Marco Di Vaio

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Marco Di Vaio

Full name	Marco Di Vaio
Date of birth	July 15, 1976 (age 30)
Place of birth	Rome, Italy
Height	178 cm
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Genoa
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993-1996 1996 1996-1997 1997-1999 1999-2002 2002-2004 2004-2006 2006-2007 2007-	Lazio Hellas Verona Bari Salernitana Parma Juventus Valencia Monaco Genoa	8 (3) 7 (1) 27 (3) 67 (34) 83 (41) 54 (18) 34 (11) 28 (8) 0 (0)
National team²
2002-	Italy	14 (2)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of january 29, 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of May 24, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Marco Di Vaio (born July 15, 1976) is an Italian football (soccer) striker, who currently plays for Genoa C.F.C.

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 (2005-2007).

He was a revelation at Salernitana, leading them to their second promotion to the Serie A in 1997-98 as the top scorer in Serie B for that season. Despite Salernitana's relegation the following season, Di Vaio remained in Serie A, after being purchased by Parma. He scored an impressive number of goals for the Gialloblu and he went on to become the 2nd highest 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 reproduced the form he showed at Parma, mainly because of the immense competition for a first-team place at Juventus. Still, he managed to win one scudetto with Juventus. Di Vaio then moved to Valencia on a 5-year contract, where he became the top scorer for the Spanish side, despite managing a mere eleven goals in La Liga. However, his presence in the first team line-up of Valencia became constricted by the arrivals of Patrick Kluivert and David Villa. In January 2006, Di Vaio was loaned out to French side Monaco. At the end of the season, he transferred to the club permanently and signed a 2 year-deal. On the 21st of January 2007 however, after an unsuccesful spell in France, Di Vaio suprisingly returned to Italy by signing with Serie B club Genoa on a two-year contract.

Internationally, 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	14	3	A
2006/07	Genoa	Italy	0	0	B

[edit] External links

FootballDatabase provides Marco Di Vaio's profile and stats
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Genoa C.F.C. - Current Squad
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