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![HIGHLIGHTS | AS Rom - Udinese Calcio [3:1] - 11/04/2012](http://web.archive.org./web/20121215044430im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/H9SJK9NbrJw/default.jpg "Ein ganz klarer Sieg für AS Rom, der somit auf den 5. Platz klettert. Das Spiel fand am 11.04.2012 statt! Tore: 1:0 Osvaldo (8.), 1:1 Fernandes (43.), 2:1 Totti (86.), 3:1 Marquinho (90. + 2)")
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Argentina
Argentina
i/ˌɑrdʒənˈtiːnə/, officially the Argentine Republic (Spanish: República Argentina [reˈpuβlika aɾxenˈtina]), is a country in South America, the continent's second largest by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires. It is the eighth-largest country in the world by land area and the largest among Spanish-speaking nations.
Argentina's continental area is between the Andes mountain range in the west and the Atlantic Ocean in the east. It borders Paraguay and Bolivia to the north, Brazil and Uruguay to the northeast, and Chile to the west and south. Argentine claims over Antarctica, as well as overlapping claims made by Chile and the United Kingdom, are suspended by the Antarctic Treaty of 1961. Argentina also claims the Falkland Islands (Spanish: Islas Malvinas) and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, which are administered by the United Kingdom as British Overseas Territories.
A recognised middle power, Argentina is Latin America's third-largest economy, with a "very high" rating on the Human development index. Within Latin America, Argentina has the fifth highest nominal GDP per capita and the highest in purchasing power terms. Analysts have argued that the country has a "foundation for future growth due to its market size, levels of foreign direct investment, and percentage of high-tech exports as share of total manufactured goods", and it is classed by investors as middle emerging economy. Argentina is a founding member of the United Nations, Mercosur, the Union of South American Nations, the Organization of Ibero-American States, the World Bank Group and the World Trade Organization, and is one of the G-15 and G-20 major economies.
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Belgium
Belgium (i/ˈbɛldʒəm/ BEL-jəm), officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO. Belgium covers an area of 30,528 square kilometres (11,787 sq mi), and it has a population of about 11 million people. Straddling the cultural boundary between Germanic and Latin Europe, Belgium is home to two main linguistic groups, the Dutch-speakers, mostly Flemish (about 60%), and the French-speakers, mostly Walloons (about 40%), plus a small group of German-speakers. Belgium's two largest regions are the Dutch-speaking region of Flanders in the north and the French-speaking southern region of Wallonia. The Brussels-Capital Region, officially bilingual, is a mostly French-speaking enclave within the Flemish Region. A German-speaking Community exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political conflicts are reflected in the political history and a complex system of government.
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Brazil
Brazili/brəˈzɪl/ (Portuguese: Brasil, IPA: [bɾaˈziw]), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: República Federativa do Brasil, 
listen (help·info)), is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people. It is the only Portuguese-speaking country in the Americas and the largest lusophone country in the world.
Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a coastline of 7,491 km (4,655 mi). It is bordered on the north by Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and the French overseas region of French Guiana; on the northwest by Colombia; on the west by Bolivia and Peru; on the southwest by Argentina and Paraguay and on the south by Uruguay. Numerous archipelagos form part of Brazilian territory, such as Fernando de Noronha, Rocas Atoll, Saint Peter and Paul Rocks, and Trindade and Martim Vaz. It borders all other South American countries except Ecuador and Chile.
Brazil was a colony of Portugal from the landing of Pedro Álvares Cabral in 1500 until 1815, when it was elevated to the rank of kingdom and the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves was formed. The colonial bond was in fact broken in 1808, when the capital of the Portuguese colonial empire was transferred from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro, after Napoleon invaded Portugal.Independence was achieved in 1822 with the formation of the Empire of Brazil, a unitary state governed under a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary system. The country became a presidential republic in 1889, when a military coup d'état proclaimed the Republic, although the bicameral legislature, now called Congress, dates back to the ratification of the first constitution in 1824. Its current Constitution, formulated in 1988, defines Brazil as a Federal Republic. The Federation is formed by the union of the Federal District, the 26 States, and the 5,564 Municipalities.
