Marco Silvestri (born 2 March 1991) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Empoli.
In August 2010, Silvestri was signed by Serie A club Chievo on a temporary deal, with an option to purchase half of his registration rights.
However, on the last day of the transfer window, Pelizzoli rejoined Perin in Pescara and Luca Anania, who became second choice in the same club, left for Padova.
[8][9] On 8 July 2014, Silvestri left Chievo for a fee of €1 million,[10] and signed a four-year contract with English club Leeds United along with fellow Italian Tommaso Bianchi.
[16] Silvestri kept a clean sheet and won the man of the match award after a string of saves in Leeds' 1–0 win on 30 August against Bolton Wanderers.
[19] With Silvestri earning praise from caretaker head coach Neil Redfearn after a string of impressive saves to help keep Leeds in the game when they were 1–0 down.
[20] Silvestri received the Man of the Match Award after keeping a clean sheet against the then league leaders Middlesbrough 1–0 on 21 February 2015.
[21] On 4 March, Silvestri saved a late penalty from Daryl Murphy to help earn Leeds a 2–1 victory against Ipswich Town.
[22] On 18 April 2015, Silvestri was one of six Massimo Cellino signings (alongside Mirco Antenucci, Giuseppe Bellusci, Souleymane Doukara, Dario Del Fabro, Edgar Çani) who controversially pulled out of the squad with an 'injury' the day before a 2–1 loss against Charlton Athletic.
[27] After the signing of Robert Green as the club's first choice goalkeeper, Silvestri on 5 August was given the squad number 12 shirt for the 2016–17 season.
[30] On 29 November 2016, Silvestri started for Leeds in EFL Cup quarter-final match against Liverpool at Anfield in a 2–0 defeat.
In June 2011, he was picked for the Italy Under 21s team by Ciro Ferrara to represent his country in the 2011 Toulon Tournament, serving as backup to Sergio Viotti.