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Matteo Paro
Matteo Paro Rimini-Juventus 2006.jpg
Paro playing for Juventus in 2006
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-03-17) 17 March 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Asti, Italy
Height 1.78 m
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Roma (assistant)
Youth career
2000–2002 Juventus
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2003 Juventus 1 (0)
2003–2005 Chievo 0 (0)
2004–2005 Crotone (loan) 54 (5)
2005–2006 Siena 28 (0)
2006–2007 Juventus 28 (1)
2007–2012 Genoa 20 (0)
2009–2010 Bari (loan) 0 (0)
2010 Piacenza (loan) 4 (0)
2010–2012 Vicenza (loan) 47 (4)
2013–2014 SPAL 12 (0)
2014–2015 Mantova 29 (2)
2015–2016 Crotone 13 (0)
National team
2003 Italy U-20 6 (1)
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Matteo Paro (born 17 March 1983) is an Italian football coach and former player in the role of midfielder. He is the current assistant coach to Ivan Jurić at Roma.

Playing career

Juventus

Paro made his Serie A debut on 17 May 2003, in a 2–1 loss to Reggina.

Chievo

In the summer of 2003, Juventus sold half of Paro's contract to Chievo in July for €450,000 total fee along with Sculli and Gastaldello as part of the deal that sent defender Nicola Legrottaglie the other way. Paro himself was valued for €50,000 only (50% rights).

Siena

In 2005, Juventus bought back all three for €1.05 million (€350,000 each). But Paro and Gastaldello were sold to Siena in another joint-ownership deal for €450,000 each.

Return to Juventus

In 2006, Juventus was relegated to Serie B and bought back Paro's 50% rights from Siena for an undisclosed fee. He also holds the distinction of scoring Juventus' first ever Serie B goal during Juventus's 1–1 away draw with Rimini on 9 September 2006.

Genoa

In summer 2007, he was sold to Genoa in a joint-ownership deal for €1.5 million and reunited with Sculli. Also Gastaldello joined Genoa's city rival U.C. Sampdoria.

Juventus received another €2 million for the player in June 2008.

In July 2009. Paro joined newly promoted side Bari on loan. The club also signed Riccardo Meggiorini, Leonardo Bonucci, Andrea Ranocchia (loan) and Giuseppe Greco (loan) from Genoa. On 29 January 2010, AS Bari loaned the midfielder to Piacenza.

Vicenza

In the summer of 2010, he left on loan for Vicenza. In the summer of 2011, Danilo Russo returned to Genoa, and Paro joined Vicenza in another temporary deal.

Coaching career

After spending his two final seasons as a player at Mantova and Crotone, both times under head coach Ivan Jurić, Paro retired in order to join the Croatian's staff in 2017 at Genoa, first as a match analyst. In 2019, he became Jurić's assistant coach at Hellas Verona, then following him in all of his successive coaching jobs at Torino and Roma.

See also

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