| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marco Di Vaio | ||
| Date of birth | 15 July 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Rome, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Bologna | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–1994 | Lazio | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1993–1995 | Lazio | 8 | (3) |
| 1995–1996 | Verona | 7 | (1) |
| 1996–1997 | Bari | 27 | (3) |
| 1997–1999 | Salernitana | 67 | (33) |
| 1999–2002 | Parma | 83 | (41) |
| 2002–2004 | Juventus | 55 | (18) |
| 2004–2005 | Valencia | 35 | (11) |
| 2005–2007 | Monaco | 29 | (8) |
| 2007–2009 | Genoa | 44 | (12) |
| 2008–2009 | → Bologna (loan) | 38 | (24) |
| 2009– | Bologna | 84 | (35) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1993–1994 | Italy U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2001–2004 | Italy | 14 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 December 2010. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Marco Di Vaio (born July 15, 1976) is an Italian football striker, who currently plays for Bologna FC. In his long career, Di Vaio has played for the likes of Lazio, Hellas Verona, Bari, Salernitana, Parma, Juventus, Valencia and Monaco. His nickname is the "The Stoat."
As of December 2010 he has scored 122 goals in 282 Serie A games (forty-fifth of all time).
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Di Vaio started his career at his hometown club S.S. Lazio. He made his Serie A debut on 20 November 1994 against Padova. He then played for Serie B clubs such as Verona and Bari before moving to Salernitana in 1997.
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), by paying Parma €7miilion (€2million plus 50% registration rights of Brighi) for the loan.[1]
But Di Vaio never really reproduced the form he showed at Parma, mainly because of the immense competition for a first-team places at Juventus. Initially a loan signing, he was signed permanently in summer 2003 for €14 million.
During his stay with Juventus he managed to win one scudetto, and reached 2003 UEFA Champions League Final.
Due to early end in UEFA Champions League 2003–04 and the arrival of new coach Fabio Capello, Juventus made a re-construction on the squad. Di Vaio and his striking partner Fabrizio Miccoli were soon frozen out. Di Vaio moved to defending UEFA Cup and La Liga champion Valencia on a 5-year contract,[2] costing Valencia €10.5million,[3] joining up with fellow countrymen, coach Claudio Ranieri and new signing Bernardo Corradi. Di Vaio partnered Corradi up front in in 10 La Liga matches, creating a total of 4 goals. He managed a mere eleven league goals during his spell in Spain.
His presence in the first team line-up of Valencia became restricted with the arrivals of Patrick Kluivert and David Villa, along with the sacking of Ranieri. New coach Quique Sánchez Flores preferred to use Miguel Ángel Angulo as Villa's strike partner or else utilised a 4–5–1 formation, with Villa as the lone frontman. This restricted Di Vaio to only one league start during the 2005–06 season.
In January 2006, Di Vaio was loaned out to Ligue 1 side Monaco with an option to make the deal permanent.[4] Along with Di Vaio, countryman Christian Vieri was also signed, who partnered him for 7 French league matchs, yielding 3 goals all of which were scored by Vieri. Initially a insurance for injured Javier Chevantón and replace the left of outgoing Emmanuel Adebayor, the Italians created opportunity for Chevantón to score goals in the second half of season.
In his second season DI Vaio became the 3rd choice striker behind new signings Jan Koller and Jérémy Menez, restricting him six first team appearances.
On the 22 January 2007, after an unsuccessful spell in Ligue 1, Di Vaio surprisingly returned to Italy by signing with Serie B club Genoa,[5] a side strongly pushing for promotion. The club duly achieved promotion, but once in Serie A, the partnership of Marco Borriello and Giuseppe Sculli was preferred, leaving Di Viao to make only 9 appearances.
On 21 August 2008 it was confirmed that Di Vaio had signed for Serie A side Bologna FC,[6] recently promoted from Serie B. This reunited with former Genoa team-mate Adaílton. Di Vaio was a surprise star in the 2008–09 season, scoring an impressive 24 goals for a mediocre Bologna side. He finished the season as joint second top-scorer alongside Genoa C.F.C. striker Diego Milito.
