Marco Varnier (born 8 June 1998) is an Italian footballer who plays as a centre back for Serie B club SPAL, on loan from Atalanta.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1998-06-08) 8 June 1998 (age 24) | ||
Place of birth | Padua, Italy | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | SPAL (on loan from Atalanta) | ||
Youth career | |||
Cittadella | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2019 | Cittadella | 48 | (2) |
2018–2019 | → Atalanta (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2019– | Atalanta | 0 | (0) |
2019–2021 | → Pisa (loan) | 21 | (0) |
2021–2022 | → Como (loan) | 12 | (0) |
2022– | → SPAL (loan) | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2017 | Italy U19 | 4 | (0) |
2017 | Italy U20 | 4 | (0) |
2017–2020 | Italy U21 | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 July 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 September 2020 |
Varnier made his professional debut with Cittadella on 30 December 2016, aged 18, in a Serie B match against Virtus Entella.[1] He obtained 14 league appearances on his first professional season. On 25 November 2017 he scored his career's first goal in the league match won 2–1 against Salernitana.
On 2 July 2018, he joined Serie A club Atalanta on a season-long loan with Atalanta holding an obligation to buy his rights at the end of the 2018–19 season.[2] During his second training with Atalanta, Varnier suffered anterior cruciate ligament injury in his right knee and was unable to make any appearances in his first season.[3]
On 27 August 2019, Varnier joined Pisa on loan.[4] After only 3 games, Varnier suffered anterior cruciate ligament injury in his left knee and missed most of the 2019–20 season.[5]
On 3 July 2021, he moved to Como on a season-long loan.[6]
Varnier joined SPAL on a season-long loan on 2 July 2022.[7] The loan includes an option to buy and a conditional obligation to buy.
He made his debut with the U21 team on 5 October 2017, in a friendly match won 6–2 against Hungary in Budapest.
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