Marco Di Vaio
Encyclopedia
Marco Di Vaio 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).
. 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.
for that season.
, 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.
) for the loan.
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
.
, 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, costing Valencia €10.5million, 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.
side Monaco
with an option to make the deal permanent. 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.
club Genoa
, 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.
side Bologna FC, 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.
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.
|-
|1994–1995||rowspan=2|Lazio
||rowspan=2|Serie A
||0||0||1||0||1||0||2||0
|-
|1994–1995
||8||3||4||0||1||1||13||4
|-
|1995–1996||Verona
||rowspan=3|Serie B
||7||1||?||?||-||-||7||1
|-
|1996–1997||Bari
||27||3||?||?||-||-||27||3
|-
|1997–1998||rowspan=2|Salernitana
||36||21||2||0||-||-||38||21
|-
|1998–1999||rowspan=6|Serie A
||31||12||1||0||-||-||32||12
|-
|1999–2000||rowspan=3|Parma
||23||6||1||0||3||1||27||7
|-
|2000–2001
||27||15||7||3||5||2||39||20
|-
|2001–2002
||33||20||5||0||10||2||48||22
|-
|2002–2003||rowspan=2|Juventus
||26||7||3||0||11||4||40||11
|-
|2003–2004
||29||11||8||3||7||3||44||17
|-
|-
|2004–2005||rowspan=2|Valencia
||rowspan=2|La Liga
||30||11||1||0||8||3||39||14
|-
|2005–2006
||5||0||0||0||6||0||11||0
|-
|2005–2006||rowspan=2|Monaco
||rowspan=2|Ligue 1
||15||5||3||0||-||-||18||5
|-
|2006–2007
||14||3||3||0||-||-||17||3
|-
|-
|2006–07||rowspan=2|Genoa
||Serie B
||22||9||0||0||-||-||22||9
|-
|2007–08||rowspan=4|Serie A
||22||3||2||1||-||-||24||4
|-
|2008–09||rowspan=3|Bologna
||38||24||2||1||-||-||40||25
|-
|2009–10
||30||12||1||0||-||-||31||12
|-
|2010–11
||35||19||1||0||-||-||39||19
|-
394||166||38||8||38||13||470||187
35||11||1||0||14||3||50||14
29||8||6||0||-||-||35||8
458||185||45||8||52||16||555||209
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align: center;"
|-
|2001||1||0
|-
|2002||4||0
|-
|2003||5||2
|-
|2004||4||0
|-
!Total||14||2
|}
|-
!colspan="7"|International appearances and goals
|-
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Result !! Goal !! Competition
|-
| 1. || 5 September 2001 || Piacenza
, Italy
|| || 1–0 || 0 || Friendly
|-
| 2. || 13 February 2002 || Catania
, Italy || || 1–0 || 0 || Friendly
|-
| 3. || 17 April 2002 || Milan
, Italy || || 1–1 || 0 || Friendly
|-
| 4. || 21 August 2002 || Trieste
, Italy || || 0–1 || 0 || Friendly
|-
| 5. || 20 November 2002 || Pescara
, Italy || || 1–1 || 0 || Friendly
|-
| 6. || 30 April 2003 || Geneva
Switzerland
|| || 2–1 || 0 || Friendly
|-
| 7. || 3 June 2003 || Campobasso
, Italy || || 2–0 || 0 || Friendly
|-
| 8. || 11 October 2003 || Reggio Calabria
, Italy || || 4–0 || 1 || UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
|-
| 9. || 12 November 2003 || Warsaw
, Poland
|| || 1–3 || 0 || Friendly
|-
| 10.|| 16 November 2003 || Ancona
, Italy || || 1–0 || 1 || Friendly
|-
| 11.|| 28 April 2004 || Genoa
, Italy || || 1–1 || 0 || Friendly
|-
| 12.|| 22 June 2004 || Guimarães
, Portugal
|| || 2–1 || 0 || UEFA Euro 2004
|-
| 13.|| 18 August 2004 || Reykjavík
, Iceland
|| || 0–2 || 0 || Friendly
|-
| 14.|| 9 October 2004 || Celje
, Slovenia
|| || 0–1 || 0 || 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying
|-
|}
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
football striker
Striker
Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...
, who currently plays for Bologna FC. In his long career, Di Vaio has played for the likes of Lazio
S.S. Lazio
Società Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to as Lazio, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. The team, founded in 1900, play in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football...
, Hellas Verona, Bari
A.S. Bari
Associazione Sportiva Bari is an Italian football club founded in 1908, they are based in Bari, Apulia and plays in Serie B. The club have spent many seasons bouncing between the top two divisions in Italian football, Serie A and Serie B....
