Giovanni Marchese
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 17 October 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Caltanissetta, Italy | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
Catania (U-19 coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
Torino | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2005 |
Torino | 7 | (0) |
2004–2005 |
→ Treviso (loan) | 31 | (0) |
2005–2010 |
Chievo | 20 | (0) |
2006 |
→ Catania (loan) | 14 | (0) |
2008 |
→ Bari (loan) | 19 | (1) |
2008–2009 |
→ Salernitana (loan) | 34 | (0) |
2009–2010 |
→ Catania (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2010–2013 |
Catania | 75 | (5) |
2013–2016 |
Genoa | 49 | (3) |
2017–2020 |
Catania | 63 | (2) |
International career | |||
2004 | Italy U20 | 2 | (0) |
2005 | Italy U21 | 3 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2020–2021 |
Catania (U-19) | ||
2022 | Sicily | ||
2022 |
Acireale | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Giovanni Marchese (born 17 October 1984) is an Italian football coach and a former player who played as a defender. He is currently the manager of the Sicily national team.
Club career
Torino
Born in
Chievo Verona and Calcio Catania
After his loan return to Torino, Marchese was instantly sold to Serie A rivals
Loans to AS Bari and Salernitana
In his six-month spell with Bari, Marchese managed a total of 19 appearances with one goal credited to his name. In the summer of 2008, he returned to Verona, but again was loaned out. He was loaned to newly promoted Serie B outfit,
On 1 July 2008, Marchese returned to Chievo again, but immediately left out from Chievo's Serie A campaign, as the club won promotion as champion. On 7 August 2008, he was loaned to newly promoted Serie B outfit, Salernitana[3] At Salerno, he played 34 league matches.
Return to Catania

On 31 August 2009, the final day of the 2009 summer transfer window, Marchese was sent to Catania, in exchange for right back, Gennaro Sardo. Sardo's transfer was somewhat of a surprise, due to the fact that he had been consistently included in Catania's starting XI for the past few seasons. Marchese made just 5 appearances in the entire 2009–10 Serie A season.[4]
On 29 June 2010, Sardo permanently transferred to Chievo and Marchese permanently transferred to Catania ahead of the 2010–11 Serie A season. After spending much of the 2010–11 Serie A season as a reserve for veteran Ciro Capuano at left back, Marchese finally was able to obtain frequent game time under new head coach Vincenzo Montella during the 2011–12 campaign, in-part due to a series of injuries which have limited Capuano to minimal availability. The left-back is part of a record-breaking Catania outfit that had picked up 56 points from 38 Serie A matches. This performance saw the club also break its record number of home victories in a single season, its record number of victories overall in a single top flight campaign, as well as its record points total in Serie A for the fifth consecutive season.
Genoa and return to Catania
In the summer of 2013 he moved to
Coaching career
On 27 August 2020,
By 2022 he serves as head of the unrecognized Sicily national football team.[6]
In July 2022, Marchese was appointed new head coach of
Honours
- Champion
- Serie B: 2008 (Chievo)
- Runner-up
- Serie B: 2005 (Torino), 2006 (Catania)
References
- ^ "Primavera Torino 2003/2004". Torino Calcio (in Italian). Archived from the original on 26 June 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
- ^ "Calcio Mercato: arriva il difensore Marchese". AS Bari (in Italian). 1 February 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
- ^ "Ingaggiato Giovanni Marchese" (in Italian). Salernitana Calcio 1919. 7 August 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2008. [dead link ]
- ^ "UN ALTRO SCAMBIO: MARCHESE AL CATANIA E SARDO AL CHIEVO. GRIPPO IN PRESTITO AL LUMEZZANE" (in Italian). AC ChievoVerona. 31 August 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2009. [dead link ]
- Catania. 27 August 2020.
- ^ "Marchese allenatore: guiderà la Sicilia agli Europei delle nazioni non riconosciute". Nazionale Siciliana (in Italian). Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "UFFICIALE-Acireale: Marchese è il nuovo allenatore". GoalSicilia.it - Le squadre del calcio in Sicilia e non solo... (in Italian). GoalSicilia. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ "Acireale, ufficiale l'esonero dell'ex Catania Giovanni Marchese" (in Italian). GoalSicilia. 3 October 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
External links
- Profile at La Gazzetta dello Sport 2007–08 (in Italian) [dead link ]
- Giovanni Marchese at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
- Profile at AIC.Football.it (in Italian) [dead link ]
- Profile at FIGC (in Italian) [dead link ]