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Andrea Pirlo
Andrea Pirlo Andrea Pirlo, (born 19 May 1979 in Flero, Lombardy), is an Italian World Cup winning footballer who plays for Serie A club Milan and the Italian national team. Praised for his inventive play, he is also a free-kick specialist. Pirlo has played for the Italian youth teams U-15, U-18 and U-21, captaining and [...]
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Paolo Maldini
Paolo Maldini Paolo Cesare Maldini (born 26 June 1968 in Milan) is a former Italian footballer. He spent all 25 seasons of his career at A.C. Milan, until the age of 40. During that period, he won seven Italian Serie A championships, five UEFA Champions League Cups, one Coppa Italia, five Supercoppa [...]
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Franco Baresi
Franco Baresi Franco Baresi (born May 8, 1960 in Travagliato, province of Brescia) is an Italian youth team coach and former football defender with Milan, acknowledged as one of the greatest defenders ever to play the game. Baresi was colloquially called “piscinin”, Milanese dialect for “little one”. He is also the younger brother [...]
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Gianluigi Buffon
Gianluigi “Gigi” Buffon (born 28 January 1978 in Carrara), is an Italian FIFA World Cup, UEFA Cup, and Serie A winning goalkeeper who plays for Serie A club Juventus and the Italian national team. He is considered by many fans and experts to be one of most dominant and successful goalkeepers in [...]
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World Champions (1982)
World Cup 1982
Posted on 28 March 2010
After a scandal in Serie A where some National Team players such as Paolo Rossi were prosecuted and suspended for match fixing and illegal betting, the Azzurri arrived at the 1982 FIFA World Cup amidst general scepticism and discomfort. Italy qualified for the second round after three uninspiring draws against [...] Continue Reading
World Champions (2006)
World Cup 2006
Posted on 21 March 2010
2006 World Cup: Champions for the fourth time Italy’s campaign in the 2006 World Cup hosted by Germany was accompanied by open pessimism due to the controversy caused by the 2006 Serie A scandal. These negative predictions were then refuted, as the Azzurri eventually won their fourth World Cup. Italy won their opening game [...] Continue Reading
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