Marcus N'Ze Kouassi (born 7 April 1987) is an Italian

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Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...

ian origin who plays for Italian

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club Montorio FC.

Biography

Born in

Sekondi Sekondi-Takoradi ( ) is a city in Ghana comprising the twin cities of Sekondi and Takoradi. It is the capital of Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan District and the Western Region of Ghana. Sekondi-Takoradi is the region's largest city as well as ...

, N'Ze moved to Italy at young age. He started his career at

Verona Verona ( ; ; or ) is a city on the Adige, River Adige in Veneto, Italy, with 255,131 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region, and is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and in Northeast Italy, nor ...

for

Chievo Chievo (4,500 inhabitants) is a frazione of Verona located to the west of the city, around from the historic city centre, on the shores of the river Adige. It is best known for its football team, A.C. ChievoVerona. History The name came from t ...

. He graduated from youth team in 2005 and left for

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club

Canavese Canavese ( French: ''Canavais''; Piedmontese: ''Canavèis'') is a subalpine geographical and historical area of North-West Italy which lies today within the Metropolitan City of Turin in Piedmont. Its main town is Ivrea and it is famous for its c ...

, which he spent 2 seasons. In July 2007, he left for Sansovino in co-ownership deal along with Leonardo Moracci, Xhulian Rrudho. Antonino Saviano, Luca Spinetti and

Maycol Andriani Maycol Andriani (born 17 September 1987) is an Italian footballer who plays for the Serie D club Ciliverghe. Andriani played two seasons in the Lega Pro, from 2007 to 2009. Biography Born in Verona, Veneto, Andriani started his career with Chi ...

. In June 2008, Chievo bought back N'Ze by winning an auction between the two clubs. but after few weeks left Verona to sign for Serie D club Domegliara. In 2009–10 season, he played 33 times and scored 1 goal. In

2010–11 Serie D The 2010–11 Serie D was the sixty-third edition of the top level Italian non-professional football championship. It represented the fifth tier in the Italian football league system. It originally consisted of 166 teams, with two divisions allocat ...

he left for

Virtus Verona Virtus Verona, founded as Unione Sportiva Virtus Borgo Venezia in 1921, sometimes referred to as Virtus Vecomp Verona for sponsorship reasons, is an Italian association football club located in Borgo Venezia, a district of Verona, Veneto. It c ...

. After Allegrini's retirement, he became the new captain of

at the start of 2018–19 season. For the 2019–20 season, he joined GSD Ambrosiana in

. In June 2020, he joined fellow league club Caldiero Terme. In June 2022, N'ze moved to

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club Montorio FC.Gli ultimi colpi di mercato
pianeta-calcio.it, 9 June 2022

Personal life

His brother Desmond N'Ze is also a professional footballer.

Honours

/A: 2007

References

External links

Lega Calcio Profile
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LaSerieD.com Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:N'ze, Marcus 1986 births Footballers from Sekondi-Takoradi Living people Ghanaian men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Ghanaian emigrants to Italy AC ChievoVerona players AC Sansovino players SSD Domegliara players Serie C players Serie D players 21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen