Matteo Paro
{{short description|Italian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Matteo Paro
| image = Matteo Paro Rimini-Juventus 2006.jpg
| caption = Paro playing for Juventus in 2006
| height = 1.78 m
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|3|17|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Asti, Italy
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = Midfielder
| youthyears1 = 2000–2002 | youthclubs1 = Juventus
| years1 = 2000–2003 | caps1 = 1 | goals1 = 0 | clubs1 = Juventus
| years2 = 2003–2005 | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | clubs2 = Chievo
| years3 = 2004–2005 | caps3 = 54 | goals3 = 5 | clubs3 = → Crotone (loan)
| years4 = 2005–2006 | caps4 = 28 | goals4 = 0 | clubs4 = Siena
| years5 = 2006–2007 | caps5 = 28 | goals5 = 1 | clubs5 = Juventus
| years6 = 2007–2012 | caps6 = 20 | goals6 = 0 | clubs6 = Genoa
| years7 = 2009–2010 | caps7 = 0 | goals7 = 0 | clubs7 = → Bari (loan)
| years8 = 2010 | caps8 = 4 | goals8 = 0 | clubs8 = → Piacenza (loan)
| years9 = 2010–2012 | caps9 = 47 | goals9 = 4 | clubs9 = → Vicenza (loan)
| years10 = 2013–2014 | caps10 = 12 | goals10 = 0 | clubs10 = SPAL
| years11 = 2014–2015 | caps11 = 29 | goals11 = 2 | clubs11 = Mantova
| years12 = 2015–2016 | caps12 = 13 | goals12 = 0 | clubs12 = Crotone
| totalcaps = 236 | totalgoals = 12
| nationalyears1 = 2003
| nationalteam1 = Italy U-20
| nationalcaps1 = 6
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| club-update =
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Matteo Paro (born 17 March 1983) is an Italian football coach and former player who played as a midfielder.
Playing career
=Juventus=
=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.[http://www.juventus.com/site/filesite/finance/comunicatipricesensitive/19_giu_2003_chi.pdf Juventus Football Club: Accordo con la società A.C. Chievo Verona per l’acquisizione del calciatore Nicola Legrottaglie] {{in lang|it}} 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 a 1–1 away draw with Rimini on 9 September 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.repubblica.it/2006/09/sezioni/sport/calcio/serie_b/1-giornata/rimini-juventus1/rimini-juventus1.html|title=Juve, il debutto in B è un flop a Rimini trova solo un pareggio|publisher=La Repubblica|language=Italian|date=9 September 2006|accessdate=15 November 2017}}
=Genoa=
In summer 2007, he was sold to Genoa in a joint-ownership deal for €1.5 million, reuniting with Sculli.
Juventus received another €2 million for the player in June 2008.{{cite news|url=http://juventus.com/site/eng/NEWS_newseventi_C99B7E4DD6914260A814121EB8F68271.asp|title=Transfer market: joint-ownerships settled yesterday|date=26 June 2008|accessdate=25 October 2010|work=Juventus FC|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080708134106/http://www.juventus.com/site/eng/NEWS_newseventi_C99B7E4DD6914260A814121EB8F68271.asp|archivedate=8 July 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, 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, initially 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, Roma and Southampton.{{Cite web |date=3 January 2025 |title=Jurić's coaching additions confirmed |url=https://www.southamptonfc.com/en/news/article/jurics-coaching-additions-confirmed |access-date=3 January 2025 |website=Southampton FC}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.vicenzacalcio.com/rosa/matteo-paro Player Profile]{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at VicenzaCalcio.com {{in lang|it}} {{dead link|date=March 2019}}
- {{TuttoCalciatori|Paro_Matteo}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Asti
Category:Footballers from Piedmont
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Italian men's footballers
Category:AC ChievoVerona players
Category:Piacenza Calcio 1919 players
Category:21st-century Italian sportsmen
Category:Genoa CFC non-playing staff
Category:Hellas Verona FC non-playing staff
Category:Torino FC non-playing staff
Category:AS Roma non-playing staff