Giordano Maccarrone (born 9 April 1990) is an Italian footballer who plays for

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Club career

Calcio Catania

Born in

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, Maccarrone started his career in the youth ranks of hometown club, Calcio Catania. He played within the club's youth ranks from 1996 until 2010 and earned his first senior call-up to the club's first team on 19 April 2009. He officially graduated the club's youth academy in June 2010, although he was immediately sent out on a season-long loan deal to

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outfit,

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just two months later. The negotiation included a free season loan deal (with performance bonuses from Catania) with option to co-own the player for a fee of €250. Maccarrone made 23 appearances and scored 2 league goals in the

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. On 27 June 2011 Milazzo excised the option to buy half of the registration rights of Maccarrone and Andrea D'Amico for €250 each, as well as €17,600 performance bonus each to counter-weight the wage cost for Milazzo, although Catania opted to re-purchase the full registration rights of the player on 30 June 2011 for €45,000. On 31 August 2011 Maccarrone was signed by

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newcomer A.S.Gubbio on another season-long loan deal from the Sicilian outfit. Maccarrone only played once, however, during the entire 2011-12 Serie B season, and returned to Catania at the end of the campaign. On 31 August 2012, again the last day of transfer window, Maccarrone left for another

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club on loan, joining A.C. Bellaria. A first team regular, Maccarrone managed two goals in 27 appearances for the club, before he again returned to Catania on 30 June 2013.

Parma

Maccarrone became a free agent on 1 July 2013 but on 18 July signed by fellow

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side, Parma F.C. and on 23 July 2013 was sent to

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in the

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on yet another seasonal loan.

Foggia

On 30 July 2019, he joined

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club

References

External links

Football.it Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Maccarrone, Giordano Italian men's footballers Catania FC players SSD 1937 Milazzo players AS Gubbio 1910 players Virtus Francavilla Calcio players AS Bisceglie Calcio 1913 players AC Bellaria Igea Marina players Serie B players Serie C players Men's association football defenders 1990 births Living people Footballers from Catania