Christian Abbiati (born 8 July 1977) is an Italian former professional
footballer
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who played as a
goalkeeper
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.
Abbiati, who had been with
AC Milan
Associazione Calcio Milan (), commonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan, is a professional football club in Milan, Italy, founded in 1899. The club has spent its entire history, with the exception of the 1980–81 and 1982–83 seaso ...
since 1998, started his career with
Monza
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, and later played more than 300 official matches for Milan. He also spent loan spells at
Borgosesia Calcio
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History Foundation
The club was born in 1925 as a result of the merger between ''Borgosesia Football Club'' and ...
,
Juventus
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,
Torino
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and
Atlético Madrid
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. His honours include three
Serie A
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titles, one
Coppa Italia
The ("Italy Cup") is an annual knockout cup competition in Italian football organized by the FIGC until the 2009–10 season and the Lega Serie A ever since.
History
The beginning of the tournament was turbulent, due to the complexity of ...
, two
Supercoppa Italiana victories, one
UEFA Champions League
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and one
UEFA Super Cup
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.
Although he was selected by
Italy
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at
UEFA Euro 2000
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The finals tournament was ...
(where the team reached the final), and the
2002 FIFA World Cup
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, he did not represent the nation until he made his international debut in a 2–1 friendly win against
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
in 2003. In total, he was capped four times by the national team.
Abbiati currently holds the record for the most appearances as a goalkeeper for Milan (380).
In his prime, Abbiati was regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in Italy.
Club career
AC Milan
Abbiati's
Serie A
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debut came on 17 January 1999 as a 92nd-minute substitute for
Sebastiano Rossi
Sebastiano Rossi (born 20 July 1964) is an Italian retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
During a 21-year professional career, he appeared in 346 Serie A games, most notably representing A.C. Milan (12 seasons) with which ...
. Abbiati picked up a league title with
AC Milan
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that season despite initially being third-choice goalkeeper behind Rossi and
Jens Lehmann
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, while also facing competition from reserve keeper
Giorgio Frezzolini
Giorgio Frezzolini (born 21 January 1976) is a retired Italian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Career
A Lazio youth system product, Frezzolini never played for the '' biancocelesti'' and was instead sent on loan to several minor league te ...
. Due to his performances, Abbiati eventually broke into the starting line-up, and in the final match of the season on 23 May, he made several decisive saves, including one on
Cristian Bucchi, as Milan celebrated winning the ''
Scudetto
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'' following a 2–1 away win over
Perugia
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The city is located about north of Rome and southeast of Florence. It covers a high hilltop and part o ...
. He then became Milan's undisputed first choice goalkeeper for the next four years, until he lost his starting spot to backup
Dida
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early in the
2002–03 season after incurring an
injury
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during a
UEFA Champions League
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qualifying match in August 2002. Dida's top form effectively grounded Abbiati's playing time to a halt.
Despite his relegation to the bench, Abbiati still managed to contribute to Milan's
Coppa Italia
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History
The beginning of the tournament was turbulent, due to the complexity of ...
and
Champions League victories that season. He appeared in Milan's
2003 Supercoppa Italiana
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defeat to
Juventus
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on penalties, but Dida later regained his position as starting goalkeeper. Abbiati played one minute in Milan's
2004–05 Champions League campaign, when he came on as a
substitute in the 74th minute after Dida had been struck by a flare thrown from the crowd during the quarter-final second leg against
cross-city rivals Internazionale
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on 12 April 2005. The match was ultimately suspended less than a minute later. His last match in a Milan kit came on 20 May in a 3–3 home draw with
Palermo
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, a match which saw the starters rested for the upcoming Champions League final, which Milan lost to
Liverpool
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after squandering a 3–0 half-time lead. Milan finished second in
Serie A
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that season.
Loan spells
Abbiati announced his desire to move to another club in order to contend for a starting spot and was therefore
loaned to
Genoa
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for the 2005–06 season in July 2005, but he immediately returned to Milan after Genoa were relegated to
Serie C1
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due to a match-fixing scandal.
