Calcio. 7 July 2006. Archived from the original on 15 May 2014.
  2. ^ Vicenza Calcio SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2008 (in Italian)
  3. ^ "Di Michele accepts FIGC ban". UEFA.com. 31 July 2007. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
  4. ^ "MARGIOTTA SALUTA FROSINONE" (Google Cache) (in Italian). Frosinone Calcio. 21 August 2008. Retrieved 16 May 2014.[dead link]
  5. ^ "Arriva Massimo Margiotta". SS Barletta Calcio (in Italian). 16 September 2010. Archived from the original on 23 April 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
  6. ^ "Barletta – Foggia 1 – 2". SS Barletta Calcio (in Italian). 19 September 2010. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
  7. ^ "Ieri il Vicenza Calcio ospite dell'A.S.Roma" (in Italian). Vicenza Calcio. 19 April 2012. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  8. ^ "Ai Giovanissimi 99 il XXIII Torneo Internazionale di Cairo Montenotte" (in Italian). Vicenza Calcio. 4 June 2013. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  9. ^ "Domenica la seconda edizione del Memorial "Piermario Morosini"" (in Italian). Vicenza Calcio. 10 April 2014. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  10. ^ "Composizione organigramma societario s.s. 2014-2015" (in Italian). Vicenza Calcio. 1 July 2014. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  11. ^ "Comunicato Ufficiale N°70/A (2015–16)" (PDF) (in Italian). FIGC. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  12. ^ "Udinese 4 - 2 Sigma (Aggregate: 6 - 4)". UEFA. 22 August 2000. Archived from the original on 23 June 2004. Retrieved 16 April 2020.

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