Giuseppe Favalli

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Personal information
Giuseppe Favalli
Full name	Giuseppe Favalli
Date of birth	January 8, 1972 (1972-01-08) (age 36)
Place of birth	Orzinuovi, Italy
Height	1.82m
Playing position	Left-back / Centre Back
Club information
Current club	A.C. Milan
Number	19
Youth clubs
1987–1988	Cremonese
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1988–1992 1992–2004 2004–2006 2006–	Cremonese Lazio Internazionale A.C. Milan	094 (3) 298 (4) 049 (0) 041 (2)
National team²
1989 1989–1994 1994–2004	Italy U18 Italy U21 Italy	009 (1) 00? (?) 008 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 11, 2008 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of October 2004. * Appearances (Goals)

Giuseppe Favalli (born January 8, 1972 in Orzinuovi, Province of Brescia) is an Italian football (soccer) player at the position of defender who currently plays for AC Milan.

He started his career with then-Serie B squad Cremonese, where his strong performance resulted in him being signed to Lazio during the summer of 1992. He eventually became team captain and was a fan favorite. He later moved to Inter Milan joining the club in the summer of 2004. However, he was not always chosen to start for the team and the arrival of Fabio Grosso after the world cup meant that he was deemed surplus to the squad and as a result, did not have his contract re-newed at the of the 2006 season. He was then subsequently signed by A.C. Milan in a free transfer, but once again, with strong players such as Kakha Kaladze and Paolo Maldini ahead of him in the ranks playing left-back, he would spend the seasons mainly on the bench. In the 2007 UEFA Champions League Final he appeared as a substitue late in the which saw Milan gain their seventh European Cup in a 2-1 win over Liverpool FC.

He was affectionately nicknamed Favallinho by Milan supporters after he scored his only two goals of the 2006-07 Serie A campaign in back-to-back wins over Empoli and Messina in April 2007.

[edit] Honors

Italian Cup: 1998, 2005, 2006
Serie A: 2000
European Cup Winners' Cup: 1999
European Super Cup: 1999, 2007
Italian Super Cup: 1998, 2000, 2005
UEFA Champions League: 2007
FIFA Club World Cup: 2007

[edit] External links

inter.it profile
(Italian) National Team Statistics at FIGC official site

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A.C. Milan – current squad

1 Dida • 3 Maldini • 4 Kaladze • 5 Emerson • 7 Pato • 8 Gattuso • 9 Inzaghi • 10 Seedorf • 13 Nesta • 16 Kalac • 17 Šimić • 18 Jankulovski • 19 Favalli • 21 Pirlo • 22 Kaká • 23 Ambrosini • 25 Bonera • 31 Digão • 32 Brocchi • 36 Darmian • 43 Paloschi • 44 Oddo • 94 Aubameyang • 99 Ronaldo • ¬ Flamini • ¬ Borriello • ¬ Zambrotta • ¬ Antonini • ¬ Abbiati • Coach: Ancelotti

v • d • e Italy squad - UEFA Euro 2004

1 Buffon • 2 Panucci • 3 Oddo • 4 Zanetti • 5 Cannavaro • 6 Ferrari • 7 Del Piero • 8 Gattuso • 9 Vieri • 10 Totti • 11 Corradi • 12 Toldo • 13 Nesta • 14 Fiore • 15 Favalli • 16 Camoranesi • 17 Di Vaio • 18 Cassano • 19 Zambrotta • 20 Perrotta • 21 Pirlo • 22 Peruzzi • 23 Materazzi • Coach: Trapattoni