Marco Olivieri
Personal information
Full name Marco Olivieri[1]
Date of birth (1999-06-30) 30 June 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Porto Sant'Elpidio, Italy
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Venezia
(on loan from Juventus)
Number 99
Youth career
2009–2013 Ascoli
2013–2014 Siena
2014–2018 Empoli
2017–2018 → Juventus (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Empoli 0 (0)
2018–2019 → Juventus U23 (loan) 25 (0)
2019–2020 Juventus U23 22 (4)
2019– Juventus 3 (0)
2020–2021 → Empoli (loan) 29 (5)
2021–2022 → Lecce (loan) 18 (0)
2022–2023 → Perugia (loan) 42 (7)
2023– → Venezia (loan) 4 (0)
International career‡
2014–2015 Italy U16 5 (1)
2015–2016 Italy U17 18 (3)
2016–2017 Italy U18 6 (1)
2017–2018 Italy U19 7 (3)
2019 Italy U20 14 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2019

Marco Olivieri (born 30 June 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie B club Venezia, on loan from Serie A club Juventus.

Club career

Olivieri is a product of Empoli's youth setup, playing for their under-19 squad in the 2015–16 season.[2] He made his first bench appearance for Empoli's senior squad on 5 August 2017, in a 2017–18 Coppa Italia game against Renate.[3] On 26 August 2017, Olivieri joined Juventus on loan.[4] He played for their under-19 squad in the 2017–18 UEFA Youth League.

The forward made his Serie C debut for Juventus U23 on 30 September 2018, in a game against Novara as an 83rd-minute substitute for Matheus Pereira.[5] At the end of the season, Juventus redeemed the €1 million buying option they had secured when they loaned him.[6]

He made his Serie A and senior club debut for Juventus on 30 June 2020, coming on as a late second-half substitute for Paulo Dybala in a 3–1 away win over Genoa.[7][8] He made his Champions League debut on 7 August, coming on as a substitute for the injured Paulo Dybala in a 2–1 home win over Lyon in the second leg of the round of 16 of the competition; the result saw Juventus eliminated from the competition on away goals, following a 2–2 draw on aggregate.[9][10]

On 9 September 2020 he returned to Empoli in Serie B on loan.[11]

On 22 June 2021, he joined Lecce on loan.[12]

On 29 January 2022, he moved on a 1.5-year loan to Perugia, with an option to buy and a conditional obligation to buy.[13]

On 18 August 2023, Olivieri moved on a new loan to Venezia, with an option to buy and a conditional obligation to buy.[14]

International career

Olivieri was first called up to represent his country in 2014, for Italy national under-16 football team friendlies.[15] He represented the under-17 squad at the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, scoring one goal, as Italy did not advance from the group stage.[16] Olivieri then represented the under-18,[17] under-19,[18] and under-20 squads,[19] all in friendlies.

Style of play

A former centre-forward, tactically, Olivieri usually plays as a left winger, a position which allows him to cut inside and shoot on goal with his stronger right foot. He is known for his eye for goal, and also possesses a good physique, despite his relatively modest height of 1.77 m.[8][20]

Career statistics

As of match played 22 October 2023[21]
Club Season League League Cup1 Europe2 Other Cups3 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Juventus U23 (loan) 2018–19 Serie C 25 0 2[a] 1 — — 27 1
Juventus U23 2019–20 22 4 5 0 — — 27 4
Total 47 4 7 1 — — 54 5
Juventus 2019–20 Serie A 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
Empoli (loan) 2020–21 Serie B 29 5 2 1 — — 31 6
Lecce (loan) 2021–22 Serie B 18 0 3 0 — — 21 0
Perugia (loan) 2021–22 Serie B 17 5 — — 1[b] 0 18 5
2022–23 25 2 0 0 — — 25 2
Total 42 7 0 0 — 1 0 43 7
Venezia (loan) 2023–24 Serie B 4 0 0 0 — — 4 0
Career total 143 16 12 2 1 0 1 0 157 18
  1. ^ Appearances in Coppa Italia Serie C
  2. ^ Appearances in Serie B – Promotion play-offs

Honours

Juventus U23[21]

Juventus[21]

Empoli[21]

References

  1. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Italy" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Profile by TuttoCalciatori" (in Italian). TuttoCalciatori. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 5 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Il mercato del settore giovanile" (in Italian). Empoli. 1 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway.
  6. ^ Un fermano tutto bianconero: Marco Olivieri è della Juventus!, marcheingol.it, 6 July 2019
  7. ^ "Genoa 1-3 Juventus: Cristiano Ronaldo scores again as leaders win". BBC Sport. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Chi è Olivieri, il '99 che ha esordito nella Juve" (in Italian). sport.sky.it. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  9. ^ Carayol, Tumaini (7 August 2020). "Juventus 2-1 Lyon (agg: 2-2): Champions League last 16, second leg – as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Olivieri all'esordio in Champions League: vetrina europea per l'attaccante" (in Italian). Juventus News 24. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Marco Olivieri è un nuovo calciatore dell'Empoli" (Press release) (in Italian). Empoli. 9 September 2020.
  12. ^ "OLIVIERI È UN NUOVO CALCIATORE DEL LECCE" (in Italian). Lecce. 22 June 2021.
  13. ^ "OLIVIERI È BIANCOROSSO!" (Press release) (in Italian). Perugia. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  14. ^ "MARCO OLIVIERI JOINS VENEZIA FC". Venezia FC. 18 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  15. ^ "Olivieri U16 profile" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  16. ^ "Olivieri U17 profile" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  17. ^ "Olivieri U18 profile" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  18. ^ "Olivieri U19 profile" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  19. ^ "Inizia il cammino verso i Mondiali. Gli Azzurrini superano il primo test contro il San Marino" (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 8 August 2018.
  20. ^ Nobili, Matteo (31 October 2018). "Marco Olivieri, caratteristiche tecniche e scheda giocatore" (in Italian). Calcio News 24. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  21. ^ a b c d "Italy - M. Olivieri - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

External links

Venezia FC – current squad
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