Stefano Morrone
Encyclopedia
Stefano Morrone is an Italian footballer who plays for Parma
at Serie A
. He was the team captain as of 2009–10 season.
and Empoli
. In 1999, he joined Piacenza
along with Flavio Roma
and Stefano Di Fiordo
to Piacenza as part of Simone Inzaghi
's deal. That month Piacenza also signed Empoli team-mate Arturo Di Napoli
.
In January 2001, he joined Venezia, re-joined Di Napoli. He was loaned back to Cosenza in January 2002.
purchased Palermo
, he joined the Sicily side along with team-mate: Daniel Andersson, Bilica, Igor Budan
, Francesco Ciullo
, Kewullay Conteh
, Di Napoli, Valentino Lai
, Filippo Maniero
, Antonio Marasco
, Francesco Modesto
, Frank Ongfiang
, Generoso Rossi
, Mario Santana, Evans Soligo
, Ighli Vannucchi and William Viali
.
In summer 2003, he was loaned to Serie A side Chievo
along with Mario Santana, with Eugenio Corini
moved to opposite direction. On 1 July 2004, he returned to Palermo, which the team won Serie B and promoted to the Italian top division in June 2004.
.
In 2009–10 season, he was the starting central midfielder in 352 formation, or 433 formation. partnered mainly with Daniele Galloppa
, Blerim Džemaili
(until February), Francesco Valiani
(since February as left midfielder) and Luis Jiménez (since February as attacking midfielder). He only played as substitute in round 5, suspended in round 19 and round 29. Since April, Morrone was rested due to injury. He was also the team captain. On 5 May, he was returned from training and played the match against Juventus
on 9 May, which he was recovered in-time to replace Džemaili who suspended.
Morrone had a more injury-free season in 2010-11 and missed just four games as he captained the club to Serie A safety.
as backup player as Simone Perrotta
was injured. He also played at 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
qualification, substituted Roberto Baronio, Gianni Comandini, Cristiano Zanetti
respectively. In the last group stage match against Belarus U21
in October 1999, Morrone was in the starting XI, partnered with Roberto Baronio, Gennaro Gattuso
and Andrea Pirlo
in midfield.
In August 2006, he received a call-up from new Italy coach Roberto Donadoni
against Croatia
, but did not play. That match Giulio Falcone
, Christian Terlizzi
, Gennaro Delvecchio, Massimo Gobbi
, Angelo Palombo
and Tommaso Rocchi
also received their first call-up.
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|1997–98||Serie C1||19||1||2||0||21||1
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|1998–99||Serie B||7||1||4||0||11||1
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|1998–99||Empoli
||Serie A
||24||0||colspan=2| ||24||0
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|1999–2000||rowspan=2|Piacenza
||Serie A||23||0||4||0||27||0
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|rowspan=2|2000–01||rowspan=2|Serie B||9||0||2||0||11||0
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|rowspan=2|Venezia||13||1||colspan=2| ||13||1
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|2001–02||Serie A||5||0||0||0||5||0
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|2001–02||Cosenza||rowspan=2|Serie B||14||0||colspan=2| ||14||0
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|2002–03||Palermo
||35||5||3||0||38||5
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|2003–04||Chievo
||rowspan=5|Serie A||20||0||1||0||21||0
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|2004–05||Palermo||23||0||4||0||27||0
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|2005–06||rowspan=2|Livorno
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|2006–07||37||1||2||0||8||0||47||1
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|2007–08||rowspan=4|Parma
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|2008–09||Serie B||35||3||2||1||37||4
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|2009–10
||Serie A||31||1||0||0||31||1
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|2010–11
||Serie A||34||1||2||0||36||1
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Parma F.C.
Parma Football Club , commonly referred to as just Parma, is an Italian professional football club based in Parma, Emilia–Romagna that will compete in Serie A for the 2011–12 season, having finished in twelfth position last season. Founded as Verdi Foot Ball Club in July 1913, the club changed its...
at Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
. He was the team captain as of 2009–10 season.
Biography
In 1998, he was co-signed by LazioS.S. Lazio
Società Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to as Lazio, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. The team, founded in 1900, play in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football...
and Empoli
Empoli F.C.
Empoli Football Club is an Italian association football club located in Empoli, Tuscany, founded in 1920 and played its first official match in 1921.In recent years, the club has all too often been bouncing between Italy's two top divisions...
. In 1999, he joined Piacenza
Piacenza Calcio
Piacenza Calcio is an Italian association football club based in Piacenza. The club was formed in 1919 and currently plays in Italian Lega Pro Prima Divisione B. The team's colors are red and white, prompting one of the team's nicknames, the Biancorossi. They are also known as the Papaveri , and...
along with Flavio Roma
Flavio Roma
Flavio Roma is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Milan.-Club career:Roma started his career in the youth teams of S.S. Lazio. He was the 3rd goalkeeper behind Luca Marchegiani and Fernando Orsi before leaving the club to play for clubs in Serie B and Serie C1...
and Stefano Di Fiordo
Stefano Di Fiordo
Stefano Di Fiordo is an Italian footballer who plays for Cisco Roma at Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.-Early career:Born in Civitavecchia, the Province of Rome, Di Fiordo started his career at S.S. Lazio. In summer 1999, he joined Piacenza along with Stefano Morrone and Flavio Roma as part of Simone...
to Piacenza as part of Simone Inzaghi
Simone Inzaghi
Simone Inzaghi is a retired Italian professional footballer who played as a striker.During his professional career, he played for a host of clubs, namely Lazio, where he remained for more than one decade, being used irregularly....
's deal. That month Piacenza also signed Empoli team-mate Arturo Di Napoli
Arturo Di Napoli
Arturo Di Napoli is a football player who currently plays in S.C. Caronnese A.S.D..- from Empoli to Messina :...
.
In January 2001, he joined Venezia, re-joined Di Napoli. He was loaned back to Cosenza in January 2002.
Palermo
After Venezia's owner Maurizio ZampariniMaurizio Zamparini
Maurizio Zamparini is an Italian businessman and the current owner and chairman of Serie A club U.S. Città di Palermo....
purchased Palermo
U.S. Città di Palermo
Unione Sportiva Città di Palermo is an Italian football club from Palermo, Sicily which currently plays in Serie A, the top level of Italian football. Formed in 1900 as Anglo Panormitan Athletic and Football Club, the club had various names before assuming its final form in 1987 and is currently...
, he joined the Sicily side along with team-mate: Daniel Andersson, Bilica, Igor Budan
Igor Budan
Igor Budan is a Croatian football striker currently playing with U.S. Città di Palermo in Italy.-Career:Budan played for his native NK Rijeka for two seasons before moving to Italy in 1999. He was one of the players transferred to Palermo from Venezia in 2002 by Maurizio Zamparini...
, Francesco Ciullo
Francesco Ciullo
Francesco Ciullo is a professional football player.-Football career:Ciullo started playing professional football in the 1997 season with hometown team S.S.C. VENEZIA, he get to play a first team game in that season. The next season he go out to Serie C2 side Sandona, where he played 32 games and he...
, Kewullay Conteh
Kewullay Conteh
Kewullay Conteh is a Sierra Leonean footballer currently playing for Serie B side Piacenza. He is also a first choice defender for the Leone Stars, Sierra Leone national football team...
, Di Napoli, Valentino Lai
Valentino Lai
Valentino Lai is a Italian-born Swedish footballer who plays for Viborg FF.-Club career:Born in Cagliari, he started his career playing for FBK Balkan at the youth level, and then Malmö FF. In 2001, he moved to Italy playing for Venezia, where he made his Serie A debut. In 2002, he moved to...
, Filippo Maniero
Filippo Maniero
Filippo "Pippo" Maniero is an Italian retired football player. He played for several teams as a striker, most notably AC Milan, Parma, Palermo and Torino....
, Antonio Marasco
Antonio Marasco
Antonio Marasco is a former Italian professional footballer. Since 2007, he played at Serie D, the 5th highest level and the level right below the professional league.-Biography:...
, Francesco Modesto
Francesco Modesto
Francesco Modesto is an Italian football which plays as a full-back or winger. He currently plays for Parma.-Career:In 2001–02 season, he was signed by A.C. Venezia and loaned back to Cosenza...
, Frank Ongfiang
Frank Ongfiang
Frank Olivier Ongfiang is a Cameroonian footballer who plays for Zirka Kirovohrad.-Italy & early career:Born in Yaoundé, Ongfiang started his European career at France for Bordeaux. In 2001-02 season, he was signed by Venezia and made his Serie A debut on 17 March 2002 against Chievo, substituted...
, Generoso Rossi
Generoso Rossi
Generoso Rossi is an Italian footballer who plays for Sorrento.-Career:Rossi started his career at A.S. Bari. he was on loan to Serie C1 teams, and returned to Bari in summer 2000...
, Mario Santana, Evans Soligo
Evans Soligo
Evans Soligo is an Italian footballer who plays for Vicenza. He spent his entire career at Italian Serie B and Lega Pro.-Biography:Born in Marghera, the inland part of Venice, Soligo started his career at hometown club A.C. Venezia...
, Ighli Vannucchi and William Viali
William Viali
William Viali is an Italian football player. He currently plays for Cremonese.-References:...
.
In summer 2003, he was loaned to Serie A side Chievo
A.C. ChievoVerona
Associazione Calcio Chievo Verona is a professional Italian football club named after and based in Chievo, a suburb of 2,800 inhabitants in Verona, Veneto, and owned by Paluani, a cake company and the inspiration for their original name, Paluani Chievo...
along with Mario Santana, with Eugenio Corini
Eugenio Corini
Eugenio Corini is an Italian association football coach of Frosinone in Lega Pro Prima Divisioneand former player....
moved to opposite direction. On 1 July 2004, he returned to Palermo, which the team won Serie B and promoted to the Italian top division in June 2004.
Parma
In summer 2007, he changed his club with Alfonso De LuciaAlfonso De Lucia
Alfonso De Lucia is an Italian association football goalkeeper, currently playing with A.S. Livorno Calcio.-Career:...
.
In 2009–10 season, he was the starting central midfielder in 352 formation, or 433 formation. partnered mainly with Daniele Galloppa
Daniele Galloppa
Daniele Galloppa is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Parma. Galloppa is a central midfield playmaker with outstanding reading of the game, excellent vision and an ability to deliver incisive passes....
, Blerim Džemaili
Blerim Džemaili
Blerim Džemaili is a Swiss football midfielder of Albanian origin who plays for Napoli.-FC Zürich:Džemaili started his career at Swiss side FC Zürich. There he was part of the 2005–06 and 2006–2007 Swiss Championship winning team...
(until February), Francesco Valiani
Francesco Valiani
Francesco Valiani, , is an Italian football midfielder currently playing for Parma in Italy's Serie A.-Career:...
(since February as left midfielder) and Luis Jiménez (since February as attacking midfielder). He only played as substitute in round 5, suspended in round 19 and round 29. Since April, Morrone was rested due to injury. He was also the team captain. On 5 May, he was returned from training and played the match against Juventus
Juventus F.C.
Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...
on 9 May, which he was recovered in-time to replace Džemaili who suspended.
Morrone had a more injury-free season in 2010-11 and missed just four games as he captained the club to Serie A safety.
International career
Morrone was call-up to 2000 Summer OlympicsFootball at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The football tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics was the 20th official Olympic football tournament. A women's tournament was held for the second time.-Medal winners:-Venues:*Olympic Stadium, Sydney*Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney*Bruce Stadium, Canberra...
as backup player as Simone Perrotta
Simone Perrotta
Simone Perrotta, Ufficiale OMRI is an English-born Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Roma...
was injured. He also played at 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
2000 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
The UEFA U-21 Championship 2000, which spanned two years , had 47 entrants. Northern Ireland competed for the first time. For the first time a finals tournament with two groups of four teams was held, with one of those teams, Slovakia, having been chosen as the hosts.Italy U-21s won the...
qualification, substituted Roberto Baronio, Gianni Comandini, Cristiano Zanetti
Cristiano Zanetti
Cristiano Zanetti is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie B club Brescia.-Early career:He played for Fiorentina , Venezia , Reggiana before joined Internazionale at age of 21....
respectively. In the last group stage match against Belarus U21
Belarus national under-21 football team
The Belarus national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Belarus and is controlled by the Football Federation of Belarus. The team competes in the European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years.-History:...
in October 1999, Morrone was in the starting XI, partnered with Roberto Baronio, Gennaro Gattuso
Gennaro Gattuso
Gennaro Ivan Gattuso, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian footballer, who plays for Serie A club Milan. He mainly plays as a defensive midfielder. Gattuso is an aggressive, hard tackling player and in his prime, was widely regarded as one of the best defensive midfielders in the world...
and Andrea Pirlo
Andrea Pirlo
Andrea Pirlo, Ufficiale OMRI , is an Italian World Cup winning footballer who currently plays for Serie A club Juventus, and for the Italian national team. He is usually deployed as a deep-lying playmaker for both Juventus and Italy and is regarded as one of best players in this position...
in midfield.
In August 2006, he received a call-up from new Italy coach Roberto Donadoni
Roberto Donadoni
Roberto Donadoni is an Italian football manager and former player, last in charge of Serie A club Cagliari.An attacking midfielder or winger known for pace and technique, he was a pillar of the powerhouse AC Milan teams of the late 1980s and early 1990s and one of the pioneers of Major League...
against Croatia
Croatia national football team
The Croatia national football team represents Croatia in international football. The team is controlled by the Croatian Football Federation, the governing body for football in the country, and has been managed since 2006 by former player Slaven Bilić...
, but did not play. That match Giulio Falcone
Giulio Falcone
Giulio Falcone is an Italian footballer.He signed for U.C. Sampdoria on free transfer in 2003.Falcone made his Italy national team debut with Sampdoria teammates Christian Terlizzi, Gennaro Delvecchio, and Angelo Palombo in a 2-0 loss to Croatia in Livorno, on August 16, 2006.- External links :...
, Christian Terlizzi
Christian Terlizzi
Christian Terlizzi is an Italian professional footballer who plays for A.S. Varese 1910. He has played for clubs on all professional levels of Italian football, including U.S. Città di Palermo, U.C. Sampdoria, and Catania Calcio in the Serie A. He has also been capped for the Italy national...
, Gennaro Delvecchio, Massimo Gobbi
Massimo Gobbi
Massimo Gobbi is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie A side Parma, either as a left back or a midfielder.- Club career :...
, Angelo Palombo
Angelo Palombo
Angelo Palombo is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie B club Sampdoria. Tenacious in the tackle and hard-working on the pitch, he is known for his play-making skills and never-say-die attitude...
and Tommaso Rocchi
Tommaso Rocchi
Tommaso Rocchi is an Italian footballer who is the current captain of Serie A club Lazio. Rocchi has also been capped for the Italian national team.-Early years:...
also received their first call-up.
Career statistics
|-|1996–97||rowspan=3|Cosenza||Serie B
Serie B
Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...
||1||0||0||0||rowspan=13 colspan=2| ||1||0
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|1997–98||Serie C1||19||1||2||0||21||1
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|1998–99||Serie B||7||1||4||0||11||1
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|1998–99||Empoli
Empoli F.C.
Empoli Football Club is an Italian association football club located in Empoli, Tuscany, founded in 1920 and played its first official match in 1921.In recent years, the club has all too often been bouncing between Italy's two top divisions...
||Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
||24||0||colspan=2| ||24||0
|-
|1999–2000||rowspan=2|Piacenza
Piacenza Calcio
Piacenza Calcio is an Italian association football club based in Piacenza. The club was formed in 1919 and currently plays in Italian Lega Pro Prima Divisione B. The team's colors are red and white, prompting one of the team's nicknames, the Biancorossi. They are also known as the Papaveri , and...
||Serie A||23||0||4||0||27||0
|-
|rowspan=2|2000–01||rowspan=2|Serie B||9||0||2||0||11||0
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|rowspan=2|Venezia||13||1||colspan=2| ||13||1
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|2001–02||Serie A||5||0||0||0||5||0
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|2001–02||Cosenza||rowspan=2|Serie B||14||0||colspan=2| ||14||0
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|2002–03||Palermo
U.S. Città di Palermo
Unione Sportiva Città di Palermo is an Italian football club from Palermo, Sicily which currently plays in Serie A, the top level of Italian football. Formed in 1900 as Anglo Panormitan Athletic and Football Club, the club had various names before assuming its final form in 1987 and is currently...
||35||5||3||0||38||5
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|2003–04||Chievo
A.C. ChievoVerona
Associazione Calcio Chievo Verona is a professional Italian football club named after and based in Chievo, a suburb of 2,800 inhabitants in Verona, Veneto, and owned by Paluani, a cake company and the inspiration for their original name, Paluani Chievo...
||rowspan=5|Serie A||20||0||1||0||21||0
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|2004–05||Palermo||23||0||4||0||27||0
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|2005–06||rowspan=2|Livorno
A.S. Livorno Calcio
Associazione Sportiva Livorno Calcio is an Italian football club based in Livorno, Tuscany. The club was formed in 1915 and currently plays in Italian Serie B. The team's colors are dark red or maroon...
||35||6||3||1||38||7
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|2006–07||37||1||2||0||8||0||47||1
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|2007–08||rowspan=4|Parma
Parma F.C.
Parma Football Club , commonly referred to as just Parma, is an Italian professional football club based in Parma, Emilia–Romagna that will compete in Serie A for the 2011–12 season, having finished in twelfth position last season. Founded as Verdi Foot Ball Club in July 1913, the club changed its...
||36||3||1||0||rowspan=4 colspan=2| ||37||3
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|2008–09||Serie B||35||3||2||1||37||4
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|2009–10
2009–10 Serie A
The 2009–10 Serie A was the seventy-eighth season since its establishment. There were three promoted teams from the Serie B, replacing the three teams that were relegated following the 2008–09 season. Nike provided a new match ball - the T90 Ascente - for this season...
||Serie A||31||1||0||0||31||1
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|2010–11
2010–11 Serie A
The 2010–11 Serie A was the 79th season since its establishment, the first under a league committee separate from Serie B. It began on 28 August 2010 and ended on 22 May 2011...
||Serie A||34||1||2||0||36||1
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