Marcello Trotta

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Marcello Trotta
Personal information
Full nameMarcello Trotta[1]
Date of birth (1992-09-29) 29 September 1992
Place of birthSanta Maria Capua Vetere, Italy
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current clubBrentford
(on loan from Fulham)
Number29
Youth career
2004–2008Napoli
2008–2009Manchester City
2009–2011Fulham
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2011–Fulham1(0)
2011–2012→ Wycombe Wanderers (loan)8(8)
2012→ Watford (loan)1(0)
2012–2013→ Brentford (loan)22(6)
2013–→ Brentford (loan)21(9)
National team‡
2008–2009Italy U164(2)
2009–2010Italy U181(1)
2010Italy U191(0)
2012Italy U201(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14.50, 1 February 2014 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:20, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

Marcello Trotta (born 29 September 1992) is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for Brentford in League One, on loan from Premier League side Fulham. He is affectionately known as "Rodney" to some fans, after the Only Fools and Horses character Rodney Trotter.[2]

Career

Early career

Born in Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Italy, Trotta began his career in the youth team at Serie A side Napoli and decided to leave to experience "a new culture, a new language, a new type of football" in England.[3] In September 2013, Trotta revealed that he would be interested in signing again for Napoli in the future if the opportunity arose.[4] Trotta joined the academy at Premier League side Manchester City in 2008.[5][6] The club described him as one of the club’s brightest young talents, with his skill and ruthlessness in front of goal.[5] He only lasted three months with the club[7]

Fulham

Trotta signed a professional contract with Premier League side Fulham in September 2009.[8] He made six appearances in the Premier Reserve League South during the 2009/10 season and scored two goals. Trotta received his first call up to the first team for a Europa League qualifying match versus Crusaders on 21 July 2011, where he was an unused substitute for the 4–0 win.[9]

Trotta made his first senior appearance for Fulham in a 2–1 FA Cup fourth round defeat to Everton on 27 January 2012. He replaced Danny Murphy after 87 minutes.[10] In the days after the game, Trotta was the subject of loan attention from Scottish Premier League side Rangers as a replacement for Nikica Jelavić, but a deal never materialised.[11]

After featuring as an unused substitute through the latter months of the season, Trotta made his Premier League debut in Fulham's away match against Bolton Wanderers on 7 April 2012. He was brought on for Alex Kačaniklić after 88 minutes and almost scored a goal in the dying minutes of a comfortable 3–0 win for the Cottagers.[12] Trotta made two senior appearances during the 2011/12 season and also clocked up 14 Premier Reserve League South appearances, scoring 15 goals. He netted five times in a 7–0 thrashing of Bolton Wanderers on 30 August[13] and scored four in a 6–2 win over Norwich City on 4 October.[14]

At the start of the 2012/13 season, Trotta signed a new deal which will keep him at Craven Cottage until 2015.[15] Trotta was called into the first team squad on one occasion during the 2012/13 season, when he was an unused substitute for a 3–0 win over West Bromwich Albion on 15 September 2012.[16] He made six U21 Premier League appearances and scored three goals during the 2012/13 season.

In September 2013, then-manager Martin Jol stated that Trotta is not "the finished article yet" and challenged him to "step up a gear and then maybe he can play for Fulham in the next couple of years".[17] In January 2014, Trotta was the subject of loan attention from a number of Serie B sides.[18]

Wycombe Wanderers (loan)

Trotta moved on an initial one-month loan to League One side Wycombe Wanderers on 24 November 2011[19] and scored on his debut against Milton Keynes Dons in a 4–3 loss.[20] He scored in the following fixture against Chesterfield[21] on 20 December and again in the next fixture, away at Carlisle.[22] Fulham confirmed that Trotta's loan had been extended until 14 January 2012[23] and on Boxing Day 2011 he scored a hat-trick (the first professional hat-trick of his career) against Exeter City in a 3–1 win. After the match, Manager Gary Waddock labelled striker Trotta a "goal-scoring machine" after Trotta took his tally to six goals in four games.[24] On 14 January 2012, Trotta netted a brace in Wycombe's 2–3 loss to Preston North End at Deepdale.[25] Despite being offered an extension, Trotta ended his loan spell at Wycombe on 17 January 2012.[26][27] After his loan spell ended, Waddock insisted he had no hard feelings about Trotta choosing to test himself at a higher level.[28] Trotta made eight appearances for Wycombe and scored eight goals.

Watford (loan)

On 23 February 2012, Trotta joined Championship side Watford on a one-month youth loan.[29] He made his debut in a 3–0 league defeat to Southampton two days later.[30] He started the match and was brought off after 59 minutes for Joe Garner. He was an unused substitute for the following three games and returned to Fulham after his loan expired.

Brentford (loan)

On 22 November 2012, Fulham confirmed that Trotta would join League One side Brentford on loan, initially until 13 January 2013.[31] Two days later, Trotta made his debut for the club, coming on as a substitute for Lee Hodson, in a 2–0 win against Sheffield United.[32] Trotta scored twice before setting up a goal for Harry Forrester, in a 4–1 FA Cup second round replay win over Bradford City on 18 December.[33] Trotta scored his first league goal for the club in a 3–1 win over Colchester United on Boxing Day.[34] Fulham confirmed on 14 January that Trotta would stay with Brentford until the end of the season.[35] On 27 January 2013, Trotta scored the opening goal of a memorable 2–2 FA Cup fourth round draw against Chelsea.[36] He scored in bursts over the remainder of the season, scoring two in two games against Bury and Stevenage in February and three goals in four games in April.

