Marco Matrone

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Marco Matrone
Matrone Marco Ilves 2017 1.jpg
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-07-02) 2 July 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Scafati, Italy
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Ilves
Youth career
–2004 FC Honka
2004–2005 AC Arezzo
2005 A.S.D. Sansepolcro Calcio
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006 FC Honka 0 (0)
2006FC Espoo (loan) 5 (0)
2007–2010 FF Jaro 83 (4)
2011–2013 FC Haka 81 (0)
2014–2015 SJK 32 (0)
2016– Ilves 0 (0)
International career
Finland U-15
Finland U-16
2008 Finland U-21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 November 2011

Marco Matrone (born 2 July 1987) is a Finnish footballer, who represents Ilves of Veikkausliiga, the Finnish premier division of football.

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Career

The midfielder has previously represented FC Honka, FF Jaro, FC Haka and SJK of Veikkausliiga, AC Arezzo of Serie B (mostly junior team), and Sansepolcro on a loan deal.

International career

In March 2008, he was selected to the Finland national under-21 football team.

Personal life

Matrone was born in Scafati, Italy, to a Finnish mother and an Italian father. [1] [2] He has dual citizenship of Finland and Italy. [1] [3]

Some sources have falsely claimed that he is related to Claudio Matrone  [ fi ], another Finnish-Italian footballer who was also born in the Naples region, but they are not related. [4]

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References

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Marco Matrone". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  2. "L'allenatore scappato dall'Italia vincitore (per caso) in Finlandia". Prima Bergamo (in Italian). 3 November 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  3. "Pelaajalta pelaajalle: Marco Matrone vs. Eetu Mömmö". Jalkapallon Pelaajayhdistys  [ fi ] (in Finnish). 27 February 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  4. Peltola, Vesa-Matti [in Finnish] (2014). "Erheellisiksi osoittautuneita sukulaismainintoja sekä vähemmän tunnettuja sukulaisuuksia". Suomen Urheilutietäjät  [ fi ] (in Finnish). Retrieved 11 March 2024.