Fabio Cannavaro
Former Real Madrid and Juventus defender and Italy captain, Fabio Cannavaro was a sensational defender. Now beyond his peak, he still shows the characteristics that made him the FIFA World Player of the Year in 2006 after he lifted the World Cup trophy for Italy.
He is currently the most capped Italian player.
Football in Italy: Crisis, Problems & Solutions – Part I
The bitter disappointment for the Italian National Team poor figure at the FIFA WC 2010 is just the tip of the iceberg of a crisis that involves all Italian soccer, including clubs. Inter’s win in Champions League came without a single local player on the pitch, but at the same time saved Italy’s fourth spot…
World champions no-more as Italy crash out
Rewind to four years ago to that wonderful glittering night in Berlin as Italian football rose above the diplomatic and testing troubles of their domestic game and peaked at the summit of world football once again to capture their fourth FIFA World Cup. The scenes of an unknown yet ageing left-back from Palermo stepping up…
Fabio Cannavaro: “The best is yet to come.”
In what will be his 136th and potentially final appearance for the Azzurri, Fabio Cannavaro commented ahead of the key match with Slovakia in Johannesburg. Cannavaro will retire from international play after the World Cup and next season will feature for Al-Ahli in Dubai. His boss, Marcello Lippi, also weighed in with comments during a…
“If the same spirit we had in Germany returns, we can do something important” – Fabio Cannavaro
Fabio Cannavaro Closes a Great Azzurri Career He may be 37 years of age and perhaps past his prime, but with 133 caps for the Azzurri, he is a legend. This will be his last international tournament. Next season, he will play for Al-Ahli in Dubai. He has featured at the following senior level tournaments:…
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