Doncaster Rovers penalty incident

Brentford's final game of the regular season came against Doncaster Rovers at Griffin Park on 27 April 2013. With the score at 0–0 and Brentford needing to win to secure automatic promotion to the Championship, the Bees were handed a lifeline when they won a penalty in the fourth of five minutes' injury time.[37] Defender Kevin O'Connor was manager Uwe Rösler's designated penalty taker, but Trotta wrestled the ball from O'Connor, with the intention of taking the penalty.[38] Trotta slammed the spot-kick against the crossbar and Doncaster scored from the resulting breakaway, winning the game 1–0 and consigning Brentford to the end-of-season playoffs. Rösler stated after the game that he had not wanted Trotta to take the penalty, saying "I am not going to hold anyone out to dry. We will deal with the matter internally".[39] In another interview, Rösler said he refused to blame Trotta for the outcome.[40] As a result of the penalty incident, Rösler decided to instruct which players will take the penalties by putting a sheet up in the dressing room ahead of play-off matches against Swindon Town.[41] Trotta, commented after the incident:[42]

“ I scored my last penalty and was feeling confident, so I stepped up to take it. Unfortunately I hit the bar. I was devastated and didn't sleep for two days afterwards. I couldn't stop thinking about it. But the guys here have been brilliant and have helped me a lot. This is a chance now for me to put it right. I want to give even more because I feel it was down to me. We have got another opportunity and will do our best to get to Wembley. It's a tough schedule and a massive couple of days for the club, but we have a big enough squad to cope. This is a new scenario for me and a lot of the lads because we've never been involved in the play-offs. We will do our best to win.[42] ”

Trotta was an unused substitute for the first leg of the playoff semi-finals versus Swindon Town[43] (which resulted in a 1–1 draw, via a penalty from Kevin O'Connor) and he played 82 minutes of the second leg at Griffin Park, being credited with an assist for Clayton Donaldson's goal, which put Brentford 2–0 up. Trotta was substituted for Paul Hayes after 82 minutes.[44] With the score at 3–3 at the end of extra time, Brentford advanced to the final after winning the resulting penalty shootout 5–4. Trotta praised the Brentford fans for being there for him after the worst week of his career.[45] Trotta started the playoff final versus Yeovil Town at Wembley Stadium up front alongside Clayton Donaldson, but he was brought off for Bradley Wright-Phillips after 62 minutes of the 2–1 defeat. Trotta returned to Fulham after the match, having made 29 appearances and scored 9 goals during the 2012/13 season.

Return to Brentford (loan)

On 2 September 2013, Trotta rejoined Brentford on loan until 5 January 2014.[46] Trotta's return was met with resistance from some Brentford supporters and Uwe Rösler was forced to move quickly to state that "Marcello knows some people have not forgotten what happened, but he wants to come here and fight for his place".[47] After his arrival, Trotta said "I can’t change what happened in the past – but I can in the future".[48]

Trotta failed to score until his seventh appearance, a goal which set up a run of four goals in six games through October and November 2013. Trotta scored three goals in three games in December (netting in wins against Preston North End, Swindon Town and Milton Keynes Dons) to help fire Brentford to the top of League One. On 7 January 2014, Trotta's loan was extended until the end of the 2013/14 season.[49] Three goals and two assists in five games in January saw Trotta nominated for the League One Player Of The Month award.[50]

International career

Trotta has represented Italy at U16, U18, U19 and U20 level. He made his only appearance for the U18s in a friendly versus Belarus U17 on 26 May 2010.[51] He replaced Alberto Libertazzi after 49 minutes and scored Italy's second goal in a 2–0 win.

His only appearance for the U19s came before his U18 debut, in a 1–1 draw with Germany on 17 March 2010.[52] He played for the final 9 minutes after replacing Mattia Destro. Trotta's solitary U20 cap came in a 3–1 victory over Denmark on 18 April 2012, where he was taken off at half time..[53]

Trotta received his first call up to the U21 squad for a friendly against Italy B on December 17 2013.[54] He played and scored in the 3–0 win, though it was an unsanctioned international match and he didn't win a cap.[55] He was called up to the U21 squad in January 2014[56] for an unsanctioned three-way friendly tournament and training camp in Florence[57] between the Italy U21, U20 and U19 squads.[58]

Career statistics

As of 17 November 2013.[59]
League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
SeasonClubLeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Play-offs Total
2011–12[60] Fulham Premier League 10100000–20
2012–13[61] 000010––10
Fulham total 101010000030
2011–12[62] Wycombe (loan) League One 88––––88
2011–12[63] Watford (loan) Championship 10––––10
2012–13[64] Brentford (loan) League One 22653––20299
2013–14[65] Brentford (loan) League One 15511––10176
Career total 4719741000305823

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  2. ↑ http://www.nufc.co.uk/page/Match/Report/ReservesReport/0,,10278~2718871,00.html
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  7. ↑ "Fulham loanee Marcello Trotta confident he can score goals with Watford in the Championship". Watford Observer. 2 March 2012. 
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  9. ↑ "Match Report: Fulham 4 - 0 Crusaders". Transfermrkt. 21 July 2011. 
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  14. ↑ "Match Report: Fulham U21 6-2 Norwich City U21". Transfermrkt. 4 October 2011. 
  15. ↑ "Trotta signs Fulham contract extension". Fulham Chronicle. 13 August 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2013. 
  16. ↑ "Match Report: Fulham 3-0 West Bromwich Albion". Transfermrkt. 15 September 2012. 
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  19. ↑ "Chairboys in for Trotta". Sky Sports News. 24 November 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2011. 
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