Marco Matrone

Marco Matrone
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-07-02) 2 July 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Scafati, Italy
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Ilves
Youth career
–2004 FC Honka
2004–2005 AC Arezzo
2005 A.S.D. Sansepolcro Calcio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006 FC Honka 0 (0)
2006 → FC Espoo (loan) 5 (0)
2007–2010 FF Jaro 83 (4)
2011–2013 FC Haka 81 (0)
2014–2015 SJK 32 (0)
2016– Ilves 0 (0)
International career
Finland U-15
Finland U-16
2008 Finland U-21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 November 2011

Marco Matrone (born 2 July 1987) is a Finnish footballer, who represents Ilves of Veikkausliiga, the Finnish premier division of football.

Career

The midfielder has previously represented FC Honka, FF Jaro, FC Haka and SJK of Veikkausliiga, AC Arezzo of Serie B (mostly junior team), and Sansepolcro on a loan deal.

International career

In March 2008, he was selected to the Finland national under-21 football team.

Personal life

Matrone was born in Scafati, Italy, to a Finnish mother and an Italian father.[1][2] He has dual citizenship of Finland and Italy.[1][3]

Some sources have falsely claimed that he is related to Claudio Matrone [fi], another Finnish-Italian footballer who was also born in the Naples region, but they are not related.[4]

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Marco Matrone". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  2. ^ "L'allenatore scappato dall'Italia vincitore (per caso) in Finlandia". Prima Bergamo (in Italian). 3 November 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Pelaajalta pelaajalle: Marco Matrone vs. Eetu Mömmö". Jalkapallon Pelaajayhdistys [fi] (in Finnish). 27 February 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  4. ^ Peltola, Vesa-Matti [in Finnish] (2014). "Erheellisiksi osoittautuneita sukulaismainintoja sekä vähemmän tunnettuja sukulaisuuksia". Suomen Urheilutietäjät [fi] (in Finnish). Retrieved 11 March 2024.