Marco Fortin

Marco Fortin
Personal information
Date of birth	8 July 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Noale, Italy
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Calvi Noale
Youth career
1993–1995	Internazionale
Senior career*
Years	Team
1995–1996	Pro Sesto
1996–1997	Torres
1997–1999	Giorgione
1999–2003	Treviso
2002–2003	→ Siena (loan)
2003–2006	Siena
2006–2007	Cagliari
2008–2010	Vicenza
2010–2012	AEK Larnaca
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 2012

Marco Fortin (born 8 July 1974) is an Italian former football goalkeeper. During his playing career, Fortin frequently wore the number 14 shirt, as the pronunciation of his surname sounded similar to the number fourteen in English.^[1]

Career

Early career

Fortin spent his first 7 seasons of his career in the lower divisions of Italian football.

Siena

Fortin joined Siena in July 2002. In his first season, he served as the first choice goalkeeper for the Serie B runners-up, as they won promotion to the Italian top division. In his second season with Siena, and his first Serie A season, he lost his place in the starting line-up to Generoso Rossi. In the 2004–05 season, both Fortin and Alex Manninger shared the role of the club's first choice keeper. In the next season, he became Antonio Mirante's backup. In July 2006, he joined Cagliari and worked as Antonio Chimenti's backup. In 2007–08 season he was the first choice goalkeeper ahead Jan Koprivec and Vincenzo Marruocco. In December 2007 he lost his place to Marruocco, and in January 2008 the club signed Marco Storari. Fortin and Marruocco left the club in late January.

References

^ Martina Mazzaro (13 August 2017). "L'88 di Buffon, il "44Gatti" e l'1 di Ardiles: storia dei numeri pazzi" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 23 August 2017.

External links

La Calvi Noale si assicura l’esperto Fortin (’74) – La Nuova Venezia e Mestre (in Italian)
Marco Fortin Profile at AIC (in Italian)

[1] Martina Mazzaro (13 August 2017). "L'88 di Buffon, il "44Gatti" e l'1 di Ardiles: storia dei numeri pazzi" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 23 August 2017.

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