Cristian Zaccardo

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Cristian Zaccardo
Personal information
Full name Cristian Zaccardo
Date of birth December 21, 1981 (1981-12-21) (age 26)
Place of birth    Formigine, Italy
Height 1.84 m (6 ft +1⁄2 in)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current club Wolfsburg
Number TBD
Youth clubs
Bologna
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2000–2001
2001–2004
2004–2008
2008–		 Spezia
Bologna
Palermo
Wolfsburg		 028 (0)
079 (3)
142 (8)
   
National team2
1998
1999–2000
2000–2001
2002–2004
2004–		 Italy U-16
Italy U-18
Italy U-20
Italy U-21
Italy		 008 (1)
006 (0)
009 (0)
021 (2)
017 (1)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of May 19, 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of October 17, 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Cristian Zaccardo, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI[1][2], (born December 21, 1981 in Formigine, Modena) is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer, who plays for Serie A team US Palermo and the Italy national football team. He plays primarily as a right full back but is also capable of playing at centre back. He has recently signed a new contract with club Palermo which will keep him at the sicilian club until 2012 despite attracting the attention of other clubs, most notably Internazionale.

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.

He was part of the Italian squad who won the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Zaccardo made two appearances in the competitions, causing a own goal in the second azzurri match, a 1–1 tie against the United States.

He will join the German club VfL Wolfsburg at the end of the current season.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ FIFA.com
  2. ^ AscotSportal.com
  3. ^ Bundesliga.de

[edit] External links

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VfL Wolfsburg – current squad

1 Jentzsch • 2 Quiroga • 3 Van der Heyden • 4 Schäfer • 5 R. Costa • 6 Simunek • 7 Josué • 8 Baier • 9 Džeko • 10 Krzynówek • 11 Laas • 12 Lenz • 13 Hasebe • 14 Santana • 15 Lamprecht • 16 Benaglio • 17 Madlung • 18 Makiadi • 20 Riether • 21 Platins • 22 Alex • 23 Grafite • 24 Dejagah • 25 Gentner • 26 Evljuskin • 27 Thiam • 28 Hill • 30 Rama • 31 Öztürk • 32 Marcelinho • 33 Reiche • 34 Deumeland • 36 Niang • 37 Karimov • 40 Ljuboja • Manager: Magath
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Italy squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Winners (4th Title)
1 Buffon • 2 Zaccardo • 3 Grosso • 4 De Rossi • 5 Cannavaro • 6 Barzagli • 7 Del Piero • 8 Gattuso • 9 Toni • 10 Totti • 11 Gilardino • 12 Peruzzi • 13 Nesta • 14 Amelia • 15 Iaquinta • 16 Camoranesi • 17 Barone • 18 Inzaghi • 19 Zambrotta • 20 Perrotta • 21 Pirlo • 22 Oddo • 23 Materazzi • Coach: Lippi
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Persondata
NAME Zaccardo, Cristian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zaccardo, Cristian
SHORT DESCRIPTION footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 1981-12-21
PLACE OF BIRTH Formigine , Italy
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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