Gianluca Zambrotta

Gianluca Zambrotta
Zambrotta in 2019
Personal information
Full name Gianluca Zambrotta[1]
Date of birth (1977-02-19) 19 February 1977 (age 47)[1]
Place of birth Como, Italy
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Full-back
Youth career
1992–1994 Como
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1997 Como 48 (6)
1997–1999 Bari 59 (6)
1999–2006 Juventus 217 (7)
2006–2008 Barcelona 58 (3)
2008–2012 AC Milan 80 (2)
2013–2014 Chiasso 10 (2)
Total 472 (26)
International career
1998–2000 Italy U21 13 (1)
1999–2010 Italy 100 (2)
Managerial career
2013 Chiasso (assistant)
2013–2015 Chiasso
2016 Delhi Dynamos
2017–2018 Jiangsu Suning (assistant)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Italy
FIFA World Cup
Winner 2006 Germany
UEFA European Championship
Runner-up 2000 Belgium-Netherlands
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gianluca Zambrotta Ufficiale OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [dʒanˈluːka ddzamˈbrɔtta]; born 19 February 1977)[3] is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a full-back or as a wide midfielder, on both the left and right wings.

Throughout his career, Zambrotta played for several different Italian clubs. He began his career with local club Como in 1994, and gained prominence while playing for Bari, which earned him a transfer to Juventus in 1999. During his seven seasons with the club, he won two consecutive Serie A and Supercoppa Italiana titles in 2002 and 2003, also reaching the 2003 UEFA Champions League final. He also later spent two relatively unsuccessful seasons with Barcelona between 2006 and 2008, where he won the 2006 Supercopa de España, before returning to Italy to play for AC Milan, where he won his third Serie A and Supercoppa Italiana titles in 2011. He ended his career after a season with Swiss club Chiasso in 2014, whom he later went on to coach.

At international level, Zambrotta won 100 caps for the Italy national team, playing at three FIFA World Cups, three UEFA European Championship, the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2000 Summer Olympics. He was part of their side that reached the Euro 2000 final, and he was also selected to the Euro 2004 Team of the Tournament. He was most notably a key member of the starting lineup of the Italian squad that won the 2006 World Cup, and he was selected in the Team of the Tournament for his performances.

  1. ^ a b "FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010: List of Players: Italy" (PDF). FIFA. 4 June 2010. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Gianluca Zambrotta". Juventus FC. Archived from the original on 8 April 2004.
  3. ^ "Gianluca Zambrotta". AC Milan. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012.

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