Mario Titone

Mario Titone
Personal information
Date of birth 14 October 1988 (1988-10-14) (age 23)
Place of birth Erice, Italy
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Sassuolo
Number 23
Youth career
Sansovino
2006–2008 Pisa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2005–2006 Sansovino 10 (0)
2007–2008 Pisa 7 (1)
2008–2009 Sambenedettese 24 (1)
2009– Sassuolo 18 (1)
National team
2009 Italy U20 Lega Pro 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Mario Titone (born 14 October 1988) is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie B club Sassuolo.

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Biography

Born in Erice, Sicily, Titone started his professional career with Tuscany club Sansovino. After played once for Sansovino in 2006–07 Coppa Italia,[1] he was signed by Serie C1 club Pisa[2] and spent 2 seasons with its Primavera team. After Pisa went bankrupt, he was signed by Serie B club Sassuolo and farmed to Lega Pro Prima Divisione club Sambenedettese in co-ownership deal.[3] On 26 June 2009, Sambenedettese bought him outright after winning the closed tender regarding the remain 50% registration rights between the two clubs.[4] However in July 2009, Sassuolo re-signed Titone after Sambenedettese went bankrupt.[5]

Representative Teams

He played once for Italy U20 Lega Pro team against Hungary in 2008–09 Mirop Cup.[6] He won the annual Lega Pro Prima Divisione Trophy with U21 representative team of Group A[7] and won Trofeo Dossena with U20 Lega Pro representative team in June 2009.[8]

In 2009–10 season, he played once for Italy under-21 Serie B representative team in internal training match.[9]

References

  1. ^ Veltroni, Alessandro (20 August 2006). "Coppola tiene a galla il Messina" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2006/agosto/20/Coppola_tiene_galla_Messina_ga_10_060820025.shtml. Retrieved 20 October 2010. 
  2. ^ Binda, Nicola (31 August 2006). "Ancona, in attacco c' è Docente" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2006/agosto/31/Ancona_attacco_Docente_ga_10_060831061.shtml. Retrieved 20 October 2010. 
  3. ^ "Mario Titone alla Samb" (in Italian). SS Sambenedettese Calcio. 5 August 2008. http://www.sambcalcio.it/2008/08/2537/mario-titone-alla-samb/. Retrieved 5 August 2008. 
  4. ^ Calfapietra, Alessio (27 June 2009). "Lega Calcio, tutti i risultati delle buste" (in Italian). Tutto Mercato Web. http://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/?action=read&id=157959. Retrieved 20 October 2010. 
  5. ^ Zorzoli, Fabrizio (27 July 2009). "UFFICIALE: Quadrini e Titone sono del Sassuolo" (in Italian). Tutto Mercato Web. http://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/?action=read&id=163289. Retrieved 20 October 2010. 
  6. ^ "MIROP CUP: ITALIA UNDER 20-UNGHERIA 3-0" (in Italian). Lega-Pro.com. 11 February 2009. http://www.lega-pro.com/rappresentativa/259-mirop-cup-italia-under-20-ungheria-3-0.html. Retrieved 20 October 2010. 
  7. ^ "AL GIRONE A IL TROFEO DELLA PRIMA DIVISIONE DI LEGA PRO" (in Italian). Lega-Pro.com. 21 January 2009. http://www.lega-pro.com/news/237-al-girone-a-il-trofeo-della-prima-divisione-di-lega-pro.html. Retrieved 20 October 2010. 
  8. ^ "Il Dossena alla Lega Pro, 4 gol agli americani" (in Italian). Lega-Pro.com. 19 June 2009. http://www.lega-pro.com/rappresentativa/291--il-dossena-alla-lega-pro-4-gol-agli-americani.html. Retrieved 20 October 2010. 
  9. ^ "Match Report" (in Italian) (PDF). Panini Digital. Published by Lega Serie B. 24 November 2009. http://www.legaserieb.it/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=429c9398-f898-4694-9614-2f9a8c345eea&groupId=115051. Retrieved 12 August 2010. 

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