| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 17 October 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Caltanissetta, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Catania | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Torino | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2004–2005 | Torino | 7 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | → Treviso (loan) | 31 | (0) |
| 2005–2010 | Chievo | 20 | (0) |
| 2006 | → Catania (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Bari (loan) | 19 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | → Salernitana (loan) | 34 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | → Catania (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2010– | Catania | 12 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004 | Italy U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2005 | Italy U21 | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 October 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Giovanni Marchese (born 17 October 1984 is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie A side Calcio Catania as a defender usually as left back.
He made his Serie A debut on 10 September 2006, against A.C. Siena.
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Born in Caltanissetta, Sicily, Marchese started his career with the youth system of Serie A side Torino F.C.. After Torino were relegated in 2003, Marchese occasionally received call-up from first team, and made 7 appearances since April 2004. He was the member of Primavera Under-20 team in 2003–04 season.[1] In 2004, he was loaned out to Serie B side Treviso along with Riccardo Pagliuchi in order to gain experience, and with Treviso he managed 31 appearances in just one season and in 2005 he returned to Turin. But Torino's financial made the club went bankrupt and its promotion to Serie A was canceled. All players were allowed to leave for free and a new team was formed in Serie B as successor. Marchese and team-mate Andrea Mantovani joined Chiveo in August 2005.
After his loan return to Torino F.C., Marchese was instantly sold to Serie A rivals A.C. Chievo Verona, in 2005. After a short spell with the Chievo Verona first team, the player was sent out on loan to the-Serie B side, Calcio Catania for the remaining six months of the 2005–2006 season. In his time with Catania, he made 14 appearances helping the Sicilian giants win promotion into the Serie A for the first time in just over two decades. After returning to Verona in the summer of 2006, Marchese remained at the club for the 2006–2007 Serie A season. However after finishing fifth in the league just a year earlier the Verona based club were relegated to Serie B for the 2007–2008 season. He remained at the club for the first six months of their Serie B campaign, however, he was loaned out to fellow Serie B side AS Bari for the remaining half of the 2007–2008 Serie B season. Chievo Verona did win promotion back to the Italian top flight that season. On July 1, 2006, Marchese returned to Verona for their Serie A and UEFA Cup campaign, but just made 9 league appearances. He followed the team relegated to Serie B after the club slipped form 4th in 2005–06 season (post- trail) to 18th in 2006–07. He remained at the club for the first six months of their Serie B campaign, made 11 league appearance. On February 1, 2008, he was loaned out to fellow Serie B side A.S. Bari for the remaining half of the season.[2]
In his six month spell with AS Bari, Marchese managed a total of 19 appearances with one goal credited to his name. In the summer of 2008, he returned to Verona, but again was loaned out. He was loaned to newly promoted Serie B outfit, Salernitana Calcio, where, in one season, the young defender appeared an impressive 34 times. In July 2009 he returned to Chievo Verona.
On July 1, 2008, Marchese returned to Chievo again, but immediately left out from Chievo's Serie A campaign, as the club won promotion as champion. On 7 August 2008, he was loaned to newly promoted Serie B outfit, Salernitana[3] At Salerno, he played 34 league matches.
On 31 August 2009, the final day of the 2009 summer transfer window, Marchese was sent to Calcio Catania, in exchange for right back, Gennaro Sardo. Sardo's transfer was somewhat of a surprise do to the fact that he had been consistently included in Catania's starting XI for the past few seasons. Marchese made just 5 appearances in the entire 2009–2010 Serie A season.[4] On June 29, 2010, Sardo permanently transferred to Chievo and Marchese permanently transferred to Catania, ahead of the 2010–11 Serie A season.
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