Antonio Marasco (born 19 February 1970) is an Italian former professional

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. From 2007, he played as a

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, the fifth highest level in Italian football and the level right below the professional league.

Career

Born in

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, the

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, Campania, Marasco started his career at hometown club Savoia of

. He won the Group M champions and promoted to Serie C2 in 1990. In 1991, he left for

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side

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(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

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along with Stefano Guidoni. 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

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, which won promotion to Serie A in June 2001. In August 2002, after Venezia's owner

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purchased Serie B team

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, he followed his teammates Di Napoli, Kewullay Conteh, Mario Santana,

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, Stefano Morrone and Daniel Andersson, etc. transferred to the

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side. In January 2003, he left for Serie A team

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Match-fixing & Serie D

He was involved in match-fixing and banned for three years in 2004.

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and

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were also banned. 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 Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

, Campania) and then left for another hometown club Aversa Normanna of Serie D. In the 2008–09 season, he was the captain of Serie D side

Pianura Pianura (Italian: "plain") is a western suburb of Naples, southern Italy. It is bounded on one side by the area of Soccavo and on the other side by the outskirts of the town of Pozzuoli. Personalities * Justin Russolillo (1891-1955), presbyter * ...

, which located in

, suburb of Naples.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marasco, Antonio 1970 births A.C. Reggiana 1919 players U.S. Avellino 1912 players Men's association football midfielders Venezia F.C. players Hellas Verona F.C. players Italian footballers Living people Modena F.C. 2018 players People from Torre Annunziata Serie A players Serie B players Palermo F.C. players A.S.D. Real Agro Aversa players Scafatese Calcio 1922 players Sportspeople from the Province of Naples Footballers from Campania