Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Roberto Di Maio | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 21 September 1982||
Place of birth | Naples, Italy | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Cosmos | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2001 | Castelfranco | 10 | (0) |
2001–2002 | Castelnuovo | 1 | (0) |
2002–2003 | Venturina | 29 | (1) |
2003–2004 | Versilia | 30 | (3) |
2004–2008 | San Marino | 121 | (10) |
2008–2010 | Catanzaro | 63 | (10) |
2010–2012 | Nocerina | 66 | (7) |
2012–2013 | Lecce | 22 | (0) |
2013–2013 | L'Aquila | 5 | (0) |
2014 | Torres | 17 | (1) |
2014–2016 | Rimini | 13 | (0) |
2016 | Gubbio | 12 | (1) |
2016 | Matelica | 13 | (3) |
2017 | Correggese | 8 | (1) |
2017–2018 | San Marino | 33 | (3) |
2018–2022 | La Fiorita | 80 | (9) |
2022–2024 | Cosmos | 61 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2023–24 | San Marino | 9 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 June 2024 |
Roberto Di Maio (born 21 September 1982) is a formercfootballer who plays as a defender for Cosmos. Born in Italy, he plays for the San Marino national team.
Di Maio became the oldest player to make his senior international debut in UEFA competition, aged 40 years and 193 days, in a Euro 2024 qualifier match against Northern Ireland in March 2023. [2]
On 30 August 2010, he joined Nocerina for an undisclosed fee. [3]
On 12 August 2013, he left Lecce for L'Aquila. [4]
On 5 June 2024, at almost age of 42, he announced his retirement from the pitch, aiming to a training career. [5]
Di Maio was born in Naples, Italy, but had indicated that he would be likely to accept a call-up for San Marino national football team if asked. [6] He would eventually earn his first international cap for San Marino on 23 March 2023 in a Euro 2024 qualifier against Northern Ireland, at the age of 40, after waiting the prerequisite 15 years for naturalized citizens who cannot claim ancestral roots to be eligible for La Serenissima. Di Maio had begun the naturalization process during his first stint with San Marino Calcio. His first cap made him the oldest person to make his senior debut in UEFA competition. [7]
De Maio married his wife, Cristina, in 2012, and after ten years of marriage qualified for Sammarinese citizenship. [2] He works as an academy coach for the San Marino Football Federation, coaching the country's Under-17s team. [2]
San Marino | ||
---|---|---|
Year | Apps | Goals |
2023 | 9 | 0 |
Total | 9 | 0 |
The San Marino national football team represents San Marino in men's international association football competitions. The team is controlled by the San Marino Football Federation and represents the smallest population of any UEFA member. They are currently the lowest-ranked FIFA-affiliated national football team, having have only ever won one match since inception.
The Cyprus national football team represents Cyprus in men's international football and is controlled by the Cyprus Football Association, the governing body for football in Cyprus. Cyprus' home ground is currently the AEK Arena in Larnaca, and the current coach is Temur Ketsbaia.
Gianluca Vialli was an Italian football player and manager who played as a striker. Vialli started his club career at his hometown club Cremonese in 1980, where he made 105 league appearances and scored 23 goals. His performances impressed Sampdoria, who signed him in 1984 and with whom he scored 85 league goals, won three Italian cups, Serie A and the European Cup Winners Cup.
Angelo Di Livio is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and wing-back. He represented several Italian clubs in Serie A throughout his career, coming to prominence with Juventus, where he won several domestic and international titles. At international level he also played for the Italy national side in two FIFA World Cups and two UEFA European Championships, reaching the final of UEFA Euro 2000.
Franco Causio is an Italian former professional footballer who won the 1982 FIFA World Cup and came through the ranks of his hometown club Lecce before making his name at Juventus for many years in the 1970s and 1980s. Regarded as one of Italy's greatest ever wingers, throughout his career, he was given the nickname "The Baron", because of his stylish moves on the pitch, as well as his well-educated upbringing, and his fair attitude in life.
David Di Michele is an Italian football manager and former player in the role of striker, last in charge as head coach of Serie C club Turris.
Antonio Pietro Paolo Virdis is an Italian football manager and former player, who played as a forward. Throughout his career, he played for Nuorese, before playing in Serie A with Cagliari Calcio, Juventus, Udinese Calcio, and A.C. Milan; he ended his career with Lecce. Known for his eye for goal, with Juventus, he won two league titles and a Coppa Italia; with Milan, he was the league's top scorer in 1987, also winning a league title and the Supercoppa Italiana in 1988, and was part of the club's European Cup victory in 1989. At international level, he represented Italy at the 1988 Summer Olympics, helping the team to a fourth-place finish.
Daniele Baselli is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie B club Como. He has also appeared for the Italy national team, earning one cap in 2018.
Francesco Ripa is an Italian footballer who plays as a forward for Serie C club Campobasso.
William Marino Guerra is a former footballer who played international football for San Marino as a defender. After graduating from the country's youth set-up, he made forty appearances for the San Marino national football team, two in 1987 before the country was affiliated to FIFA and thirty-eight FIFA-sanctioned games between 1990 and 1999, making him the nation's tenth most-capped player of all time. Guerra also captained San Marino on five occasions between 1995 and 1997. He split a 16-year club career between teams from Italy and San Marino.
Annunziato "Nunzio" Zavettieri is an Italian football manager, last in charge as head coach of Serie D club Nocerina.
Domenico Berardi is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward or right winger for Serie B club Sassuolo and the Italy national team.
Rocco "Roberto" Boscaglia is an Italian football coach and former midfielder.
Mattia Stefanelli is a Sammarinese footballer who plays for Fiorentino and San Marino national team. He scored San Marino's first away goal in the World Cup UEFA qualification competition since 2001.
Lorenzo Pellegrini is an Italian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Serie A club Roma, which he captains, and the Italy national team.
Stefano Sensi is an Italian professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for Serie A club Inter Milan.
Matteo Pessina is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Monza, whom he captains, and the Italy national team.
Antonín Barák is a Czech professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Serie A club Fiorentina and the Czech Republic national team.
Sandro Tonali is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Newcastle United and the Italy national team. He is currently banned from all competitive footballing activities until 27 August 2024 for gambling offences.
Group H of UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying was one of the ten groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 2024 final tournament in Germany. Group H consisted of six teams: Denmark, Finland, Kazakhstan, Northern Ireland, San Marino and Slovenia. The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.