 Amelia with Milan in 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Marco Amelia[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 2 April 1982[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Frascati, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1991 | Lupa Frascati | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991–2001 | Roma | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2008 | Livorno | 166 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | → Lecce (loan) | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | → Parma (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Palermo | 34 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Genoa | 30 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2014 | Milan | 29 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Rocca Priora | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Perugia | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Lupa Castelli Romani | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Chelsea | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Vicenza | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 281 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Italy U15 | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Italy U16 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Italy U19 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Italy U21 | 19 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2009 | Italy | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Lupa Roma | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Vastese | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Livorno | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Prato | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Marco Amelia Ufficiale OMRI[3][4] (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmarko aˈmɛːlja]; born 2 April 1982) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and current coach.
A Roma youth product, Amelia spent most of his professional club career at Livorno, where he made 181 appearances across all competitions, including playing and scoring in the 2006–07 UEFA Cup. He later played for several other Italian clubs, and also had a spell in England as a reserve goalkeeper with Chelsea.
At international level, Amelia won a bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics, and earned nine senior caps for Italy between 2005 and 2009. He was part of the squad that won the 2006 FIFA World Cup, also being included for Italy's UEFA Euro 2008 and 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup squads.
- ^ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Italy" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Marco Amelia: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ "Amelia Sig. Marco – Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana". quirinale.it (in Italian). Presidenza della Repubblica Italiana. 27 September 2004. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
- ^ "Amelia Sig. Marco – Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana". quirinale.it (in Italian). Presidenza della Repubblica Italiana. 12 December 2006. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2010.