Marco Sportiello

Marco Sportiello

Sportiello training with Atalanta.
Personal information
Full name Marco Sportiello
Date of birth (1992-05-10) 10 May 1992
Place of birth Desio, Italy
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Atalanta
Number 57
Youth career
1998–1999 Zibido San Giacomo
1999–2010 Atalanta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Seregno 28 (0)
2011–2012 Poggibonsi 34 (0)
2012–2013 Carpi 30 (0)
2013– Atalanta 75 (0)
National team
2015 Italy U21 0 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 May 2016.


Marco Sportiello (born 10 May 1992) is an Italian footballer who plays for Atalanta as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Born in Desio, Sportiello finished his graduation with Atalanta's youth system, and subsequently moved to Seregno in a co-ownership deal.[1] A season later, Atalanta bought the remaining half of his rights back for free.

On 20 June 2011 Sportiello joined Poggibonsi, again in a co-ownership.[2] A year later his rights were fully assigned to La Dea.[3] On 14 July 2012 he moved to Carpi in a season-long loan deal.[4] After being a regular starter during the promotion campaign to Serie B, Sportiello returned to Atalanta, being third-choice (behind Andrea Consigli and Giorgio Frezzolini).

On 4 December 2013 Sportiello made his Atalanta debut, starting in a 2–0 home win over Sassuolo, for the season's Coppa Italia;[5] his Serie A debut came on 12 January of the following year, starting in a 2–1 home success over Catania.[6]

After Consigli's departure to Sassuolo, Sportiello was made starter for the 2014–15 campaign, overtaking veterans Frezzolini and new signing Vlada Avramov.

International career

He has been called up for the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship as a reserve goalkeeper, without having made his official debut with the Italy U21 side.

References

  1. ↑ Ufficiale: Sportiello va al Seregno (Official: Sportiello goes to Seregno); Tutto Atalanta, 21 August 2010 (Italian)
  2. ↑ Marco Sportiello è del Poggibonsi (Marco Sportiello is a Poggibonsi player); Poggibonsi's official website, 20 June 2011 (Italian)
  3. ↑ (Italian)
  4. ↑ Calciomercato: le ultime operazioni (Transfer market: the last moves); Carpi's official website, 14 July 2012 (Italian)
  5. ↑ Coppa: Atalanta eliminate Sassuolo; Football Italia, 4 December 2013
  6. ↑ Atalanta 2–1 Catania; Football Italia, 12 January 2014
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