Marco Calderoni


Marco Calderoni is an Italian footballer who plays as a left-back for Lecce.

Club career

Piacenza

Calderoni made his first team debut on 25 May 2008 against Cesena, the 2nd last match of the season.
In February 2010, Piacenza and Serie A outfit Palermo agreed for a loan exchange between Calderoni and Romanian full-back Cristian Melinte, with the former joining the rosanero with immediate effect.
He played his first game in a rosanero jersey, as well as his first Serie A game, as a starter in a 3–1 home win to Bologna. He returned at Piacenza at the end of the season, with only one appearance during his short stint with the Sicilian side.
In January 2011 is made official his transfer on loan Ascoli.

Grosseto

In January 2012 Calderoni was signed by Grosseto.

Bari

On 14 August 2013, Calderoni was signed by Chievo. Half of the registration rights, valued for €90,000, was immediately swap to Bari, for the full registration rights of Claiton dos Santos, valued for undisclosed fee. Calderoni signed a 5-year contract with Bari. In March 2014, the liquidator of Bari also adjusted the valued of the 50% registration rights, to €126,700. However, in June 2015 Cheivo bought back Calderoni for a price below the valuation, for €80,000.

Chievo

Calderoni re-joined Chievo on 25 June 2015 for €80,000. On 13 July he was signed by U.S. Latina Calcio in a temporary deal.

Novara

On 4 July 2016 he moved on loan to Novara Calcio along with Tomasz Kupisz. On 1 July 2017 Calderoni joined Novara on a permanent basis and signed a three-year deal with his club.

Lecce

In July 2018 he moved to Lecce and gained promotion to Serie A in the 2018–19 Serie B season. He scored his first Serie A goal on 25 September 2019 against S.P.A.L..

International career

He was selected to 2009 Mediterranean Games and 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup along with team-mate Francesco Bini.