Coordinates	°′″N°′″N
name	Ferrara
official name	Comune di Ferrara
image shield	CoA Città di Ferrara.svg
map caption	Location in the Province of Ferrara
coordinates type	type:city_region:IT
coordinates display	title
region	Emilia-Romagna
province	Ferrara (FE)
frazioni	Aguscello, Albarea, Baura, Boara, Borgo Scoline, Bova, Casaglia, Cassana, Castel Trivellino, Chiesuol del Fosso, Cocomaro di Cona, Cocomaro di Focomorto, Codrea, Cona, Contrapò, Corlo, Correggio, Denore, Focomorto, Francolino, Gaibana, Gaibanella, Sant'Egidio, Malborghetto di Boara, Malborghetto di Correggio, Marrara, Mezzavia, Monestirolo, Montalbano, Parasacco, Pescara, Pontegradella, Pontelagoscuro, Ponte Travagli, Porotto, Porporana, Quartesana, Ravalle, Sabbioni, San Bartolomeo in Bosco, San Martino, Spinazzino, Torre della Fossa, Uccellino, Viconovo, Villanova
mayor party	Democratic Party
mayor	Tiziano Tagliani
area total km2	404.36
population total	134425
population as of	30 November 2008
population demonym	Ferraresi
elevation m	9
saint	St. George
day	April 23
postal code	44121 to 44124
area code	0532
website
footnotes	}}

Ferrara is a city and ''comune'' in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital city of the Province of Ferrara. It is situated 50 km north-northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream of the Po River, located 5 km north. The town has broad streets and numerous palaces dating from the 14th century and 15th century, when it hosted the court of the House of Este. For its beauty and cultural importance it has been qualified by UNESCO as World Heritage Site. Modern times have brought a renewal of industrial activity. Ferrara is on the main rail line from Bologna to Padua and Venice, and has branches to Ravenna, Poggio Rusco (for Suzzara) and Codigoro. In 2006, due to its important historical significance, Ferrara became the headquarters of the Italian Hermitage Museum. It is the fifth city in the world to have been linked with the Russian museum. From this union was born the Hermitage-Italy Foundation.

History

Middle Ages

The origin of Ferrara is uncertain, it was probably settled by the inhabitants of the lagoons at the mouth of Po river; there are two early centers of settlement, one round the cathedral, the other, the ''castrum bizantino'', being the San Pietro district, on the opposite shore, where the Primaro empties into the Volano channel. Ferrara appears first in a document of the Lombard king Desiderius of 753 AD, as a city forming part of the Exarchate of Ravenna. Desiderius pledged a Lombard ''ducatus ferrariae'' ("Duchy of Ferrara") in 757 to Pope Stephen II. After 984 it was a fief of Tedaldo, count of Modena and Canossa, nephew of the emperor Otto I. It afterwards made itself independent, and in 1101 was taken by siege by the countess Matilda. At this time it was mainly dominated by several great families, among them the prominent Adelardi (or Aleardi) family.

In 1146, Guglielmo II of Adelardi, the last of the House of Adelardi, died, and his property passed, as the dowry of his niece ''the Marchesella'', to Obizzo I of Este. There was considerable hostility between the newly entered family and the prominent Salinguerra family, but after considerable struggles Azzo VII of Este was nominated perpetual ''podestà'' in 1242; in 1259 he took Ezzelino of Verona prisoner in battle. His grandson, Obizzo II (1264–1293), succeeded him, and he was made perpetual lord of the city by the population. The House of Este was from henceforth settled in Ferrara. In 1289 he was also chosen as lord of Modena, one year later he was made lord of Reggio. Niccolò III (1393–1441) received several popes with great magnificence, especially Eugene IV, who held a council here in 1438. His son Borso received the title of duke for the imperial fiefs of Modena and Reggio from Emperor Frederick III in 1452 (in which year Girolamo Savonarola was born here), and in 1471 was made duke of Ferrara by Pope Paul II. Ercole I (1471–1505) carried on a war with Venice and increased the magnificence of the city.

Renaissance

During the reign of Ercole d'Este I, one of the most significant patrons of the arts in late 15th and early 16th century Italy after the Medici, Ferrara grew into a cultural center, renowned for music as well as for visual arts. The painters established links with Flemish artists and their techniques, exchanging influences in the colors and composition choices. Composers came to Ferrara from many parts of Europe, especially France and Flanders; Josquin Des Prez worked for Duke Ercole for a time (producing the ''Missa Hercules dux Ferrariæ'', which he wrote for him); Jacob Obrecht came to Ferrara twice (and died during an outbreak of plague there in 1505); and Antoine Brumel served as principal musician from 1505. Alfonso I, son of Ercole, was also an important patron; his preference for instrumental music resulted in Ferrara becoming an important center of composition for the lute. The architecture of Ferrara benefitted from the genius of Biagio Rossetti, who was asked in 1484 by Ercole I to redesign the plan of the city. The resulting "Addizione Erculea" is one of the most important and beautiful examples of renaissance city planning and contributed to the selection of Ferrara as UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Alfonso married the notorious Lucrezia Borgia, and continued the war with Venice with success. In 1509 he was excommunicated by Pope Julius II, and he overcame the pontifical army in 1512 defending Ravenna. Lucrezia, together with other members of the Este house, is buried in the convent of Corpus Domini.

Gaston de Foix fell in the battle, in which he was supporting Alfonso. With the succeeding popes he was able to make peace. He was the patron of Ariosto from 1518 onwards. His son Ercole II married Renée of France, daughter of Louis XII of France; he too embellished Ferrara during his reign (1534–1559).

