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Cristian Zaccardo
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-12-21) December 21, 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth Formigine, Italy
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
Milan
Number 5
Youth career
1991–2000 Bologna
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2004 Bologna 79 (2)
2000–2001Spezia 28 (0)
2004–2008 Palermo 142 (8)
2008–2009 VfL Wolfsburg 15 (1)
2009– Parma 103 (9)
International career
2002–2004 Italy U-21 21 (2)
2004–2007 Italy 17 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 May 2012
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 October 2007

Cristian Zaccardo, Ufficiale OMRI[1][2] (born December 21, 1981 in Formigine, Italy) is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer, who plays for Italian Serie A club Parma. He plays primarily as a right full back but is also capable of playing at centre back.

Club career

One of the best products of the Bologna youth system, Zaccardo debuted in the first team in 2001, under the direction of coach Francesco Guidolin, immediately becoming a regular for the rossoblu and Italy's "Under 21" national team. He left Bologna in 2004 to join his former coach Guidolin in Palermo. After a season spent in Germany at VfL Wolfsburg,[3] in August 2009 he rejoined his former coach Guidolin at Parma F.C. [4] He signed a 3 years deal with A.C Milan on 24/01/2013 !

International career

He was part of the Italian squad who won the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Zaccardo made three appearances in the competition, scoring an own goal off an attempted clearance in the second azzurri match, a 1–1 draw against the United States. He has been overlooked for national team selection in tournament competitions ever since.

Honours

Club

International

References

  1. ^ FIFA.com[dead link]
  2. ^ AscotSportal.com
  3. ^ "Wolfsburg sign a world-class player". Bundesliga.de. 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
  4. ^ "Zaccardo al Parma" (in Italian). Parma F.C. 2009-08-29. Retrieved 2009-08-30.


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