Giovanni Marchese

After a short spell with the Chievo Verona first team, the player was sent out on loan to the-Serie B side, Catania for the remaining six months of the 2005–2006 season.

He was loaned to newly promoted Serie B outfit, Salernitana, where, in one season, the young defender appeared an impressive 34 times.

On 31 August 2009, the final day of the 2009 summer transfer window, Marchese was sent to Catania, in exchange for right back, Gennaro Sardo.

Sardo's transfer was somewhat of a surprise, due to the fact that he had been consistently included in Catania's starting XI for the past few seasons.

After spending much of the 2010–11 Serie A season as a reserve for veteran Ciro Capuano at left back, Marchese finally was able to obtain frequent game time under new head coach Vincenzo Montella during the 2011–12 campaign, in-part due to a series of injuries which have limited Capuano to minimal availability.

On 27 August 2020, Catania announced that Marchese retired from playing and was appointed coach for the youth squad of the club.

[6] In July 2022, Marchese was appointed new head coach of Serie D club Acireale,[7] being however sacked on 3 October 2022 after only three games in charge.