His son Alfonso II married Lucrezia, daughter of grand-duke Cosimo I of Tuscany, then Barbara, sister of the emperor Maximilian II and finally Margherita Gonzaga, daughter of the duke of Mantua. He raised the glory of Ferrara to its highest point, and was the patron of Tasso, Guarini, and Cremonini – favouring, as the princes of his house had always done, the arts and sciences. During the reign of Alfonso II, Ferrara once again developed an opulent court with an impressive musical establishment, rivaled in Italy only by the adjacent city of Venice, and the traditional musical centers such as Rome, Florence and Milan. Composers such as Luzzasco Luzzaschi, Lodovico Agostini, and later Carlo Gesualdo, represented the avant-garde tendency of the composers there, writing for gifted virtuoso performers, including the famous ''concerto di donne'' — the three virtuoso female singers Laura Peverara, Anna Guarini, and Livia d'Arco. Vincenzo Galilei praised the work of Luzzaschi, and Girolamo Frescobaldi studied with him.

The city was much affected by the 1570 Ferrara earthquake.

Alfonso had no legitimate male heir, and in 1597 Ferrara was claimed as a vacant fief by Pope Clement VIII, as was also Comacchio.

Modern history

Ferrara remained a part of the Papal States from 1598 to 1859, when it became part of the Kingdom of Italy. A fortress was constructed by Pope Paul V on the site of the castle called "Castel Tedaldo", at the south-west angle of the town, that was occupied by an Austrian garrison from 1832 until 1859. All of the fortress was dismantled following the birth of the Kingdom of Italy and the bricks used for new constructions all over the town.

On August 23, 1944, the Ferrara synthetic rubber plant was a target of Strategic bombing during World War II.

Main sights

The town is still surrounded by more than 9 kilometres of ancient walls, mainly built in the 15th and 16th centuries. Together with those of Lucca, they are the best preserved Renaissance walls in Italy.

The most iconic building of the town is the imponent Castello Estense: sited in the very centre of the town, it's a brick building surrounded by a moat, with four massive bastions. It was built starting in 1385 and partly restored in 1554; the pavilions on the top of the towers date from the latter year.

The ancient City Hall, renovated in the 18th century, was the earlier residence of the Este family. Close by it is the former Cathedral of Saint George, begun in 1135, when the Romanesque lower part of the main façade and the side façades were completed. According to a now lost inscription the church was built in 1135 by Guglielmo I of Adelardi (d. 1146), who is buried in it. The sculpture of the main portal is the signed work of the "artifex" Nicholaus, mentioned in the lost inscription as the "architect" for the church. The upper part of the main façade, with arcades of pointed arches, dates from the 13th century, while the lower part of the protiro or projecting porch and the main portal are by Nicholaus. The recumbent lions guarding the entrance are replacements of the originals, now in the narthex of the church. The elaborate reflief sculptures depicting Last Judgement gracing the second story of the porch above date from the thirteenth century. The interior was restored in the baroque style in 1712. The campanile, in the Renaissance style, dates from 1451–1493, but the last storey was added at the end of the 16th century.

A little way off is the university, which has faculties of law, architecture, pharmacy, medicine and natural science; the library has valuable manuscripts, including part of that of the ''Orlando furioso'' and letters by Tasso. Its famous graduates include Nicolaus Copernicus (1503) and Paracelsus. Near the main university facilities it raises the University of Ferrara Botanic Garden.

Ferrara has many early Renaissance palaces, often retaining ''terracotta'' decorations; few towns of Italy as small have so many, though most are comparatively small in size. Among them may be noted those in the north quarter (especially the four at the intersection of its two main streets), which was added by Ercole I in 1492–1505, from the plans of Biagio Rossetti, and hence called the ''Addizione Erculea''.

Among the finest palaces is Palazzo dei Diamanti (''Diamond Palace''), named after the diamond points into which the façade's stone blocks are cut. The ''palazzo'' houses the National Picture Gallery, with a large collection of the school of Ferrara, which first rose to prominence in the latter half of the 15th century, with Cosimo Tura, Francesco Cossa and Ercole dei Roberti. Noted masters of the 16th century School of Ferrara (Painting) include Lorenzo Costa and Dosso Dossi, the most eminent of all, Girolamo da Carpi and Benvenuto Tisi (il Garofalo).

The Casa Romei is the best preserved Renaissance building in Ferrara. It was the residence of Giovanni Romei, related to Este family by marriage to Polissena d'Este and likely the work of the court architect Pietro Bono Brasavola. It did not fall into decay because it was inherited by the nuns of the Corpus Domini order who lived there without making any changes to its structure. Much of the decoration in the inner rooms has been saved. There are fresco cycles in the Sala delle Sibille (Room of Sibyls), with its original ''terracotta'' fireplace bearing the coat of arms of Giovanni Romei, in the adjoining Saletta dei Profeti (Room of the Prophets), depicting allegories from the Bible and in other rooms, some of which were commissioned by cardinal Ippolito d'Este and painted by the school of Camillo and Cesare Filippi (16th century).

The Palazzo Schifanoia (''sans souci'') was built in 1385 for Alberto V d'Este. The ''palazzo'' includes frescoes depicting the life of Borso d'Este, the signs of the zodiac and allegorical representations of the months. The vestibule was decorated with ''stucco'' mouldings by Domenico di Paris. The building also contains fine choir-books with miniatures and a collection of coins and Renaissance medals.

The City Historical Archives contain a relevant amount of historical documents, starting from 15th century. The ''Diocesan Historical Archive'' is more ancient, mentioned in documents in A.D. 955, and contains precious documents collected across the centuries by the clergy.

