Marco Giovanni Pisano (born 13 August 1981) is an Italian retired professional

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er who played as a left-sided defender.

Career

Early career

Pisano started his career at

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youth team. He joined

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in January 2000, exchanged with Mauro Coppini. He was on loan to

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clubs in 2000–01 & 2001–02 season. He made his Serie A debut for Brescia on 20 October 2002, against

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. In summer 2004, he joined

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Palermo

In June 2006, Pisano was involved in a 5 men swap deal with

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: Palermo signed including Aimo Diana (€5M), and Pisano (€4M) in 4-year contracts; Sampdoria signed Massimo Bonanni (50% for €2M), left back Pietro Accardi (€2M) and Christian Terlizzi (50% for €1.5M) in return. Pisano replaced departed

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as left back.

Torino

In January 2008, Pisano along with Diana (tagged for €1.2 million), were transferred to

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, in a temporary deal and a definitive deal respectively. At the end of season Torino bought Pisano for €1.5 million in a 3-year deal. During 2009–10 season,

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of Torino attacked the players during

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's birthday party. After the incident the players involved: Di Michele,

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, Aimo Diana, Pisano,

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were transferred to other clubs and only

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and

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were remained. On 27 January 2010

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signed the left-back on loan from Torino, the midfielder Filippo Antonelli has gone the other way. However, Pisano managed to play only one single game with Bari during his time at the club. Despite only an appearance, Torino also paid Bari €120,000 as a premium ( it, premi di valorizzazione).Torino F.C. S.p.A. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 31 December 2010
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(in Italian)

Parma

On 2 August 2010, Pisano signed by

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for free (at the same time Filipe Oliveira moved to Turin in a temporary deal for €600,000; Pisano's transfer also cost Parma a small fee), but Pisano made just 5 league appearances as his chances at left-back were restricted by Luca Antonelli in the first half of the season and

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in the second.

Vicenza

In July 2011,

signed

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for €750,000 and sold Pisano to

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for €150,000 in a 3-year contract. In 2013 Vicenza was relegated to 2013–14 Lega Pro Prima Divisione. Pisano failed to play any game for the club despite still under contract.

Venezia

On 31 January 2014 Pisano was signed by Football Club Unione Venezia for

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.Vicenza Calcio S.p.A. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2014
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(in Italian)

References

External links

Profile
from U.S. Città di Palermo official website
2007–08 Profile
at La Gazzetta dello Sport official site

at Italian Footballers' Association (AIC), data by football.it {{DEFAULTSORT:Pisano, Marco 1981 births Living people Italian footballers Italy under-21 international footballers S.S. Lazio players Brescia Calcio players Ascoli Calcio 1898 F.C. players Taranto F.C. 1927 players U.C. Sampdoria players Palermo F.C. players Torino F.C. players Parma Calcio 1913 players L.R. Vicenza players Venezia F.C. players Association football fullbacks Footballers from Rome Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players