Paolo Sammarco (born 17 March 1983) is an Italian football coach and a former player who played as a midfielder.

[4] In Sampdoria, he broke through, playing almost every league game in a team that achieved UEFA Cup qualification, under coach Walter Mazzarri.

On returning to Sampdoria for the beginning of the 2010–11 season, he did not appear in any games, as the club now hired Domenico Di Carlo as coach.

[9] He scored a goal in the first two games of 2011–12 Coppa Italia for Doria, however on 24 August he returned to Chievo in exchange with Simone Bentivoglio, re-uniting Di Carlo.

[14] Sammarco was first capped for the Italy national under-21 football team in August 2005, against France, and was part of the final squad in the 2006 European Championship, making three appearances as a starter.