Francesco Margiotta

Francesco Margiotta (born 15 July 1993) is an Italian footballer who plays as a forward for Australian A-League Men club Melbourne Victory.

Francesco Margiotta
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-07-15) 15 July 1993
Place of birth Turin, Italy
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Melbourne Victory
Number 9
Youth career
Juventus
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2018 Juventus 0 (0)
2012–2013 → Carrarese (loan) 7 (0)
2013–2014 → Venezia (loan) 17 (4)
2014–2015 → Monza (loan) 13 (1)
2015 → Real Vicenza (loan) 13 (1)
2015–2016 → Santarcangelo (loan) 31 (9)
2016–2018 → Lausanne-Sport (loan)[2] 36 (15)
2018–2019 Lausanne-Sport 35 (4)
2019–2020 Luzern 35 (11)
2020–2021 Chievo 31 (5)
2021– Melbourne Victory 20 (3)
National team
2011 Italy U19[3] 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:58, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

Career

Born in Turin, Piedmont, Margiotta started his career at Serie A giant Juventus. Margiotta signed a four-year contract in 2011. In 2012, he was farmed to Carrarese[4][5] along with Raffaele Alcibiade and Nicolò Corticchia.

In 2013, he was signed by Venezia.[6] He also signed a new three-year contract in 2013. In 2014, he was signed by Monza.[7]

In January 2015 Margiotta was signed by Real Vicenza.[8][9] In 2015 Margiotta moved to Santarcangelo.[10]

In June 2016, he moved to newly-promoted Swiss first division club Lausanne-Sport on an 18-month loan.[11] The loan was made permanent on 31 January 2018 for €1 million.

In June 2019 he signed for FC Luzern. He left the club in October 2020 after 13 goals in 39 games. Margiotta then joined Chievo later that month. After the exclusion of Chievo, Margiotta signed for Melbourne Victory at the start of the 21/22 season.

Honours

Club
Melbourne Victory

References
  1. Francesco Margiotta at Soccerway
  2. Swiss Super League (in French)
  3. FIGC Archived 2018-01-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
  4. "OPERAZIONI DI MERCATO" (in Italian). Carrarese Calcio. 18 July 2012. Archived from the original on 1 September 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  5. "CALCIATORI CONVOCATI PER RITIRO STAGIONE 2012/2013" (in Italian). Carrarese Calcio. July 2012. Archived from the original on 1 August 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  6. "L'attacco si rinforza, Francesco Margiotta arriva in prestito dalla Juventus per 1 anno" (in Italian). FBC Unione Venezia. 16 July 2013. Archived from the original on 20 July 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  7. "Anche per Francesco Margiotta c'è l'ufficialità" (in Italian). A.C. Monza Brianza 1912. 14 August 2014. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  8. "Due nuovi arrivi, i difensori Corduas e Lucarini, lasciano Rampi e Margiotta" (in Italian). A.C. Monza Brianza 1912. 10 January 2015. Archived from the original on January 10, 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  9. "UFFICIALE: FRANCESCO MARGIOTTA" (in Italian). Real Vicenza V.S. 14 January 2015. Archived from the original on 16 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  10. "Benvenuto Francesco Margiotta!" (in Italian). Santarcangelo Calcio. 29 August 2015. Archived from the original on 26 November 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  11. "Le LS recrute Paolo Frascatore et Francesco Margiotta" (in French). FC Lausanne-Sport. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
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