Marco Negri

Marco Negri
Marco Negri
Personal information
Full name Marco Negri
Date of birth October 27, 1970 (1970-10-27) (age 41)
Place of birth Milan, Italy
Playing position Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1994–1995 Cosenza 34 (19)
1995–1997 Perugia 60 (33)
1997–2001 Rangers 30 (32)
1999–2000 → Vicenza (loan) 9 (1)
2001–2002 Bologna 3 (0)
2002 Cagliari 5 (2)
2002–2003 Livorno 10 (8)
2004–2005 Perugia 3 (0)
Total 154 (95)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Marco Negri (born 27 October 1970 in Milan) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a striker for Cosenza, Perugia, Rangers, Bologna and Livorno.

Career

Rangers manager Walter Smith bought Negri from Perugia for £3.5 million in 1997. He was rewarded with instant success, as Negri scored 23 goals in his first ten league games.[1] His low-key celebrations were noteworthy - often he felt the need only to exchange a handshake with other players and showed little exuberance.[2]

Negri easily topped the goal charts in that first campaign, with 32 league strikes. His scoring run was brought to an end on suffering a serious eye injury, attributed to a squash match with Sergio Porrini. Back training after his eye injury, Negri suffered an even worse injury to his calf involving a flesh eating bug.[1] After that first season Negri only played three more first team games, and he sat out the whole of one campaign. Rangers then loaned him to Vicenza and the striker returned to Ibrox injured.[3] Eventually he was sold to Bologna, in February 2001.

His record at Bologna reads two substitute appearances in two years, so it would appear that his attitude to the game remained the same. He apparently did start working with a famous sports clinic in Italy with a view to regaining full fitness and at that time, Ivano Bonetti held talks with Negri about a return to Scotland as replacement for Claudio Caniggia at Dundee.

After Bologna Negri dropped into Serie B with Livorno but they released him after a few months. In 2004 the player had a trial at Derby County, although he wasn't offered a contract.

References

  1. ^ "Stupid Boyd". Yahoo! Eurosport UK. 2008-10-14. http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/football/early-doors/article/56575. Retrieved 2008-10-14. 
  2. ^ Hills, David (2000-08-06). "The 10 worst foreign signings of all time". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2000/aug/06/newsstory.sport16. 
  3. ^ McHugh, Joe (1999-10-24). "Football: Rangers Go to War over Crock Negri". Sunday Mirror. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_/ai_n14499382. Retrieved 2008-10-14. 

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