Marco Varaldi

Marco Varaldi

Personal information
Date of birth	(1982-07-21) 21 July 1982
Place of birth	Milan, Italy
Height
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
000?–2001	Internazionale
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2003	Internazionale	0	(0)
2001–2003	→ Giulianova (loan)	24	(0)
2003–2008	A.C. Milan	0	(0)
2003–2004	→ Legnano (loan)	0	(0)
2004–2005	→ Biellese (loan)	32	(0)
2005–2006	→ SPAL (loan)	3	(0)
2006–2008	→ Lecco (loan)	12	(0)
2008–2009	Vigor Lamezia	0	(0)
Total		71	(0)
International career
1998	Italy U15	3	(0)
1998	Italy U16	2	(0)
1999	Italy U17	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marco Varaldi (born 21 July 1982) is an Italian footballer. He spent his whole professional career at Serie C1 and Serie C2.

Biography

Varaldi started his career at Internazionale. In 2000-01 season, he occasionally played as unused bench for the first team, including 2000 Supercoppa Italiana. He also played for Primavera Team (U20 Youth Team) at 2001 Torneo di Viareggio.

He then left on loan to Giulianova of Serie C1, where he worked as Liam Ardigo's backup. In the second season, he played ahead Ardigo. But he was not played in the relegation plyoffs that Giulianova won.

In summer 2003, he was involved a swap deal with A.C. Milan, which Varaldi (50% valued €1.75 million), Alessandro Livi (50% valued €1.725 million), Salvatore Ferraro (50% valued €1.75 million) and Giuseppe Ticli (50% valued €1.75 million) moved to AC Milan; Matteo Giordano (50% valued €1.5 million), Ronny Toma (50% valued €1.5 million), Simone Brunelli (50% valued €1.5 million) and Matteo Deinite (50% valued €1.5 million) moved to Inter. Later the deal was criticized by press as made false profit to balance sheet, as the transfer fees was paid via player exchange, but in balance sheet, the nominal value could be adjusted by two clubs. The tactics is commonly used to made the transfer fees larger in Italian football.

He then left for Legnano, as Enrico Maria Malatesta's backup. In the next season, he played as the regular starter for Biellese of Serie C2, but not played in the relegation playoffs that Biellese lost in aggregate, in although Biellese re-admitted to Serie C2 next season. In summer 2005, he left for SPAL, as Emanuele Nordi's backup. In summer 2006, he signed for Lecco, where he played 2 seasons as Luca Mazzoni's backup.

In June 2008, the co-ownership deal with Inter ended, which AC Milan now wholly contracted with Varaldi for €50,000 (and Ronny Toma wholly with Inter for €150,000; i.e. €100,000 cash from Inter to Milan, a reserve of 2007). But then he was released and joined Vigor Lamezia of Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, as Andrea Panico's one of the backup.

International career

Varaldi has capped for Italy at U15 level (by-then feeder team of U16 for UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship), U16 and U17 level (by-then feeder team of U18 for UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship), all were friendly matches.

External links

• Profile at FIGC (Italian)
• Profile at tuttocalciatori.net (Italian)
• Profile at Football.it (Italian)