Marco Sangalli Fuentes (born 7 February 1992) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a winger.

Club career

Born in

San Sebastián San Sebastian, officially known as Donostia–San Sebastián (names in both local languages: ''Donostia'' () and ''San Sebastián'' ()) is a city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality located in the Basque Country (autonomous community), B ...

Gipuzkoa Gipuzkoa (, , ; es, Guipúzcoa ; french: Guipuscoa) is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Its capital city is Donostia-San Sebastián. Gipuzkoa shares borders with the French depa ...

of Italian descent, Sangalli joined

Real Sociedad Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad (; ''Royal Society''), La Real in Spanish, Erreala in Basque, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 Septem ...

's youth setup in 2001, aged nine. He made his senior debut with the reserves in the 2011–12 season, in the

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. On 24 August 2013, Sangalli made his first-team – and

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– debut, playing the last 13 minutes in a 1–1 away draw against

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. On 12 July of the following year, he was loaned to

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club

Deportivo Alavés Deportivo Alavés, S.A.D. (; ''Sporting Alavés''), usually abbreviated to Alavés, is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the ...

until the end of the campaign. Sangalli signed a two-year deal with

CD Mirandés Club Deportivo Mirandés is a Spanish football team based in Miranda de Ebro, Province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 3 May 1927, the club competes in the Segunda División, holding home matches at ''Esta ...

also of the second division on 26 June 2015. He scored his first goal as a professional on 12 September, helping to a 3–2 away defeat of Alavés. On 4 July 2017, after suffering relegation, Sangalli moved to

AD Alcorcón Agrupación Deportiva Alcorcón S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Alcorcón, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1971, it currently plays in Primera Federación – Group 1, holding home matches at the Municipal de Santo ...

in the same league after agreeing to a two-year contract. On 1 July 2019, he joined

Real Oviedo Real Oviedo is a Spanish football club based in Oviedo, Asturias. Founded on 26 March 1926 as a result of the merger of two clubs who had maintained a large sporting rivalry for years in the city: ''Real Stadium Club Ovetense'' and ''Real Club De ...

still in the second tier on a two-year deal. He netted five times in the league for the latter in his

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and second seasons. Sangalli signed an 18-month contract with

Racing de Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system ...

on 24 January 2023.

Personal life

Sangalli's younger brother,

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, is also a footballer. An

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, he too was developed at Real Sociedad. His maternal uncle was

Miguel Ángel Fuentes Miguel Ángel Fuentes Azpiroz (born 6 August 1964) is a Spanish retired footballer who played mainly as a right-back. He spent his entire professional career with Real Sociedad, appearing in nearly 500 competitive matches, among the highest t ...

, former Real Sociedad player and president.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sangalli, Marco 1992 births Living people Spanish people of Italian descent Sportspeople of Italian descent Spanish men's footballers Footballers from San Sebastián Men's association football wingers La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Real Sociedad B footballers Real Sociedad footballers Deportivo Alavés players CD Mirandés footballers AD Alcorcón footballers Real Oviedo players Racing de Santander players