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Rick Pasqualone



Rick Pasqualone is an American stage, film, television and voice actor. He voiced Vito Scaletta, the main protagonist of Mafia II, Doctor Strange in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Vinnie in The Darkness II.

Career

Pasqualone first started acting in 1990 when he was cast as Tony in the long-running off-broadway hit Tony N' Tina's Wedding. He later made his Broadway debut in the Neil Simon comedy Proposals. His first film role was in the 1996 short film, Tales of Erotica, which also starred a young Mira Sorvino. Michael Sorvino, Mira's brother, had voiced the protagonist Tommy Angelo in the 2002 prequel to Mafia II, Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven. In addition to television, he also does voice-over work for commercials and video games. Some of his more notable works include Civilization V, Halo 5: Guardians, Batman: Arkham Knight, The Darkness II and Grand Theft Auto V. In 2009, he became the new voice of Aldo Trapani in The Godfather II. He was also the voice of Diego in the video game Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Dan Turpin in The Death of Superman.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Pasqualone

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Marko Rog

Marko Rog (Croatian pronunciation: [mrko r]; born 19 July 1995) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Cagliari and the Croatia national team.



Club career

Early career
Rog started his senior football in 2013 with NK Varadin, which was coming off being suspended in the 201112 season due to financial difficulties. The club, previously in the Prva HNL, were allowed back in at the 3. HNL, where Rog was Varadin's top goalscorer, scoring 17 times in 30 league matches, as his side finished 7th.
He moved to Croatian First Football League side RNK Split in the summer 2014 for an undisclosed fee, though it did not help Varadin, which folded in 2015 (no relation to the NK Varadin (2012) club). On 28 July 2014, Rog made his professional debut for RNK Split playing against Istra 1961. His first and only season with Split was highly successful, scoring nine goals in 44 appearances.

Dinamo Zagreb
In June 2015, Rog joined Dinamo Zagreb. He signed a five-year contract with the club for a reported fee of 5 million; a record transfer for the Croatian league. On 12 July 2015, aged 19, he made an official league debut for Dinamo Zagreb, coming on as a substitute for Ante ori in a first league game of the season against Hajduk Split on the home stadium and also received a yellow card in the game.

Napoli
On 29 August 2016, Rog joined Serie A side Napoli on a five-year contract. He scored his first goal for the club in 31 win over Atalanta on 27 August 2017. All 28 of his games in the 201718 season which he played in Serie A were played from the substitutes' bench, as were all of his other matches, except from one match in the UEFA Europa League and two matches in the Coppa Italia. He was versatile in this season, playing in the right and centre of midfield, and at centre forward, at various stages in the campaign. He scored one goal (against Atalanta) and made one assist (against Red Bull Leipzig). He received 4 yellow cards and played 251 minutes of football.
Rog made 1.2 tackles and 1.1 fouls per match in Serie A in the 201617 season as well as partaking in 1.2 dribbles per match in 373 minutes of game time, and in 201718 made 0.4 tackles and 0.4 fouls per game and made 0.4 dribbles per game in 251 minutes of game time, and in 201819 made 1.3 tackles and 1.3 fouls per match as well as 0.6 interceptions (his highest of any season), and 0.9 dribbles per match. He scored once for Napoli in the 201819 Serie A. He made his most starts for Napoli in the league in 201819. His passing success rate was always high in the league, ranging from 87.5-91.6% over the three seasons in the league. He has featured little in Europe for the Neapolitans.

Sevilla (loan)
On 29 January 2019, Rog joined on loan to Spanish La Liga side Sevilla until 30 June 2019. Rog started his first two matches for Sevilla in La Liga in defeats against Barcelona and Huesca. He also started in a 30 loss to Leganes and a 20 victory over Athletic Bilbao. He made six further appearances in the league from the bench. He featured in three matches in the UEFA Europa League. At Sevilla, his passing success rate was 86.4% and he was given two yellow cards.

Cagliari (loan)
On 17 July 2019, Cagliari bought the footballer from Napoli. Rog joined Cagliari on loan with an obligation set at 18 million including bonuses.

International career

On 12 November 2014, Rog made his international debut for the Croatia national team against Argentina coming as an 84th-minute substitute for Duje op. He was part of the Croatian squad at the UEFA Euro 2016 in France. He was in the starting lineup for the team's final group match, a 21 win against Spain, which was his only appearance at the tournament.

A regular member of the Croatian squad during the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying, Rog made five appearances as a substitute. In May 2018 he was named in Croatia's preliminary 32-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia but did not make the final 23.

Style of play

Rog is regarded as highly talented prospect. He is most played in the attacking midfield and winger roles. Regular starting in the central attacking midfield position to build up play with his creative and sharp passing, he has been compared to the likes of Ivan Rakiti. However, Rog's explosive strength and pace make a him a very different player altogether. Rog is aggressive and has extreme balance making him very difficult to knock off the ball, but also allowing him to pressure and win balls either deep or higher up up the pitch. Napoli utilizes Rog in this way.
Rog has the freedom and ability to drop deeper into a central defensive midfield slot where he can tackle and win balls with his aggression. Thereafter, he is given the freedom to either drift wide and open up space for his side to counter-attack in to or run directly at the opposition defense towards goal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marko_Rog

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