Claudio Marchisio

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Claudio Marchisio
Personal information
Full name	Claudio Marchisio
Date of birth	January 19, 1986 (1986-01-19) (age 22)
Place of birth	Turin, Italy
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Empoli
Number	19
Youth clubs
	Juventus
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2006-2007 2007-2008	Juventus Empoli (loan)	25 (0) 26 (0)
National team2
2007-	Italy U-21	8 (1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 18, 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of May 29, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Claudio Marchisio (born January 19, 1986 in Turin) is an Italian football player. He plays for Empoli, on loan from Juventus.

[edit] Football career

He has played for the Italian football side Juventus F.C. since the beginning of the 2006 season. Marchisio has been with Juve since he was seven years old he was a support striker and modeled himself after Del Piero, all the way up till a coach changed him to a midfielder when he was 16 years old.

He made his first team debut against Martina in Coppa Italia, and as starter in the match against S.S.C. Napoli, 6 November, 2006.

He has started to appear more regularly for Juventus and many hope he will be the future of the club, he is often compared to the former Juventus midfielder Marco Tardelli.^{[citation needed]} During the latter part of the 2006-2007 season he has become one of the key players in Didier Deschamps' squad; most notably playing the full 90 minutes for 6 consecutive matches since Juventus' 2-0 victory against Napoli.

Due to his good recent performances he has been called into the Italy U-21 squad along with fellow Juventus youngsters Sebastian Giovinco, Paolo De Ceglie and Domenico Criscito for the match with Albania. He also scored the winner for the U-23 team against Turkey at the youth festival tournament in Toulon, France.

Before the 2007-08 campaign, Marchisio was loaned out with Giovinco to Empoli F.C. to gain first-team experience.

[edit] References

Official Empoli Player Profile

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