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Fabio Cannavaro

Fabio Cannavaro
Personal information
Full nameFabio Cannavaro
Date of birth13 September 1973(age 39)
Place of birthNaples, Italy
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9.7 in)
Playing positionCentre-back

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Fabio Cannavaro (born 13 September 1973 in Naples, Italy) is a former Italian footballer who last played as a centre back for Al Ahli. He spent the majority of his career in Italy. He started his career at Napoli, before spending seven years at Parma, with whom he won two Coppa Italias and the 1999 UEFA Cup. After spells at Internazionale and Juventus, Cannavaro transferred along with manager Fabio Capello from Juventus to Real Madrid, with whom he won consecutive La Liga titles in 2007 and 2008. After returning to Juventus for one season in 2009 - 10, he joined Al-Ahli. He retired from professional football in 2011 due to a injury troubled season in Al'Ahli.

Cannavaro has also achieved success with the Italian national team. He was part of the Italy team that won consecutive Under-21 European Championships in 1994 and 1996. After earning his first senior cap in 1997, he eventually became captain. Cannavaro led Italy to victory in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and in 2009 overtook Paolo Maldini as the most capped player in the country's history. He announced his retirement from international football on 25 June 2010 following Italy's failure to qualify for the knock-out stages of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, having amassed 136 caps and scored 2 goals for the national team.

He won the FIFA World Player of the Year award in 2006, making him the first, and so far, only defender to win the award, as well as the oldest recipient. Cannavaro's younger brother Paolo is also a professional footballer.

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Goal.com--Raul and compatriot Fernando Morientes were pitted against Italians who have now become greats of the game, including -Fabio Cannavaro-, Alessandro Nesta and Francesco Totti, and he believes the class of 2011 will increase in stature throughout - Date : Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:22:25 GMT+00:00
Juventus defender Grosso may be set for Al Ahli - Sport 360 Tweet this news
Sport 360--World Cup-winner Fabio Grosso is the latest star name to be linked with a move to the Pro League, as reports claim he could be ready to join former Italy and Juventus teammate -Fabio Cannavaro- at Al Ahli. The left-back scored the opening goal - Date : Sun, 12 Jun 2011 22:39:59 GMT+00:00
Strike it rich - ArabianBusiness.com Tweet this news
ArabianBusiness.com--Instead of the usual stream of has-been Europeans with a few caps in the minor leagues, a bona fide World Cup-winning captain, -Fabio Cannavaro-, was unveiled. This was a genuine coup for Al Ahli, as the Italian came straight from one - Date : Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:33:25 GMT+00:00
Cannavaro eager to win title with Napoli - ESPN STAR Sports Tweet this news
ESPN STAR Sports--Paolo Cannavaro believes winning the Serie A with Napoli will have more meaning than his brother winning the World Cup in 2006. -Fabio Cannavaro- captained the Italy side that went on to win the ultimate prize in football five years ago. - Date : Sat, 09 Apr 2011 03:28:58 GMT+00:00
Ex-Villa boss O'Leary axed by Al Ahli - Tribalfootball.com Tweet this news
Tribalfootball.com--He made Italian World Cup winner -Fabio Cannavaro- his captain as Al Ahli's owner splashed the cash in search of glory. But a poor run of results have seen his side slip down the table to fifth despite an encouraging start to the - Date : Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:06:47 GMT+00:00
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Mumbai Mirror--When Italian skipper -Fabio Cannavaro- won the World Cup in 2006 he knew it was a chance for him to finally fulfill a promise he had made to his son. “We slept together me, him and the Cup,” said Cannavaro, who raised the trophy in Berl - Date : Sun, 03 Apr 2011 22:31:57 GMT+00:00
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Goal.com--Since -Fabio Cannavaro- started to slip towards retirement and Alessandro Nesta decided to take the jump early, Italy's national side has been eagerly searching for an answer at the back, but in Ranocchia they have only more questions. ... - Date : Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:21:57 GMT+00:00
Fabio Cannavaro sidelined to add to David O'Leary's woes - The National Tweet this news
The National--Al Ahli signed -Fabio Cannavaro- to a two-year contract worth as much as Dh22.5 million per season. -Fabio Cannavaro- has a knee injury of undetermined severity, but his coach at the Dubai club Al Ahli expects that the former Fifa World Play - Date : Fri, 01 Apr 2011 20:07:33 GMT+00:00
Cannavaro: Media wanted Italy failure - ESPN STAR Sports Tweet this news
ESPN STAR Sports--Former Italy national captain -Fabio Cannavaro- has hit out at the country's media for not supporting them during the World Cup debacle. Italy were the defending Champions when they flew to South Africa in the summer of 2010, but th - Date : Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:49:33 GMT+00:00
The soap opera that is English football - The Independent (blog) Tweet this news
The Independent (blog)--The same can be said about Italy, who currently lack a clearly nominated captain on the field after the departure of -Fabio Cannavaro- following last year's World Cup. Cannavaro might have quit, but even without the armband pl - Date : Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:35:18 GMT+00:00

