Enzo Maresca

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Enzo Maresca
Personal information
Full name	Vincenzo Maresca
Date of birth	February 10, 1980 (1980-02-10) (age 28)
Place of birth	Pontecagnano, Italy
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Sevilla FC
Number	25
Youth clubs
19??–1994 1994–1998	A.C. Milan Cagliari
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998–2000 2000–2005 2000–2001 2002–2003 2004–2005 2005–	West Bromwich Albion Juventus FC → Bologna FC (on loan) → Piacenza (co-ownership) → Fiorentina (co-ownership) Sevilla FC	47 0(5) 37 0(4) 23 0(0) 31 0(9) 25 0(5) 70 (11)
National team2
2000–02	Italy U-21	15 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 May 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 11 May 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Vincenzo "Enzo" Maresca (born 10 February 1980 in Pontecagnano) is an Italian professional footballer, who plays for Spanish team Sevilla FC.

Contents 1 Club career 2 International career 3 Honors 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Club career

Maresca started playing youth football at A.C. Milan, before joining Cagliari Calcio. He got his senior debut with English club West Bromwich Albion in 1998, where he played for two seasons. He moved back to Italy and joined Juventus FC in January 2000, at the age of 19, in a transfer deal worth 4.3 million Pound sterling.^[1]

Despite showcasing a high level of promise in his Juventus career, he was, along with fellow young teammates, loaned out to various clubs. He was loaned to to Bologna FC in October 2000, where he spent the remaining part of the 2000-01 season. He returned to Juventus, but joined Piacenza Calcio, who bought joint ownership of Maresca for € 4 million.^[2] As Piacenza were relegated, Juventus acquired the full ownership of Maresca from Piacenza for € 3 million.^[2] When ACF Fiorentina loaned Maresca for the 2004-05 season, they bought 50% of his transfer rights for € 5 million.^[3] Maresca returned to Juventus in summer 2005, but never really settled in the "Vecchia Signora"'s starting eleven. As a Juventus player, he never really got a chance. He is remembered for the time he scored a goal against Juve's intercity rivals Torino Calcio, and celebrated by imitating a bull, the Torino symbol.

In August 2005, he moved from Juventus to join Sevilla FC in Spain, for a transfer fee of € 2.5 million.^{[4] [5]} At Sevilla, he quickly emerged as a key player in midfield, crowning his debut season by capturing the UEFA Cup 2005-06 trophy, scoring two goals and being named Man of the Match as Sevilla swept aside Middlesbrough FC 4-0 .He was also influential in their successful defence of their title in 2007 when they beat Catalan side Espanyol.^[6] Maresca donated the 10.000€ Man of the Match prize money to the San Juan de Dios hospital in Seville.^[7]

On Saturday March 22, 2008 in Sevilla's Sánchez Pizjuán stadium, Maresca was sent off for a headbutt on Sergio Agüero of Atlético Madrid during Sevilla's 2-1 defeat. The situation is currently pending review.

[edit] International career

Since 1995, Maresca has represented various youth national teams.^[8] He was selected for the Italy national under-21 football team in the Toulon U-21 Championships. He is yet to make his debut for the senior national team.

[edit] Honors

• Italian Champion: 2002
• UEFA Cup: 2006, 2007
• UEFA Super Cup:2006
• Copa del Rey :2007
• Supercopa de España: 2007

[edit] References

[edit] External links

v • d • e Sevilla FC – current squad 1 Palop • 2 J. Navarro • 3 Drago • 4 Dani Alves • 5 Duda • 6 Adriano • 7 J. Navas • 8 Poulsen • 10 Luís Fabiano • 11 Renato • 12 Kanouté • 13 De Sanctis • 14 Escudé • 15 Mosquera • 17 D. Capel • 19 Chevantón • 20 de Mul • 22 Koné • 23 Boulahrouz • 25 Maresca • 26 Crespo • 27 Alfaro • 28 Fazio • Coach: Manolo Jiménez

Persondata
NAME	Maresca, Enzo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Italian footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	1980-02-10
PLACE OF BIRTH	Pontecagnano
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH