Mattia Marchi (born 14 January 1989) is an Italian former

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who played as a forward.

Club career

Rimini

Born in

Rimini Rimini ( , ; or ; ) is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy. Sprawling along the Adriatic Sea, Rimini is situated at a strategically-important north-south passage along the coast at the southern tip of the Po Valley. It is ...

, Romagna, Marchi started his career at hometown club

. In January 2010 he left for Lega Pro 2nd Division club

Südtirol South Tyrol ( , ; ; ), officially the Autonomous Province of Bolzano – South Tyrol, is an autonomous province in northern Italy. Together with Trentino, South Tyrol forms the autonomous region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. The provinc ...

, winning the champion of the group A.

Südtirol

Rimini was expelled from professional league in 2010, and Marchi joined Chievo on a free transfer. However, he re-joined Südtirol in co-ownership deal for a peppercorn fee of €500 Südtirol bought Marchi outright for another €500 after he scored 9 goals as team top-scorer.

Virtus Entella

On 14 July 2011 he was signed by

Serie A The Serie A (), officially known as Serie A Enilive in Italy and Serie A Made in Italy abroad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Italy and the highest tier of the Italian football league system. Establish ...

team

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but re-sold to

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 ...

on 16 July in another co-ownership deal. He was the joint-topscorer along with Filippo Falco. Marchi also scored once in relegation "play-out" (another goal by Alessandro Cesca), made the club survived from relegation. In June 2012 he returned to Novara and re-sold to Entella on 1 August 2012. In June 2013 Marchi joined Entella outright from Novara for free.

Cremonese

On 25 July 2014 Marchi was signed by

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 ...

Pavia

On 23 January 2015 Marchi was signed by

Reggiana

On 30 July 2019, he signed a 3-year contract with Reggio Audace. On 16 January 2021, he returned to

on loan.

Virtus Verona

On 31 August 2021, he moved to

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 ...

on a one-year deal with an extension option.

References

External links

Südtirol Profile

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marchi, Mattia 1989 births Living people Footballers from Rimini Italian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Serie B players Serie C players Rimini FC 1912 players FC Südtirol players AC Pavia 1911 SSD players Virtus Entella players US Cremonese players Mantova 1911 players Feralpisalò players AC Reggiana 1919 players Virtus Verona players 21st-century Italian sportsmen