Massimo Margiotta (born 27 July 1977) is an Italian-Venezuelan former professional

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who played as a

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, currently working as youth system chief of

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Club career

Udinese

Vicenza

Margiotta was signed by

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in co-ownership deal with

Udinese Udinese Calcio, commonly referred to as Udinese, is a professional Italian football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, that currently plays in Serie A. It was founded on 30 November 1896 as a sports club, and on 5 July 1911 as a fo ...

in mid-2001. In June 2002 Margiotta was bought outright by the Veneto club. In August 2003 he was loaned to

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but returned to January 2004. In August 2005 he left for

Piacenza Piacenza (; egl, label= Piacentino, Piaṡëinsa ; ) is a city and in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, and the capital of the eponymous province. As of 2022, Piacenza is the ninth largest city in the region by population, with over ...

Frosinone

In July 2006 he left for

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initially in temporary deal. In summer 2007 Margiotta joined the Lazio-based club outright for €50,000. Margiotta admitted to being involved in a football gambling controversy in June 2007. He was suspended for four months, had to serve community service and pay a fine of €10,000.

Return to Vicenza

On 21 August 2008, Margiotta returned to Vicenza.

Barletta

In September 2010, he left for

Barletta Barletta () is a city, ''comune'' of Apulia, in south eastern Italy. Barletta is the capoluogo, together with Andria and Trani, of the Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani. It has a population of around 94,700 citizens. The city's territory belong ...

on free transfer, signed an annual contract. He was immediately included in starting XI, partnered with

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and

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in a 4–3–2–1 formation. Coach Arcangelo Sciannimanico putted the original starter Paolo Carbonaro and

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on the bench. Margiotta scored a late goal for Barletta after

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scored its second goal.

International career

Born in

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

, Margiotta played for Italy at youth level and at

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. In 2004 FIFA changed its rules to allow a footballer switch nation to be represented if he had multi-nationality. Originally targeted for player aged under 21, that year also accept any player to apply. Margiotta switched to

as he might have no chance to play for

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

. He collected 11 caps, 4 of them were friendlies.

Post-retirement

Since retired in 2011, Margiotta became a staff of

youth system, as ''Responsabili dell'Attività di Base'' from 2011–12 season to 2013–14 season (along with Alberto Ciarelli), In 2014–15 season he replaced Stefano Umbro as ''Responsabile Attività Agonistic''. In July 2015, Margiotta (for two months), CEO Dario Cassingena, Antonio Mandato and coach Mauro Carretta were sanctioned by

Italian Football Federation The Italian Football Federation ( it, Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio; FIGC), known colloquially as ''Federcalcio'', is the governing body of football in Italy. It is based in Rome and the technical department is in Coverciano, Florence. It ...

(FIGC) on transfer irregularity on the signing of youth player Domenico Ranalletta. On 1 July 2017, he took over as the new youth system chief of

. On 20 October 2022, Margiotta extended his contract with Hellas Verona until 2027.

Career statistics

International

:''Scores and results list Venezuela's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Margiotta goal.''

Honours

Udinese *

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: 1997-98 Udinese *

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Individual *

top scorer: 1997-98 (19 goals)

References

External links

Official sitePlayer profile - RAI SportFIGC
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