Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 2 July 1987 | ||
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* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006 | FC Honka | 0 | (0) |
2006 | → FC 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.
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.
In March 2008, he was selected to the Finland national under-21 football team.
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Some sources have falsely claimed that he is related to Claudio Matrone , another Finnish-Italian footballer who was also born in the Naples region, but they are not related. [4]
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