Twelve. This is the number of clubs for which Mario Balotelli played during his career. She started at AC Lumezzane in 2001. Then the striker joined Inter Milan where he climbed all the levels to the professional team. A great hope of Italian football, Super Mario then played in Manchester City, before joining AC Milan and then Liverpool. Then, he made a hook by France, in Nice first, then at Olympique de Marseille. Subsequently, he returned to the country where he took a license in Brescia before spinning on the side of Monza. In 2021, he finally flew to Adana Demirspor in TĂĽrkiye, where he played two seasons. But between his two years in SĂĽper Lig, he made a hook by FC Sion in Switzerland (2022-23). This season, the 34 -year -old footballer returned to Italy where he wears the colors of the Genoa.
He has not played for more than 3 months
“Mario Balotelli is a new Genoa player. The Italian striker, born in Palermo on 09/12/1990, signed a contract with his new club. During his career, Balotelli won nine professional titles with his clubs. In the senior national team, he was top scorer and vice-champion of the 2012 European Championship, collecting a total of 36 appearances and 14 goals. Welcome to Genoa ”, wrote the SERIE A SAME A on its official website last September. For his part, the player was impatient to evolve under the orders of Alberto Gilardino. “I'm excited, honestly, I don't really want to talk, I want to start. If I have fire inside? You will see, come on … I wanted to greet the supporters, see you soon at the stadium. Hopefully everything will go for the best, I will give everything. When will I be ready? I hope soon. “
After retaining himself physically, the former OM player played his first minutes on November 4 during victory 1 to 0 against Parma in the league. Balotelli had come into play 4 minutes at the end of the match. Then, he had a few minutes to put himself under the tooth in the following matches. Indeed, he had chained with 5 appearances during the 6 outings of his club in Serie A (he stayed once on the bench without going into play, editor's note). Thus, he participated in total in 6 matches in all competitions with the Genoa (2 yellow cards), a playing time of 56 minutes. Because since his last appearance against Naples on December 21 (7 minutes played), Mario Balotelli no longer plays at all. The arrival of Patrick Vieira on the bench of the Italian club precipitated his fall as more or less recognized by the sports director of Genoa, Marco Ottolini.
Super Mario threatens Vieira?
“Mario fell in the hierarchy, he always has a great desire to play and it does him great honor. In recent days, we will try to find a solution that is suitable for everyone on the transfer market. If Genoa does not give him the minutes he wants, the solution is to look for a place where he can go and especially play. ” And precisely, he looked for a fall point during the winter transfer window. If his name was cited in Cruz Azul in Mexico, the Italian denied. On the other hand, we told you about an interest in two South Korea clubs for the Transalpine footballer. But he finally remained, he who wanted to get some messages during this period. “I want to say that I am very well physically and that I have no problem of any kind, thanks to God. I prefer to say it in advance in case non -stakes are said in the future, as has already happened in the past in these situations ”he had explained, very clearly implied that the concerns were other with the Genoa and Vieira.
Three months later, Balotelli is still in the same situation. On the bench (2 times) and not selected in the workforce (7 times), he then joined the infirmary due to a fracture by hand according to the specialized site Transfermarkt (Last 5 missed matches). The striker, whose last invitation to the group dates back to January 12 against Parma, trains and is perfectly integrated with his teammates according to the Gazzetta dello Sport. Despite his complex situation, he no longer really made waves. Until yesterday. He cracked on social networks, he who published a very clear message a priori against Patrick Vieira. “”There is someone here who deserves not a mature mario, but a 16 -year -old rebel mario. Perhaps it would understand what such a lack of respect means. ” The terrible child of Italian football therefore threatens to redo his. Which should not please Genoa too much, which is still linked to him until next June. Then it will be time for Mario Balotelli to go and discover a 13th club, just to not finish on a bad note.
