Marco Benassi is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Torino and the Italy national under-21 team, the latter of which he is captain.
Benassi was a member of both Inter U18 and U19 team in 2011–12 season, winning the Primavera league and European title – NextGen Series. He also played for U18 team in the league playoffs round, winning the Berretti league. Benassi was included in summer training camp by his former U19 team coach Andrea Stramaccioni, winning pre-season TIM Trophy. On 12 January 2013 he made his Serie A debut for Inter, starting in a 2–0 victory over Pescara. On 18 January 2015 he scored his first goal for Torino against Cesena. He scored again on 8 March after entering as a substitute for Alessandro Gazzi, marking the final goal in a 3–2 defeat at the Stadio Friuli against Udinese. He returned to the scoresheet in the final game of the season against Cesena (the match ended 5–0 in favour of Torino).
Benassi took part in the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in the Czech Republic where he scored a brace in the last game of the group stage against England. At the beginning of the new cycle he became the captain of the under-21.
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