Cristian Zaccardo
Personal information | |||
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Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Wolfsburg | ||
Number | 2 | ||
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of October 17, 2007 |
Cristian Zaccardo, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI,[1][2] (born December 21, 1981 in Formigine, Modena) is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer, who plays for Bundesliga team VfL Wolfsburg[3] and the Italy national football team. He plays primarily as a right full back but is also capable of playing at centre back. Before Signing for VfL Wolfsburg, Zaccardo played for U.S. Citta di Palermo, where he attracted the interest of many of Italy's major clubs, including Inter.
One of the best products of the Bologna youth system, Zaccardo debuted in the first team in 2001, under the direction of coach Francesco Guidolin, immediately becoming a regular for the rossoblu and Italy's "Under 21" national team. He left Bologna in 2004 to join his former coach Guidolin in Palermo.
He was part of the Italian squad who won the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Zaccardo made two appearances in the competitions, causing an own goal in the second azzurri match, a 1–1 tie against the United States.
Honours
- FIFA World Cup: 2006
- Bundesliga: 2009
References
- ^ FIFA.com[dead link]
- ^ AscotSportal.com
- ^ "Bundesliga.de". Bundesliga.de. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
External links
- Italian football defender stubs
- 1981 births
- Living people
- People from the Province of Modena
- Italian footballers
- Italy international footballers
- Serie A footballers
- Spezia Calcio 1906 players
- Bologna F.C. 1909 players
- U.S. Città di Palermo players
- 2006 FIFA World Cup players
- FIFA World Cup-winning players
- Italy under-21 international footballers
- VfL Wolfsburg players
- First Bundesliga footballers
- Italian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Germany