Marco Borriello

The Game ended 3–2, with the striker scoring from the penalty spot in the 76th minute.

Marco Borriello (born 18 June 1982) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Throughout his career, Borriello played for several Italian clubs, including Treviso, Triestina, Milan, Empoli, Reggina, Sampdoria, Genoa, Roma, Juventus, Carpi, Atalanta, Cagliari and SPAL, as well as English side West Ham United and Spanish side Ibiza.

He scored eight goals for Treviso reserves in the 2000–01 season.

After another move ca. January 2001, he made his professional debut for Triestina in 2000–01 Serie C2 (the fourth division), subsequently returning to Treviso in June 2001, via Milan.

His 10 goals in 27 Serie C1 games with Treviso led to Milan's recalling him in June 2002.

Borriello made his Serie A debut for Milan on 21 September 2002 against Perugia but failed to establish himself and spent much of the next few years on loan at other Serie A clubs.

After only three league appearances for Milan, he was loaned out to Empoli for the rest of the 2002–03 Serie A season.

He returned to Milan for the entire 2003–04 season, but played in just four league games.

In the 2004–05 season, he was on loan at Reggina.

In the 2005–06 season, he was once again sent on loan, this time to Sampdoria along with Milan teammates Samuele Dalla Bona and Ignazio Abate.

Borriello left Sampdoria in January 2006 for a six-month loan stint at Treviso where he scored his then-career best of five Serie A goals.

Treviso, however, were relegated to Serie B that season.

Borriello was recalled to Milan's first team in the summer of 2006 after Andriy Shevchenko was sold to Chelsea and Marcio Amoroso terminated his contract.

However, once again he became only a fourth-choice striker, this time behind Filippo Inzaghi, Alberto Gilardino, and Ricardo Oliveira.

Moreover, his career was briefly put in jeopardy when on 21 December 2006 it was revealed that he tested positive for prednisolone and prednisone after the 11th game of the 2006–07 Serie A season against AS Roma played on 11 November 2006.

After confirmation of the test results in January 2007, he was suspended until 21 March 2007.

As a result of his suspension, he was also excluded from the club's Champions League squad list and, therefore, was not able to participate in any playoff games leading up to Milan's victory over Liverpool in the final.

On 21 June 2007, Borriello was sold to Genoa in a co-ownership deal with Milan, for €1.8 million.

Borriello helped newly promoted Genoa get their first win of the season, scoring his first hat-trick at the expense of Udinese.

At international level, he has represented the Italy national team and took part at UEFA Euro 2008.

Borriello came up through the ranks of Milan but was transferred to Treviso on loan before having the chance to prove himself at the first team.

Incidentally, in the return fixture on 24 February 2008 in Udine, Borriello hit another hat-trick in a 5–3 away win, reaching 15 league goals in the process.

He finished the season with 19, making him the third-highest goalscorer in the league behind Juventus pair Alessandro Del Piero and David Trezeguet.

Following the sale of striker Alberto Gilardino to Fiorentina, it was confirmed on 29 May 2008 that Borriello would return to Milan as his replacement.

The deal included the move of Davide Di Gennaro to Genoa under a co-ownership deal for €2.5 million, in addition to a €7.5 million fee.

(However, Di Gennaro was devalued to €1.25 million when he returned to Milan a year later, which made the return of Borriello had cost Milan €8.75 million).

Shortly before the signing of Ronaldinho by Milan, Borriello's agent claimed his client might look for playing time at a different club if the club bought another striker.

The signing of Ronaldinho, however, was not seen as a threat to Borriello's position, as the Brazilian played normally as a supporting striker or an attacking midfielder.

In Borriello's first season of his second spell at Milan, he made just seven Serie A appearances, scoring just one goal, which came against Reggina.

He also scored against FC Zürich in the UEFA Cup, but an unfortunate injury kept him out of action for the rest of the season.

After Kaká left the club in the summer 2009 transfer window, Borriello chose to switch to shirt number 22, which he had worn at Genoa.

After a disappointing first season, Borriello scored his first ever brace for the Rossoneri in their 2–0 win over Parma on 1 November 2009.

On 25 November, Borriello scored his first UEFA Champions League goal in a match against Marseille which finished 1–1.

Borriello scored another brace in Milan's 5–2 defeat of former club Genoa, one of his goals being an acrobatic bicycle kick from a cross from Ronaldinho.

The following week, Borriello scored a lovely goal against Siena when he hooked a 30-yard chipped pass from Andrea Pirlo into the top corner of the net.

On 21 February 2010, Borriello scored his fourth volley of the season in Milan's 2–0 win over Bari.

On 11 April, he scored two second half goals to help Milan come from 2–0 down to draw against Catania Calcio.

Borriello finished the season with 14 league goals in 26 appearances.

Borriello started the first game of the season for Milan against Lecce.