, Salernitana, Parma, Juventus, Valencia
Valencia CF
Valencia Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club based in Valencia, Spain. They play in La Liga and are one of the most successful and biggest clubs in Spanish Football and European Football. Valencia have won six La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey trophies, two Fairs Cups which was the...
and Monaco
AS Monaco FC
Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club are a French football club based in Fontvieille, Monaco. The club was founded in 1924 and currently play in Ligue 2, the second tier of French football. The team plays its home matches at the Stade Louis II located within Fontvieille...
. His nickname is the "The Stoat."
As of December 2010 he has scored 122 goals in 282 Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
games (forty-fifth of all time).
Early career
Di Vaio started his career at his hometown club S.S. LazioS.S. Lazio
Società Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to as Lazio, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. The team, founded in 1900, play in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football...
. He made his Serie A debut on 20 November 1994 against Padova
Calcio Padova
Calcio Padova is an Italian football club, based in Padua, Veneto. The club was founded in 1910. Padova is playing in Serie B, having last been in Serie A in 1996...
. He then played for Serie B clubs such as Verona
Hellas Verona F.C.
Hellas Verona Football Club is a professional Italian association football team, based in Verona, Veneto. The team's colours are yellow and blue and gialloblu is the team's most widely used nickname...
and Bari
A.S. Bari
Associazione Sportiva Bari is an Italian football club founded in 1908, they are based in Bari, Apulia and plays in Serie B. The club have spent many seasons bouncing between the top two divisions in Italian football, Serie A and Serie B....
before moving to Salernitana
Salernitana Calcio 1919
Salerno Calcio, or simply Salerno is an Italian association football club from Salerno, Campania.The club is not the legitimate heir of the former Salernitana Calcio 1919, but there is however a sports continuity between the two companies thanks to Article 52 NOIF of FIGC, and the fact that they...
in 1997.
Salernitana
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 BSerie B
Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...
for that season.
Parma
Despite Salernitana's relegation the following season, Di Vaio remained in Serie ASerie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
, 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
Juventus won the race to sign him during the following summer (2002), by paying Parma €7miilion (€2million plus 50% registration rights of BrighiMatteo Brighi
Matteo Brighi is an Italian football player. He currently plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Atalanta. Brighi was named Serie A Young Footballer of the Year in 2002. Brighi is noted for his stamina, tackling, and aerial abilities.-Club career:Brighi started his career at Rimini...
) for the loan.
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
2003 UEFA Champions League Final
The 2003 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match that took place at Old Trafford in Manchester, England on 28 May 2003 to decide the winner of the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League. The match was contested by two Italian teams in the shape of Juventus and Milan. The match made history as the...
.
Valencia
Due to early end in UEFA Champions League 2003–04 and the arrival of new coach Fabio CapelloFabio Capello
Fabio Capello is an Italian football manager and former player. He is the manager of the England national football team.Capello has the distinction of winning the domestic league title with every club he has coached throughout his career...
, Juventus made a re-construction on the squad. Di Vaio and his striking partner Fabrizio Miccoli
Fabrizio Miccoli
Fabrizio Miccoli is an Italian football striker who currently is playing for Serie A team Palermo.-Early years:After playing at youth level with Milan, he returned to his native Apulia in 1995 to join Serie C1 team Casarano, where he made his professional debut at the age of 17...
were soon frozen out. Di Vaio moved to defending UEFA Cup and La Liga champion Valencia on a 5-year contract, costing Valencia €10.5million, joining up with fellow countrymen, coach Claudio Ranieri
Claudio Ranieri
Claudio Ranieri, is an Italian football manager, currently in charge as head coach of Internazionale.He has also managed many other well-known clubs in Europe, including Cagliari, Napoli, Fiorentina, Valencia, Atlético Madrid, Chelsea, Parma, Juventus and Roma.-Early life:Ranieri attended St...
and new signing Bernardo Corradi
Bernardo Corradi
Bernardo Corradi is an Italian footballer, who is currently a free agent. He was a former Italian international.-Early career:...
. 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
Patrick Kluivert
Patrick Stephan Kluivert is a former Dutch footballer, currently head coach of the youth side of FC Twente. He played as a striker for AFC Ajax, A.C. Milan, FC Barcelona, Newcastle United, Valencia CF, PSV Eindhoven, and Lille OSC. Kluivert played for the Dutch national team from 1994 to 2004. He...
and David Villa
David Villa
David Villa Sánchez , nicknamed , is a Spanish footballer who currently plays as a striker for FC Barcelona and the Spanish national football team. He can also operate as a winger....
