Fabio Caressa (born 18 April 1967) is an Italian journalist and

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, broadcasting for

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Career

Caressa began his career in 1986 for Canale 66, a local Roman broadcaster linked to TeleRoma56. In 1991 he was chosen to take part in the commentators team for the newly founded Italian

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TELE+, founded by

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. In 1998, he started commenting on Sunday evening

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matches, taking turns with Massimo Marianella. In 2002, Caressa became the main voice of Sky Sport and, together with former

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defender

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, he became one of the most celebrated sporting commentators in Italy. After the

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, which

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won, Caressa wrote a book about his experiences during his career and the World cup, called ''Andiamo a Berlino'' ("We're going to Berlin"), a reference to Caressa's exclamation at the end of Italy's World Cup semi-final victory against hosts

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, which ended in a 2–0 victory after extra time; just a few seconds after Italy's second goal, scored by

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, Caressa shouted the phrase, expressing his joy for Italy's qualification for the

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that would be played in

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. Caressa commentated all swimming events in Sky Sport's coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympics for the first time in his career, along with former swimmers

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and Cristina Chiuso. From 1 July 2013 to 10 March 2016, Caressa was Sky Sport's ''ad interim'' co-director, with delegation to Sky Sport 24, then becoming Sky Sport director. In December 2016, he was appointed Sky Sport co-director with delegation to the program ''Sky Calcio Club''.

Personal life

Caressa is married to Italian TV-news journalist Benedetta Parodi. Together, they have two daughters and one son: Matilde (born 28 September 2002), Eleonora (born 20 October 2004) and Diego (born 28 October 2009).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Caressa, Fabio 1967 births Living people Writers from Rome Italian male journalists Italian sports journalists Italian sports commentators Association football commentators Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli alumni