The Corpus Domini Monastery contains tombs of the House of Este, including Alfonso I, Alfonso II, Ercole I, Ercole II, as well as Lucrezia Borgia, Eleanor of Aragon, and many more.

The Ferrara Synagogue and Jewish Museum are located in the heart of the mediæval centre, close to the cathedral and the Castello Estense. This street was part of the Jewish Quarter in which the Jews were separated from the rest of the population of Ferrara from 1627 to 1859.

Other sites include:

Piazza Ariostea

The Communal Theatre

The Certosa

The church of Santa Maria in Vado

The church of St. Luca

The church of St. Benedict

The church of St. Charles

The church of St. Cristopher

The church of St. Dominic

The church of St. Francis

The church of St. George

The church of St. Paul

The church of St. Roman

The house of the poet Ludovico Ariosto, erected by him after 1526 and in which he died in 1532.

The Massari gardens

The monastery of Sant'Antionio in Polesine

The Palace of Ludovico il Moro

The Palazzina di Marfisa d'Este

Demographics

In 2007, there were 133,591 people residing in Ferrara, of whom 46.8% were male and 53.2% were female. Minors (children ages 18 and younger) totalled 12.28 percent of the population compared to pensioners who number 26.41%. This compares with the Italian average of 18.06% (minors) and 19.94% (pensioners). The average age of Ferrara residents is 49 compared to the Italian average of 42. In the five years between 2002 and 2007, the population of Ferrara grew by 2.28%, while Italy as a whole grew by 3.85%. The current birth rate of Ferrara is 7.02 births per 1,000 inhabitants compared to the Italian average of 9.45 births. Ferrara is known as being the oldest city with a population over 100,000, as well the city with lowest birth rate.

As of 2006, 95.59% of the population was Italian. The largest immigrant group was other European nations (mostly from the Ukraine, and Albania: 2.59%) North Africa: 0.51%, and East Asia: 0.39%. The city is predominantly Roman Catholic, with small Orthodox Christian adherents. The historical Jewish community is still surviving.

Jewish community

The Jewish community of Ferrara is the only one in Emilia Romagna with a continuous presence from the Middle Ages to the present day. It played an important role when Ferrara enjoyed its greatest splendor in the 15th and 16th century, with the duke Ercole I d'Este. The situation of the Jews deteriorated in 1598, when the Este dynasty moved to Modena and the city came under papal control. The Jewish settlement, located in three streets forming a triangle near the cathedral, became a ghetto in 1627. Apart from a few years under Napoleon and during the 1848 revolution, the ghetto lasted until Italian unification in 1859. After racial laws of 1938 segregation was reintroduced and lasted until the end of the Nazi occupation.

In 1799, the Jewish community saved the city from sacking by troops of the Holy Roman Empire. During the spring of 1799, the city had fallen into the hands of the Republic of France, which established a small garrison there. On 15 April, Lieutenant Field Marshal Johann von Klenau approached the fortress with a modest mixed force of Austrian cavalry, artillery and infantry augmented by Italian peasant rebels, commanded by Count Antonio Bardaniand and demanded its capitulation. The commander refused. Klenau blockaded the city, leaving a small group of artillery and troops to continue the siege. For the next three days, Klenau patrolled the countryside, capturing the surrounding strategic points of Lagoscuro, Borgoforte and the Mirandola fortress. The besieged garrison made several sorties from the Saint Paul's Gate, which were repulsed by the insurgent peasants. The French attempted two rescues of the beleaguered fortress: the first, on 24 April, when a force of 400 Modenese was repulsed at Mirandola. In the second, General Montrichard tried to raise the city-blockade by advancing with a force of 4,000. Finally, at the end of the month, a column led by Pierre-Augustin Hulin reached and relieved the fortress.

Klenau took possession of the town on 21 May, and garrisoned it with a light battalion. The Jewish residents of Ferrara paid 30,000 ducats to prevent the pillage of the city by Klenau's forces; this was used to pay the wages of Gardani's troops. Although Klenau held the town, the French still possessed the town's fortress. After making the standard request for surrender at 0800, which was refused, Klenau ordered a barrage from his mortars and howitzers. After two magazines caught fire, the commandant was summoned again to surrender; there was some delay, but a flag of truce was sent at 2100, and the capitulation was concluded at 0100 the next day. Upon taking possession of the fortress, Klenau found 75 new artillery pieces, plus ammunition and six months worth of provisions.

Culture

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Literature

The Renaissance literary men and poets Torquato Tasso (author of ''Jerusalem Delivered''), Ludovico Ariosto (author of the romantic epic poem ''Orlando Furioso'') and Matteo Maria Boiardo (author of the grandiose poem of chivalry and romance ''Orlando Innamorato''), lived and worked at the court of Ferrara during the 14th and 15th century.

The ''Ferrara Bible'' was a 1553 publication of the Ladino version of the Tanach used by Sephardi Jews. It was paid for and made by Yom-Tob ben Levi Athias (the Spanish Marrano ''Jerónimo de Vargas'', as typographer) and Abraham ben Salomon Usque (the Portuguese Jew ''Duarte Pinhel'', as translator), and was dedicated to Ercole II d'Este. In the 20th century Ferrara was the home and workplace of writer Giorgio Bassani, well known for his novels that were often adapted for cinema (''The Garden of the Finzi-Continis'', ''Long Night in 1943''). In historical fiction, British author Sarah Dunant set her 2009 novel ''Sacred Hearts'' in a convent in Ferrara.

