Marco Storari
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| Marco Storari | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Date of birth | January 7, 1977 | |
| Place of birth | Pisa, Italy | |
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 11⁄2 in) | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Cagliari Calcio | |
| Number | 13 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 198?–1994 1995–1998 |
Roma Perugia |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1994–1995 1995–1998 1998 1998–2002 2002-2003 2003 2003–2006 2007– 2007 2008-present |
Ladispoli Perugia → Montevarchi (loan) Ancona Napoli → Messina (loan) Messina A.C. Milan → Levante (loan) → Cagliari (loan) |
12 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 91 (0) 4 (0) 16 (0) 127 (0) 3 (0) 17 (0) 11 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Marco Storari (born January 7, 1977 in Pisa) is an Italian football goalkeeper currently playing for Italian Serie A club Cagliari Calcio.
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[edit] Club career
Known for his unruly mane of hair as much as his ability between the sticks, Storari has been in Italian football for over a decade but the 2006-07 season marked only his third campaign in Serie A.
Storari started his career at Ladispoli in Serie D before joined Perugia youth team. After he was on loan to Montevarchi of Serie C1, he joined Ancona of Serie C1.
In Ancona, he helped the club to win promotion to Serie B in summer 2000. He played two season in Serie B before leaving for newly relegated Serie B team S.S.C. Napoli in a joint ownership deal.
He joined Messina of Serie B on loan in January 2002, in-exchange with Emanuele Manitta, the deal became permanent in summer 2003. Messina won promotion to Serie A in summer 2004.
He was acquired by A.C. Milan on January 17, 2007 as an emergency signing, as both Dida and backup Zeljko Kalac were out of action due to injury. He signed a contract which will last until summer 2010.[1] In three Serie A appearances, against Livorno, Siena, and Udinese, respectively, he conceded seven goals. He did not appear in any Coppa Italia matches, since his debut for Milan commenced shortly after they were eliminated from the competition by AS Roma on January 31.
On July 3, 2007, reports surfaced that Milan were close to sending Storari to La Liga side Real Betis on a one-year loan. The deal was increased to a two-year loan deal and so the player, along with his representative, traveled to Seville. Although having stayed in the city for three days, Betis president Manuel Ruiz de Lopera failed to meet with the player and Storari returned to Italy as the deal failed to materialize. On August 12, Storari was loaned to La Liga side Levante UD on a two-year contract.
However, the loan deal ended after only six months on January 5, 2008, when Storari returned to Italy with Cagliari Calcio[2] due to Levante's inability to pay his salary. "[The] club was in financial difficulty and couldn’t pay me...there are some wonderful people here who were honest with us, but working without pay is a difficult situation to be in.”
[edit] International career
Storari has yet to be capped for Italy although he was chosen as the third-choice goalkeeper by Marcello Lippi for a friendly against Slovenia in 2005.
[edit] External links
- (Italian) Profile on Gazzetta.it
- (Spanish) La Liga career
[edit] References
- Milan To Loan Out Storari To Betis - Goal.com, 7/3/07
- Milan To Loan Out Storari To Levante UD - as.com, 8/12/07
- Storari from Spain to Sardinia - Football Italia, 1/5/08
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