Marco_Sau

Marco Sau

Marco Sau

Italian footballer

Marco Sau (Italian: [ˈmarko ˈsau], Sardinian: [ˈmaɾku ˈzau]; born 3 November 1987) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie B club Feralpisalò.[1]

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Early life

Sau has been nicknamed Pattolino (Duckling) since childhood. His idol growing up was the striker Gianfranco Zola, also from his native Province of Nuoro in Sardinia.[2]

While visiting an uncle in Scotland in his early teens, Sau played in the youth ranks of Livingston and a local team in Gourock.[3]

Club career

Cagliari

Sau turned professional at Cagliari in 2007. On 25 June 2008 he was signed by AlbinoLeffe.[4] On 15 July 2009, he was loaned to Lecco.[5]

Foggia

In August 2010 Sau was acquired by Foggia of Lega Pro Prima Divisione by head coach Zdenek Zeman in co-ownership deals, for a peppercorn of €500,[6] scoring 20 league goals that season. In June 2011 Foggia acquired Sau and Salvatore Burrai outright for a total of €207,000 by a closed tender mediated by Lega 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]

Return to Cagliari

Sau with Cagliari in 2017

Sau was re-acquired by Cagliari on 31 August 2011 on a two-year contract.[9] He played at S.S. Juve Stabia in 2011–12 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 against Inter on 18 November 2012.[3]

On 29 August 2014, Sau renewed his contract with Cagliari until 2017.[12]

Later career

On 31 January 2019, Sau signed with Sampdoria after seven years at Cagliari.[13] After five goalless substitute appearances, he signed a two-year contract at Serie B's Benevento on 22 July.[14] He scored a hat-trick on 29 December in a 4–0 home win over Ascoli,[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 for Serie C Group A club Feralpisalò on a contract until the end of the season with the option for a further year.[17]

International career

Sau made his international debut on 31 May 2013, coming on as a 49th-minute substitute against San Marino in a friendly 4–0 win at the Stadio Renato Dall'Ara in Bologna.[18]

Honours


Cagliari

Benevento

References

  1. [1]
    Marco Sau at Soccerway
  2. [2]
    Sergio Cadeddu. "Sau innamorato: "Che bello giocare per il Cagliari, per la Sardegna"" (in Italian). Cagliari News 24. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  3. [3]
    Fleming, Scott (20 December 2012). "Born in Sardinia, made in Gourock". The Herald. Herald & Times Group. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  4. [4]
    "Sau all'AlbinoLeffe" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. 25 June 2008. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  5. [5]
    "E' rientrato Larrivey" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. 15 July 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  6. [6]
    Cagliari Calcio SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2011 (in Italian), PDF purchased from Italian CCIAA
  7. [7]
    ""Buste": Burrai e Sau al Foggia" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. 25 June 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  8. [8]
    "Sau e Burrai tornano al Cagliari" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  9. [9]
    Cagliari Calcio SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2012 (in Italian), PDF purchased from Italian CCIAA
  10. [10]
    "Cagliari in Tribunale: il Foggia contesta il contratto di Sau" (in Italian). fantagazzetta. 20 March 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  11. [11]
    "Sau alla Juve Stabia" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  12. [12]
    "Sau ha rinnovato fino al 2017". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 29 August 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  13. [13]
    "UFFICIALE: Sampdoria, arriva Sau dal Cagliari a titolo definitivo" (in Italian). Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  14. [14]
    "UFFICIALE: Benevento, ecco Marco Sau. Due anni di contratto". Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  15. [15]
    "La nuova sfida di Marco Sau lontano dall'Isola" [Marco Sau's new challenge far away from the Island]. L'Unione Sarda (in Italian). 29 January 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  16. [16]
    Blackburn, Liam (30 June 2020). "Filippo Inzaghi leads Benevento back to Serie A". Goal. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  17. [17]
    "𝙈𝘼𝙍𝘾𝙊 𝙎𝘼𝙐, COMUNICATO UFFICIALE" [𝙈𝘼𝙍𝘾𝙊 𝙎𝘼𝙐, OFFICIAL RELEASE]. www.feralpisalo.it (in Italian). 25 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  18. [18]
    "Marco Sau - national football team player". Eu-football.info. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  19. [19]
    "Serie B: Cagliari title, Livorno relegated - Football Italia". 20 May 2016.
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