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Marco Sangalli
Personal information
Full name	Marco Sangalli Fuentes
Date of birth	7 February 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	San Sebastián, Spain
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Racing Santander
Number	15
Youth career
2001–2011	Real Sociedad
Senior career*
Years	Team
2011–2014	Real Sociedad B
2013–2015	Real Sociedad
2014–2015	→ Alavés (loan)
2015–2017	Mirandés
2017–2019	Alcorcón
2019–2023	Oviedo
2023–	Racing Santander
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 November 2024

Marco Sangalli Fuentes (born 7 February 1992) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays mainly as a right winger for Racing de Santander.

Club career

Born in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa of Italian descent,^[1]^[2] Sangalli joined Real Sociedad's youth setup in 2001, aged nine. He made his senior debut with the reserves in the 2011–12 season, in the Segunda División B.

On 24 August 2013, Sangalli made his first-team – and La Liga – debut, playing the last 13 minutes in a 1–1 away draw against Elche CF.^[3] On 12 July of the following year, he was loaned to Segunda División club Deportivo Alavés until the end of the campaign.^[4]

Sangalli signed a two-year deal with CD Mirandés also of the second division on 26 June 2015.^[5] He scored his first goal as a professional on 12 September, helping to a 3–2 away defeat of Alavés.^[6]

On 4 July 2017, after suffering relegation, Sangalli moved to AD Alcorcón in the same league after agreeing to a two-year contract.^[7] On 1 July 2019, he joined Real Oviedo still in the second tier on a two-year deal.^[8] He netted five times in the league for the latter in his first and second seasons.^[9]

Sangalli signed an 18-month contract with Racing de Santander on 24 January 2023.^[10] In August 2024, after spending one month away from the club, he put pen to paper to a new one-year deal.^[11]

Personal life

Sangalli's younger brother, Luca, is also a footballer. An attacking midfielder, he too was developed at Real Sociedad.^[12] His maternal uncle was Miguel Ángel Fuentes, former Real Sociedad player and president.^[13]^[2]

References

^ Cruz, Toni (21 June 2017). "Marco Sangalli, otro nombre para reforzar el flanco diestro" [Marco Sangalli, another name to bolster right wing] (in Spanish). Minuto 90. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Otro potrillo, Marco Sangalli" [Another colt, Marco Sangalli] (in Spanish). Gipuzkoa Fútbol. 9 December 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
^ "Vela to the rescue for Sociedad". ESPN FC. 24 August 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
^ "Marco Sangalli, cedido al Deportivo Alavés" [Marco Sangalli, loaned to Deportivo Alavés] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 12 July 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
^ "Marco Sangalli firma por dos temporadas con el Club Deportivo Mirandés" [Marco Sangalli signs for two seasons with Club Deportivo Mirandés] (in Spanish). CD Mirandés. 26 June 2015. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
^ Lekuona, Javier (12 September 2015). "El Mirandés vuelve a sorprender a los vitorianos en Mendizorroza (2–3)" [Mirandés upset Vitorians at Mendizorroza again (2–3)] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
^ "Sangalli, nuevo refuerzo de la A.D. Alcorcón" [Sangalli, new addition of A.D. Alcorcón] (in Spanish). AD Alcorcón. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
^ "Marco Sangalli signs for Real Oviedo". Real Oviedo. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
^ Azparren Menéndez, Nacho (22 January 2023). "Marco Sangalli, cerca de salir del Oviedo" [Marco Sangalli, close to leaving Oviedo]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 April 2023.
^ "El extremo Marco Sangalli refuerza la plantilla del Racing 2022/23" [Winger Marco Sangalli bolsters the squad of Racing 2022/23] (in Spanish). Racing Santander. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
^ "Marco Sangalli se incorpora al Racing 2024/25" [Marco Sangalli joins Racing 2024/25] (in Spanish). Racing Santander. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
^ Badallo, Óscar (23 July 2018). "Sangre real: Luca Sangalli quiere 'vengar' a su hermano Marco" [Royal blood: Luca Sangalli wants to 'avenge' his brother]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 August 2018.
^ Encinas, Mikel (9 October 2018). "El sobrino ingeniero de Fuentes" [The engineer nephew of Fuentes]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 November 2018.