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Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon (French: République du Cameroun), is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the Bight of Bonny, part of the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean. The country is called "Africa in miniature" for its geological and cultural diversity. Natural features include beaches, deserts, mountains, rainforests, and savannas. The highest point is Mount Cameroon in the southwest, and the largest cities are Douala, Yaoundé, and Garoua. Cameroon is home to over 200 different linguistic groups. The country is well known for its native styles of music, particularly makossa and bikutsi, and for its successful national football team. French and English are the official languages.
Early inhabitants of the territory included the Sao civilisation around Lake Chad and the Baka hunter-gatherers in the southeastern rainforest. Portuguese explorers reached the coast in the 15th century and named the area Rio dos Camarões ("River of Prawns"), the name from which Cameroon derives. Fulani soldiers founded the Adamawa Emirate in the north in the 19th century, and various ethnic groups of the west and northwest established powerful chiefdoms and fondoms. Cameroon became a German colony in 1884.
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Chile
Chile (i/ˈtʃɪliː/ or /ˈtʃɪleɪ/), officially the Republic of Chile (Spanish: República de Chile [reˈpuβlika ðe ˈtʃile] (
listen)), is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far south. Along with Ecuador, it is one of two countries in South America that do not border Brazil. Chilean territory includes the Pacific islands of Juan Fernández, Salas y Gómez, Desventuradas and Easter Island. Chile also claims about 1,250,000 square kilometres (480,000 sq mi) of Antarctica, although all claims are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty.
Chile's distinctive shape—4,300 kilometres (2,700 mi) long and on average 175 kilometres (109 mi) wide—makes it the longest country in the world, north to south, with the fifth lengthiest coastline at over 78 thousand kilometers. The diverse climate of Chile ranges from the world's driest desert in the north—the Atacama—through a Mediterranean climate in the centre, humid subtropical in Easter Island, to an Oceanic climate, including alpine tundra and glaciers in the east and south. The northern desert contains great mineral wealth, principally copper. The relatively small central area dominates in terms of population and agricultural resources, and is the cultural and political center from which Chile expanded in the late 19th century when it incorporated its northern and southern regions. Southern Chile is rich in forests and grazing lands, and features a string of volcanoes and lakes. The southern coast is a labyrinth of fjords, inlets, canals, twisting peninsulas, and islands.
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Colombia
Colombia (
/kəˈlʌmbiə/ kə-LUM-biə, or /kəˈlɒmbiə/ kə-LOM-biə), officially the Republic of Colombia (Spanish: República de Colombia [reˈpuβlika ðe koˈlombja]), is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the northwest by Panama; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean. Colombia has maritime borders with Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela, Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Colombia is the 26th largest country by area and the fourth largest in South America after Brazil, Argentina and Peru. With over 46 million people, Colombia is the 27th largest country in the world by population and has the second largest population of any Spanish-speaking country in the world, after Mexico. Colombia is a middle power, with the fourth largest economy in Latin America, and the third largest in South America. Colombia is famous for the production of coffee, flowers, emeralds, coal, and oil. All of these products make up the primary sector of economy.
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Czech Republic
The Czech Republic (i/ˈtʃɛk/ CHEK;Czech: Česká republika, pronounced [ˈtʃɛskaː ˈrɛpuˌblɪka] ( listen), short form Česko Czech pronunciation: [ˈtʃɛskɔ]) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the north, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east. Its capital and largest city, with 1.3 million inhabitants, is Prague.
It is a pluralist multi-party parliamentary representative democracy, a member of the European Union, NATO, the OECD, the OSCE, the Council of Europe and the Visegrád Group.
The Czech state, formerly known as Bohemia, was formed in the late 9th century as a small duchy around Prague, at that time under dominance of the powerful Great Moravian Empire (which reached its greatest territorial extent during the reign of Svatopluk I from the House of Mojmír). After the fall of the Empire in 907, the centre of power was transferred from Moravia to Bohemia, under the Přemyslids. During the rule of Přemyslid dukes/kings and their successors, the Luxembourgs, the country reached its greatest territorial extent (13th–14th century). Life in the country was significantly affected by the Hussite wars, during which it faced economic embargo and crusades from all over Europe. Following the Battle of Mohács in 1526, the Crown of Bohemia was gradually integrated into the Habsburg monarchy as one of its three principal parts alongside the Archduchy of Austria and the Kingdom of Hungary. The Bohemian Revolt (1618–20) led to the further centralization of the monarchy including forced recatholization and Germanization. During radical reforms in the 18th century the Bohemian Crown was even de facto abolished (1749). In the 19th century the Czech lands became the industrial powerhouse of the monarchy and the core of the Republic of Czechoslovakia which was formed in 1918, following the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian empire after World War I.
