Marcello Trotta

Early career

Born in Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Italy, Trotta began his career in the youth team at Serie A club Napoli and decided to leave to experience "a new culture, a new language, a new type of football" in England. In September 2013, he revealed that he would be interested in signing again for Napoli in the future if the opportunity arose, as England provided no new football at all. He joined the academy at Premier League club Manchester City in 2008. The club described him as one of the club's brightest young talents, with his skill and ruthlessness in front of goal. He only lasted three months with the club.

Fulham

Trotta signed a professional contract with Premier League club Fulham in September 2009. He made six appearances in the Premier Reserve League South during the 2009–10 season and scored two goals. He received his first call up to the first team for a Europa League qualifying match versus Crusaders on 21 July 2011, where he was an unused substitute for a 4–0 win. He made his first senior appearance for Fulham in a 2–1 FA Cup fourth round defeat to Everton on 27 January 2012. He replaced Danny Murphy after 87 minutes. In the days after the game, Trotta was the subject of loan attention from Scottish Premier League club Rangers as a replacement for Nikica Jelavić, but a deal never materialised. After featuring as an unused substitute through the latter months of the 2011–12 season, Trotta made his Premier League debut in Fulham's away match…

Trotta has represented Italy from U16 through to U21 level. level. He made his only appearance for the U18s in a friendly versus Belarus U17 on 26 May 2010. He replaced Alberto Libertazzi after 49 minutes and scored Italy's second goal in a 2–0 win. His only appearance for the U19s came before his U18 debut, in a 1–1 draw with Germany on 17 March 2010. He played for the final 9 minutes after replacing Mattia Destro. Trotta's solitary U20 cap came in a 3–1 victory over Denmark on 18 April 2012, where he was taken off at half time. Trotta received his first call up to the U21 squad for a friendly against Italy B on 17 December 2013. He played and scored in the 3–0 win, though it was an unsanctioned international match and he didn't win a cap. He was called up to the U21 squad in January 2014 for an unsanctioned three-way friendly tournament and training camp in Florence between the Italy U21, U20 and U19 squads. Trotta made his official debut for the U21s in a 2015 European U21 Championship qualifier against Northern Ireland on 5 March 2014. He scored the second goal in a 2–0 victory. Trotta was called up to another training camp in Florence in late April 2014 and scored two goals in a 2–0 training ground win over Fiorentina Primavera on 29 April. On 1 June, Trotta received another call into the U21 squad in advance of a friendly versus Montenegro on 4 June. Coming on as a 28th-minute substitute for Domenico Berardi, Trotta scored the fourth goal in a 4–0 victory.

As of match played 25 May 2019

Brentford

Football League One second-place promotion: 2013–14