Matteo Martino is an Italian volleyball player who was bornin Alessandria, Italy on January 28,1987. Although he has played for many international teams, hecurrently plays as a striker in Guangdong, China. Matteo Martino's career began in 2004 in the volleyball teamof Busca; in 2005, with the Under-19 national team he won the bronze medal atthe European championship and at the world championship. In the 2005-06 seasonhe played in Serie A1 with Piedmont Volley in Cuneo, winning the Coppa Italia;on November 17, 2005, he made his debut in the national team at the All StarGame, while with the Under-20 national team he won the bronze medal at the 2006European Championship. After playing for several minor league Italian teams inhis youth, he played for Milano, Macerata, and in 2010 began to play beachvolleyball. He then started hisinternational career in Poland, and played briefly in Italy and France beforemoving to Russia, and then Saudi Arabia. He has met great success in Guangdong. Apparently good volleyball players are in high demand, andcan move about freely. Martino in thepast has been called one of the most ”ungrateful players in the world," probablyafter he left one team for a better offer. He has the reputation of being the “bad boy” of Italian volleyball. Heis a strong player, who gets the job done.
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