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Gianluca Zambrotta

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Born
1977 (47 years old)

Birth Place

Como, Italy

Position
Defender

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1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)

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Gianluca Zambrotta Ufficiale OMRI (born 19th February 1977) 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 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 98 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.

Zambrotta was decorated as Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (Cavaliere O.M.R.I.) in 2000 and he was made an Officer of the same order (Ufficiale O.M.R.I.) in 2006.

Career Honours

Italian Supercoppa Italiana 2011 Milan	Italian Serie A 2010-2011 Milan	Spanish Supercopa de Espana 2006 Juventus	FIFA World Cup 2006 Italy
UEFA Team of the Year 2006 Juventus	FIFA FIFPro World XI 2006 Juventus	Italian Supercoppa Italiana 2003 Juventus	Italian Serie A 2002-2003 Juventus
Italian Supercoppa Italiana 2002 Juventus	Italian Serie A 2001-2002 Juventus	UEFA Intertoto Cup 1999 Bari