Amelia Marco - professional Italian goalkeeper

Amelia Marco is a football player who plays at the position of the goalkeeper for the Chelsea football club. Former player, "Milan" and the Italian team.

The athlete was born April 2, 1982 in Rome, where he made his first steps in football, but spent most of his career in Livorno, where he played 181 matches in all competitions and even scored in the UEFA Cup of the 2006-07 season.

Marco won bronze at the 2004 Olympic Games, held in Athens (Greece), as part of the youth team of Italy under the age of 21, played 9 matches for the main Italian team that won the 2006 World Cup in Germany, and was in The application for Euro 2008 (Austria-Switzerland).

Early career

Born Amelia Marco in Frascati, the province of Rome, and played for teams of different ages of the youth system "Roma". In 2001, he left the capital club and joined the team of the C1 series Livorno on loan. In the following season, the player was bought for 2.8 million euros as part of the deal, in which the club also acquired half of the rights to Giorgio Chiellini for 3.1 million euros, resulting in the club went to the series B.

Then Amelia spent two unremarkable seasons in Lecce and Parma (both clubs played in Serie A) before returning to Livorno and becoming one of the leaders of the Italian modest club. Here, Marco made his debut at the European level in the 2006-07 season in the UEFA Cup, in which he even managed to hit the opponent's gate. This happened in a match with the Serbian "Partizan", when the player hit the ball sent the ball accurately into the net.

"Palermo"

In July 2008, after "Livorno" flew to the series B, Amelia Marco decided to change the residence permit and joined the "Palermo" for 6 million euros. In the new season, the goalkeeper did not remember anything outstanding, except for the reflected penalty of Ronaldinho in the match against Milan, which ended with a score of 3-1, and a missed goal from Giuseppe Mascara in the Sicilian derby with "Catania", which ended in a shocking defeat of 0-4.

"Genoa" and the transition to "Milan"

In August 2009, Amelia moved to Genoa as part of the exchange for Rubinho, with both players valued at 5 million euros. Amelia was the first number of the team, with the exception of a few matches played by Alessio Scarpi.

After the sale of goalkeeper Marco Storaro to Juventus on June 23, 2010 with Milan, Marco signed. Amelia joined the team on loan with the right to buy. May 24, 2011 Milan bought the player for 3.5 million euros and signed with him for three years, despite the fact that Amelia played only a few matches and was a substitute Abbiati.

As the first number, Amelia Marco and could not gain a foothold in Milan, played in the amount for 4 seasons less than 30 matches, and in 2014 the club did not renew his contract with him.

The way to Chelsea

Amelia became a free agent on July 1, 2014. He played several matches for fans from the "Rock Prior" (where he acted as a player and at the same time was an honorary president) before returning to professional football on February 9, 2015 for performances for the club of the B series "Perugia".

August 23 Amelia became the honorary president and player of his first youth club "Lupa Castelli Romani". He played for the team twice in the Cup of Italy.

October 8, he moved to England, the first time signing a contract with a foreign club. This club was Chelsea, where Amelia Marco moved to the end of the season as a free agent. The role of the football player in the club is clearly defined - a change for Jasmina Begovic, who became the main one due to the injury of Thibaut Courtois.

Personal life

Amelia is currently married to Charlotte Bozello, with whom they raise two children together: the son Giulio Cesare was born on September 28, 2009, and Matilda's daughter on February 19, 2013.

In addition, the player is a knight and officer of the Order of Merit for the Italian Republic, received for the bronze of the 2004 Olympic Games and the gold of the 2006 World Cup respectively.