Tommaso Rocchi

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Tommaso Rocchi
Personal information
Full name	Tommaso Rocchi
Date of birth	September 19, 1977 (1977-09-19) (age 30)
Place of birth	Venice, Italy
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	S.S. Lazio
Number	18
Youth clubs
1995-1996	Juventus F.C.
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996-1997 1997 1997-1998 1998-2000 2000-2001 2001-2004 2004-present	Pro Patria Fermana Saronno Como Calcio 1907 Treviso Empoli Lazio	27 (6) 4 (0) 28 (10) 62 (20) 37 (8) 104 (29) 121 (57)
National team2
1995 1995-1996 2006-	Italy U-17 Italy U-18 Italy	7 (4) 8 (3) 3 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of August 26 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 23 August 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Tommaso Rocchi (born 19 September 1977 in Venice) is an Italian football forward who is currently playing for S.S. Lazio in Italy. Although he is currently one of the most feared strikers in Italy, he is considered a late bloomer because the majority of his success came into fruition in Serie A and at the international level in his late 20s. He is one S.S. Lazio's star players and a vice-captain of team. He is an athletic striker with impeccable timing and a very accurate shot.

A youth team player at Juventus, he made his debut in the 1995 1996 season. After that he played in the lower leagues with Pro Patria (1996-1997), Fermana (1997), Saronno (1997-1998) and Como Calcio 1907 (1998-2000). In the next 4 years he played for Treviso in the Empoli. With Empoli he played in the Serie A in the 2002/2003 season and the 2003/2004 season (64 games and 16 goals), showing, above all in his second season, how much he had improved from his Juventus days.

He then joined Lazio in 2004, and proceeded to score 13 goals in 35 league games and 2 goals in 5 UEFA Cup games. Since then, he has continued to improve, averaging 15 goals a season, and wearing the captain's armband at Lazio.

Rocchi made his Italy national team debut against Croatia on 16 August 2006. He so far has 3 caps.

[edit] External links

• Tommaso Rocchi at FIGC.it

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