Marco Di Benedetto

Marco Di Benedetto
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-08-05) 5 August 1995
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
Pescara
2011–2014 Juventus
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Juventus 0 (0)
2014–2015 → FeralpiSalò (loan) 15 (0)
2015–2016 Lanciano 0 (0)
National team
2011 Italy U16[1] 3 (1)
2011 Italy U17[1] 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Marco Di Benedetto (born 5 August 1995) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder.

Club career

Pescara

Di Benedetto started his career at Abruzzese club Pescara.

Juventus

On 17 August 2011 Di Benedetto was signed by Juventus for €450,000,[2] rejoining former Pescara team-mate Luca Del Papa. Di Benedetto only played 8 times for the reserve team in 2012–13 season.[3] Di Benedetto signed his first professional contract in 2013, keeping him until 2016.[4] Di Benedetto played twice in 2013–14 UEFA Youth League.[5]

FeralpiSalò (loan)

On 31 January 2014 Di Benedetto was farmed to Lega Pro Prima Divisione club FeralpiSalò.[6] On 17 July 2014 the loan was renewed, which the club also signed fellow midfielder Michele Cavion from Turin.[7]

Lanciano

On 8 July 2015 Serie B club Lanciano signed Di Benedetto and Penna from Juventus,[8] as part of the deal that Mame Baba Thiam moved to Turin outright in June.

International career

Di Benedetto played six friendlies for Italy national youth teams. However, he was not selected to 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification.

References

  1. 1 2 FIGC (in Italian)
  2. ↑ Delfino Pescara 1936 S.r.l. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2012 (in Italian), PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.
  3. ↑ Fullsoccer (in Italian)
  4. ↑ "Relazione finanziaria annuale al 30 giugno 2015" (PDF (1.24MB)) (in Italian). Juventus F.C. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Marco Di Benedetto". UEFA.com. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "Di Benedetto, comunicato ufficiale" (in Italian). FeralpiSalò. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "FeralpiSalò, comunicato ufficiale" (in Italian). FeralpiSalò. 17 July 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  8. ↑ "Speciale Calciomercato: Arrivano a Lanciano a titolo definitivo Di Francesco, Penna e Di Benedetto" (in Italian). S.S. Virtus Lanciano 1924. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
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