Enzo Maresca, Italian footballer
Vincenzo 'Enzo' Maresca (Italian pronunciation: [ˈɛntso maˈreska]; born 10 February 1980) is an Italian former footballer who played as a midfielder, and a current coach.
After starting out at West Bromwich Albion in 1998, he went on to play for several clubs in his country, including Juventus, who loaned him twice for the duration of his contract, and with whom he won the league title in 2002. After being released in 2004, he went to play one season with Fiorentina; he then resumed his career in La Liga with Sevilla (where he remained for four years) and Málaga, appearing in 134 games and scoring 17 goals in the competition whilst winning five major titles with the former side; in between his two spells in Spain he also spent one year in Greece with Olympiacos, later returning to Italy in 2012, where he played until his retirement in 2017, totalling 140 appearances and 17 goals in Serie A.
Maresca represented Italy at youth level, including the Italy under-21 team, but was never capped at senior level.
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