Sergio Marcon (born 9 November 1970) is an Italian former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a

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. He played for several Italian clubs during his career which lasted from the 1980s to the 2000s.

Football career

Born in

Cormons Cormons or Cormòns ( sl, Krmin, german: Kremaun) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about west of Gorizia, on the border with Slovenia. Cormons borders the f ...

, Marcon started his career at

Sampdoria Unione Calcio Sampdoria, commonly referred to as Sampdoria (), is an Italian professional football club based in Genoa. The club was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the 1890s, ...

. He then played some minor clubs. He followed

Fidelis Andria Fidelis Andria 2018 or simply Fidelis Andria is an Italian football club based in Andria, Apulia. The club was founded in 1971 and re-founded in 2005, 2013 and 2018. The team competes in . Fidelis Andria play their home matches at Stadio Deg ...

promoted to Serie B in summer 1992. In summer 1994, he joined

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 ...

of Serie B until November 1994. Marcon played his second spells for

in Serie B until summer 1996 the club relegation. He played 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 ...

of Serie A between 1996 until 1999, as backup of

Massimo Taibi Massimo Taibi (; born 18 February 1970) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for several clubs, mostly in Italy's Serie A, B, and C1. He had a brief spell at English club Manchester United. Career Italy Ta ...

and then

Matteo Sereni Matteo Sereni (born 11 February 1975) is an Italian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career Born in Parma, Sereni started his career at UC Sampdoria, and was loaned out to A.C. Crevalcore in 1994. He returned to Sampdoria and only m ...

, Valerio Fiori. He played for

Chievo Chievo (4,500 inhabitants) is a frazione of Verona located to the west of the city, around from the historic city centre, on the shores of the river Adige. It is best known for its football team, A.C. ChievoVerona, which competes in the second ...

as regular starter in Serie B since summer 1999, and won promotion in summer 2001. He played for

Ternana Ternana Calcio, commonly referred to as Ternana, is an Italian football club based in Terni, Umbria. The club was founded in 1925 and refounded in 1993. In its history, Ternana has twice played in Serie A (in the 1972–73 and 1974–75 seas ...

in another two Serie B seasons, with

Gianmatteo Mareggini Gianmatteo Mareggini (born 8 January 1967, in Modena) is an Italian former footballer, who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently a goalkeeping coach for Figline. Career Mareggini spent most of his footballing career playing in Tuscany, mos ...

as backup. In summer 2003, he signed for Serie A team

A.C. Ancona Associazione Calcio Ancona, commonly referred to as Ancona, was an Italian football club based in Ancona, Marche. It was founded in 2004 as the phoenix club of defunct 1905 club Unione Sportiva Anconitana, which changed its name to Ancona Calc ...

, where he competed with

Alessio Scarpi Alessio Scarpi (born 19 April 1973, in Jesolo) is an Italian Football coach and former football goalkeeper, He is the currently goalkeeper coach of club Genoa. Football career Reggina & Cagliari Although born in Veneto, Scarpi started his c ...

and

Magnus Hedman Magnus Carl Hedman (; born 19 March 1973) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Beginning his career with AIK in 1990, he went on play in the English Premier League, Scottish Premier League, and Italian Serie A b ...

. After the club's relegation, he re-joined

of Serie A, as backup of

Luca Marchegiani Luca Marchegiani (; born 22 February 1966) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He represented several Italian clubs throughout his career, in particular Torino and Lazio, where he won various titles. At inter ...

. In summer 2005, he joined

Vicenza Vicenza ( , ; ) is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region at the northern base of the ''Monte Berico'', where it straddles the Bacchiglione River. Vicenza is approximately west of Venice and east of Milan. Vicenza is a th ...

of Serie B, as backup of

Giorgio Sterchele Giorgio Sterchele (born 8 January 1970 in Schio) is an Italian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career In his early years, Sterchele played with Vicenza Calcio, the team of his province. He played regularly for the club as of 1991 an ...

External links

2005–06 FootballPlus Profile
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1970 births Living people People from Cormons Italian footballers S.S. Teramo Calcio players S.S. Fidelis Andria 1928 players U.C. Sampdoria players Udinese Calcio players Piacenza Calcio 1919 players A.C. ChievoVerona players Ternana Calcio players A.C. Ancona players L.R. Vicenza players A.S.D. Portogruaro players Serie A players Serie B players Association football goalkeepers Footballers from Friuli Venezia Giulia {{Italy-footy-goalkeeper-stub