Sergio Marcon (born 9 November 1970) is an Italian former

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who played as a

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. He played for several Italian clubs during his career which lasted from the 1980s to the 2000s.

Football career

Born in

Cormons Cormons or Cormòns ( sl, Krmin, german: Kremaun) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about west of Gorizia, on the border with Slovenia. Cormons borders the f ...

, Marcon started his career at

Sampdoria Unione Calcio Sampdoria, commonly referred to as Sampdoria (), is an Italian professional football club based in Genoa. The club was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the 1890s ...

. He then played some minor clubs. He followed

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promoted to Serie B in summer 1992. In summer 1994, he joined Udinese of Serie B until November 1994. Marcon played his second spells for

in Serie B until summer 1996 the club relegation. He played for

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of Serie A between 1996 until 1999, as backup of Massimo Taibi and then

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, Valerio Fiori. He played for Chievo as regular starter in Serie B since summer 1999, and won promotion in summer 2001. He played for

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in another two Serie B seasons, with Gianmatteo Mareggini as backup. In summer 2003, he signed for Serie A team

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, where he competed with Alessio Scarpi and

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. After the club's relegation, he re-joined Chievo of Serie A, as backup of Luca Marchegiani. In summer 2005, he joined

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of Serie B, as backup of Giorgio Sterchele.

External links

2005–06 FootballPlus Profile
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1970 births Living people People from Cormons Italian footballers S.S. Teramo Calcio players S.S. Fidelis Andria 1928 players U.C. Sampdoria players Udinese Calcio players Piacenza Calcio 1919 players A.C. ChievoVerona players Ternana Calcio players A.C. Ancona players L.R. Vicenza players A.S.D. Portogruaro players Serie A players Serie B players Association football goalkeepers Footballers from Friuli Venezia Giulia {{Italy-footy-goalkeeper-stub