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Marco Pisano
Marco Giovanni Pisano (born 13 August 1981) is an Italian retired professional footballer who played as a left-sided defender. Career Early career Pisano started his career at S.S. Lazio youth team. He joined Brescia of Serie B in January 2000, exchanged with Mauro Coppini. He was on loan to Serie C1 clubs in 2000–01 & 2001–02 season. He made his Serie A debut for Brescia on 20 October 2002, against Bologna. In summer 2004, he joined U.C. Sampdoria. Palermo In June 2006, Pisano was involved in a 5 men swap deal with Palermo: Palermo signed including Aimo Diana (€5M), and Pisano (€4M) in 4-year contracts; Sampdoria signed Massimo Bonanni (50% for €2M), left back Pietro Accardi (€2M) and Christian Terlizzi (50% for €1.5M) in return. Pisano replaced departed Fabio Grosso as left back. Torino In January 2008, Pisano along with Diana (tagged for €1.2 million), were transferred to Torino F.C., in a temporary deal and a definitive deal respectively. At the end o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defender (association Football)
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either side to their left and right, but can be played in threes with or without full-backs. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-back, sweeper, full-back, and wing-back. The centre-back and full-back positions are essential in most modern formations. The sweeper and wing-back roles are more specialised for certain formations dependent on the manager's style of play and tactics. Centre-backs are usually tall and positioned for their ability to win duels in the air. Centre-back The centre-back (also known as a central defender or centre-half, as the modern role of the centre-back arose from the centre-half position) defends in the area directly in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players, particularly centre-forwards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabio Grosso
Fabio Grosso (; born 28 November 1977) is an Italian former professional footballer and current manager of Frosinone Calcio. After playing for several smaller Italian clubs, such as Renato Curi, Chieti and Perugia, he made his breakthrough during his two seasons with Palermo, which earned him a move to defending Serie A champions Inter Milan in 2006. During his only season with Inter, he helped the club defend the Serie A title and win the Supercoppa Italiana. He later also won titles with Lyon in France and with Juventus. Grosso retired in 2012 after winning the ''Scudetto'' with Juventus. At international level, Grosso made 48 appearances for Italy and scored the decisive late first goal against Germany in the 2006 World Cup semi-final. He also scored the winning penalty in the penalty shootout against France in the final of the tournament which enabled the ''Azzurri'' to win the trophy for the fourth time in their history. He also represented Italy at UEFA Euro 2008 and at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luca Antonelli
Luca Antonelli (; born 11 February 1987) is a former Italian professional footballer who played as a left-back. Early life Antonelli was born in Monza. He is the son of Roberto Antonelli, a former footballer who played for A.C. Milan from 1977 until 1982 as a striker. Club career After spending a few seasons in the A.C. Milan youth teams, Antonelli made his first team debut in a Coppa Italia game against Brescia on 8 November 2006. On 23 December, he made also his Serie A debut, in a match against Udinese. In the summer of 2007 Antonelli was loaned out to Serie B club Bari, but he impressed so much that during the January transfer window Parma secured him on loan from A.C. Milan for the rest of the Serie A season. He made his first appearance for the ''Gialloblu'' against Livorno on 16 March 2008. Parma In June 2008, Parma had acquired half of the contractual rights from Milan, for €750,000. While the following summer, he was fully transferred for another €2.5 million, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filipe Oliveira (footballer, Born 1984)
Filipe Vilaça Oliveira (born 27 May 1984) is a Portuguese former professional Association football, footballer who played mainly as a Midfielder#Wide midfielder, right midfielder but also as an attacking Defender (association football)#Full-back, right back. After starting out at Chelsea F.C., Chelsea as a senior, he went on to play mostly for Fehérvár FC, Videoton in Hungary. In his country's Primeira Liga, he amassed totals of 92 matches and one goal over five seasons. Club career Born in Braga, Oliveira started his career with local S.C. Braga, Braga, joining their youth system at the age of 10. Still in his teens he was bought by Chelsea F.C., Chelsea for a reported cost of Pound sterling, £500,000, making his Premier League debut on 19 October 2002 in a 3–0 away win over Manchester City F.C., Manchester City where he played one minute after coming on as a Substitute (association football), substitute for two-time scorer Gianfranco Zola; however, he never managed to b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parma Calcio 1913
Parma Calcio 1913 (), commonly known as Parma, is an Italian professional football club based in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, which competes in the Serie B, the second tier of Italian football. ''Parma Football Club'' was originally founded in December 1913, while the current society dates back to 2015. The team has been playing its home matches in the 27,906-seat Stadio Ennio Tardini, often referred to as simply ''Il Tardini'', since 1923. Financed by Calisto Tanzi, the club won eight trophies between 1992 and 2002, a period in which it achieved its best ever league finish as runners-up in the 1996–97 season. The club has won three Coppa Italia, one Supercoppa Italiana, two UEFA Cups, one European Super Cup and one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. Financial troubles were brought about in late 2003 by the Parmalat scandal which caused the parent company to collapse and resulted in the club operating in controlled administration until January 2007. The club was declared bankrupt in 2015 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filippo Antonelli
