Cristiano Zanetti

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Cristiano Zanetti
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-04-14) 14 April 1977 (age 36)
Place of birth Carrara, Italy
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Free agent
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1993–1996 Fiorentina 4 (0)
1996–1997 Venezia 21 (0)
1997–1998 Reggiana 31 (0)
1998 Internazionale 0 (0)
1998–1999 Cagliari 18 (0)
1999–2001 Roma 38 (0)
2001–2006 Internazionale 99 (2)
2006–2009 Juventus 63 (4)
2009–2011 Fiorentina 29 (0)
2011–2012 Brescia 8 (0)
National team‡
1995 Italy U-18 1 (0)
1998–2000 Italy U-21 19 (1)
2001–2004 Italy 17 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 August 2011.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 June 2004

Cristiano Zanetti (born 14 April 1977) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder.

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Club career [edit]

Early career [edit]

He played for Fiorentina (1993–96), Venezia (1996–97), Reggiana (1997–98) before joined Internazionale at age of 21.

Zanetti made his club debut for Internazionale on 26 August 1998 against FC Skonto before joining Cagliari along with Mohamed Kallon.

Roma [edit]

In the summer of 1999, he was signed by Roma in a joint-ownership bid for 7 billion Italian lire.[1] He won a Scudetto with Roma in 2000–01 season.

Internazionale [edit]

In June 2001, Zanetti re-joined Internazionale[2] Inter paid 10 billion Italian lire to buy back Zanetti.[3]

He won two Coppa Italia, a Supercoppa Italiana and was awarded a Serie A title after the Calciopoli scandal in 2006.

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Juventus [edit]

Zanetti moved to Juventus in 2006 on a free transfer, despite the match-fixing controversy surrounding the Turin giants and their subsequent relegation. Zanetti was Luciano Moggi's final signing as the Juventus transfer director before his five year ban due to his role in the Calciopoli scandal. Zanetti won the Serie B title with Le Zebre in 2007 and returned to the UEFA Champions League in 2008.

Fiorentina [edit]

Zanetti signed with his first professional club Fiorentina on 10 August 2009,[4] as the club was preparing to play in UEFA Champions League 2009–10 playoffs round. He signed a 2+1 contract. He is the second player to join La viola from Juventus in 2009–10 season after Marco Marchionni. Zanetti was tagged for €2 million[5] and deducted from Felipe Melo transfer fee. He made his debut for ACF Fiorentina on 29 September 2009 against Liverpool FC in the group stages of the UEFA Champions League. His assist led to Fiorentina's 1st goal, scored by young Montenegrin Stevan Jovetić against Liverpool. Fiorentina eventually won the match 2–0.[6]

Brescia [edit]

On 31 January 2011, Zanetti signed for Brescia on a two-year contract.

International career [edit]

Zanetti played for the Italian national team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2004. However, he has not been called up to the Italian national team since Euro 2004 by Giovanni Trapattoni successor Marcello Lippi, partly due to the solid Gennaro Gattuso-Andrea Pirlo partnership. Currently he has 17 international caps and 1 international goal.

Career statistics [edit]

International [edit]

International appearances and goals
# Date Venue Opponent Result Goal Competition
1. 13 September 2000 Melbourne, Australia Australia Australia 1–0 0 2000 Olympics (Italy U23)
2. 16 September 2000 Adelaide, Australia Honduras Honduras 3–1 0 2000 Olympics (Italy U23)
3. 19 September 2000 Adelaide, Australia Nigeria Nigeria 1–1 0 2000 Olympics (Italy U23)
4. 23 September 2000 Sydney, Australia Spain Spain 0–1 0 2000 Olympics (Italy U23)
1. 7 November 2001 Saitama, Japan  Japan 1–1 0 Friendly
2. 13 February 2002 Catania, Italy  United States 1–0 0 Friendly
3. 27 March 2002 Leeds, United Kingdom  England 2–1 0 Friendly
4. 17 April 2002 Milan, Italy  Uruguay 1–1 0 Friendly
5. 18 May 2002 Prague, Czech Republic  Czech Republic 0–1 0 Friendly
6. 8 June 2002 Kashima, Ibaraki, Japan  Croatia 1–2 0 2002 FIFA World Cup
7. 13 June 2002 Ōita, Japan  Mexico 1–1 0 2002 FIFA World Cup
8. 18 June 2002 Daejeon, South Korea  South Korea 1–2
(AET)		 0 2002 FIFA World Cup
9. 12 February 2003 Genoa, Italy  Portugal 1–0 0 Friendly
10. 29 March 2003 Palermo, Italy  Finland 2–0 0 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
11. 30 April 2003 Geneva, Switzerland  Switzerland 2–1 1 Friendly
12. 11 June 2003 Helsinki, Finland  Finland 2–0 0 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
13. 6 September 2003 Milan, Italy  Wales 4–0 0 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
14. 11 October 2003 Reggio Calabria, Italy  Azerbaijan 4–0 0 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
15. 12 November 2003 Warsaw, Poland  Poland 1–3 0 Friendly[7]
16. 30 May 2004 Radès, Tunisia  Tunisia 4–0 0 Friendly
17. 14 June 2004 Guimarães, Portugal  Denmark 0–0 0 UEFA Euro 2004

References [edit]

  1. ^ "BILANCIO D’ESERCIZIO E CONSOLIDATO DI GRUPPO AL 30 GIUGNO 2000". AS Roma (in Italian) (Borsa Italiana Archive). Retrieved 2010-04-02. 
  2. ^ "JOINT CONTRACTS: KALLON AND ZANETTI BACK TO INTER". Internazionale. 2001-06-28. Retrieved 2009-08-10. 
  3. ^ "Zanetti torna all’Inter, Zebina rimane alla Roma". AS Roma (in Italian). 2001-06-29. Archived from the original on 2002-02-09. Retrieved 2010-04-01. 
  4. ^ "Acquisito Cristiano Zanetti, giovedì la presentazione" (in Italian). ACF Fiorentina. 2009-08-10. Retrieved 2009-08-10. 
  5. ^ "Agreement with ACF Fiorentina S.p.A. for the disposal of the player C. Zanetti". Juventus. 2009-08-10. Retrieved 2009-08-10. 
  6. ^ Fiorentina 2–0 Liverpool
  7. ^ RSSSF – International Friendly Matches 2003

External links [edit]

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