Alessandro Marotta (born 15 July 1986) is an Italian professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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Club career

Ternana

Born in Naples, Campania, Marotta started his career at a local club of

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, Naples. In August 2002, he was loaned to Umbria side

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and turned to a permanent deal in the next season. After spent a season with

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side

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, in summer 2005, he was loaned to

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team

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from the Serie B side, but the loan was pre-matured in January 2006. With the Serie B struggler, he played nil matches and Ternana relegated at the end of season. On 30 August 2006, he was loaned to fellow

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side Martina along with

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, which the club also signed

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in co-ownership deal. In January 2007, he was loaned to Serie C2 side Igea Virtus along with Jonatan Alessandro. In 2007–08 season, he left for Serie C2 side Scafatese in co-ownership deal, along with Perna who went on loan, but still failed to score any goal.

Serie D

Marotta left for Serie D side Arrone in summer 2008, and found the way to score, made him earned a contract with newly promoted Serie A side

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in June 2009.

Bari

Marotta became a player a Bari in June 2009. However, he never settled in Bari but loaned out several times.

Gubbio

He was farmed to

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in a co-ownership deal on 2 July 2009, for a peppercorn of €500.A.S. Bari S.p.A. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 31 December 2010 (in Italian) Bari youth products

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and Leonardo Pérez also joined the club on loan. With Gubbio, he scored 20 league goals in regular season (in Group B), and was the joint-topscorer of the league in regular season along with

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(of Group C). Both players scored in promotion playoffs, which Marotta scored once and Ciofani scored twice, both winning the final, made Marotta was the second highest topscorer of the league (overall).

Return to Bari

On 25 June 2010, Bari bought him back in a 2-year contract for €60,000. On 3 July, he was loaned to

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side Lucchese. He scored 13 league goals as team-topscorer. On 1 July 2011 he signed a new 4-year contract with

. On 12 January 2012 he was signed by

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of Serie B for €200,000. Marotta left for

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on 31 July 2012. On 15 January 2013 he left for

. Marotta was a player for Bari in the first half of

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. On 10 January 2014 he left for Grosseto

Benevento

On 12 July 2014 Marotta was signed by

in a 2-year contract.

Siena

On 10 August 2016 Marotta was signed by Robur Siena in a 3-year deal. He wore number 10 for the club.

Vicenza

On 15 July 2019, Marotta joined

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on a 2-year contract.

Return to Serie C

On 1 February 2021 he moved to

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club

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. On 4 July 2021 he signed a two-year contract with

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. He missed most of the 2021–22 season after a toe surgery. On 30 August 2022, Marotta moved to

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. On 17 July 2023, Marotta signed a one-year contract with

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International career

Marotta played his only game for the Italy youth national team at under-18 level on 10 December 2003, against the Slovenia national under-18 football team.

References

External links

FIGC National Team data

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marotta, Alessandro 1986 births Living people Footballers from Naples Italian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Serie B players Serie C players Serie D players Ternana Calcio players Olbia Calcio 1905 players ASD Martina Calcio 1947 players Scafatese Calcio 1922 players AS Gubbio 1910 players SSC Bari players Lucchese 1905 players Spezia Calcio players US Cremonese players Benevento Calcio players US Grosseto 1912 players ACR Siena 1904 players Catania FC players LR Vicenza players SS Juve Stabia players Modena FC 2018 players US Viterbese 1908 players Giugliano Calcio 1928 players Italy men's youth international footballers