, along with the sacking of Ranieri. New coach Quique Sánchez Flores
Quique Sanchez Flores
Enrique "Quique" Sánchez Flores is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a right defender, and a current manager....
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.
Monaco
In January 2006, Di Vaio was loaned out to Ligue 1Ligue 1
Ligue 1 , is the French professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the French football league system. Ligue 1 is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the other being Ligue 2....
side Monaco
AS Monaco FC
Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club are a French football club based in Fontvieille, Monaco. The club was founded in 1924 and currently play in Ligue 2, the second tier of French football. The team plays its home matches at the Stade Louis II located within Fontvieille...
with an option to make the deal permanent. Along with Di Vaio, countryman Christian Vieri
Christian Vieri
Christian Vieri is a retired Italian footballer who played as a centre forward.Vieri was named in the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living footballers selected by Pelé as a part of FIFA's centenary celebrations...
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
Javier Chevantón
Ernesto Javier Chevantón Espinosa is an Uruguayan footballer, who currently plays for Argentine club Colón de Santa Fe.He obtained a Spanish passport after playing a few years in Spain.-Lecce:...
and replace the left of outgoing Emmanuel Adebayor
Emmanuel Adebayor
Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor is a Togolese footballer who plays for Tottenham Hotspur as a striker on loan from Manchester City. He plays in the same position for the Togo national team. Adebayor previously played for Metz, Monaco and Arsenal and was voted African Footballer of the Year for 2008...
, 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
Jan Koller
Jan Koller is Czech footballer currently playing in AFK Smetanova Lhota.As an international player he played as a striker for the Czech Republic national team. He is the all-time leading goal scorer for either the Czech Republic or the former Czechoslovakia, with 55 goals in 91 caps...
and Jérémy Menez
Jérémy Menez
Jérémy Ménez is a French international footballer who currently plays for French club Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1. He plays many positions in the attacking midfield, usually as a winger and a playmaker...
, restricting him six first team appearances.
Genoa
On the 22 January 2007, after an unsuccessful spell in Ligue 1, Di Vaio surprisingly returned to Italy by signing with Serie BSerie B
Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...
club Genoa
Genoa C.F.C.
Genoa Cricket and Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Genoa , is a professional Italian football club based in the city of Genoa, Liguria...
, a side strongly pushing for promotion. The club duly achieved promotion, but once in Serie A, the partnership of Marco Borriello
Marco Borriello
Marco Borriello is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Roma. He has previously played for other Italian clubs, including Milan, Sampdoria, Treviso, Reggina, Empoli, Triestina, and Genoa.-Early career:...
and Giuseppe Sculli
Giuseppe Sculli
Giuseppe Sculli is an Italian footballer who plays for Lazio.-Juventus:Sculli made his Serie A debut on 14 September 2002 for Modena against A.C...
was preferred, leaving Di Viao to make only 9 appearances.
Bologna
On 21 August 2008 it was confirmed that Di Vaio had signed for Serie ASerie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
side Bologna FC, recently promoted from Serie B
Serie B
Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...
. This reunited with former Genoa team-mate Adaílton
Adaílton Martins Bolzan
Adaílton Martins Bolzan, best known as Adaílton is a left footed Brazilian footballer who currently plays as striker for FC Vaslui in Romania.-Career:...
. 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.
Genoa C.F.C.
Genoa Cricket and Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Genoa , is a professional Italian football club based in the city of Genoa, Liguria...
striker Diego Milito
Diego Milito
Diego Alberto Milito is an Argentine footballer who plays as a striker for the Italian Serie A team Internazionale. He also plays for the Argentine national team. A prolific and consistent center-forward, Milito has statistically averaged just over a goal every two appearances, over the course of...
.
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.
International career
Di Vaio played for ItalyItaly national football team
The Italy National Football Team , represents Italy in association football and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation , the governing body for football in Italy. Italy is the second most successful national team in the history of the World Cup having won four titles , just one fewer than...
at Euro 2004
2004 UEFA European Football Championship
The 2004 UEFA European Football Championship, better known as Euro 2004, was the 12th European Football Championship, a quadrennial football tournament for European national teams. It was hosted in Portugal, for the first time, between 12 June and 4 July 2004, following its selection by UEFA, in...
. He made his senior debut on 5 September 2001, in a friendly match against Morocco
Morocco national football team
The Morocco national football team , nicknamed أسود الأطلس , is the national team of Morocco and is managed by Eric Gerets. Winners of the African Nations Cup in 1976, they were the first African team to win a group at the World Cup, which they did in 1986, finishing ahead of Portugal, Poland, and...
