Andrea Rubei (born 20 December 1966) is an Italian former

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who was a universal player for several teams in the Italian

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and the

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. Regarded by some as the best Italian futsal player of all time, Rubei was crowned Italian champion on four occasions, twice with Torrino, and once with both

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and

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. Upon his retirement from the national team Rubei was the team's top goal scorer and achieved the impressive feat of scoring a higher number of goals than his number of caps.

Honours

Torrino *

: 1992–1993, 1993–94 * Coppa Italia: 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95 Torino *

: 1998–99 * Supercoppa Italiana: 1997, 1998 Prato *

: 2002–03 * Coppa Italia: 2003–04 * Supercoppa Italiana: 2002, 2003 Nepi * Coppa Italia: 2004–05 Isola * Serie A2: 2015–16 Individual * Serie A top scorer: 1993–94

References

External links

The Final Ball profile
1966 births Living people Italian men's futsal players {{Italy-footy-bio-stub