Marco Cassetti

Marco Cassetti is an Italy midfielder (football), though he sometimes plays as a defender (football), who currently plays for A.S. Roma. He is a hard working side midfielder who also possesses accurate crosses, decent pace and dribbling. He is also good defensively.

Cassetti started his football (soccer) career at Montichiari, an amateur-level club inside the province of Brescia. In his two seasons with them he achieved thirty caps and six goals. He then moved on to a Serie C team, A.C. Lumezzane, where he also stayed for two years. His debut in the Serie A was with Hellas Verona, when they drew A.S. Bari 1-1. He was often a sub in his first two years with them, but a starter the next year as they were relegated to the Serie B. After that he was a typical starter for U.S. Lecce, and played with them for three seasons. Cassetti has been capped for Italy national football team twice, in friendles against Iceland national football team and Ecuador national football team in 2005.

In the AS Roma 2006-07, Cassetti left Lecce for a four-year contract with A.S. Roma on a co-ownership deal for €1.5m due to Lecce's relegation.