. He received several call-ups from Marcello Lippi
Marcello Lippi
Marcello Lippi, Commendatore OMRI is a former Italian World Cup-winning football manager and former player. He served as Italian national team head coach from 16 July 2004 to 12 July 2006 and led Italy to win the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He was re-appointed as Italian head coach in the summer of 2008...
who had previously coached Di Vaio at Juventus. A loss of form whilst with Valencia, coupled with the emergence of Luca Toni
Luca Toni
Luca Toni, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who currently plays for Serie A club Juventus. He has had successful spells at top clubs such as Palermo, Fiorentina, Bayern Munich, and Roma...
and Alberto Gilardino
Alberto Gilardino
Alberto Gilardino, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Fiorentina and the Italian national team....
, led to Di Viao losing his place with the national team.
Career statistics
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align: center;"|-
|1994–1995||rowspan=2|Lazio
S.S. Lazio
Società Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to as Lazio, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. The team, founded in 1900, play in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football...
||rowspan=2|Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
||0||0||1||0||1||0||2||0
|-
|1994–1995
||8||3||4||0||1||1||13||4
|-
|1995–1996||Verona
Hellas Verona F.C.
Hellas Verona Football Club is a professional Italian association football team, based in Verona, Veneto. The team's colours are yellow and blue and gialloblu is the team's most widely used nickname...
||rowspan=3|Serie B
Serie B
Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...
||7||1||?||?||-||-||7||1
|-
|1996–1997||Bari
A.S. Bari
Associazione Sportiva Bari is an Italian football club founded in 1908, they are based in Bari, Apulia and plays in Serie B. The club have spent many seasons bouncing between the top two divisions in Italian football, Serie A and Serie B....
||27||3||?||?||-||-||27||3
|-
|1997–1998||rowspan=2|Salernitana
Salernitana Calcio 1919
Salerno Calcio, or simply Salerno is an Italian association football club from Salerno, Campania.The club is not the legitimate heir of the former Salernitana Calcio 1919, but there is however a sports continuity between the two companies thanks to Article 52 NOIF of FIGC, and the fact that they...
||36||21||2||0||-||-||38||21
|-
|1998–1999||rowspan=6|Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
||31||12||1||0||-||-||32||12
|-
|1999–2000||rowspan=3|Parma
Parma F.C.
Parma Football Club , commonly referred to as just Parma, is an Italian professional football club based in Parma, Emilia–Romagna that will compete in Serie A for the 2011–12 season, having finished in twelfth position last season. Founded as Verdi Foot Ball Club in July 1913, the club changed its...
||23||6||1||0||3||1||27||7
|-
|2000–2001
||27||15||7||3||5||2||39||20
|-
|2001–2002
||33||20||5||0||10||2||48||22
|-
|2002–2003||rowspan=2|Juventus
Juventus F.C.
Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...
||26||7||3||0||11||4||40||11
|-
|2003–2004
||29||11||8||3||7||3||44||17
|-
|-
|2004–2005||rowspan=2|Valencia
Valencia CF
Valencia Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club based in Valencia, Spain. They play in La Liga and are one of the most successful and biggest clubs in Spanish Football and European Football. Valencia have won six La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey trophies, two Fairs Cups which was the...
||rowspan=2|La Liga
La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
||30||11||1||0||8||3||39||14
|-
|2005–2006
||5||0||0||0||6||0||11||0
|-
|2005–2006||rowspan=2|Monaco
AS Monaco FC
Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club are a French football club based in Fontvieille, Monaco. The club was founded in 1924 and currently play in Ligue 2, the second tier of French football. The team plays its home matches at the Stade Louis II located within Fontvieille...
||rowspan=2|Ligue 1
Ligue 1
Ligue 1 , is the French professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the French football league system. Ligue 1 is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the other being Ligue 2....
||15||5||3||0||-||-||18||5
|-
|2006–2007
||14||3||3||0||-||-||17||3
|-
|-
|2006–07||rowspan=2|Genoa
Genoa C.F.C.
Genoa Cricket and Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Genoa , is a professional Italian football club based in the city of Genoa, Liguria...
||Serie B
Serie B
Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...
||22||9||0||0||-||-||22||9
|-
|2007–08||rowspan=4|Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
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|2008–09||rowspan=3|Bologna
Bologna F.C. 1909
Bologna Football Club 1909, known simply as Bologna, is an Italian Football League club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, formed in 1993. The club are nicknamed the rossoblù because of the red and blue striped shirts they wear. Red and Blue are the official colours of the town.During its history...