Painting

During the Renaissance, the House of Este, well known for its partonage of the arts, wellcame a great number of artists, especially painters, that formed the so-called School of Ferrara. The astounding list of painters and artists includes the names of Andrea Mantegna, Vicino da Ferrara, Giovanni Bellini, Leon Battista Alberti, Pisanello, Piero della Francesca, Battista Dossi, Dosso Dossi, Cosmé Tura, Francesco del Cossa and Titian. During the 19th and 20th centuries, Ferrara hosted and inspired a number of important painters who grew fond of its eerie atmosphere: among them Giovanni Boldini, Filippo de Pisis and Giorgio de Chirico.

Religion

Ferrara gave birth to Girolamo Savonarola, the famous medieval Dominican priest and leader of Florence from 1494 until his execution in 1498. He was known for his book burning, destruction of what he considered immoral art, and hostility to the Renaissance. He vehemently preached against the moral corruption of much of the clergy at the time, and his main opponent was Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia).

Music

The Ferrarese musician Girolamo Frescobaldi was one of the most important composers of keyboard music in the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods. His masterpiece ''Fiori musicali'' (''Musical Flowers'') is a collection of liturgical organ music first published in 1635. It became the most famous of Frescobaldi's works and was studied centuries after his death by numerous composers, including Johann Sebastian Bach

Cinema

Ferrara is the birthplace and childhood home of the well-known Italian film director, Michelangelo Antonioni. The town of Ferrara was also the setting of the famous film ''The Garden of the Finzi-Continis'' by Vittorio De Sica in (1970), that tells the vicissitudes of a rich Jewish family during the dictatorship of Benito Mussolini and World War II. Furthermore, Wim Wenders and Michelangelo Antonioni's ''Beyond the Clouds'' in (1995) and Ermanno Olmi's ''The Profession of Arms'' in (2001), a film about the last days of Giovanni dalle Bande Nere, were also shot in Ferrara.

Festivals

The Palio of St. George is a typical medieval festival held every last Sunday of May. The Buskers Festival is a non-competitive parade of the best street musicians in the world. In terms of tradition and dimension it is the most important festival in the world of this kind. Additionally, Ferrara is becoming the Italian capital of hot air balloons, thanks to the ten-day-long Ferrara Balloons Festival, the biggest celebration of balloons in Italy and one of the largest in Europe.

Sport

Ferrara's local football team, Società Polisportiva Ars Et Labor 1907 is going to play in ''Lega Pro Prima Divisione'' (former Serie C1), which is the third highest football league in Italy. The local basketball team, Carife Ferrara, have been doing considerably better; they won the 2007-08 title in the second-level LegADue, thereby earning promotion to Serie A. The city is hosting the Ferrara Marathon since 1979.

Culinary tradition

The cooking tradition of the town is characterized by many typical dishes that can be traced back to the Middle Ages and reveals in some instances the influence of the important Jewish community. The signature first course are cappellacci di zucca, a kind of ravioli with a filling of butternut squash, Parmigiano-Reggiano and flavored with nutmeg. They are served with a sauce of butter and sage. The traditional Christmas first dish are cappelleti, meat-filled ravioli served in chicken broth or with a white sauce made from cream and, optionally, local truffle. A peculiar first dish is the pasticcio di maccheroni, a domed macaroni pie, consisting of a crust of sweet dough enclosing macaroni in a Béchamel sauce, studded with porcini mushrooms and ragù bolognese. The second course that is a must of the Christmas table is the Salama da sugo, a one-year old dry salami made from a special selection of pork meat, spices and red wine. Seafood is an important part of the town tradition, due to the vicinity to the sea and grilled or stewed eel from the river Po delta is especially appreciated. In the Ferrara's pantry you can also find a kosher salami, made of goose meat stuffed in goose neck skin. The Christmas traditional dessert is a chocolat pie, the pampepato, and the zuppa inglese. The clay terroir of the area, an alluvial plain created by the river Po, is not ideal for wine, Notable exception are the Vini del Bosco Eliceo (DOC), made from grapes cultivated on the sandy coast line. The typical bread, called coppia ferrarese, has been awarded the IGP (Protected Geographical Status) label .

Transport

Ferrara railway station, opened in 1862, forms part of the Padua–Bologna railway. It is also a terminus of three secondary railways, linking Modena with Ravenna and Rimini, Suzzara, and Codigoro, respectively. The station is located at Piazzale della Stazione, at the northwestern edge of the city centre.

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Ferrara is twinned with:

Highland Park, Illinois>Highland Park, United States

* Kaufbeuren, Germany

* Koper, Slovenia

* Krasnodar, Russia

* Lleida, Spain

* Saint-Étienne, France

* Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, since 1964

* Swansea, Wales United Kingdom

* Szombathely, Hungary

* Tartu, Estonia

* Žilina, Slovakia

Politics

The last municipal elections was held on June 21 and 22, 2009, resulting in the election of Tiziano Tagliani (Democratic Party) as Mayor of the city of Ferrara. The division of the 40 seats in the city council is as followed:

Democratic Party - 21

The People of Freedom - 8

Lega Nord - 2

Italy of Values - 1

Laici Riformisti - 1

Sinistra Aperta per Ferrara - 1

Notes

References

Acerbi, Enrico. "The 1799 Campaign in Italy: Klenau and Ott Vanguards and the Coalition’s Left Wing April - June 1799". Napoleon Series, Robert Burnham, editor in chief. March 2008. Accessed 30 October 2009.

