Marco Amelia

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Personal information
Marco Amelia

Full name	Marco Amelia
Date of birth	April 2, 1982 (age 24)
Place of birth	Frascati, Rome, Italy
Height	1.88 m
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Livorno
Number	1
Youth clubs
1999-2001	Roma
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001- 2003 2004	Livorno → Lecce (loan) → Parma (loan)	113 (1) 13 (0) 0 (0)
National team²
2002-2004 2005-	Italy U-21 Italy	19 (0) 3 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 May 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Marco Amelia, Cavaliere (born 2 April 1982 in Frascati, Rome) is an Italian football goalkeeper who currently plays for Livorno.

Amelia, considered one of the finest young keepers of Italy, is also a squad member for the Italy national football team.

Amelia scored a dramatic late goal for Livorno in the 2006-07 UEFA Cup group stage match against FK Partizan in Belgrade on Thursday 2 November 2006, having come up for a late free-kick with Livorno trailing 1-0, becoming the first Italian goalkeeper to have ever scored in a continental competition.

Although he signed a new 5 year contract at the beginning of the 2006-07 season, Amelia has been linked with a number of clubs in the English Premier League, namely Chelsea, Arsenal, and Liverpool [1][2]. AC Milan have also been mentioned by the press.

[edit] Teams and clubs

1998-2001: A.S. Roma
2001-2002: Livorno on loan from Roma
2002-2003: Livorno
2003-2004: U.S. Lecce & Parma on loan from Livorno
2004-present: Livorno

[edit] National team

Amelia won the 2004 European Under-21 Football Championship and bronze medal of 2004 Summer Olympics football tournament. He made his debut for Italy senior squad in a friendly match against Ivory Coast on 16 November 2005 as a substitute for Christian Abbiati. He was included in the victorious 2006 FIFA World Cup squad as the third goalkeeper behind Gianluigi Buffon and Angelo Peruzzi. After the World Cup and Peruzzi's retirement from international football, he is now the first choice back-up to Buffon on the Italy squad under new coach Roberto Donadoni, who gave him his first start in a friendly match, which Italy lost 2-0 against Croatia on 16 August 2006.

[edit] External links

Profile and stats. at Livorno site
(Italian) National Team stats.

Competitor for Italy
Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Bronze	2004 Athens	Team Competition

	Italy squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Champions (4th Title)
1 Buffon \| 2 Zaccardo \| 3 Grosso \| 4 De Rossi \| 5 Cannavaro \| 6 Barzagli \| 7 Del Piero \| 8 Gattuso \| 9 Toni \| 10 Totti \| 11 Gilardino \| 12 Peruzzi \| 13 Nesta \| 14 Amelia \| 15 Iaquinta \| 16 Camoranesi \| 17 Barone \| 18 Inzaghi \| 19 Zambrotta \| 20 Perrotta \| 21 Pirlo \| 22 Oddo \| 23 Materazzi \| Coach: Lippi

A.S. Livorno Calcio - Current Squad
1 Amelia \| 2 Fanucci \| 3 Filippini \| 4 Morrone \| 6 Galante \| 7 Pfertzel \| 8 Vidigal \| 9 Bergvold \| 14 Kuffour \| 15 Knežević \| 17 Casini \| 18 Rezaei \| 21 Paulinho \| 22 César \| 23 Manitta \| 24 Coppola \| 26 Pasquale \| 28 Passoni \| 32 Pavan \| 69 Balleri \| 77 Grandoni \| 99 Lucarelli \| — Iannotti \| Coach: Arrigoni