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Andrea Merenda (born 10 June 1977 in
Central Coast Mariners profile
1977 births Living people Footballers from Milan Italian men's footballers Italian expatriate men's footballers Mantova 1911 players Pro Sesto 1913 players AC Belluno 1905 players Casale FBC players Calcio Lecco 1912 players Central Coast Mariners FC players Italian expatriate sportspeople in Australia Men's association football midfielders {{Italy-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub
Milan
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) is an Italian football midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
who currently plays for Marconi Stallions
Marconi Stallions Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in Fairfield, Sydney, New South Wales. The club has been crowned Australian champion four times.
The Stallions are the soccer team of Club Marconi, a social ...
in the NSW Premier League
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.
Biography
Merenda had been in training with the Mariners for a month before earning his shot at the Hyundai A-League, having most recently completed the 2007/08 Italian Serie C1 campaign with Calcio Lecco, an historic club from the north of Italy once coached byRoberto Donadoni
Roberto Donadoni (; born 9 September 1963) is an Italian football manager and former midfielder.
Donadoni was capable of playing on either flank, or in the centre. He began his career with Atalanta, and he later became a pillar of the powerhous ...
.
Born in Milan, Merenda came to Australia seeking a fresh challenge after 16 seasons in his home country that included stints at nine clubs across various divisions – peaking with six seasons in the third-tier Serie C1, a division that once pitted Merenda against current Qantas Socceroo Carl Valeri.
Equally at home in defence or midfield, Merenda was introduced to the yellow and navy set up as short-term cover for injured attacking ace Ahmad Elrich
Ahmad Elrich ( ar, أحمد الريش; born 30 May 1981) is an Australian professional association footballer who plays as a right winger for Australian club Parramatta FC. Born in Australia to Lebanese parents, Elrich represented his native co ...
. Merenda's signing, albeit on a short-term basis, was a significant one for the Mariners, who until his capture had yet to engage the services of a foreign player from abroad. He was released after failing to break into the first team.
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Central Coast Mariners profile
1977 births Living people Footballers from Milan Italian men's footballers Italian expatriate men's footballers Mantova 1911 players Pro Sesto 1913 players AC Belluno 1905 players Casale FBC players Calcio Lecco 1912 players Central Coast Mariners FC players Italian expatriate sportspeople in Australia Men's association football midfielders {{Italy-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub