Marco Palestra, born on 3 May 2005 (age 21), is an Italian right-back on the books at Chelsea. His current market value is around £2.5m, according to Transfermarkt.
For all that Chelsea is his present club, Palestra’s senior career so far is shaped much more clearly by Cagliari. In one league season there, he made 37 appearances and scored once, giving him the sort of sustained first-team exposure young players do not always get before being moved around Europe’s larger clubs.
The 2025-26 campaign was his most productive league season, with that single goal coming across 37 appearances for Cagliari. At Chelsea in the same season, he has yet to make a league appearance, which keeps the English part of his career more theoretical than substantial for now.
He has also been involved with Italy this season, making two appearances in European World Cup qualifying. At this stage, Palestra is still a developing professional: a Chelsea player by registration, but one whose proper senior body of work has been built at Cagliari.
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