Marco Negri
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marco Paulo Negri | ||
Date of birth | October 27, 1970 | ||
Place of birth | Milan, Italy | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1994–1995 | Cosenza | 34 | (19) |
1995–1997 | Perugia | 60 | (33) |
1997–2001 | Rangers | 30 | (32) |
1999–2000 | → Vicenza (loan) | 9 | (1) |
2001–2002 | Bologna | 3 | (0) |
2002 | Cagliari | 5 | (2) |
2002–2003 | Livorno | 10 | (8) |
2004–2005 | Perugia | 3 | (0) |
Total | 154 | (95) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Marco Negri (born 27 October 1970, in Milan) is a retired Italian footballer who played as a striker for Cosenza, Perugia, Rangers, Bologna and Livorno.
Career
Rangers manager Walter Smith signed Negri from Perugia for £3.5 million in 1997. He was rewarded with instant success, as Negri scored 23 goals in his first ten league games.[1] His low-key celebrations were noteworthy - often he felt the need only to exchange a handshake with other players and showed little exuberance.[2]
Negri easily topped the goal charts in that first campaign, with 32 league strikes. His scoring run was brought to an end on suffering a serious eye injury, attributed to a squash match with Sergio Porrini. Back training after his eye injury, Negri suffered from further injuries.[3] After that first season Negri only played three more first team games, and he sat out the whole of one campaign. Rangers then loaned him to Vicenza and the striker returned to Ibrox injured.[4] Eventually he was sold to Bologna, in February 2001.
After Bologna, Negri dropped into Serie B with Livorno but they released him after a few months. In 2004, the player had a trial at Derby County, although he wasn't offered a contract.
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- 1970 births
- A.C. Perugia Calcio players
- A.S. Livorno Calcio players
- Association football forwards
- Bologna F.C. 1909 players
- Cagliari Calcio players
- Expatriate footballers in Scotland
- Italian expatriate footballers
- Italian expatriate sportspeople in the United Kingdom
- Italian footballers
- Living people
- Cosenza Calcio players
- Rangers F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- Scottish Premier League players
- Serie A players
- Vicenza Calcio players
- Scottish league football top scorers