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Marco Di Vaio (born July 15 1976) is an Italian football (soccer) striker, who is contracted to Valencia in the Spanish La Liga, and is on loan at Monaco in French Ligue 1.
Born in Rome, Di Vaio has played for Lazio (1994-95), Hellas Verona (1996), Bari (1996-97), Salernitana (1997-99), Parma (1999-2002), Juventus (2002-04), Valencia (2004-05) and Monaco (2005-).
He was a revelation at Salernitana, leading them to their second promotion to the Serie A in 1997-98 as the serie B's top scorer for that season. Despite Salernitana relegating the following season, Di Vaio remained in the first league, after being purchased by Parma. He scored an impressive number of goals for the Gialloblu and he went on to become 2nd best scorer of the league in his third season for the team. Juventus won the race to sign him during the following summer (2002), but Di Vaio never really got going while at Juve, mainly because of the immense competition for a first-team place. Still, he won one scudetto with the Juventus. Di Vaio then moved to Valencia, where he became the best scorer for the Spanish side, despite managing a mere eleven goals in La Liga. However, this year his presence in the first team line-up of Valencia has been constricted by the arrivals of Patrick Kluivert and David Villa.
In January 2006, Di Vaio was loaned to French side AS Monaco.
Di Vaio played for Italy at , though he is not currently in the frame for a national team place.
Career statistics
| Season | Club | Country | Matches | Goals | League |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993/94 | Lazio | N/A | N/A | A | |
| 1994/95 | Lazio | 8 | 3 | A | |
| 1995/96 | Lazio | N/A | N/A | A | |
| 1995/96 | Hellas Verona | 7 | 1 | B | |
| 1996/97 | Bari | 27 | 3 | B | |
| 1997/98 | Salernitana | 36 | 21 | B | |
| 1998/99 | Salernitana | 31 | 12 | A | |
| 1999/00 | AC Parma | 23 | 6 | A | |
| 2000/01 | AC Parma | 27 | 15 | A | |
| 2001/02 | AC Parma | 33 | 20 | A | |
| 2002/03 | Juventus | 25 | 7 | A | |
| 2003/04 | Juventus | 29 | 11 | A | |
| 2004/05 | Valencia | 29 | 11 | A | |
| 2005/06 | Valencia | 5 | 0 | A | |
| 2005/06 | AS Monaco | 15 | 5 | A |
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1976 births | Living people | Natives of Rome | Italian footballers | Hellas Verona F.C. players | A.S. Bari players | Salernitana Calcio 1919 players | S.S. Lazio players | Parma F.C. players | Juventus F.C. players | AS Monaco FC players | Valencia CF footballers | UEFA Euro 2004 players | Football (soccer) strikers | La Liga footballers
"Marco Di Vaio"