| Marco Sala | |
| Birth Date: | 4 June 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Rho, Italy |
| Height: | 1.77 m |
| Position: | Left-back |
| Currentclub: | Como |
| Clubnumber: | 3 |
| Youthclubs1: | Inter Milan |
| Years1: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs1: | Inter Milan |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs2: | → Arezzo (loan) |
| Caps2: | 34 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Years3: | 2019–2023 |
| Clubs3: | Sassuolo |
| Caps3: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs4: | → Virtus Entella (loan) |
| Caps4: | 33 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs5: | → SPAL (loan) |
| Caps5: | 32 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs6: | → Crotone (loan) |
| Caps6: | 28 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs7: | → Palermo (loan) |
| Caps7: | 26 |
| Goals7: | 1 |
| Years8: | 2023– |
| Clubs8: | Como |
| Caps8: | 30 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2016 |
| Nationalteam1: | Italy U18 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2017 |
| Nationalteam2: | Italy U19 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2018–2019 |
| Nationalteam3: | Italy U20 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2019–2021 |
| Nationalteam4: | Italy U21 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 12 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 19 August 2024 |
| Ntupdate: | 31 May 2021 |
Marco Sala (born 4 June 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a left back for club Como.
Born in Rho, Sala was a youth exponent of Inter.
On 2 August 2018, Sala was loaned to Serie C club Arezzo on a 2-year loan deal.[1] On 16 September he made his made his professional debut in Serie C for Arezzo in a 1–0 away win over Lucchese.[2] On 7 October he was sent-off with a double yellow card in the 77th minute of a 0–0 away draw against Robur Siena.[3] Three weeks later, on 21 October, he scored his first professional goal in the 92nd minute of a 2–0 home win over Albissola.[4] On 25 November he scored his second goal in the 73rd minute of a 2–0 away win over Piacenza.[5] Sala helped the club to reach the play-off, however the club was eliminated by Pisa losing 4–2 on aggregate in the quarter-finals and he ended his first season to Arezzo with 39 appearances, 2 goals and 8 assists.[6]
On 30 June 2019, Sala joined Sassuolo.[7] [8]
On 6 August 2019, Sala joined to newly Serie B promoted club Virtus Entella on loan until 30 June 2020.[9] Five days later, on 11 August, he made his debut for the club in a 2–1 home defeat against Südtirol in the second round of Coppa Italia, he played the entire match.[10] Two more weeks later, on 24 August, he made his Serie B debut for Virtus Entella in a 1–0 home win over Livorno and he played again the entire match.[11] He became a regular starter early in the season. Sala ended his season-long loan to Virtus Entella with 34 appearances, including 32 of them as a starter, he was replaced only 2 times during the season, and he also made 6 assist during the loan.
On 26 September 2020 he joined SPAL on a season-long loan deal.[12] Four days later, on 30 September, Sala made his debut for the club in a match won 4–2 at penalties after a 0–0 home draw against Bari in the second round of Coppa Italia, he played the entire match.[13] On 3 October he made his league debut for the club as a substitute replacing Marco D'Alessandro in the 78th minute of a 1–1 home draw against Cosenza.[14] On 20 October, Sala played his first match as a starter for the club in Serie B in a 2–1 away defeat against Empoli, he was replaced by Bartosz Salamon after 71 minutes.[15] Twelve days later, on 1 November, he played his first entire match for the club, a 1–0 away win over Reggina.[16] Sala ended his season-long loan to SPAL with 37 appearances, including 23 of them as a starter and 4 assists.
On 17 August 2021, Sala was loaned to Serie B side Crotone on a season-long loan deal.[17]
On 28 July 2022, Sala was loaned to Palermo in Serie B, with an option to buy.[18]
On 24 July 2023, Sala signed a three-year contract with Como.[19]
He made his debut with the Italy U21 on 6 September 2019, in a friendly match won 4–0 against Moldova.
| Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Arezzo (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie C | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 5[20] | 0 | 39 | 2 | ||
| Virtus Entella (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie B | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 0 | |||
| SPAL (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie B | 32 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 0 | |||
| Crotone (loan) | 2021–22 | Serie B | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | |||
| Palermo (loan) | 2022–23 | Serie B | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 1 | |||
| Como | 2023–24 | Serie B | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 0 | |||||
| Career total | 183 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 197 | 3 | |||
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