External links

Official Tourism Office Site - in six languages

Official website

Search engine and index of websites related to Ferrara

The Comunale Theatre

Ferrara Balloons Festival - the biggest Hot Air Balloons Fiesta in Italy

Ferrara Under the Stars - The most important Italian summer music festival

Ferrara Buskers' Festival

Palazzo dei Diamanti - Ferrara National Museum of Art

The University of Ferrara

Local Newspaper

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Antonio Di Natale (born 13 October 1977 in Naples) is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie A club Udinese.

A versatile striker with a lethal eye for goal, Di Natale can play anywhere in the front line, as a lone striker or out wide in an attacking trident. He is notable for his dribbling skills, pace and for his ability to score and create goals. Di Natale earned the prestigious award of being the Serie A 'Capocannoniere' for the 2009/10 season, as well as the 2010/11 season.

Club career

Though born in Naples, Antonio Di Natale moved up north and joined Empoli's youth system. He impressed while playing for the Tuscany side in Serie A.

After having joined Udinese in the 2004–05 Serie A season, Di Natale partnered with Vincenzo Iaquinta and David Di Michele in attack, and the Friulian club finished 4th place at the end of the season and qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the following year. Di Natale finished his debut season with a record of 33 games and seven goals.

In the 2007–08 season, Di Natale scored 17 goals. The two most notable goals were scored on matchday 4, when Udinese played against Reggina. He scored a brilliant lob in the 5th minute and a terrific volley in the 63rd with his favored left foot. Forming a formidable attacking duo with Fabio Quagliarella, Di Natale improved his goal tally, becoming the focal point of the attack. In 2007, he was named captain of Udinese and his contract was extended to 30 June 2012.

15 May 2010 saw the conclusion of Di Natale's best-ever season, scoring 29 goals in Serie A, and contributing 54% of Udinese's total goals. He also surpassed Oliver Bierhoff's club record for most league goals in a season, who had scored 28. A brace against Bari on 9 May 2010 saw Di Natale surpass the 100 goal mark in Serie A. For his performances, Di Natale was voted Italian Footballer of the Year and finished as the top scorer in Serie A. He also received the Serie A Fair Play award, for interrupting play in a match while Lazio's Libor Kozak was injured, with Udinese down 3-2 late in the game.

On 14 November 2010, he scored a hat-trick during a match with Udinese against Lecce and on 28 November 2010, he scored a second consecutive home hat-trick during a match against Napoli. During the 2010–11 season, Di Natale had the best strike rate of any player in Italy, scoring 28 goals in 36 games with a strike rate of 0.78 goals per game. This was also the third best strike rate in Europe, behind Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.

International career

He made his debut with the Italy national team on 20 November 2002, in a friendly match against Turkey. He won few caps in later years, scoring his first goal on 18 February 2004 against the Czech Republic.

In 2006 he regained a spot with the ''Azzurri'' under new coach Roberto Donadoni, and was involved in the Euro 2008 qualification campaign. He was then called up to UEFA Euro 2008, where he missed a crucial penalty during the quarter-final penalty shoot out against Spain who went on to win 4-2.

He missed the 2009 Confederations Cup because of a knee injury, which occurred on 28 March 2009 in an international match against Montenegro.

He took part at the 2010 World Cup where he was given the number 10 shirt. On 24 June 2010 he scored a goal in the 3-2 defeat against Slovakia which resulted Italy finishing bottom of its group.

Career statistics

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rowspan="2"	Iperzola (loan)	1997-98	33	|	0	0	0	0	33	6
!Total	!33!!6!!0!!0!!0!!0!!33!!6
rowspan="2"	Varese (loan)	1998	4	|	0	0	0	0	4	0
!Total	!4!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!4!!0
rowspan="2"	Viareggio (loan)	1998-99	25	|	0	0	0	0	25	12
!Total	!25!!12!!0!!0!!0!!0!!25!!12
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2000–01 Serie B	2000-01	35	|	3	1	0	0	38	10
2001–02 Serie B	2001-02	38	|	4	2	0	0	42	18
2002-03 Serie A	2002-03	28	|	5	1	0	0	33	14
2003-04 Serie A	2003-04	32	|	2	1	0	0	34	6
2004-05 Serie B	2004-05	0	|	1	0	0	0	1	0
!Total	!158!!49!!20!!6!!0!!0!!178!!55
rowspan="8"	Udinese		33	|	5	4	2	0	40	11
2005-06 Serie A	2005-06	35	|	3	3	10	4	48	15
2006-07 Serie A	2006-07	31	|	2	2	0	0	33	13
2007-08 Serie A	2007-08	36	|	1	1	0	0	37	18
2008-09 Serie A	2008-09	22	|	1	1	7	3	30	16
2009-10 Serie A	2009-10	35	|	3	0	0	0	38	29
2010-11 Serie A	2010-11	36	|	2	0	0	0	41	30
!Total	!228!!112!!16!!11!!19!!7!!263!!130
Career Total	!449!!179!!36!!17!!19!!7!!504!!214

Individual

Serie A Top Scorer (2): 2010, 2011

Italian Footballer of the Year: 2010

References

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playername	Fabio Cannavaro
fullname	Fabio Cannavaro
dateofbirth	September 13, 1973
cityofbirth	Naples
countryofbirth	Italy
height
position	Centre back
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years5	2006–2009
years6	2009–2010
years7	2010–2011
years8	2011
clubs1	Napoli
clubs2	Parma
clubs3	Internazionale
clubs4	Juventus
clubs5	Real Madrid
clubs6	Juventus
clubs7	Al Ahli
caps1	58
goals1	1
caps2	212
goals2	4
caps3	50
goals3	2
caps4	74
goals4	6
caps5	94
goals5	0
caps6	27
goals6	0
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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. He also appeared in Paul Scholes testemonial match, starting in the defense of the New York Cosmos team.

