Damiano Tommasi

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Damiano Tommasi
Personal information
Date of birth May 17, 1974 (1974-05-17) (age 34)
Place of birth    Negrar, Italy
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Levante
Number 15
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1991–1996
1996–2006
2006–		 Verona
Roma
Levante		 77 (4)
262 (14)
24 (0)   
National team2
1998– Italy 25 (2)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of August 30, 2006.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of August 30, 2006.
* Appearances (Goals)

Damiano Tommasi (born May 17, 1974 in Negrar) is an Italian football player who currently plays for Levante UD of La Liga. Also a noted philanthropist, Tommasi arranges for footballers' disciplinary fines to go to good causes.

Tommasi started his career playing for Hellas Verona in Serie B from 1993 to 1996. He made his Serie A debut on September 7, 1996 with A.S. Roma, a 3-1 win over Piacenza Calcio. He won one scudetto with Roma in 2001.

Tommasi played for the Italian national team that won the 1996 European Under-21 Championship and for the 1996 Olympic Games squad in Atlanta. He made his first senior squad appearance for the Azzurri on November 18, 1998 against Spain, but did not become a regular until 2001. He played in all four of Italy's matches at the 2002 World Cup.

During a summer friendly match against Stoke City in 2004 he suffered a horrible knee injury, caused by Gerry Taggart [1], and was out of action for a long time. In the summer of 2005 he accepted a one-year contract from Roma with youth player wages - a contract which, astonishingly, Tommasi instigated himself in the name of fairness. On October 30, 2005, he finally returned to play, entering on the second half in place of team mate Olivier Dacourt during a league match against Ascoli Calcio 1898, being even hailed with a long standing ovation by the A.S. Roma supporters.

On July 18, 2006, after 10 years at Roma, Tommasi joined Levante.

[edit] References

  1. ^ BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Stoke City | Injury blow for Taggart

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