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Côte d'Ivoire
The Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
i/ˌkoʊt dɨˈvwɑr/ (French: [kot d‿ivwaʁ]) or Ivory Coast i/ˌaɪvəri ˈkoʊst/ is a country in West Africa. It has an area of 322,462 square kilometres (124,503 sq mi), and borders the countries Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana; its southern boundary is along the Gulf of Guinea. The country's population was 15,366,672 in 1998 and was estimated to be 20,617,068 in 2009. Côte d'Ivoire's first national census in 1975 counted 6.7 million inhabitants.
Prior to its colonization by Europeans, Côte d'Ivoire was home to several states, including Gyaaman, the Kong Empire, and Baoulé. There were two Anyi kingdoms, Indénié and Sanwi, which attempted to retain their separate identity through the French colonial period and after Côte d'Ivoire's independence. An 1843–1844 treaty made Côte d'Ivoire a protectorate of France and in 1893, it became a French colony as part of the European scramble for Africa.
Côte d'Ivoire became independent on 7 August 1960. From 1960 to 1993, the country was led by Félix Houphouët-Boigny. It maintained close political and economic association with its West African neighbours, while at the same time maintaining close ties to the West, especially to France. Since the end of Houphouët-Boigny's rule, Côte d'Ivoire has experienced one coup d’état, in 1999, and a civil war, which broke out in 2002. A political agreement between the government and the rebels brought a return to peace. Côte d'Ivoire is a republic with a strong executive power invested in the President. Its de jure capital is Yamoussoukro and the biggest city is the port city of Abidjan. The country is divided into 19 regions and 81 departments. It is a member of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, African Union, La Francophonie, Latin Union, Economic Community of West African States and South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone.
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Denmark
The Kingdom of Denmark (Danish: Kongeriget Danmark, pronounced [ˈkɔŋəʁiːəð ˈdanmɑɡ̊] ( listen)) is a constitutional monarchy and sovereign state consisting the country of Denmark in northern Europe and two autonomous constituent countries, the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic and Greenland in North America. The kingdom is a unitary state with some power being devolved from Denmark proper to Greenland and the Faroe Islands; this polity is referred to as the Danish Realm. Denmark proper is the hegemonial area, where judicial, executive, and legislative power resides. The Faroe Islands are defined to be a community of people within the kingdom, and the Greenlandic people are defined as a separate people with the right to self-determination.
Denmark is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, located southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. The country consists of a large peninsula, Jutland and many islands, most notably Zealand, Funen, Lolland, Falster and Bornholm, as well as hundreds of minor islands often referred to as the Danish Archipelago.
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England
Englandi/ˈɪŋɡlənd/ is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, while the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separate it from continental Europe. Most of England comprises the central and southern part of the island of Great Britain in the North Atlantic. The country also includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.
The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Palaeolithic period, but it takes its name from the Angles, one of the Germanic tribes who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in AD 927, and since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century, has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world. The English language, the Anglican Church, and English law—the basis for the common law legal systems of many other countries around the world—developed in England, and the country's parliamentary system of government has been widely adopted by other nations. The Industrial Revolution began in 18th-century England, transforming its society into the world's first industrialised nation. England's Royal Society laid the foundations of modern experimental science.
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France
France (Englishi/ˈfræns/ FRANSS or /ˈfrɑːns/ FRAHNSS; French: [fʁɑ̃s] ( listen)), officially the French Republic (French: République française [ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛz]), is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. It is often referred to as l’Hexagone ("The Hexagon") because of the geometric shape of its territory. It is the largest western European country and it possesses the second-largest exclusive economic zone in the world, covering 11,035,000 km2 (4,260,000 sq mi), just behind that of the United States (11,351,000 km2 / 4,383,000 sq mi).