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.

Club career

Early career

Cannavaro was born in Naples to Gelsomina Costanzo and Pasquale Cannavaro. His mother worked as a maid, while his father was a bank clerk; his father also played football for provincial side Giugliano. He has an elder sister named Renata, who was married at the age of 15. He also has a younger brother named Paolo Cannavaro, who plays footbal as well. As a youngster Cannavaro played for a team from Bagnoli before being quickly spotted by the scouts of Napoli, his childhood team.

Napoli

Cannavaro initially served as the club's ball boy and would often watch his idols Diego Maradona and Ciro Ferrara play. He gained a reputation when, in a training session at Napoli, the young Fabio produced a strong tackle on Maradona, who was then the undisputed star of the club. The rough challenge angered teammates and staff at Napoli; however, Maradona himself defended the promising player and encouraged him to play the way he wanted.

His progress as a player was such that he soon became a member of the first team alongside some of his childhood idols. Cannavaro's debut in Serie A came on 7 March 1993 in Torino for a game against Juventus. The post-Maradona Napoli were in desperate need of funds and were soon forced to sell Cannavaro to Parma, where Cannavaro won the UEFA Cup and Coppa Italia, and was named the Serie A Defender of the Year. Cannavaro remained at Napoli until 1995, earning nearly 60 total appearances with one goal.

Parma

Cannavaro was sold to Parma, in the summer of 1995, and in his first season he was instantly a regular in the first team, scoring once in 29 appearances in the league. He would go on to not only win The UEFA Cup, and the Coppa Italia, with Parma, but he also had several personal accomplishments. It was also in Parma that he met Gianluigi Buffon and Lilian Thuram, who would not only form one of the tightest defensive units of Europe with Cannavaro, but would also become some of his closest friends in football. Further players featuring in this legendary Parma backline were Luigi Sartor, Roberto Mussi and the Argentine Nestor Sensini.

As from 1997, he began to earn call-ups to the national team's senior squad and was consistently one of the best defenders in Serie A, which led to a mega €23 million transfer to Internazionale, in 2002, following over 250 total appearances for the club, with 5 goals.

Internazionale

In the summer of 2002, Cannavaro joined Internazionale for a fee reported €23 million. At the time, Inter had just lost a Serie A title in dramatic circumstances to Juventus, and were in the process of rebuilding following four barren years and the departure of star player Ronaldo. Along with Francesco Coco and his former Parma teammate Hernan Crespo, Cannavaro was supposed to be one of the faces of a new-look Inter led by Hector Cuper.

However, during his spell with the club, they mostly flattered to deceive. He reached the semi-finals of the 2002–03 Champions League and also finished runners-up in Serie A to Juventus. His second season was not as productive and he missed a large chunk of it through injury. After two years with the club, he was sold to Juventus in a surprising part-exchange deal, after just over 50 appearances and two goals. After he left Italy, Cannavaro often spoke negatively of his spell at Internazionale, comparing the Milan club unfavourably with his other clubs such as Parma and Juventus.

Juventus

After a two-year stint, he signed for Juventus on the summer transfer window deadline day. The deal also involved the exchange of reserve goalkeeper, Fabian Carini who left for Inter, both players priced €10 million. By coming to Torino, he reunited with his ex-Parma teammates Lilian Thuram and Gianluigi Buffon, and together the threesome formed one of the most feared defences in the Serie A, along with the likes of Gianluca Zambrotta, Alessandro Birindelli, Giorgio Chiellini and Federico Balzaretti. They went on to win two consecutive ''Scudetti'' in 2005 and 2006. Cannavaro also won ''l'Oscar del Calcio: Migliore difensore'', the Football Oscar, for his exceptional debut season at the Turin giants.

After the 2006 World Cup, the ''Calciopoli'' trial verdicts relegated Juventus to Serie B. Since Juventus was ineligible to qualify for the Champions League, Cannavaro decided to leave. ''"Even if I know this may be hard to believe, I would have stayed at Juventus had they remained in Serie A—even with a 30-point deduction."''. He followed Fabio Capello to Real Madrid in the summer of 2006. In his two year ''Scudetto'' winning stint with Juventus, Cannavaro racked up over 100 total appearances in all competitions. His transfer was met with disappointment from the Juventus fans, who had accepted him as one of their own.

Real Madrid

In Real Madrid, Cannavaro was given the number 5 shirt that was previously worn by former Madrid player and French international Zinedine Zidane. Madrid paid €7 million for the player. Cannavaro spent three seasons at Madrid, winning the La Liga title in 2006–07 and 2007–08, and was named the 2006 FIFA World Player of the Year during his time with Juventus and Real Madrid combined.

Sadly, it was also during his time in Madrid that Cannavaro's decline began to be exposed, especially in the 2008-09 season. He was often seen struggling when faced with pacy opponents such as Lionel Messi and Fernando Torres, leading to Real Madrid conceding a lot of goals. On 19 May 2009, it was confirmed that Cannavaro would return to Juventus for the 2009–10 season on the expiration of his contract with Real Madrid.

Return to Juventus

Three years after Cannavaro opted to leave the Italian giants, he decided to return to the club in the summer of 2009, following the expiration of his contract with Real Madrid. Cannavaro started the new season very well, forming defensive partnerships with Nicola Legrottaglie, Martin Caceres, Zdenek Grygera, Fabio Grosso, and most notably Giorgio Chiellini, in front of Gianluigi Buffon.

