{{short description|Italian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Francesco Di Mariano | image = | caption = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|4|20|df=y}} | birth_place = Palermo, Italy | height = 1.77 m | position = Winger, Second striker | currentclub = Padova | clubnumber = 77 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Lecce | years1 = 2012–2013 | clubs1 = Lecce | caps1 = 2 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2013–2016 | clubs2 = Roma | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2015 | clubs3 = Ancona | caps3 = 10 | goals3 = 1 | years4 = 2016 | clubs4 = Monopoli | caps4 = 18 | goals4 = 3 | years5 = 2016–2018 | clubs5 = Novara | caps5 = 53 | goals5 = 4 | years6 = 2018–2021 | clubs6 = Venezia | caps6 = 78 | goals6 = 10 | years7 = 2020 | clubs7 = → Juve Stabia (loan) | caps7 = 21 | goals7 = 1 | years8 = 2021–2022 | clubs8 = Lecce | caps8 = 29 | goals8 = 5 | years9 = 2022–2025 | clubs9 = Palermo | caps9 = 74 | goals9 = 5 | years10 = 2025–2026 | clubs10 = Modena | caps10 = 17 | goals10 = 1 | years11 = 2026– | clubs11 = Padova | caps11 = 15 | goals11 = 1 | pcupdate = 13 May 2026 }}
'''Francesco Di Mariano''' (born 20 April 1996) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a winger for {{Italian football updater|Padova}} club Padova.
==Career== Di Mariano started playing football in Palermo, then at the age of 13 he left for Lecce. He made his professional debut with Lecce on 9 September 2012 against Cuneo in the Lega Pro Prima Divisione.
Following spells at Ancona and Monopoli on loan from Roma, Di Mariano joined Novara on 20 July 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.corrieredellosport.it/news/calcio/calcio-mercato/2016/07/20-13623348/calciomercato_roma_di_mariano_al_novara/|title=Calciomercato Roma, Di Mariano al Novara|work=Corriere Dello Sport|language=Italian|date=20 July 2016|accessdate=26 August 2016}}</ref>
On 29 January 2020, he joined Juve Stabia on loan with an obligation to buy.<ref>{{cite press release|publisher=Juve Stabia|url=https://www.ssjuvestabia.it/blog/francesco-di-mariano-e-un-giocatore-della-ss-juve-stabia/|title=Francesco Di Mariano è un giocatore della SS Juve Stabia|date=29 January 2020|language=Italian}}</ref> He successively returned to Lecce, being part of the squad that won promotion to Serie A by the end of the 2021–22 Serie B campaign.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=PalermoToday|url=https://www.palermotoday.it/sport/calcio/lecce-serie-a-di-mariano-gallo.html|title=Gallo e Di Mariano, la fascia sinistra del Lecce promosso in A è a trazione palermitana|date=7 May 2022 |accessdate=17 August 2022|language=Italian}}</ref>
On 16 August 2022, Lecce announced Di Mariano had been transferred to his hometown club Palermo, signing a three-year contract for the ''Rosanero''.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=PalermoToday|url=https://www.palermotoday.it/sport/calcio/palermo-acquisto-francesco-di-mariano.html|title=Palermo, ecco il super colpo di mercato: acquistato dal Lecce Francesco Di Mariano|date=16 August 2022 |accessdate=17 August 2022|language=Italian}}</ref>
After three years with Palermo, on 23 July 2025 Di Mariano left for Modena, signing a two-year deal with the ''Canarini''.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Modena FC 2018|url=https://modenacalcio.com/calciomercato-di-mariano-e-del-modena/|title=Calciomercato: Di Mariano è del Modena|date=23 July 2025 |accessdate=23 July 2025|language=it}}</ref>
On 31 January 2026, Di Marino moved to Padova on a two-and-a-half-season deal.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Calcio Padova|url=https://www.padovacalcio.it/francesco-di-mariano-calcio-padova/|title=Francesco Di Mariano è un giocatore del Calcio Padova|trans-title=Francesco Di Mariano is a player for Calcio Padova|date=31 January 2026|access-date=31 January 2026|language=it}}</ref>
==Personal life== He is the nephew of Italian former footballer Salvatore Schillaci.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.uefa.com/uefayouthleague/news/0253-0d042e272144-93aa2903781f-1000--semi-finalist-profile-roma/ |title = Semi-finalist profile: Roma|date = 2015-04-08}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Soccerway|francesco-di-mariano/265499}}
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