Marco Veronese (born 22 May 1976) is an Italian

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manager and former player, who played as a

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, currently in charge of

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club Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț.

Biography

Inter Milan

Born in

Cinisello Balsamo Cinisello Balsamo (; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) of about 75,200 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Milan, in the Italian region of Lombardy, about northeast of Milan city center. Cinisello Balsamo borders the following municipalitie ...

in the

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, Marco, along with his elder brother Simone, started their career at

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. He played his first match for first team and at Serie A on 30 October 1994, a 1–0 win to Reggiana. He played 3 matches in the season, all in Serie A. In the next season, he was farmed to Reggina of

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, where he played 16 league appearances. He then played two seasons in

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for

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and

Prato Prato ( ; ) is a city and municipality (''comune'') in Tuscany, Italy, and is the capital of the province of Prato. The city lies in the northeast of Tuscany, at an elevation of , at the foot of Monte Retaia (the last peak in the Calvana ch ...

Chievo

In mid-1998 he secured a long-term contract with

club

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. He played 20 league matches with 2 goals for the Serie B mid-table team. In the next season, he left for Serie B newcomer Alzano Virescit on loan, where he scored once only. In 2000, he left for Serie C1 again, for

Modena Modena (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena, in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. It has 184,739 inhabitants as of 2025. A town, and seat of an archbis ...

, where he won the champion. Veronese remained with Modena, and played 17 league appearances for the club for the Serie B runner-up. Although Veronese failed to secure a permanent move and followed Modena to Serie A, he earned Serie B mid-table team

Vicenza Vicenza ( , ; or , archaically ) is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region, at the northern base of the Monte Berico, where it straddles the Bacchiglione, River Bacchiglione. Vicenza is approximately west of Venice and e ...

signed him on loan with option to purchase, as part of Ivano Della Morte deal. He rejoined former teammate

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Spezia & Pavia

In 2003–04 season, he joined

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, a team partially owned by his former club Internazionale. He won

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with club. Co-current with Internazionale sold their shares, Veronese joined

Pavia Pavia ( , ; ; ; ; ) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy, in Northern Italy, south of Milan on the lower Ticino (river), Ticino near its confluence with the Po (river), Po. It has a population of c. 73,086. The city was a major polit ...

at the same division. He finally scored regular with 13 and 11 goals, in although Pavia relegated in 2007.

Late career

He joined

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which last season lost in promotion playoffs. He scored 11 goals for the team but just finished in mid-table. In July 2008, he joined

Cesena Cesena (; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy; and - with Forlì - is the capital of the Province of Forlì-Cesena. Served by Autostrada A14 (Italy), Autostrada A14, and located near the Apennine M ...

which newly relegated back to Serie C1. He scored only 4 goals with the Lega Pro Prima Divisione Champion. In August 2009, he returned to Lombardy 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 ...

. He signed a 2-year contract. In January 2011 he was exchanged with Stefano Del Sante of

Managerial career

Following his

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Veronese started as assistant coach of A.C. Pavia Primavera team. On 6 December 2013, after the exemption of Alessio Pala, he was named as head coach of the first team, then on 10 January 2014 after three days he was replaced by Patrizio Bensi. On 28 June 2014 he became assistant coach of

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. The following season, he became assistant coach of

Cremonese Cremona ( , , ; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po (river), Po river in the middle of the Po Valley. It is the capital of the province of Cremona and the seat of the local city a ...

. On 19 January 2017 Veronese was appointed as assistant manager of Gianni De Biasi at the

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. He left the position at the end of the season. In September 2017, he joined

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, once again as the assistant manager of Di Biasi. On 5 March 2019, he was appointed as manager of ASD Vigor Carpaneto. On 23 July 2019 he was hired by

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as their ''Primavera'' Under-19 youth coach.

Honours

Modena *

: 2000–01 *

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: 2001 Spezia *

: 2004–05 Cesena *

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: 2008–09

References

External links

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Profile at Football.it

Marco Veronese – ARCHIVIO_GIOCATORE
F.C. Internazionale Milano (Official Website) {{DEFAULTSORT:Veronese, Marco 1976 births Living people People from Cinisello Balsamo Italian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Serie A players Serie B players Serie C players Inter Milan players AS Reggina 1914 players AC Monza players AC Prato players AC ChievoVerona players SSD Virtus CiseranoBergamo 1909 players Modena FC 2018 players LR Vicenza players Spezia Calcio players AC Pavia 1911 SSD players Venezia FC players AC Cesena players Calcio Lecco 1912 players Footballers from the Metropolitan City of Milan Italian football managers Italian expatriate football managers Italian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate football managers in Romania Serie C managers Serie D managers Liga II managers CSM Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț managers