Stefano Morrone (born 26 October 1978) is an Italian

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who played as a

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Club career

In 1998, he was co-signed by

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and

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. In 1999, he joined

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along with

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to Piacenza as part of

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's deal. That month Piacenza also signed Empoli team-mate

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. In January 2001, he joined

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, re-joined Di Napoli. He was loaned back to

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in January 2002.

Palermo

After Venezia's owner

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purchased

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, he joined the Sicily side along with team-mate: Daniel Andersson, Bilica,

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, Di Napoli,

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and

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. In summer 2003, he was loaned to Serie A side

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along with Mario Santana, with

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moved to opposite direction. On 1 July 2004, he returned to Palermo, which the team won Serie B and promoted to the Italian top division in June 2004.

Livorno

In July 2005, he was sold to Serie A side Livorno for €500,000.

Parma

In July 2007, Morrone was signed by

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for €2.5 million. In 2009–10 season, he was the starting central midfielder in 352 formation, or 433 formation. partnered mainly with

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(until February),

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(since February as left midfielder) and Luis Jiménez (since February as attacking midfielder). He only played as substitute in round 5, suspended in round 19 and round 29. Since April, Morrone was rested due to injury. He was also the team captain. On 5 May, he was returned from training and played the match against

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on 9 May, which he was recovered in-time to replace Džemaili who suspended. On 19 August 2013 Morrone was signed by

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in a temporary deal. On 14 July 2014 he was signed by

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International career

Morrone was call-up to

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as backup player as

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was injured. He also played at 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification, substituted

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respectively. In the last group stage match against Belarus U21 in October 1999, Morrone was in the starting XI, partnered with Roberto Baronio,

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and

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in midfield. In August 2006, he received a call-up from new Italy coach

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against

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, but did not play. That match

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and

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also received their first call-up.

Coaching career

In 2015, he was named ''Allievi'' youth coach for the refounded

, then in

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and under the presidency of

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. He was promoted as ''Primavera'' coach in 2016, and also served as caretaker for two games following the transition from

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. He left Parma in the summer of 2017 to accept an offer from

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as a youth coach and later also managed the Primavera team. On 6 November 2019, Morrone was appointed assistant manager to

Fabio Grosso Fabio Grosso (; born 28 November 1977) is an Italian former professional footballer and current manager of Frosinone Calcio. After playing for several smaller Italian clubs, such as Renato Curi, Chieti and Perugia, he made his breakthrough du ...

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, whit whom he had been friends win for several years. However, after 3 games in charge and 0 points, the duo was fired on 2 December 2019.Brescia Calcio: esonerato Fabio Grosso, pronto a tornare Eugenio Corini
bresciatoday.it, 2 December 2019

Career statistics

Honours

;Cosenza *

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: 1998

References

External links

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