Awards
Preceded by
Brazil Ronaldo
FIFA World Cup Silver Ball
2006
Succeeded by
Netherlands Wesley Sneijder

Medal Record
Competitor for Italy
Association football
FIFA World Cup
GoldGermany 2006
UEFA European Football Championship
SilverBelgium-Netherlands 2000

International goals :
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 30 May 2004 Radès, Tunisia Tunisia 0 � 4 Win Friendly
2. 6 February 2008 Zurich, Switzerland Portugal 3 � 1 Win Friendly

FIFA World Player of the Year

1991: Matthäus * 1992: van Basten * 1993: Baggio * 1994: Romário * 1995: Weah * 1996: Ronaldo * 1997: Ronaldo * 1998: Zidane * 1999: Rivaldo * 2000: Zidane * 2001: Figo * 2002: Ronaldo * 2003: Zidane * 2004: Ronaldinho * 2005: Ronaldinho * 2006: Cannavaro * 2007: Kaká * 2008: C. Ronaldo * 2009: Messi

Ballon d'Or

1956: Matthews * 1957: di Stéfano * 1958: Kopa * 1959: di Stéfano * 1960: Suárez * 1961: Sívori * 1962: Masopust * 1963: Yashin * 1964: Law * 1965: Eusébio * 1966: Charlton * 1967: Albert * 1968: Best * 1969: Rivera * 1970: Müller * 1971: Cruyff * 1972: Beckenbauer * 1973: Cruyff * 1974: Cruyff * 1975: Blokhin * 1976: Beckenbauer * 1977: Simonsen * 1978: Keegan * 1979: Keegan * 1980: Rummenigge * 1981: Rummenigge * 1982: Rossi * 1983: Platini * 1984: Platini * 1985: Platini * 1986: Belanov * 1987: Gullit * 1988: van Basten * 1989: van Basten * 1990: Matthäus * 1991: Papin * 1992: van Basten * 1993: Baggio * 1994: Stoichkov * 1995: Weah * 1996: Sammer * 1997: Ronaldo * 1998: Zidane * 1999: Rivaldo * 2000: Figo * 2001: Owen * 2002: Ronaldo * 2003: Nedvěd * 2004: Shevchenko * 2005: Ronaldinho * 2006: Cannavaro * 2007: Kaká * 2008: C. Ronaldo * 2009: Messi

Italian Footballer of the Year

1997: Mancini * 1998: Del Piero * 1999: Vieri * 2000: Totti * 2001: Totti * 2002: Vieri * 2003: Totti * 2004: Totti * 2005: Gilardino * 2006: Cannavaro * 2007: Totti * 2008: Del Piero * 2009: De Rossi

Serie A Defender of the Year

2000: Nesta * 2001: Nesta * 2002: Nesta * 2003: Nesta * 2004: Maldini * 2005: Cannavaro * 2006: Cannavaro * 2007: Materazzi * 2008: Chiellini * 2009: Chiellini

