Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marco Padalino | ||
Date of birth | (1983-12-08) 8 December 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Lugano, Switzerland | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1998–2002 | FC.Rapid Lugano | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2003 | Lugano | 8 | (0) |
2003 | Malcantone Agno | 10 | (0) |
2004–2005 | Catania | 34 | (2) |
2005–2008 | Piacenza | 83 | (5) |
2008–2012 | Sampdoria | 65 | (3) |
2012–2014 | Vicenza | 52 | (1) |
2014–2018 | Lugano | 48 | (0) |
Total | 290 | (11) | |
International career | |||
Switzerland U-19 | 4 | (0) | |
2009–2014 | Switzerland | 9 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Marco Padalino (born 8 December 1983) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for Malcantone Agno, Catania, Piacenza, Sampdoria and Vicenza, and Lugano. A Swiss international from 2009 to 2014, he represented Switzerland at the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups. Originally an attacking midfielder, he played as a winger in his later career.
Padalino was born in Switzerland and is of Italian descent.[1]