Over the past 500 years, France has been a major power with strong cultural, economic, military and political influence in Europe and around the world. During the 17th and 18th centuries, France colonised great parts of North America and Southeast Asia; during the 19th and early 20th centuries, France built the second largest colonial empire of the time, including large portions of North, West and Central Africa, Southeast Asia, and many Caribbean and Pacific Islands.
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Friuli
Friuli (Italian: [friˈuːli], Friulian: Friûl listen (help·info), Venetian: Friul, German: Friaul, Slovene: Furlanija) is an area of northeastern Italy with its own particular cultural and historical identity. It comprises the major part of the autonomous region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, i.e. the province (administrative provinces) of Udine, Pordenone, Gorizia, excluding Trieste. The historical capital and most important city of Friuli is Udine, it was also the capital in the Middle Ages of the Patriarchate of Aquileia. Other important towns are Pordenone, Gorizia, Sacile, Codroipo, Cervignano del Friuli, Cividale del Friuli, Gemona del Friuli, Monfalcone, and Tolmezzo.
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Germany
Germany (i/ˈdʒɜrməni/), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, pronounced [ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant] ( listen)), is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With 81.8 million inhabitants, it is the most populous member state and the largest economy in the European Union. It is one of the major political powers of the European continent and a technological leader in many fields.
A region named Germania, inhabited by several Germanic peoples, was documented before AD 100. During the Migration Period, the Germanic tribes expanded southward, and established successor kingdoms throughout much of Europe. Beginning in the 10th century, German territories formed a central part of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th century, northern German regions became the centre of the Protestant Reformation while southern and western parts remained dominated by Roman Catholic denominations, with the two factions clashing in the Thirty Years' War, marking the beginning of the Catholic–Protestant divide that has characterized German society ever since. Occupied during the Napoleonic Wars, the rise of Pan-Germanism inside the German Confederation resulted in the unification of most of the German states into the German Empire in 1871 which was Prussian dominated. After the German Revolution of 1918–1919 and the subsequent military surrender in World War I, the Empire was replaced by the Weimar Republic in 1918, and partitioned in the Treaty of Versailles. Amidst the Great Depression, the Third Reich was proclaimed in 1933. The latter period was marked by Fascism and World War II. After 1945, Germany was divided by allied occupation, and evolved into two states, East Germany and West Germany. In 1990 Germany was reunified.
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Ghana
Ghanai/ˈɡɑːnə/ is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south. The word Ghana means "Warrior King" and is derived from the ancient Ghana Empire.
Ghana was inhabited in pre-colonial times by a number of ancient predominantly Akan kingdoms, including the inland Ashanti Empire, the Akwamu, the Akyem, the Bonoman, the Denkyira, and the Fante among others. Non-Akan states created by the Ga also existed as did states by the Dagomba. Prior to contact with Europeans trade between the Akan and various African states flourished due to Akan's gold wealth. Trade with European states began after contact with the Portuguese in the 15th century, and the British established the Gold Coast Crown colony in 1874 over parts but not all of the country.
The Gold Coast achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1957, becoming the First sub-Saharan African nation to do so from European Colonialism. The name Ghana was chosen for the new nation to reflect the ancient Empire of Ghana, which once extended throughout much of west Africa.
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Greece
Greecei/ˈɡriːs/ (Greek: Ελλάδα, Ellada, IPA: [eˈlaða] ( listen) historically in Katharevousa and Ancient Greek: Ἑλλάς, Hellas, IPA: [eˈlas] and [helːás] respectively), officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία, Elliniki Dimokratia, IPA: [eliniˈci ðimokraˈtia]), is a country in Southern Europe, politically considered part of Western Europe.Athens is the capital and the largest city in the country (its urban area also including Piraeus). The population of the country is around 11 million.
Greece has land borders with Albania, the Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of mainland Greece, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the 11th longest coastline in the world at 13,676 km (8,498 mi) in length, featuring a vast number of islands (approximately 1,400, of which 227 are inhabited), including Crete, the Dodecanese, the Cyclades, and the Ionian Islands among others. Eighty percent of Greece consists of mountains, of which Mount Olympus is the highest at 2,917 m (9,570 ft).
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Italy
Italyi/ˈɪtəli/ (Italian: Italia [iˈtaːlja]), officially the Italian Republic or the Republic of Italy (Italian: Repubblica italiana), is a unitary parliamentary republic in south-central Europe. To the north, it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia along the Alps. To the south, it consists of the entirety of the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Sardinia–the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea–and many other smaller islands. The independent states of San Marino and the Vatican City are enclaves within Italy, while Campione d'Italia is an Italian exclave in Switzerland. The territory of Italy covers some 301,338 km2 (116,347 sq mi) and is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. With 60.6 million inhabitants, it is the fifth most populous country in Europe, and the 23rd most populous in the world.
Rome, the capital of Italy, was for centuries a political and religious centre of Western civilisation as the capital of the Roman Empire and site of the Holy See. After the decline of the Roman Empire, Italy endured numerous invasions by foreign peoples, from Germanic tribes such as the Lombards and Ostrogoths, to the Byzantines and later, the Normans, among others. Centuries later, Italy became the birthplace of Maritime republics and the Renaissance, an immensely fruitful intellectual movement that would prove to be integral in shaping the subsequent course of European thought.
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Montenegro
Montenegro (i/ˌmɒntɨˈneɪɡroʊ/ or /ˌmɒntɨˈniːɡroʊ/; or /ˌmɒntɨˈnɛɡroʊ/; Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора [tsr̩̂ːnaː ɡɔ̌ra] ( listen), meaning "Black Mountain") is a country in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the southeast. Its capital and largest city is Podgorica, while Cetinje is designated as the Prijestonica (Пријестоница), meaning the former Royal Capital City.
In the 10th century, there existed three Slavic principalities on the territory of Montenegro: Duklja, roughly corresponding to the southern half, Travunia, the west, and Rascia, the north. In 1042, archon Stefan Vojislav led a revolt that resulted in independence of Duklja and the establishment of the Vojislavljević dynasty. Duklja reached its zenith under Vojislav's son, Mihailo (1046–81), and his son Bodin (1081–1101). By the 13th century, Zeta had replaced Duklja when referring to the realm, which at the time was part of the Serbian Grand Principality of the Nemanjić dynasty.
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Morocco
Morocco (Arabic: المغرب al-Maghrib ; Berber: ⵍⵎⴻⵖⵔⵉⴱ / ⴰⵎⴻⵔⵔⵓⴽElmeɣrib / Amerruk), officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of about 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², including the disputed region of the Western Sahara, seen by and mostly administered by Morocco as the Southern Provinces. Morocco is part of the Maghreb region, in addition to Tunisia, Algeria, Mauritania, and Libya, with which it shares cultural, historical and linguistic ties.
Morocco is a constitutional monarchy with an elected parliament. The King of Morocco holds vast executive powers, including the power to dissolve the parliament. Executive power is exercised by the government but more importantly by the king himself. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the two chambers of parliament, the Assembly of Representatives and the Assembly of Councillors. The king can also issue decrees called dahirs which have the force of law. The latest Parliamentary elections were held in November 25, 2011, and were considered by some neutral observers to be mostly free and fair. Voter turnout in these elections was estimated to be 43% of registered voters, but only about 25% of Moroccan adult citizens actually voted. The rest either chose not to vote or they were not registered as voters. The political capital is Rabat, but the largest city is Casablanca; other main cities include Marrakesh, Tetouan, Tangier, Salé, Fes, Agadir, Meknes, Oujda, Kenitra, and Nador.
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Nigeria
Nigeriai/naɪˈdʒɪəriə/, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north. Its coast in the south lies on the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean. The three largest and most influential ethnic groups in Nigeria are the Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba.
In terms of religion Nigeria is roughly split half and half between Muslims in the North and Christians in the South; a very small minority practice traditional religion. Since 2002 there have been a spate of clashes, particularly in the North of the country, between government forces and the Islamists Boko Haram, militant jihadists who seek to establish sharia law.
The people of Nigeria have an extensive history. Archaeological evidence shows that human habitation of the area dates back to at least 9000 BCE. The area around the Benue and Cross River is thought to be the original homeland of the Bantu migrants who spread across most of central and southern Africa in waves between the 1st millennium BC and the 2nd millennium.
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Paraguay
Paraguay (i/ˈpɛərəɡwaɪ/, PAIR-ə-gwy), officially the Republic of Paraguay (Spanish: República del Paraguay [reˈpuβlika ðel paɾaˈɣwai], Guaraní: Tetã Paraguái [teˈtã paɾaˈɣwaj]), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the country from north to south. Due to its central location in South America, it is sometimes referred to as Corazón de América, or the Heart of America.
The Guaraní have been living in Paraguay since before the arrival of Europeans in the 16th century, when Paraguay became part of the Spanish colonial empire. Following independence from Spain in 1811, Paraguay was ruled by a series of dictators who followed isolationist and protectionist policies. This development was truncated by the disastrous Paraguayan War (1864–1870) in which the country lost 60% to 70% of its population and large amounts of territory. During a large part of the 20th century, Paraguay was ruled by Alfredo Stroessner, who led one of South America's longest lived military dictatorships. In 1989 Stroessner was toppled and free elections were celebrated in 1993. In 1994 Paraguay joined Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay to found Mercosur.
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Poland
Polandi/ˈpoʊlənd/ (Polish: Polska), officially the Republic of Poland (Polish: Rzeczpospolita Polska; Kashubian: Pòlskô Repùblika; Silesian: Polsko Republika), is a country in Central Europe, bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north. The total area of Poland is 312,679 square kilometres (120,726 sq mi), making it the 69th largest country in the world and the 9th largest in Europe. Poland has a population of over 38 million people, which makes it the 34th most populous country in the world and the sixth most populous member of the European Union, being its most populous post-communist member. Poland is a unitary state made up of 16 voivodeships. Poland is a member of the European Union, NATO, the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), European Economic Area, International Energy Agency, Council of Europe, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, International Atomic Energy Agency, G6, Council of the Baltic Sea States, Visegrád Group, Weimar Triangle and Schengen Agreement.
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Romania
Romania (i/roʊˈmeɪniə/ roh-MAY-nee-ə; dated: Roumania; or Rumania;Romanian: România [romɨˈni.a] ( listen)) is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea. Romania shares a border with Hungary and Serbia to the west, Ukraine and Moldova to the northeast and east, and Bulgaria to the south.
At 238,400 square kilometers (92,000 sq mi), Romania is the ninth largest country of the European Union by area, and has the seventh largest population of the European Union with over 19 million people. Its capital and largest city is Bucharest, the tenth largest city in the EU with about two million people.
The Kingdom of Romania emerged when the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia were united under Prince Alexander Ioan Cuza in 1859. Independence from the Ottoman Empire was declared on 9 May 1877, and was internationally recognized the following year. At the end of World War I, Transylvania, Bukovina and Bessarabia united with the Kingdom of Romania. Greater Romania emerged into an era of progression and prosperity that would continue until World War II. By the end of the War, many north-eastern areas of Romania's territories were occupied by the Soviet Union, and Romania forcibly became a socialist republic and a member of the Warsaw Pact.
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Russia
Russiai/ˈrʌʃə/ or /ˈrʊʃə/ (Russian: Россия, tr. Rossiya; IPA: [rɐˈsʲijə] ( listen)), also officially known as the Russian Federation (Russian: Российская Федерация, tr. Rossiyskaya Federatsiya; IPA: [rɐˈsʲijskəjə fʲɪdʲɪˈratsɨjə] ( listen)), is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects. From northwest to southeast, Russia shares borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both via Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, and North Korea. It also has maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk, and the US state of Alaska by the Bering Strait. At 17,075,400 square kilometres (6,592,800 sq mi), Russia is the largest country in the world, covering more than one eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area. Russia is also the eighth most populous nation with 143 million people. It extends across the whole of northern Asia and 40% of Europe, spanning nine time zones and incorporating a wide range of environments and landforms. Russia has the world's largest reserves of mineral and energy resources and is the largest producer of oil and natural gas globally. Russia has the world's largest forest reserves and its lakes contain approximately one-quarter of the world's fresh water.