Filippo Agomeri Antonelli (born 13 July 1978) is an Italian former footballer. Football career Agomeri Antonelli started his career at Monza, at that time Serie C1, after played one Serie B game for the club, he transferred to L'Aquila of Serie C2 Group C. He then moved to Pro Patria, in Serie C2 Group A. He was signed by Cosenza in summer 2001, started his full Serie B season. He was signed by Ascoli of Serie B in summer 2003. He won the Serie A promotion in summer 2005. Chievo Due to good performance in Ascoli, Chievo signed him in summer 2005, his first Serie A club. After made only one appearance, he was loaned to Messina in winter break, to help the club avoid relegation. In summer 2006, he was loaned to Pescara Calcio. Team-mate Stefano Olivieri also joined the club in co-ownership deal. Triestina In July 2007, half of the registration rights was sold to Triestina for €110,000 in 2-year contract.US Triestina Calcio SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2008 In J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelo Ogbonna
Obinze Angelo Ogbonna (; born 23 May 1988) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club West Ham United. Ogbonna signed for Torino in 2002, having previously been a member of Nuova Cassino's youth set-up. Ogbonna made his debut in Serie A at the age of 18 under Alberto Zaccheroni. After a loan spell at Crotone in Serie C1, he returned to Torino, with whom he played for a further five seasons. In July 2013, he transferred to city rivals, Juventus, winning the ''Scudetto'' in 2013–14 and 2014–15, as well as the 2013 Supercoppa Italiana and the 2014–15 Coppa Italia. He was a member of the Italian side which finished runners-up at UEFA Euro 2012, and also represented his nation at UEFA Euro 2016. Club career Torino Ogbonna began his early career in the youth set-up of Cassino, where he played as a central defender. In 2002, he was noticed by Torino, which, on the recommendation of Antonio Comi, bought him for €3,000 and assigned him to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matteo Rubin
Matteo Rubin (born 9 July 1987) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for club Campodarsego. Club career Early career & Torino Matteo Rubin signed his first professional footballing contract for Serie C1 team Cittadella before signing for Torino in Serie A in a co-ownership for €450,000 fee. When becoming a first team regular Matteo suffered a ligament injury to his left knee which kept him out of the season for 6 months, sustained while playing for Italy U21 team against Greece. In June 2008, Torino bought the remaining 50% registration rights of Rubin from Cittadella for an additional €550,000 fee. In August 2010 he was loaned to Bologna, in exchange with Marco Bernacci. The following August, having returned to Torino, he moved on loan to Parma, who were without a recognised left-back after the departure of Luca Antonelli seven months earlier and Marco Pisano earlier that summer. Midfielders Massimo Gobbi and Francesco Modesto had previously filled in f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolando Bianchi
Rolando Bianchi (; born 15 February 1983) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a striker. With 77 total goals, he is Torino's 11th-highest all-time goal scorer. Bianchi was primarily known for his ability in the air. Club career Atalanta A product of the Atalanta youth system, Bianchi made his Serie A debut at the age of 18 during the 2000–01 Serie A season. He played the final 10 minutes in a 2–1 loss to Juventus on 17 June 2001. His only appearance during the season. The following season he made an additional 3 appearances for the ''bergamaschi'', while during the 2002–03 Serie A season he made 16 appearances. Despite being a prolific scorer in the youth ranks, he played 21 games for the first team without scoring any goals. Cagliari He was sold in co-ownership to Serie B team Cagliari in January 2004, where he played 14 matches and scored two goals helping them gain promotion to Serie A. The 2004–05 season, for which he remained at Cagliari, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo Zanetti
Paolo Zanetti (born 16 December 1982) is an Italian football coach and a former player who is the head coach of Serie A club Empoli. As a player he played as a midfielder. Club career Zanetti started his career at native club Vicenza. Empoli Zanetti was sold to Empoli in a co-ownership deal in July 2003, for €671,400 fee (about 1.3 billion lire).Vicenza Calcio S.p.A. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2007PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.(in Italian) In his first season with Empoli, he just made 13 appearances in Serie A. However, Empoli was relegated to Serie B at the end of the season and Zanetti followed the club. Zanetti played 30 games in the 2004–05 Serie B season, helping the club to win promotion back to Serie A. However, he just made nine appearances for the club in Serie A in the following season. In June 2006 Empoli signed him outright from Vicenza, for an additional €125,000 fee, making Empoli had paid Vicenza €796,400 in total. As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Pratali
Francesco Pratali (born 17 January 1979) is a retired Italian footballer who played as a defender. During the 2009–10 season, ultras of Torino F.C. attacked the club's players during David Di Michele's birthday party. After the incident the players involved: Di Michele, Massimo Loviso, Riccardo Colombo, Aimo Diana, Marco Pisano, Pratali, Paolo Zanetti were transferred to other clubs; only Rolando Bianchi, Matteo Rubin and Angelo Ogbonna Obinze Angelo Ogbonna (; born 23 May 1988) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club West Ham United. Ogbonna signed for Torino in 2002, having previously been a member of Nuova Cassino's youth set-up. Ogbonna ... remained. References External linksProfile at Soccerway 1979 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riccardo Colombo
Riccardo Colombo (born 1 December 1982) is an Italian former footballer who played as a defender. Club career In the 2008–09 season, Colombo played three games in the 2008–09 Coppa Italiabr> During the 2009–10 season, ultras of Torino attacked the players during David Di Michele's birthday party. After the incident the players involved: Di Michele, Massimo Loviso, Riccardo Colombo, Aimo Diana, Marco Pisano, Francesco Pratali, Paolo Zanetti were transferred to other clubs and only Rolando Bianchi, Matteo Rubin and Angelo Ogbonna were remained. On 26 November 2016, Colombo returned to Pro Patria. After five seasons with the club, on 27 June 2021 Colombo announced his retirement. Colombo returned to playing for one more season to play in the 2021–22 Serie C The 2021–22 Serie C is the eighth season of the unified Serie C division, the third tier of the Italian football league system. Changes The league is composed by 60 teams, divided into three different groups. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
