Marco Russo (born 25 April 1982) is an Italian footballer who plays for Aurora Seriate.

Biography

Born in

Cariati Cariati () is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. Cariati is divided into two parts: Cariati Superiore, situated on top of a hill, and Cariati Marina, which is stretched along the Ionian coas ...

, Calabria, southern Italy, Russo started his career at Calabrian side

Reggina Reggina 1914 S.r.l., commonly referred to as Reggina, is an Italian football club based in Reggio Calabria. Founded in 1914, they currently play in Serie B, and play their home matches at the 27,763 seater Stadio Oreste Granillo. They are nic ...

. He then left for northern Italy side

Padova Padua ( ; it, Padova ; vec, Pàdova) is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, northern Italy. Padua is on the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice. It is the capital of the province of Padua. It is also the economic and communications hub of the ...

, then left for the United Kingdom for

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ...

and in November 2000 for

Dundee Dundee (; sco, Dundee; gd, Dùn Dè or ) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was , giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km2 or ...

. He was signed by assistant manager, countryman

Ivano Bonetti Ivano Bonetti (born 1 August 1964) is an Italian Association football, football Association football manager, manager, club director and former professional footballer, the current CEO and president & owner of Mobisafe. As a player he was a mid ...

along with defender Umberto Fatello. In June 2001 he was released by the Scottish side and returned to Italy for

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 ...

side Poggese. After the team relegated, he spent one season at non-professional league,

Serie D The Serie D () is the top level of semi-professional football in the country. The fourth tier of the Italian league system, the competition sits beneath the third professional league, Serie C. It is administered by the Lega Nazionale Dilettant ...

, for

Cassino Cassino () is a ''comune'' in the province of Frosinone, Southern Italy, at the southern end of the region of Lazio, the last city of the Latin Valley. Cassino is located at the foot of Monte Cairo near the confluence of the Gari and Liri rive ...

and Villacidrese. In summer 2003, he left for

Serie C1 Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football (soccer), football league in Italy. It consisted of 33 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 16 and 17 teams for group A and B respectively. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1 ...

side

Sassari Torres Torres is an Italian football club based in the city of Sassari. It plays in Serie C, the third division of the Italian football league system. Re-founded in 2017, the club is the continuation of the Società per l'Educazione Fisica Torres, bor ...

and in summer 2005 left for Vittoria of Serie C2. But his contract with the

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side was terminated in February 2006. and joined Serie C1 side

Lumezzane Lumezzane (Brescian: ; locally ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. With a population of 22,255 () it is one of the largest towns in the province of Brescia. It is situated in the Gobbia Valley, which is a side val ...

. He followed the team relegated to Serie C2 and remained for 2 seasons, and won promotion back to Serie C1 (which renamed to

Lega Pro Prima Divisione Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football league in Italy. It consisted of 33 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 16 and 17 teams for group A and B respectively. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1. Before the 1978� ...

) in summer 2008. He then moved back to

Lega Pro Seconda Divisione 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 ...

for

Pizzighettone Pizzighettone ( Pizzighettonese: ) is a ''comune'' of the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy. The main population centre is located on the river Adda and is divided into two parts: Pizzighettone on the east bank and Gera on the ...

. and in 2009–10 season left for

Canavese Canavese ( French: ''Canavais''; Piedmontese: ''Canavèis'') is a subalpine geographical and historical area of North-West Italy which lies today within the Metropolitan City of Turin in Piedmont. Its main town is Ivrea and it is famous for its ca ...

after Pizzighettone relegated. In November 2011 he joined Serie D club Aurora Seriate.

References

External links

Profile at Lumezzane
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Profile at FIGC

{{DEFAULTSORT:Russo, Marco Italian men's footballers Italian expatriate men's footballers Scottish Premier League players Reggina 1914 players Calcio Padova players Birmingham City F.C. players Dundee F.C. players ASD Cassino Calcio 1924 players SS Villacidrese Calcio players FC Lumezzane SSD players AS Pizzighettone players FC Canavese players Men's association football midfielders Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Italian expatriate sportspeople in England Footballers from the Province of Cosenza 1982 births Living people ASD Calcio Club Vittoria 2020 players Italian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland