Marco Di Benedetto (born 5 August 1995) is an Italian

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who plays as a

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for Civitanovese.

Club career

Pescara

Di Benedetto started his career at Abruzzese club

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Juventus

On 17 August 2011 Di Benedetto was signed by

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for €450,000, rejoining former Pescara team-mate

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. Di Benedetto only played 8 times for the reserve team in the 2012–13 season. Di Benedetto signed his first professional contract in 2013, keeping him until 2016. Di Benedetto played twice in

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FeralpiSalò (loan)

On 31 January 2014 Di Benedetto was farmed to

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club FeralpiSalò. On 17 July 2014 the loan was renewed, which the club also signed fellow midfielder

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from Turin.

Lanciano

On 8 July 2015 Serie B club

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signed Di Benedetto and Penna from Juventus, as part of the deal that

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moved to Turin outright in June.

Later career

After four months at

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, Di Benedetto joined Polisportiva Torrese 1974 in December 2019. On 12 August 2020, he moved to Nereto Calcio. On 8 April 2021, Di Benedetto signed with

. In July 2021, he joined ASD Sambuceto Calcio. In December 2021, Di Benedetto moved to

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International career

Di Benedetto played six friendlies for Italy national youth teams. However, he was not selected to 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Di Benedetto, Marco 1995 births Living people Italian men's footballers Serie C players Serie D players Italy men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders Delfino Pescara 1936 players Juventus FC players Feralpisalò players SS Virtus Lanciano 1924 players Forlì FC players L'Aquila 1927 players Civitanovese Calcio players People from Nuoro Footballers from Sardinia