Mariano Stendardo (born 2 May 1983) is an Italian

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who plays for the

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side

Giugliano Giugliano in Campania (), also known simply as Giugliano, is a city and (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy. A suburb of Naples, as of 2025, it has 124,633 inhabitants, making it the most populated Italian city tha ...

as a defender. He has never played a match in

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, despite being on the roster of

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when they competed in Serie A in 2004. His brother Guglielmo is also a footballer.

Career

Early career

Along with his brother Guglielmo, Mariano started his career at

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. Both Guglielmo and Mariano were transferred to separate clubs, with Mariano joining

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on 31 January 2004 and Guglielmo for

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in January 1999. In summer 2004 the two brothers were both transferred to

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Atalanta

However, on 28 January 2005, Mariano moved to

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in a co-ownership deal, for €2,000, while Guglielmo remained at Perugia before joining

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in summer 2005. Atalanta acquired the full registration rights of Mariano in summer 2005 for free, after the bankruptcy of Perugia.

Loans

From Atalanta, Mariano was loaned to Bellaria and

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in the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons.

Messina

Mariano joined

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on 24 July 2007, for €200,000, as part of

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's deal.

Genoa

After the bankruptcy of Messina in 2008, Stendardo left for

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on a free transfer.

Lega Pro clubs

On 31 January 2011 he joined

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from Genoa. On 2 November 2012 he was signed by

Treviso Treviso ( ; ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 87.322 inhabitants (as of December 2024). Some 3,000 live within the Venetian wall ...

. Stendardo was signed by Serie D club Savoia. The club promoted to Lega Pro in 2014. In 2014, he was signed by

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. The club was expelled from

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due to financial difficulties. On 19 July 2015, he signed a 2-year deal with the

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newcomer

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. On 21 January 2019, he signed a 1.5-year contract with Paganese. On 21 August 2020 he moved to

club

Footnotes

References

External links

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* 1983 births Living people Italian men's footballers Footballers from Naples Serie B players Serie C players SSC Napoli players US Lecce players AC Perugia Calcio players Atalanta BC players US Cremonese players ACR Messina players US Grosseto 1912 players Men's association football defenders Taranto FC 1927 players AC Bellaria Igea Marina players Treviso FBC 1993 players SSD Savoia 1908 FC players Fidelis Andria 2018 players FC Matera players Paganese Calcio 1926 players Giugliano Calcio 1928 players 21st-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-footy-defender-1980s-stub