In his period at Bologna, Di Vaio regained reputation as a key prolific striker, rapidly becoming a fan favourite, as well as team captain and one of the reference players during the two club takeovers in the 2010–11 season, ensuring himself a contract extension until June 2013; following the announcement, Di Vaio also state his desire to spend the rest of his footballing career as a Bologna player.[7]
Di Vaio played for Italy at Euro 2004. He made his senior debut on 5 September 2001, in a friendly match against Morocco. He received several call-ups from Marcello Lippi who had previously coached Di Vaio at Juventus. A loss of form whilst with Valencia, coupled with the emergence of Luca Toni and Alberto Gilardino, led to Di Viao losing his place with the national team.
| Club performance | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | Season | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Lazio | Serie A | 1993–94 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994–95 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | ||
| Total | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | ||
| Verona | Serie B | 1995–96 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | 1 | |
| Total | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | 1 | |||
| Bari | Serie B | 1996–97 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 27 | 3 | |
| Total | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 27 | 3 | |||
| Salernitana | Serie B | 1997–98 | 36 | 21 | 2 | 0 | – | 38 | 21 | |
| Serie A | 1998–99 | 31 | 12 | 1 | 0 | – | 32 | 12 | ||
| Total | 67 | 33 | 3 | 0 | – | 70 | 33 | |||
| Parma | Serie A | 1999–00 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 7 |
| 2000–01 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 20 | ||
| 2001–02 | 33 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 48 | 22 | ||
| Total | 83 | 41 | 13 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 114 | 49 | ||
| Juventus | Serie A | 2002–03 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 40 | 11 |
| 2003–04 | 29 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 44 | 17 | ||
| Total | 55 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 84 | 28 | ||
| Valencia | La Liga | 2004–05 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 39 | 14 |
| 2005–06 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Total | 35 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 50 | 14 | ||
| Monaco | Ligue 1 | 2005–06 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | – | 18 | 5 | |
| 2006–07 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | – | 17 | 3 | |||
| Total | 29 | 8 | 6 | 0 | – | 35 | 8 | |||
| Genoa | Serie B | 2006–07 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | – | 22 | 9 | |
| Serie A | 2007–08 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | 24 | 4 | ||
| Total | 44 | 12 | 2 | 1 | – | 46 | 13 | |||
| Bologna | Serie A | 2008–09 | 38 | 24 | 2 | 1 | – | 40 | 25 | |
| 2009–10 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 0 | – | 31 | 12 | |||
| 2010–11 | 38 | 19 | 1 | 0 | – | 39 | 19 | |||
| 2011–12 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | 17 | 4 | |||
| Total | 122 | 59 | 5 | 1 | – | 127 | 60 | |||
| Career total | 477 | 189 | 46 | 8 | 52 | 16 | 575 | 213 | ||
| Italy national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 4 | 0 |
| 2003 | 5 | 2 |
| 2004 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 14 | 2 |
| International appearances and goals | ||||||
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| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Goal | Competition |
| 1. | 5 September 2001 | Piacenza, Italy | Morocco | 1–0 | 0 | Friendly |
| 2. | 13 February 2002 | Catania, Italy | United States | 1–0 | 0 | Friendly |
| 3. | 17 April 2002 | Milan, Italy | Uruguay | 1–1 | 0 | Friendly |
| 4. | 21 August 2002 | Trieste, Italy | Slovenia | 0–1 | 0 | Friendly |
| 5. | 20 November 2002 | Pescara, Italy | Turkey | 1–1 | 0 | Friendly |
| 6. | 30 April 2003 | Geneva Switzerland | Switzerland | 2–1 | 0 | Friendly |
| 7. | 3 June 2003 | Campobasso, Italy | Northern Ireland | 2–0 | 0 | Friendly |
| 8. | 11 October 2003 | Reggio Calabria, Italy | Azerbaijan | 4–0 | 1 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying |
| 9. | 12 November 2003 | Warsaw, Poland | Poland | 1–3 | 0 | Friendly |
| 10. | 16 November 2003 | Ancona, Italy | Romania | 1–0 | 1 | Friendly |
| 11. | 28 April 2004 | Genoa, Italy | Spain | 1–1 | 0 | Friendly |
| 12. | 22 June 2004 | Guimarães, Portugal | Bulgaria | 2–1 | 0 | UEFA Euro 2004 |
| 13. | 18 August 2004 | Reykjavík, Iceland | Iceland | 0–2 | 0 | Friendly |
| 14. | 9 October 2004 | Celje, Slovenia | Slovenia | 0–1 | 0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying |
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