Serie A Footballer of the Year

1997: Mancini * 1998: Ronaldo * 1999: Vieri * 2000: Totti * 2001: Zidane * 2002: Trezeguet * 2003: Nedvěd & Totti * 2004: Kaká * 2005: Gilardino * 2006: Cannavaro * 2007: Kaká * 2008: Ibrahimović * 2009: Ibrahimović

World Soccer Player of the Year

1982: Rossi * 1983: Zico * 1984: Platini * 1985: Platini * 1986: Maradona * 1987: Gullit * 1988: van Basten * 1989: Gullit
1990: Matthäus * 1991: Papin * 1992: van Basten * 1993: Baggio * 1994: Maldini * 1995: Vialli * 1996: Ronaldo * 1997: Ronaldo * 1998: Zidane * 1999: Rivaldo
2000: Figo * 2001: Owen * 2002: Ronaldo * 2003: Nedvěd * 2004: Ronaldinho * 2005: Ronaldinho * 2006: Cannavaro * 2007: Kaká * 2008: C. Ronaldo * 2009: Messi

Italy squad 1996 Summer Olympics

Pagliuca, Panucci, Nesta, Cannavaro, Galante, Fresi, Ametrano, Crippa, Branca, Brambilla, Delvecchio, Buffon, Pistone, Tommasi, Pecchia, Morfeo, Lucarelli, Bernardini, Sartor
Coach : Maldini

Italy squad 1998 FIFA World Cup

Toldo, Bergomi, P. Maldini (c), Cannavaro, Costacurta, Nesta, Pessotto, Torricelli, Albertini, Del Piero, D. Baggio, Pagliuca, Cois, Di Biagio, Di Livio, Di Matteo, Moriero, R. Baggio, Inzaghi, Chiesa, Vieri, Buffon
Coach : C. Maldini

Italy squad UEFA Euro 2000 Runners-up

Abbiati, Ferrara, Maldini (c), Albertini, Cannavaro, Negro, Di Livio, Conte, Inzaghi, Del Piero, Pessotto, Toldo, Nesta, Di Biagio, Iuliano, Ambrosini, Zambrotta, Fiore, Montella, Totti, Delvecchio, Antonioli
Coach : Zoff

Italy squad 2002 FIFA World Cup

Buffon, Panucci, Maldini (c), Coco, Cannavaro, Zanetti, Del Piero, Gattuso, Inzaghi, Totti, Doni, Abbiati, Nesta, Di Biagio, Iuliano, Di Livio, Tommasi, Delvecchio, Zambrotta, Montella, Vieri, Toldo, Materazzi
Coach : Trapattoni

Italy squad UEFA Euro 2004

Buffon, Panucci, Oddo, Zanetti, Cannavaro (c), Ferrari, Del Piero, Gattuso, Vieri, Totti, Corradi, Toldo, Nesta, Fiore, Favalli, Camoranesi, Di Vaio, Cassano, Zambrotta, Perrotta, Pirlo, Peruzzi, Materazzi
Coach : Trapattoni

Italy squad 2006 FIFA World Cup Winners (4th Title)

Buffon, Zaccardo, Grosso, De Rossi, Cannavaro (c), Barzagli, Del Piero, Gattuso, Toni, Totti, Gilardino, Peruzzi, Nesta, Amelia, Iaquinta, Camoranesi, Barone, Inzaghi, Zambrotta, Perrotta, Pirlo, Oddo, Materazzi
Coach : Lippi

Italy squad 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup

Buffon, Santon, Grosso, Chiellini, Cannavaro (c), Legrottaglie, Pepe, Gattuso, Toni, De Rossi, Gilardino, De Sanctis, Gamberini, Amelia, Iaquinta, Camoranesi, Rossi, Palombo, Zambrotta, Montolivo, Pirlo, Dossena, Quagliarella
Coach : Lippi



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