Juventus and Torino
Abbiati was soon on the move again, joining Juventus as a temporary replacement for incumbent
Gianluigi Buffon
Gianluigi Buffon (; born 28 January 1978) is an Italian professional footballer who captains and plays as a goalkeeper for the club Parma. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time. He is one of the few recorded pl ...
, who had suffered a
dislocated shoulder
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during the
Luigi Berlusconi Trophy match against Milan in August 2005. With long-awaited regular playing time at his disposal, he flourished with the ''Bianconeri'', but when Buffon returned to the starting lineup six months later, Abbiati's services were no longer needed, and he left at the end of the season for another
Turin
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squad when Milan loaned him to
Torino
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in July 2006. Although Juventus managed to win the
Serie A
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title that season, it was later revoked due to their involvement in the ''
Calciopoli
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'' scandal, and they were relegated to Serie B the following season.
Atlético Madrid
Despite expressing his desire to stay for another season, Abbiati and Torino ultimately parted ways due to a salary dispute. He was once again loaned out by Milan for the third time in three seasons, this time to Spanish club
Atlético Madrid
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until June 2008.
[AC Milan to loan goalkeeper Christian Abbiati to Atletico Madrid](_blank)
– SLAM! Sports, 26 June 2007 He began the season on the bench until an injury to incumbent
Leo Franco
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After starting out at Independiente in 1995, he went on to spend the vast majority of his career in Sp ...
put him in the starting lineup. On 29 December, he expressed interest in staying with Atlético beyond
2007–08 season, saying, "My adaptation has gone better than I expected. I am happy at this club because they have helped me so much. I like playing in Spain and I think I will learn a lot during the time that I have left here."
[Abbiati Wants to Extend Atlético Stay](_blank)
– Goal.com, 29 December 2007
Return to AC Milan
Abbiati returned to Italy after being called back by Milan for the
2008–09 season and took over as first choice from
Zeljko Kalac
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after a solid pre-season. However, on 15 March 2009, his season was cut short following a severe knee injury in the first half of Milan's 5–1 league win over
Siena
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The city is historically linked to commercial and banking activities, having been a major banking center until the 13th and 14th centuri ...
, after he suffered
ligament damage to his right knee from a collision with teammate
Giuseppe Favalli
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. He was ruled out of action for six months following
rehabilitation
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and knee surgery.
[Complex knee injury rules Abbiati out for season](_blank)
– AFP, 16 March 2009 In 28 appearances, he kept 11 clean sheets and conceded 27 goals. On 8 November, nearly eight months after the injury, Abbiati was called up as Milan's third-choice behind Dida and new acquisition
Flavio Roma
Flavio Roma (; born 21 June 1974) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Club career
Roma started his career in the youth teams of Lazio. He was the third goalkeeper behind Luca Marchegiani and Fernando Orsi ...
for Milan's 2–1 away win over
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In
2010–11, Abbiati returned as starting goalkeeper for Milan after Dida's departure. He added two more year to his contract in July 2010, to last until 30 June 2013. He made some crucial saves in the first half of the season and was one of the primary reasons to Milan holding a top spot by January 2011. On 7 May 2011, after a series of good performances in crucial matches in the second half of the season, Milan clinched their first Serie A trophy in seven years. Abbiati followed up this victory by winning the
Supercoppa Italiana over Internazionale, although they were unable to defend the ''Scudetto'', finishing second to champions Juventus.
On 20 May 2013 Abbiati signed a new one-year contract. In September 2013, he broke Sebastiano Rossi's record for the most appearances as a goalkeeper for Milan.
His contract was renewed again on 21 May 2014. In the
2014–15 Serie A season, he was named Milan's second-choice goalkeeper following the arrival of former
Real Madrid
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Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
goalkeeper
Diego López. He received a new one-year contract extension on 1 July 2015.
During the
2015–16 Serie A season, Abbiati became Milan's third-choice goalkeeper behind 16-year-old
Gianluigi Donnarumma
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. He made five appearances in the
Coppa Italia
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History
The beginning of the tournament was turbulent, due to the complexity of ...
, as he helped Milan to reach the final of the tournament, but was benched in favour of Donnarumma in Milan's 1–0 loss to Juventus in the final. Although it was initially unknown whether Abbiati would return for
the 2016–17 season, he officially announced on 13 May that he would be retiring at the end of the season. Despite Milan announcing that Abbiati would make his final appearance in the season finale against
Roma
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on 14 May, Abbiati instead opted to let Donnarumma start due to the importance of the match. In total, Abbiati managed 281 league appearances during his 15 years with the club.
International career
Abbiati received his first call-up for
Italy
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as the third goalkeeper for
UEFA Euro 2000
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The finals tournament was ...
, after Gianluigi Buffon withdrew from the squad through injury, and was part of the squad that participated in the
2000 Summer Olympics
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. However, he did not earn his first cap until a 2–1 victory over
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
on 30 April 2003. Abbiati was left off the
2006 FIFA World Cup
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roster but was recalled to the national team in September 2006. In March 2009, three days before his season-ending knee injury, he said that he would refuse a future call-up for Italy in a non-starting role.
[Milan's Abbiati: I Don't Want To Be Third Choice For Italy](_blank)
– Goal.com, 12 March 2009 In total, he made four appearances for Italy.
After retirement
In June 2017, it was announced in a statement published on Milan's official website that Abbiati would be joining the club once again as a club manager, acting as a liaison between the team and the club.
Style of play
In his prime, Abbiati was a physically strong, reliable and reactive keeper. Throughout his career, he stood out for his longevity, work-rate, leadership and composure in goal, as well as his ability to rush off of his line or come out to claim crosses, despite initially being somewhat indecisive in this area in his youth. Although his performances became more inconsistent during the later years of his career, he was initially regarded as one of the most talented young Italian goalkeepers of his generation since his emergence with Milan in Serie A during the late 1990s, and he subsequently cemented himself as one of the best Italian goalkeepers of his generation, as well as one of the best shot-stoppers in Serie A.
Personal life
In September 2008, Abbiati sparked controversy and criticism from the Italian media when he declared he was a
fascist
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during an interview with Italian sports magazine ''Sportweek''.
He later stated he rejected the fascist racial laws and aggressive foreign policies, but declared he was "not ashamed to proclaim" his far-right ideology. "I share
heideals of fascism, such as the fatherland and the values of the
Catholic
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religion."
[I'm a fascist, says AC Milan star Christian Abbiati](_blank)
– ''The Guardian'', 27 September 2008
Abbiati is married to an Italian woman, Stefania Abbiati.
Their daughter, Giulia, was born on 30 January 2000.
Career statistics
Club
International
Honours
Club
;
AC Milan
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*
Serie A
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(3):
1998–99,
2003–04,
2010–11
*
Coppa Italia
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History
The beginning of the tournament was turbulent, due to the complexity of ...
(1):
2002–03
*
Supercoppa Italiana (2):
2004
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Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
,
2011
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*
UEFA Champions League
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(1):
2002–03
*
UEFA Super Cup
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(1):
2003
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*
Intercontinental Cup (Runner-up):
2003
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International
;
Italy
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*
UEFA European Championship
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(Runner-up):
2000
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Individual
* AC Milan Hall of Fame
Orders
: 5th Class / Knight: ''
Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana'': 2000
References
External links
*
AIC Profile
FIGC Profile
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1977 births
Living people
People from Abbiategrasso
Footballers from Lombardy
2002 FIFA World Cup players
A.C. Milan players
A.C. Monza players
Atlético Madrid footballers
Christian fascists
Expatriate footballers in Spain
Association football goalkeepers
Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Italian expatriate footballers
Italian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Italian footballers
Italian Roman Catholics
Italian neo-fascists
Italy under-21 international footballers
Italy international footballers
Juventus F.C. players
Olympic footballers of Italy
Serie A players
Serie B players
Serie C players
La Liga players
Torino F.C. players
UEFA Euro 2000 players
UEFA Champions League winning players
Knights of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Milan