Marco Sau
 Sau playing for Juve Stabia in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 November 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Sorgono, Sardinia, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Cagliari | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–2005 | Tonara | ||
| 2005–2007 | Cagliari | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2007– | Cagliari | 32 | (13) |
| 2007–2008 | → Manfredonia (loan) | 31 | (10) |
| 2008–2009 | → AlbinoLeffe (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | → Lecco (loan) | 29 | (4) |
| 2010–2011 | → Foggia (loan) | 33 | (20) |
| 2011–2012 | → Juve Stabia (loan) | 36 | (21) |
| National team | |||
| 2013– | Italy | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:47, 5 January 2013 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Marco Sau (born 3 November 1987 in Sorgono, Italy) is an Italian football player who currently plays as a striker for Cagliari in Serie A.
Childhood
Sau is nicknamed Pattolino (Duckling) since childhood. His idol growing up was Sardinian striker Gianfranco Zola.[1]
For three months in 2000, while visiting an uncle; he trained at Gourock, and the youth team of Livingston F.C., in Scotland.[2]
Club career
Sau turned professional at Cagliari in 2007. In July 2009, he was loaned to Lecco.[3]
In August 2010 he was acquired on loan by Foggia of Serie C1 by manager Zdenek Zeman, ans scored 20 goals. The following season, he played at Juve Stabia in Serie B, scoring 21. This form allowed him into the Cagliari first team for 2012-13.[2]
Sau scored two goals for Cagliari in a 2–2 draw against Inter on 18 November 2012.[2]
International career
Sau made his international debut on 31 May 2013, coming on as a 49th-minute substitute against San Marino in a friendly 4-0 win at the Stadio Renato Dall'Ara in Bologna.[4]
References
- ↑ http://www.cagliarinews24.com/sau-innamorato-che-bello-giocare-per-il-cagliari-per-la-sardegna-3397.html
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Fleming, Scott (20 December 2012). "Born in Sardinia, made in Gourock". The Herald (Herald & Times Group). Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ↑ "UFFICIALE: Lecco, colpo Sau" (in Italian). tuttomercatoweb.com. 2009-07-16. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
- ↑ http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=28211
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