Antonio Marasco

Italian footballer (born 1970)
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Antonio Marasco
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-02-19) 19 February 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth Torre Annunziata, Italy
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1986–1988 Savoia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1991 Savoia 106 (10)
1991–1996 Avellino 114 (10)
1996–1997 Savoia 42 (2)
1997–1998 Reggiana 31 (0)
1998–2000 Verona 60 (4)
2000–2002 Venezia 67 (2)
2002–2003 Palermo 15 (1)
2003–2004 Modena 45 (0)
2006 Savoia 13 (3)
2006–2007 Scafatese 31 (5)
2007 Neapolis Mugnano 11 (2)
2007–2008 Aversa Normanna
2008 Pianura
2008–2009 Aversa Normanna
Managerial career
2014–2015 Savoia (head of youth)
2017–2018 Aversa Normanna
2020 Gragnano
2022 Polisportiva Dil. Lioni
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Antonio Marasco (born 19 February 1970) is an Italian former professional footballer. From 2007, he played as a midfielder in Serie D, the fifth highest level in Italian football and the level right below the professional league.

Career

Born in Torre Annunziata, the Province of Naples, Campania, Marasco started his career at hometown club Savoia of Serie D. He won the Group M champions and promoted to Serie C2 in 1990. In 1991, he left for Serie B side Avellino (which also located in Campania) and followed the team relegated in 1992. He followed the team promoted back to Serie B in 1995. In 1996, he returned to Savoia at Serie C1.

In October 1997, he left for Serie B side Reggiana. In October 1998, he left for Serie B side Hellas Verona along with Stefano Guidoni.[1] He won Serie B champion and made his Serie A debut in 1999–2000 season.

In the 2000–01 season, he left for Serie B side Venezia, which won promotion to Serie A in June 2001.

In August 2002, after Venezia's owner Maurizio Zamparini purchased Serie B team Palermo, he followed his teammates Di Napoli, Kewullay Conteh, Mario Santana, Igor Budan, Stefano Morrone and Daniel Andersson, etc. transferred to the Sicily side.[2]

In January 2003, he left for Serie A team Modena.[3]

Match-fixing & Serie D

He was involved in match-fixing and banned for three years in 2004. Stefano Bettarini, Roberto D'Aversa, Generoso Rossi, Maurizio Caccavale and Alfredo Femiano were also banned.[4]

In January 2006, he returned to football, for non-professional (Serie D) side Savoia. In the 2006–07 season, he left for Scafatese, also from Campania and at Serie D. In the 2006–07 season, he briefly played for Serie C2 side Neapolis Mugnano (which located in Naples, Campania) and then left for another hometown club Aversa Normanna of Serie D.[5]

In the 2008–09 season, he was the captain of Serie D side Pianura, which located in Pianura, suburb of Naples.[6]

Coaching career

In the 2014-15 season, Marasco worked at his former club, Savoia, as responsible for the club's youth academy.[7][8]

In October 2017 he was appointed head coach of his former club Aversa Normanna, who played in the Italian Serie D.[9] After a poor run of four defeats in six games, Marasco was sacked in April 2018.[10]

On August 25, 2020, Marasco was appointed head coach of Italian Eccellenza club Gragnano.[11] Less than two months later, on October 20, 2020, the club confirmed that Marasco had been fired.[12] During this period, Marasco lost both matches in the Italian Coppa Italia Dilettanti.[13]

In July 2022, Marasco was appointed manager of Eccelenza side Polisportiva Dil. Lioni.[14] He was released from his duties on November 29, 2022.[15]

References

  1. ^ Antonello Capone, Carlo Laudisa (23 October 1998). "il Verona convince Guidoni e soffia Marasco al Chievo". La Gazzeta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  2. ^ Davide Pastore (25 July 2002). "Mezzo Venezia si trasferisce in Sicilia". Tutto Mercato Web (in Italian). Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Calciomercato: acquistato a titolo definitivo Antonio Marasco". Modena FC (in Italian). 30 January 2003. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
  4. ^ "Bans for six in match- fixing cases". Malaysia Star. Reuters. 27 August 2004. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
  5. ^ "Aversa Normanna: arriva Antonio Marasco". pupia.tv (in Italian). 29 November 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
  6. ^ "Marasco è il nuovo capitano del Pianura". ASD Pianura (in Italian). 10 September 2008. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
  7. ^ ASSEGNATI TRE NUOVI INCARICHI, acsavoia1908.it, 4 August 2014
  8. ^ Antonio Marasco responsabile settore giovanile del Savoia, torresette.news, 25 AUgust 2014
  9. ^ Serie D. Si cambia in casa Aversa Normanna: via Caruso ..., sportcasertano.it, 10 October 2017
  10. ^ Decisione shock dellaversa via mister Marasco, sportcasertano.it, 24 April 2018
  11. ^ Gragnano: il nuovo allenatore è Antonio Marasco, napoli.iamcalcio.it, 25 July 2020
  12. ^ Svolta in casa Gragnano, il club gialloblè annuncia la fine della collaborazione, restodelcalcio.com, 20 October 2020
  13. ^ Citta Di Gragnano - Eccellenza Coppa Italia Campania, tuttocampo.it
  14. ^ Polisportiva Lioni, Antonio Marasco è il nuovo allenatore del club: il comunicato, seried24.com, 10 July 2022
  15. ^ Lioni: sollevato dall’incarico l’allenatore Marasco, conduzione tecnica affidata a Gabriele Caruso, 29 November 2022