Guido Marilungo (born 9 August 1989) is an Italian professional

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who plays as a

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for club Recanatese on loan from

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Club career

Born in

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, the Province of Fermo, in the

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region, he moved his first footsteps with his hometown club until the age of 14, when he was noted by FIFA agent Silvio Pagliari who proposed him to

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, which successively chose to sign the player and include him in their ''Giovanissimi Nazionali'' (under-15) squad for the 2003–04 season. He was pivotal in the 2007–08 Sampdoria under-20 double (

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and

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). On 11 January 2009, he made his first team debut in a Serie A home league game as a second-half substitute against

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, a 2–0 loss for the Genoese club. Three months later, exactly on April 26, 2009, he made his first start in a 3–3 draw with

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, with Marilungo scoring two goals, the first ones in his senior career. On 27 August 2009, Marilungo joined Serie B outfit

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on a one-year loan spell. On 12 September 2010, he signed a 5-year contract to stay with Sampdoria, but only four months later, he joined Atalanta in a -year deal for €4.7 million. Sampdoria relegated at the end of 2010–11 season, with Atlanta promoted to Serie A at the same time. In 2013 he signed a new contract with Atalanta. On 17 January 2014, Marilungo was signed by Serie B club Cesena. On 28 August 2015 Marilungo left Bergamo again for

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. He left Bergamo again for

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on 26 August 2016. In the third successive season, Marilungo joined Spezia on loan on 31 August 2017. On 18 September 2018, he joined Serie C side

on a two-year contract. On 3 October 2020 he moved to

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on loan. On 13 January 2021, he was loaned to

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. On 4 August 2021, he joined Pescara on loan. On 28 January 2022, he moved on a new loan to

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. On 13 July 2022, Marilungo was loaned by Recanatese.

International career

On 8 September 2009, he made his debut with the Italy U-21 team in a game against Luxembourg. He scored 1 goal in 6 appearances with the U-21 team.

Style of play

A diminutive, creative, and versatile player, Marilungo started out as an attacking midfielder, although he is capable of playing in several offensive positions, as a main striker, as a second striker, or as a winger, due to his ability to both score and set up goals; he is mainly known for his great pace, technique, powerful striking ability with his right foot, and eye for goal. Once considered a promising young player, in 2010, he was named one of the 100 best young footballers in the world born after 1989 by ''

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''.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marilungo, Guido 1989 births Living people Sportspeople from the Province of Fermo Footballers from Marche Italian footballers Association football forwards U.C. Sampdoria players U.S. Lecce players Atalanta B.C. players A.C. Cesena players S.S. Virtus Lanciano 1924 players Spezia Calcio players Ternana Calcio players S.S. Monopoli 1966 players Carrarese Calcio players Delfino Pescara 1936 players Pro Sesto 2013 players U.S.D. Recanatese 1923 players Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Italy youth international footballers Italy under-21 international footballers