Marco Varaldi (born 21 July 1982) is an Italian

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who plays as a

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. He spent his whole professional career at

Serie C1 Serie C1 was the third highest football league in Italy. It consisted of 36 teams, divided geographically into two divisions. History Before the 1978–79 season, there were only three professional football leagues in Italy, the third being Se ...

and

Serie C2 Serie C2 was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. History Before the 1978–79 season, there were only three professional football leagues in Italy, the third being Serie C. The league menaging t ...

Club career

Varaldi started his career at

Internazionale Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Since 1 ...

. In 2000–01 season, he occasionally played as unused bench for the first team, including

2000 Supercoppa Italiana The 2000 Supercoppa Italiana was a match contested by the 1999–2000 Serie A winners Lazio and the 1999–2000 Coppa Italia runners-up Inter Milan. Since the Coppa Italia winners were also the newly appointed league champions, the Super Cup sp ...

. He also played for Primavera Team (U20 Youth Team) at 2001

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. He then left on loan to

Giulianova Giulianova ( Giuliese: ' ) is a coastal town and ''comune'' in the province of Teramo, Abruzzo region, Italy. The ''comune'' also has city () status, thus also known as Città di Giulianova. Geography The town lies in the north of the Abruzzo regi ...

, where he worked as Liam Ardigo's backup. In the second season, he played ahead Ardigo. But he was not played in the relegation playoffs that Giulianova won. In June 2003, he was involved in a swap deal between Inter and

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, which Varaldi (50% valued €1.75 million),

Alessandro Livi Alessandro Livi (born 13 January 1982) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder. Career Livi started his career at Internazionale. He played for Primavera Team (U20 Youth Team) at 2001 Torneo di Viareggio. He then left for Fiorenzuo ...

(50% valued €1.725 million),

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(50% valued €1.75 million) and Giuseppe Ticli (50% valued €1.75 million) moved to AC Milan;

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(50% valued €1.5 million), Ronny Toma (50% valued €1.5 million), Simone Brunelli (50% valued €1.5 million) and Matteo Deinite (50% valued €1.5 million) moved to Inter. Later the deal was criticized by press as made false profit to balance sheet, as the transfer fees were paid via player exchange, but on the balance sheet, the nominal value could be adjusted by the two clubs. The tactic is commonly used to make the transfer fees larger in Italian football. He then left for

Legnano Legnano (; or ''Lignàn'') is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan, province of Milan, about from central Milan. With 60,259, it is the thirteenth-most populous township in Lombardy. Legnano is located in the ...

, as Enrico Maria Malatesta's backup. In the next season, he played as the regular starter for

Biellese The Biellese is a breed of large domestic sheep indigenous to the province of Biella, in Piedmont in north-western Italy, from which it takes its name. It may also be known as the Razza d'Ivrea, after the town of Ivrea, or as the Piemontese A ...

of Serie C2, but not played in the relegation playoffs that Biellese lost in aggregate, in although Biellese re-admitted to Serie C2 next season. In summer 2005, he left for

SPAL Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor, commonly referred to by the acronym SPAL (), is a professional football club based in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. During the 2024–25 season the team played in Serie C, the third tier of the Italian foot ...

, as Emanuele Nordi's backup. In summer 2006, he signed for

Lecco Lecco (, , ; ) is a city of approximately 47,000 inhabitants in Lombardy, Northern Italy, north of Milan. It lies at the end of the south-eastern branch of Lake Como (the branch is named ''Branch of Lecco'' / ''Ramo di Lecco''). The Bergamasqu ...

, where he played 2 seasons as Luca Mazzoni's backup. In June 2008, the co-ownership deal with Inter ended, which AC Milan now wholly contracted with Varaldi for €50,000 (and Ronny Toma wholly with Inter for €150,000; i.e. €100,000 cash from Inter to Milan, a reverse of 2007 cash flow). But then he was released and joined

Vigor Lamezia Vigor Lamezia is an Football in Italy, Italian association football club, based in Lamezia Terme, Calabria. Vigor Lamezia currently plays in Eccellenza, the fifth level of the Italian football league system. History The club was founded in 19 ...

Lega Pro Seconda Divisione Serie C2 was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. History Before the 1978–79 season, there were only three professional football leagues in Italy, the third being Serie C. The league menaging ...

(ex-Serie C2), as Andrea Panico's one of the backup.

International career

Varaldi has capped for Italy at U16 level (by-then called U15 team, as the feeder team that below the team that participate in UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship), U17 and U18 level (by-then called U17 team, a feeder team for the team that participate in UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship), all were friendly matches.

References

External links

Profile at FIGC
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Varaldi, Marco Italian men's footballers Serie C players Inter Milan players AC Milan players Giulianova Calcio players AC Legnano players SPAL players Calcio Lecco 1912 players Men's association football goalkeepers Footballers from Milan Italy men's youth international footballers 1982 births Living people ASD Biellese 1902 players 21st-century Italian sportsmen