Despite the good start to the season for Juve on all fronts, their season soon took a turn for the worse as from autumn. Cannavaro was no stranger to that declining form. Having been injured for a while in late 2009, he struggled for form on his comeback. In March 2010, his relationship with the Juventus supporters, which had already been made fragile by his perceived betrayal of the club when he left for Real Madrid, reached an all-time low. In a Europa League tie against Fulham, Juventus, who had won the first leg 3-1 at home, were leading 1-0 at the Craven Cottage. However, early in the first half, Cannavaro accumulated two bookings for reckless challenges and was sent off. Reduced to 10 men, Juventus collapsed to a 4-1 loss and crashed to elimination on aggregate. Cannavaro enraged supporters with his sending-off and his role in this humiliating elimination.

The club finished its league season with only a Europa League place, its worst Serie A finish for a decade. Juventus confirmed that Cannavaro wouldn't renew. His performances had become so unreliable that his hometown club SSC Napoli made no effort to sign him, in spite of Cannavaro expressing his wish to rejoin the club on several occasions. He even became a joke among Neapolitan fans who would say that his younger brother Paolo was a more gifted player, but had enjoyed less luck with his career.

Al-Ahli Dubai

On 2 June 2010, it was announced that Cannavaro would move to UAE Football League side Al-Ahli Dubai on a free transfer after the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Cannavaro signed a two-year deal. He made 16 appearances for the Dubai club, with 2 goals. Cannavaro announced his retirement from football in July 2011, due to a serious knee problem. Doctors had told him he could no longer play.

Fabio Cannavaro was appointed as a global brand ambassador and Technical Consultant of Al Ahli Club of Dubai on 25 August 2011.

International career

Cannavaro's first taste of international success came over in the mid '90s under coach Cesare Maldini with Italy's U-21 side, winning two consecutive European Under-21 Championship titles in 1994 and 1996. In 1996, he participated also at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

He made his debut with the Italian national team on 22 January 1997, in a friendly game against Northern Ireland. The same year, he earned plaudits for his handling of England striker Alan Shearer in a World Cup qualifying game at Wembley. Shearer was then considered by the fiercely partisan English crowd to be the best striker in the world, and they thought he would make have fun with the unexperienced Italian defender. Nevertheless, in a dominant display that ranked him among the great Italian defenders such as Claudio Gentile and Franco Baresi, Cannavaro managed to keep Shearer quiet during the whole game. Italy won the game 1-0 thanks to a Gianfranco Zola goal.

He played for his country in the 1998, 2002, 2006, and 2010 World Cups, as well as in the 2000 and 2004 European Championships.

Cannavaro's first international tournament came at 1998 World Cup under the mentorship of Bergomi, Costacurta and Paolo Maldini, the squad was coached by Paolo Maldini's father Cesare. Italy went out in the quarter-finals to hosts and eventual champions France; Cannavaro suffered a cut on his forehead from an elbow by Stéphane Guivarc'h but played the remainder of the match after receiving treatment. The Azzurri managed to push the game to a 0–0 draw but the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out in favour of the hosts after the teams were tied 0–0.

In Euro 2000, it was ''Les Bleus'' who once again shattered Italy's dreams. Cannavaro had a strong tournament, playing as centre-back alongside Nesta, Iuliano or Maldini in 3-5-2 formation. The ''Azzurri'' reached the final, where they led the then world champions 1–0 going into injury time. Near the end of regular time, Sylvain Wiltord found the equalizer, and an extra-time golden goal from David Trezeguet gave France the title.

At the 2002 World Cup he was credited with holding the defence together, almost single-handedly after Alessandro Nesta was injured against Croatia. The injury, along with several mistakes from match officials, dealt a severe blow to Italy's chances of winning the World Cup, as the side relied heavily on the Cannavaro-Nesta partnership in central defence. Marco Materazzi, who deputized for Nesta, proved to a an ill-fated choice with his nervous performances. Italy went out in the second round, losing to co-hosts and eventual semi-finalists South Korea, again to a golden goal.

Cannavaro had a hard act to follow when he took over as captain from Maldini after the 2002 World Cup, but he quickly won the team over with his constant smile, laid-back Neapolitan approach and inspiring performances. After Maldini's international retirement, he first captained Italy in a match at Napoli and received a standing ovation on the pitch where he sported the local side's colours between 1991 and 1995.

Cannavaro's first international goal was scored on 30 May 2004 against Tunisia, Italy won 4–0. Euro 2004, which was hosted by Portugal, turned out to be a disappointment. Cannavaro picked up yellow cards during the two draws with Denmark (0–0) and Sweden (1–1), forcing him to sit out the final group game. Italy defeated Bulgaria 2–1, but failed to advance on goal difference.

2006 World Cup

Cannavaro captained Italy throughout their 2006 World Cup campaign. One of his key performances came against Germany in the World Cup Semi-Finals 2006. His crowning moment was lifting the World Cup on 9 July 2006, the night of his 100th cap. Cannavaro did not receive a single yellow or red card during the 690 minutes he played in the tournament. His defensive performance in the final earned him the nickname of "Wall of Berlin", as the final was played in Berlin.

Along with Buffon, Cannavaro played every minute of every match in the tournament for Italy. Even with usual defensive partner Nesta out due to injury, the Italian defence conceded only two goals throughout the entire tournament: an own-goal against the United States and a Zidane penalty in the final against France.

With the injury of defensive partner Alessandro Nesta Cannavaro somehow managed to hold the defense together, earning him a spot on the All-Star Team at the end of the competition—awarded by FIFA's Technical Study Group—alongside six other Italian teammates, Gianluigi Buffon, Francesco Totti, Gennaro Gattuso, Andrea Pirlo, Luca Toni, and Gianluca Zambrotta. He was runner-up in the race for the Golden Ball, finishing behind French counterpart Zinedine Zidane; it was a close contest with Zidane polling 2012 points to Cannavaro's 1977.

