Marco Varaldi


Marco Varaldi is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He spent his whole professional career at Serie C1 and Serie C2.

Club career

Varaldi started his career at Internazionale. In 2000–01 season, he occasionally played as unused bench for the first team, including 2000 Supercoppa Italiana. He also played for Primavera Team at 2001 Torneo di Viareggio.
He then left on loan to Giulianova of Serie C1, where he worked as Liam Ardigo's backup. In the second season, he played ahead Ardigo. But he was not played in the relegation playoffs that Giulianova won.
In June 2003, he was involved in a swap deal between Inter and A.C. Milan, which Varaldi, Alessandro Livi, Salvatore Ferraro and Giuseppe Ticli moved to AC Milan; Matteo Giordano, Ronny Toma, Simone Brunelli and Matteo Deinite moved to Inter. Later the deal was criticized by press as made false profit to balance sheet, as the transfer fees were paid via player exchange, but on the balance sheet, the nominal value could be adjusted by the two clubs. The tactic is commonly used to make the transfer fees larger in Italian football.
He then left for Legnano, as Enrico Maria Malatesta's backup. In the next season, he played as the regular starter for Biellese of Serie C2, but not played in the relegation playoffs that Biellese lost in aggregate, in although Biellese re-admitted to Serie C2 next season. In summer 2005, he left for SPAL, as Emanuele Nordi's backup. In summer 2006, he signed for Lecco, where he played 2 seasons as Luca Mazzoni's backup.
In June 2008, the co-ownership deal with Inter ended, which AC Milan now wholly contracted with Varaldi for €50,000. But then he was released and joined Vigor Lamezia of Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, as Andrea Panico's one of the backup.

International career

Varaldi has capped for Italy at U16 level, U17 and U18 level, all were friendly matches.