Marco Amelia

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Personal information
Marco Amelia
Full name	Marco Amelia
Date of birth	April 2, 1982
Place of birth	Frascati, Rome, Italy
Height	1.88 m
Position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Livorno
Number	1
Youth clubs
1999-2001	Roma
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
2001- 2003-2004 2004	Livorno → Lecce (loan) → Parma (loan)	113 (0) 13 (0) 0 (0)
National team**
2002-2004 2005-	Italy U-21 Italy	19 (0) 3 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 May 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2006.

Marco Amelia (born 2 April 1982 in Frascati, Rome) is an Italian football goalkeeper who currently plays for Livorno.

Amelia, considered one of the finest young keepers of Italy, is also a squad member for the Italy national football team.

Amelia scored a dramatic late goal for Livorno in the 2006-07 UEFA Cup group stage match against FK Partizan in Belgrade on Thursday 2 November 2006, having come up for a late free-kick with Livorno trailing 1-0, becoming the first Italian goalkeeper to have ever scored in a continental competition.

Although he signed a new 5 year contract at the beginning of the 2006-07 season, Amelia has been linked with a number of clubs in the English Premier League, namely Chelsea, Arsenal, and Liverpool [1][2]. AC Milan have also been mentioned by the press.

[edit] Teams and clubs

1998-2001: A.S. Roma
2001-2002: Livorno on loan from Roma
2002-2003: Livorno
2003-2004: U.S. Lecce & Parma on loan from Livorno
2004-present: Livorno

[edit] National team

Amelia won the 2004 European Under-21 Football Championship and bronze medal of 2004 Summer Olympics football tournament. He made his debut for Italy senior squad in a friendly match against Ivory Coast on 16 November 2005 as a substitute for Christian Abbiati. He was included in the victorious 2006 FIFA World Cup squad as a back-up for Gianluigi Buffon. After the World Cup, he remained a regular in Italy squad under new coach Roberto Donadoni, who gave him his first start in a friendly match against Croatia on 16 August 2006.

[edit] External links

Profile and stats. at Livorno site
(Italian) National Team stats.

Olympic medal record
Competitor for Italy
Men's Football
Bronze	2004 Athens	Team Competition

	Italy squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Champions (4th Title)
1 Buffon \| 2 Zaccardo \| 3 Grosso \| 4 De Rossi \| 5 Cannavaro \| 6 Barzagli \| 7 Del Piero \| 8 Gattuso \| 9 Toni \| 10 Totti \| 11 Gilardino \| 12 Peruzzi \| 13 Nesta \| 14 Amelia \| 15 Iaquinta \| 16 Camoranesi \| 17 Barone \| 18 Inzaghi \| 19 Zambrotta \| 20 Perrotta \| 21 Pirlo \| 22 Oddo \| 23 Materazzi \| Coach: Lippi

A.S. Livorno Calcio - Current Squad
1 Amelia \| 2 Fanucci \| 3 Filippini \| 4 Morrone \| 5 Argilli \| 6 Galante \| 7 Pfertzel \| 8 Vidigal \| 11 Vigiani \| 14 Kuffour \| 15 Knežević \| 16 Giallombardo \| 17 Casini \| 18 Rezaei \| 20 Bakayoko \| 21 Paulinho \| 23 Manitta \| 26 Pasquale \| 28 Passoni \| 29 César Prates \| 32 Pavan \| 69 Balleri \| 77 Grandoni \| 78 Danilevičius \| 99 Lucarelli \| -- Iannotti \| Coach Arrigoni