Marco Varnier
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-06-08) 8 June 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Padua, Italy
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 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)
2022–2023 → SPAL (loan) 15 (1)
International career‡
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 19 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 September 2020

Marco Varnier (born 8 June 1998) is an Italian footballer who plays as a centre back for Serie A club Atalanta.

Club career

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.

International career

He made his debut with the U21 team on 5 October 2017, in a friendly match won 6–2 against Hungary in Budapest.

References

  1. ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 30 December 2016.
  2. ^ "LA FIRMA SUL CONTRATTO NELLA SALA RIUNIONI PRESIDENZIALE DEL CENTRO BORTOLOTTI" (in Italian). Atalanta. 2 July 2018. Archived from the original on 29 October 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Atalanta, rottura del crociato per Varnier".
  4. ^ "IL PISA INGAGGIA IL DIFENSORE MARCO VARNIER" (in Italian). Pisa. 27 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Marco Varnier, dimenticare la sfortuna per conquistare la Dea". TUTTOmercatoWEB.com. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
  6. ^ "MARCO VARNIER AL COMO FINO AL GIUGNO 2022" (in Italian). Como. 3 July 2021.
  7. ^ "DALL'ATALANTA ARRIVA IN BIANCAZZURRO IL DIFENSORE MARCO VARNIER" (in Italian). S.P.A.L. 2 July 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.

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