Paolo Sammarco (born 17 March 1983) is an Italian

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coach and a former player who played as a

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. He is the caretaker head coach of

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club Ambrosiana.

Club career

Chievo

A product of

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an giants A.C. Milan's youth system, Sammarco never played a game for the side, serving consecutive loans: from 2002 to 2004 in

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, and from 2004 to 2007 with first division side A.C. ChievoVerona. Cheivo also purchased half of the registration rights for €1.1 million ( Martino Olivetti plus €100,000) in June 2003. In June 2006 Milan bought back Sammarco for undisclosed fee, with Olivetti moved back to Chievo for €250,000.

Sampdoria

On 22 June 2007,

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announced Sammarco, in another co-ownership deal with Milan, for €1.5 million fee and a reported €400,000 wage. In Sampdoria, he broke through, playing almost every league game in a team that achieved

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qualification, under coach Walter Mazzarri. In June 2008, Sampdoria gained full ownership of Sammarco for another €2.5 million, made his valued increased to €4 million (made Milan register a financial income of €1 million as the half retained had increased from €1.5 million to €2.5 million) Sammarco also signed a new contract which lasted until 30 June 2013 during 2009–10 season. On 25 August 2009 he was loaned to Udinese for one season, for a reported wage of €250,000. Sammarco was a sub under Luigi Delneri at the first match of

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. On returning to Sampdoria for the beginning of the 2010–11 season, he did not appear in any games, as the club now hired Domenico Di Carlo as coach. However, his wage was increased to €700,000. He was loaned to

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on 30 December 2010 for the rest of the season. He scored a goal in the first two games of 2011–12 Coppa Italia for Doria, however on 24 August he returned to Chievo in exchange with Simone Bentivoglio, re-uniting Di Carlo. Sammarco's wage was also reduced to €250,000 again.

Spezia

On 9 August 2012 he joined

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Frosinone

On 21 January 2015 Sammarco was signed by

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. He scored his first goal in

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for the club on 28 October 2015 in a 2–1 defeat of Carpi.

Virtus Verona

On 15 October 2019 he joined

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club Virtus Verona until the end of the season.

Serie D

On 12 August 2020 he moved to

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International career

Sammarco was first capped for the

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in August 2005, against

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, and was part of the final squad in the 2006 European Championship, making three appearances as a starter.

Coaching career

On 23 November 2021, he was appointed caretaker manager by

club Ambrosiana, after joining the club as an assistant coach in the summer of 2021.

Footnotes

References

External links

National team stats at FIGC.it

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