Davide Marcandella (born 21 March 1997) is an Italian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. 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 ...

for club

Vis Pesaro Vis Pesaro dal 1898 S.r.l., commonly referred to as simply Vis Pesaro, is an Italian association football club located in Pesaro, Marche. The club currently plays in Serie C. History Vis Pesaro was founded in 1898 and refounded in 2008. Th ...

Career

He was raised in the

Padova Padua ( ; it, Padova ; vec, Pàdova) is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, northern Italy. Padua is on the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice. It is the capital of the province of Padua. It is also the economic and communications hub of the ...

junior teams. He made his senior football debut in the 2015–16 season in

Serie D The Serie D () is the top level of semi-professional football in the country. The fourth tier of the Italian league system, the competition sits beneath the third professional league, Serie C. It is administered by the Lega Nazionale Dilettant ...

on loan to Este. Upon returning from loan, he didn't make any appearances in the first half of the 2016–17 season, and on 4 January 2017 he was loaned to another

club, Adriese. He made his

Serie C The Serie C () is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing body that runs the Serie C. The unification of the Lega Pro ...

debut for Padova on 14 October 2017 in a game against

Teramo Teramo (; nap, label= Abruzzese, Tèreme ) is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Abruzzo, the capital of the province of Teramo. The city, from Rome, is situated between the highest mountains of the Apennines ( Gran Sasso d'Itali ...

, as an 80th-minute substitute for

Giampiero Pinzi Giampiero Pinzi (; born 11 March 1981) is an Italian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Lazio Pinzi began his career with S.S. Lazio, Lazio and was promoted in 1999 to the Serie A tea ...

. On 1 March 2018, he extended his Padova contract until June 2020. For the 2018–19 season, Padova advanced to

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, with Marcandella making his debut on that level. On 2 September 2019, he extended his Padova contract until 2022 and was loaned to

Virtus Verona Virtus Verona, founded as Unione Sportiva Virtus Borgo Venezia in 1921, sometimes referred to as Virtus Vecomp Verona for sponsorship reasons, is an Italian association football club located in Borgo Venezia, a district of Verona, Veneto. It c ...

for the 2019–20 season. On 29 August 2020, the loan was extended for the 2020–21 season. On 7 July 2021, he joined

on a two-year contract with an additional one-year extension option.

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* 1997 births Living people Footballers from Padua Italian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Serie B players Serie C players Serie D players Calcio Padova players Virtus Verona players Vis Pesaro dal 1898 players {{Italy-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub