Cristian Zaccardo
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | December 21, 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Formigine, Italy | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 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) |
2000–2001 | → Spezia | 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
- ^ FIFA.com[dead link]
- ^ AscotSportal.com
- ^ "Wolfsburg sign a world-class player". Bundesliga.de. 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
- ^ "Zaccardo al Parma" (in Italian). Parma F.C. 2009-08-29. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
External links
- 1981 births
- Living people
- People from the Province of Modena
- Italian footballers
- Italy international footballers
- Serie A footballers
- Spezia Calcio players
- Bologna F.C. 1909 players
- U.S. Città di Palermo players
- Parma F.C. players
- 2006 FIFA World Cup players
- FIFA World Cup-winning players
- Italy under-21 international footballers
- VfL Wolfsburg players
- Fußball-Bundesliga players
- Italian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Italian expatriate sportspeople in Germany