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.jpg) Sau playing forJuve Stabia in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1987-11-03)3 November 1987 (age 38) | ||
| Place of birth | Sorgono, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–2005 | Tonara ASD | ||
| 2005–2007 | Cagliari | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2018 | Cagliari | 194 | (45) |
| 2007–2008 | →Manfredonia (loan) | 31 | (10) |
| 2008–2009 | →AlbinoLeffe (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | →Lecco (loan) | 30 | (4) |
| 2010–2011 | →Foggia (loan) | 33 | (20) |
| 2011–2012 | →Juve Stabia (loan) | 36 | (21) |
| 2019 | Sampdoria | 5 | (0) |
| 2019–2022 | Benevento | 67 | (18) |
| 2023–2024 | Feralpisalò | 16 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2013 | Italy | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 June 2024 | |||
Marco Sau (Italian:[ˈmarkoˈsau],Sardinian:[ˈmaɾkuˈza.u]; born 3 November 1987) is an Italian professionalfootballer who plays as astriker.[1]
Sau has been nicknamedPattolino (Duckling) since childhood. His idol growing up was the strikerGianfranco Zola, also from his nativeProvince of Nuoro inSardinia.[2]
While visiting an uncle in Scotland in his early teens, Sau played in the youth ranks ofLivingston and a local team inGourock called Glenburn Thistle.[3]
Sau turned professional at Cagliari in 2007. On 25 June 2008 he was signed byAlbinoLeffe.[4] On 15 July 2009, he was loaned toLecco.[5]
In August 2010 Sau was acquired byFoggia ofLega Pro Prima Divisione by head coachZdeněk Zeman inco-ownership deals, for a peppercorn of €500,[6] scoring 20 league goals that season. In June 2011 Foggia acquired Sau andSalvatore Burrai outright for a total of €207,000 by a closed tender mediated byLega Serie A.[6][7] However they were returned to Cagliari on 31 August 2011 for the same total price (Burrai for free and Sau for €207,000).[8][9] Foggia later brought the transfer to court to claim the transfer documents were falsified.[10]
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Sau was re-acquired by Cagliari on 31 August 2011 on a two-year contract.[9] He played atS.S. Juve Stabia in2011–12 Serie B season,[11] scoring 21 goals. This form allowed him into the Cagliari first team for 2012–13.[3]
Sau scored both of Cagliari's goals in a 2–2 draw againstInter on 18 November 2012.[3]
On 29 August 2014, Sau renewed his contract with Cagliari until 2017.[12]
On 31 January 2019, Sau signed withSampdoria after seven years at Cagliari.[13] After five goalless substitute appearances, he signed a two-year contract at Serie B'sBenevento on 22 July.[14] He scored a hat-trick on 29 December in a 4–0 home win overAscoli,[15] and the following 29 June he came off the bench to score the only goal against his former club Juve Stabia to win promotion to Serie A as champions with seven games left.[16]
In February 2023, Sau signed forSerie C Group A clubFeralpisalò on a contract until the end of the season with the option for a further year.[17]
Sau made his international debut on 31 May 2013, coming on as a 49th-minute substitute againstSan Marino in a friendly 4–0 win at theStadio Renato Dall'Ara inBologna.[18]
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