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|2009–10
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|2010–11
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- Stats doest not include 1 match & 1 goal at Italian Super Cup (Season 2002-2003, with Parma)
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International statistics
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| 1. || 5 September 2001 || Piacenza
Piacenza
Piacenza is a city and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Piacenza...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
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Exhibition game
An exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition...
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| 2. || 13 February 2002 || Catania
Catania
Catania is an Italian city on the east coast of Sicily facing the Ionian Sea, between Messina and Syracuse. It is the capital of the homonymous province, and with 298,957 inhabitants it is the second-largest city in Sicily and the tenth in Italy.Catania is known to have a seismic history and...
, Italy || || 1–0 || 0 || Friendly
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| 3. || 17 April 2002 || Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
, Italy || || 1–1 || 0 || Friendly
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| 4. || 21 August 2002 || Trieste
Trieste
Trieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is situated towards the end of a narrow strip of land lying between the Adriatic Sea and Italy's border with Slovenia, which lies almost immediately south and east of the city...
, Italy || || 0–1 || 0 || Friendly
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| 5. || 20 November 2002 || Pescara
Pescara
Pescara is the capital city of the Province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo region of Italy. As of January 1, 2007 it was the most populated city within Abruzzo at 123,059 residents, 400,000 with the surrounding metropolitan area...
, Italy || || 1–1 || 0 || Friendly
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| 6. || 30 April 2003 || Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
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| 7. || 3 June 2003 || Campobasso
Campobasso
-Main sights:The main attraction of Campobasso is the Castello Monforte, built in 1450 by the local ruler Nicola II Monforte, over Lombard or Norman ruins. The castle has Guelph merlons and stands on a commanding point, where traces of ancient settlements have been found...
, Italy || || 2–0 || 0 || Friendly
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| 8. || 11 October 2003 || Reggio Calabria
Reggio Calabria
Reggio di Calabria , commonly known as Reggio Calabria or Reggio, is the biggest city and the most populated comune of Calabria, southern Italy, and is the capital of the Province of Reggio Calabria and seat of the Council of Calabrian government.Reggio is located on the "toe" of the Italian...
, Italy || || 4–0 || 1 || UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
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| 9. || 12 November 2003 || Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
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| 10.|| 16 November 2003 || Ancona
Ancona
Ancona is a city and a seaport in the Marche region, in central Italy, with a population of 101,909 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region....
, Italy || || 1–0 || 1 || Friendly
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| 11.|| 28 April 2004 || Genoa
Genoa
Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....
, Italy || || 1–1 || 0 || Friendly
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| 12.|| 22 June 2004 || Guimarães
Guimarães
Guimarães Municipality is located in northwestern Portugal in the province of Minho and in the Braga District. It contains the city of Guimarães.The present Mayor is António Magalhães Silva, elected by the Socialist Party.-Parishes:-Economy:...
, Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
|| || 2–1 || 0 || UEFA Euro 2004
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| 13.|| 18 August 2004 || Reykjavík
Reykjavík
Reykjavík is the capital and largest city in Iceland.Its latitude at 64°08' N makes it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói Bay...
, Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
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| 14.|| 9 October 2004 || Celje
Celje
Celje is a typical Central European town and the third largest town in Slovenia. It is a regional center of Lower Styria and the administrative seat of the Urban Municipality of Celje . The town of Celje is located under Upper Celje Castle at the confluence of the Savinja, Ložnica, and Voglajna...
, Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
|| || 0–1 || 0 || 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for UEFA teams. A total of 51 teams took part, divided in 8 Groups - five groups of 6 teams each and three groups of 7 teams each - competing for 13 places in the World Cup...
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Juventus
- Serie ASerie ASerie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
1: 2002–03Serie A 2002-03In the 2002-03 season, the Serie A, the major football Italian professional league, was composed by 18 teams, for the 15th consecutive time from season 1988-89.... - Supercoppa ItalianaSupercoppa ItalianaThe Supercoppa Italiana is a pre-season football competition held the week before the season begins in Italy every year. It is contested by the winners of the Serie A and the Coppa Italia in the previous season, as a curtain raiser to the new season. It is usually played at the home of the Serie A...
1: 20032003 Supercoppa ItalianaThe 2003 Supercoppa Italiana was a match contested by Juventus, the Serie A 2002-03 winner, and Milan, the Coppa Italia 2002-03 winner.It was the sixth appearance for Juventus and the seventh for Milan .The match was played in New York, U.S.A..-Match details:-References:...