Marco Mariani (born 25 December 1992) is an Italian professional

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who plays as a

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. He played in the fourth tier of

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for Bellaria – Igea and Santarcangelo.

Career

Born in

Atri, Abruzzo Atri ( ; Latin: Adria, Atria, Hadria, or Hatria) is a ''comune'' in the Province of Teramo in the Abruzzo region of Italy. Atri is the setting of the poem '' The Bell of Atri'' by American writer Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Its name is the origin o ...

, Mariani started his career at Abruzzan club Renato Curi – Angolana. He spent 2 seasons with the club in Serie D. In 2011, he was signed by professional club

Bellaria – Igea Marina Bellaria – Igea Marina ( rgn, Belària – Igea Maròina) is a town and '' comune'' in the province of Rimini The province of Rimini ( it, provincia di Rimini) is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. The provincial capital is th ...

, which he made 24 starts in his first

Serie C2 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consisted of 36 teams, but in the 2011–12 season, there were 41 teams divided geographically into two divisions of 2 ...

season for the Romagna-based club. On 28 June 2012 he followed former Bellaria coach

Nicola Campedelli Nicola Campedelli (born 7 February 1979) is an Italian football coach and former player who is a youth coach at Cesena. Playing career A midfielder, Campedelli played with Cesena from 1997 to 2000. In 2007, when at Cesena, he suffered a Lisfr ...

to join another Romagnol club

Cesena Cesena (; rgn, Cisêna) is a city and ''comune'' in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, served by Autostrada A14, and located near the Apennine Mountains, about from the Adriatic Sea. The total population is 97,137. History Cesena was o ...

, which the club president was Igor, Nicola's brother. The club also signed team-mates

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, Daniele Fioretti and

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from Bellaria. However Mariani was not included in the club's Serie B plan, which Mariani returned to Bellaria for 2012–13 season. The club also signed goalkeeper

Andrea Rossini Andrea Rossini (born 17 January 1990) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. Club career Cesena and Ivrea Born in Santarcangelo di Romagna, the province of Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, Rossini started his professional care ...

from Cesena (& Parma). On 23 June 2013 Mariani remained in that region but for

Santarcangelo di Romagna Santarcangelo di Romagna ( rgn, Santarcànzul) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, on the Via Emilia. As of 2009, it had a population of some 21,300. It is crossed by two rivers, the Uso and the Marecchia. Ma ...

. Santarcangelo also signed Francesco Urso and

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(in January) from Cesena. Santarcangelo qualified to 2014–15 Serie C as the 5th of Group B of 2013–14 Serie C2.

References

External links

AIC profile (data by football.it)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mariani, Marco Italian men's footballers AC Bellaria Igea Marina players AC Cesena players Santarcangelo Calcio players Serie C players Men's association football midfielders Footballers from the Province of Teramo 1992 births Living people