Euro 2008

On 2 June 2008, Cannavaro was injured during Italy's first training session for Euro 2008. Cannavaro sustained the knock following a tackle by fellow defender Giorgio Chiellini and was carried off the field on a stretcher. Italy doctor Paolo Zeppilli said: ''"We have to do tests but it does not look like a minor injury."'' Tests had shown that he tore ligaments in his left ankle. Right after the examinations, Italian journalists awaited Cannavaro, who told them: ''"I'm going home,"'' with a melancholic smile on his face. After the day was over, Roberto Donadoni called up Fiorentina centre-back Alessandro Gamberini as his official replacement. Del Piero captained the team in his place. Cannavaro added he will stay with the squad to offer support. This would have been Cannavaro's third Euro tournament.

Cannavaro has also put his plans to retire from the national team after Euro 2008 on hold and added that it had made him more determined to captain Italy through the 2010 World Cup.

Record breaking caps

In a 2009 Confederations Cup match against Brazil, Cannavaro equalled Paolo Maldini's record of being Italy's most capped player. On 12 August 2009, in a friendly match against Switzerland, Cannavaro became Italy's most capped player of all time. He won his 127th cap for his country, beating Maldini's former record of 126.

2010 World Cup

Cannavaro captained Italy at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. The defending champions crashed out of the competition losing to Slovakia after drawing against New Zealand and Paraguay. Cannavaro was directly involved in the elimination, as his lack of concentration and declining ability in defence led to Italy conceding no less than 5 goals in 3 games, when they had only conceded 2 in the whole 2006 tournament. Following Italy's failure to progress past the group stage, Cannavaro announced his retirement from international football.

Personal life

He married Daniela Cannavaro (née Arenoso) (born July 17, 1974 in Naples) on June 17, 1994, they have three children, Christian (born 17 July 1999 in Naples), Martina (born December 22, 2001 in Naples), and Andrea (born 20 October 2004 in Naples).

His younger brother, Paolo, is also a defender who currently plays for Napoli. The two brothers played alongside each other at Parma from 2000 until 2002, when Fabio left for Inter. Although they are no longer playing together, Fabio has expressed interest in ending his career with Paolo in a Napoli shirt.

With his fellow Napoletano Ciro Ferrara, Cannavaro has helped establish a charity foundation, ''Fondazione Cannavaro Ferrara'', specialising in the procurement of cancer research equipment and surgery for special cases of cancer for a hospital in their native Naples.

Controversy

The night before the 1999 UEFA Cup Final, a video tape was released which showed Cannavaro being injected with a substance. The substance was found to be Neoton (Phosphocreatine) which is used in cardiac surgery to protect the heart during periods of anoxia and stress. It is not on the banned substance list. This chemical is, in partnership with adenosine triphosphate (ATP), fundamental to the ability of the body to produce muscular energy. Phosphocreatine is formed naturally within the body, with over 95% of the compound stored within the muscle cells. Approximately 5 oz (120 g) of phosphocreatine is present in the body of a healthy adult; the levels of the compound do not fluctuate to a significant degree. When phosphocreatine stores become reduced, the body replenishes its supply from one of two sources. The first source is amino acids, the muscle- and tissue-building blocks present in all proteins. The liver produces phosphocreatine from amino acids. The body also receives dietary creatine primarily through the consumption of meat. No action was ever taken regarding this incident.

On 8 October 2009, Cannavaro failed a drug test. However, Juventus claimed that the drugs were medicine for a severe allergic reaction to a wasp sting, and not performance enhancing. Because of the urgent nature of the treatment, Cannavaro could not ask for permission to CONI in time, which was done immediately afterwards. Apparently while awaiting the conclusion of formalities involved for CONI with granting this permission, he was subjected to the drug test that eventually gave the positive result. CONI later dropped charges against him.

Career statistics

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|- |1997||12||0 |- |1998||11||0 |- |1999||8||0 |- |2000||14||0 |- |2001||9||0 |- |2002||12||0 |- |2003||10||0 |- |2004||6||1 |- |2005||8||0 |- |2006||15||0 |- |2007||8||0 |- |2008||8||1 |- |2009||10||0 |- |2010||5||0 |- !Total||136||2 |}

International goals

Radès, Tunisia 6 February 2008

# !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
1.	30 May 2004	|		0–4	Win	Friendly
2.	|	Zurich, Switzerland		3–1	Win	Friendly

Honours

;Parma

Coppa Italia: 1998-99, 2001-02

Supercoppa Italiana: 1999

UEFA Cup: 1998-99

;Juventus

Serie A: 2004-05, 2005-06

;Real Madrid

La Liga: 2006-07, 2007-08

Supercopa de España: 2008

;Italy national team

UEFA Under-21 European Championship: 1994, 1996

World Cup: 2006

;Individual

Euro 2000: Team of the Tournament

FIFA World Player of the Year: 2006

Ballon d'Or: 2006

2006 FIFA World Cup Silver Ball Award: 2006

2006 FIFA World Cup: Team of the Tournament

Serie A Footballer of the Year: 2006

Italian Footballer of the Year: 2006

Serie A Defender of the Year: 2005, 2006

UEFA Team of the Year: 2006

FIFPro World XI: 2006, 2007

References

External links

Quiz on the life of Fabio

Fabio Cannavaro "Legendary players", Realmadrid.com

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