{{Short description|Italian footballer (born 1999)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Matteo Arena | image = Matteo Arena.jpg | caption = Arena with SPAL | full_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|1|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = Valenzano, Italy<ref name="TuttoC">{{TuttoCalciatori|Arena_Matteo}}</ref> | height = 1.89 m | position = Centre-back | currentclub = Salernitana | clubnumber = 23 | youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2017 | youthclubs1 = Bari | youthyears2 = 2018–2019 | youthclubs2 = Foggia | years1 = 2017–2018 | clubs1 = A.S.D. Vigor Trani | caps1 = 21 | goals1 = 3 | years2 = 2018–2019 | clubs2 = Foggia | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2019–2022 | clubs3 = Monopoli | caps3 = 46 | goals3 = 6 | years4 = 2022–2025 | clubs4 = SPAL | caps4 = 49 | goals4 = 4 | years5 = 2025–2026 | clubs5 = Arezzo | caps5 = 4 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2026– | clubs6 = Salernitana | caps6 = 12 | goals6 = 0 | club-update = 1 May 2026 }} '''Matteo Arena''' (born 14 January 1999) is an Italian footballer who plays as a centre-back for {{Italian football updater|Salernitana}} club Salernitana.
==Club career== Arena began his senior career in the fifth-tier Eccellenza. He also won Coppa Italia Eccellenza Puglia 2017-18 with Vigor Trani Calcio <ref name="TuttoC" /> For the 2018–19 season, he joined Foggia, where he played for the Under-19 squad, remaining on the bench in senior squad's games in Serie B. He then played for three Serie C seasons with Monopoli.
On 16 July 2022, Arena signed a three-year contract with SPAL in Serie B.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=SPAL|url=https://www.spalferrara.it/il-difensore-matteo-arena-e-un-nuovo-giocatore-biancazzurro/|title=IL DIFENSORE MATTEO ARENA È UN NUOVO GIOCATORE BIANCAZZURRO|date=16 July 2022|access-date=16 September 2022|language=it|archive-date=20 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920163256/https://www.spalferrara.it/il-difensore-matteo-arena-e-un-nuovo-giocatore-biancazzurro/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He made his Serie B debut for SPAL on 14 August 2022 in a game against Reggina.<ref>{{cite web|website=Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2022/08/14/italy/serie-b/spal-1907/reggina-calcio/3870391/|title=SPAL v Reggina game report|date=14 August 2022}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Soccerway|matteo-arena/565889}}
{{US Salernitana 1919 squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Arena, Matteo}} Category:Living people Category:1999 births Category:Footballers from the Metropolitan City of Bari Category:Italian men's footballers Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Serie B players Category:Serie C players Category:Calcio Foggia 1920 players Category:SS Monopoli 1966 players Category:SPAL players Category:SS Arezzo players Category:US Salernitana 1919 players Category:21st-century Italian sportsmen
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