Marco Palestra

Marco Palestra (born 3 March 2005) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for club Atalanta U23.

Club career
Palestra began playing football with GS Assago where he stayed four years, had a year long stint with Inter Milan's academy before finally finishing his development with Atalanta's academy starting in 2014. Originally a central midfielder, at U17 level he was converted to a winger and then a right-back. He was promoted to the newly created Atalanta U23's in their debut season in the 2023–24 Serie C. He made his senior and professional debut with the senior Atalanta team as a substitute in a 4–0 UEFA Europa League win over Raków Częstochowa on 14 December 2023.

International career
Palestra is a youth international for Italy. In September 2023, he was called up to the Italy U18s for a set of friendlies. In November 2023 he was called up to the Italy U19s for a set of 2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification matches.