Marco Di Vaio

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Marco Di Vaio
Personal information
Full name	Marco Di Vaio
Date of birth	July 15, 1976
Place of birth	Rome, Italy
Height	178 cm
Position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Monaco
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1993-1996 1996 1996-1997 1997-1999 1999-2002 2002-2004 2004-2006 2006 2006-2007	Lazio Hellas Verona Bari Salernitana Parma Juventus Valencia Monaco (on loan) Monaco	8 (3) 7 (1) 27 (3) 67 (34) 83 (41) 54 (18) 34 (11) 15 (5) 8(1)
National team**
2002-	Italy	14 (2)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 21, 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of May 24, 2006.

Marco Di Vaio (born July 15, 1976) is an Italian football (soccer) striker, who is contracted to Monaco in French Ligue 1.

Born in Rome, Di Vaio has played for Lazio (1994-95), Hellas Verona (1996), Bari (1996-97), Salernitana (1997-99), Parma (1999-2002), Juventus (2002-04), Valencia (2004-05) and Monaco (2005-).

He was a revelation at Salernitana, leading them to their second promotion to the Serie A in 1997-98 as the serie B's top scorer for that season. Despite Salernitana relegating the following season, Di Vaio remained in the first league, after being purchased by Parma. He scored an impressive number of goals for the Gialloblu and he went on to become 2nd best scorer of the league in his third season for the team. Juventus won the race to sign him during the following summer (2002), but Di Vaio never really got going while at Juve, mainly because of the immense competition for a first-team place. Still, he won one scudetto with the Juventus. Di Vaio then moved to Valencia, signed 5-year deal, where he became the best scorer for the Spanish side, despite managing a mere eleven goals in La Liga. However, this year his presence in the first team line-up of Valencia has been constricted by the arrivals of Patrick Kluivert and David Villa.

In January 2006, Di Vaio was loaned to French side AS Monaco. At the end of the season,he moved to the club permanently and signed 2 year-deal.

Di Vaio played for Italy at Euro 2004, though he is not currently in the frame for a national team place.

[edit] Career statistics

Season	Club	Country	Matches	Goals	League
1993/94	Lazio	Italy	N/A	N/A	A
1994/95	Lazio	Italy	8	3	A
1995/96	Lazio	Italy	N/A	N/A	A
1995/96	Hellas Verona	Italy	7	1	B
1996/97	Bari	Italy	27	3	B
1997/98	Salernitana	Italy	36	21	B
1998/99	Salernitana	Italy	31	12	A
1999/00	Parma	Italy	23	6	A
2000/01	Parma	Italy	27	15	A
2001/02	Parma	Italy	33	20	A
2002/03	Juventus	Italy	25	7	A
2003/04	Juventus	Italy	29	11	A
2004/05	Valencia	Spain	29	11	A
2005/06	Valencia	Spain	5	0	A
2005/06	Monaco	France	15	5	A
2006/07	Monaco	France	8	1	A

[edit] External links

• FootballDatabase provides Marco Di Vaio's profile and stats
• Official Website
• uefa.com short bios.

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