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S.C. Braga
Sporting Clube de Braga (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈspɔɾtĩɡ ˈklube de ˈbɾaɡɐ]) (Euronext: SCB), commonly known as Sporting de Braga or just Braga, is a Portuguese sports club, from the city of Braga. Its football team plays at the AXA Stadium, also known as The Quarry, which was built for UEFA Euro 2004. Domestically, Braga won the 1965–1966 Portuguese Cup. In the 2000s, the club gradually became one of Portugal's most successful clubs after the Big Three and have also competed with some success in European competitions, winning the last ever UEFA Intertoto Cup in 2008 and reaching the final of the UEFA Europa League in 2011. After finishing in second place for the only time to date in the 2009-10 Primeira Liga, Sporting de Braga achieved a place in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League for the first time in its history by eliminating Celtic FC and Sevilla FC. Sporting de Braga is currently sponsored by Italian sportswear company Macron.
Braga, who owe their Sporting Clube tag to the better known Sporting Clube de Portugal, after whom they were named, have been known as Arsenal do Minho and changed their kits from green and white to their Arsenal-style red during the 1945–46 (with the reserve squad) and the 1946–47 (with the main team) seasons due to their president José Antunes Guimarães who had business connections in London and was an Arsenal fan (this is one version of the story: the other one says that Josef Szabo, a Hungarian coach who loved Arsenal's playing style asked the president to change the green and white uniform to a Arsenal-style red). In that year (1947) they won the Second division title reaching the First division for the first time. Braga even renamed their youth team Arsenal de Braga.
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Serbia
Serbiai/ˈsɜrbiə/, officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: Република Србија / Republika Srbija, pronounced [rɛpǔblika sř̩bija]), is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans. Serbia borders Hungary to the north; Romania and Bulgaria to the east; the Republic of Macedonia to the south; and Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro to the west; additionally, it borders Albania through Kosovo, whose status as part of Serbia is disputed. Serbia covers an area of 88,361 km2 and has a population of just over 7.1 million, while the capital and largest city is Belgrade.
The arrival of the Serbs to the Balkans in the 7th century, established several states, eventually forming the Serbian Empire in the 14th century. By the 16th century, Serbia was conquered and occupied by the Ottoman Empire, at times interrupted by the Habsburgs. In the early 19th century the Serbian revolution re-established the country as the region's first constitutional monarchy, which subsequently expanded its territory and pioneered the abolition of feudalism in the Balkans. The former Habsburg crownland of Vojvodina united with Serbia in 1918. Following World War I, Serbia formed Yugoslavia with other South Slavic peoples which existed in several forms up until 2006, when the National Assembly of Serbia declared independence and the legal succession to the former State Union. In February 2008 the parliament of UNMIK-governed Kosovo, Serbia's southern province, declared independence, with mixed responses from international governments.
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Slovenia
Slovenia (i/sloʊˈviːniə/ sloh-VEE-nee-ə, Slovene: Slovenija), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Republika Slovenija, [reˈpublika sloˈveːnija]) is a Slavic nation state, situated in South-Central Europe, at the crossroad of main European cultural and trade routes. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Croatia to the south and southeast, and Hungary to the northeast. It covers 20,273 square kilometres (7,827 sq mi) and has a population of 2.05 million. It is a parliamentary republic, member of the European Union and NATO. Relative to its geography, history, economy, culture, and language, it is a very diverse country distinguished by a transitional character. It is characterised by a high economic and social level. Its capital and largest city is Ljubljana.
The territory of Slovenia is mainly hilly or mountainous and has an exceptionally high landscape and biological diversity and a mosaic structure, which are a result of natural attributes and the long-lasting presence of humans. Four major European geographic units interweave here: the Alps, the Dinaric Alps, the Mediterranean, with a small portion of coastline along the Adriatic Sea, and the Pannonian Plain. The climate is temperate and significantly influenced by the variety of territory, with a strong interaction of the continental climate, the sub-Mediterranean climate and Alpine climate across most of the country. The country is one of the water-richest in Europe, with a dense river network, a rich aquifer system, and significant karstic underground watercourses. Over half of the territory is covered by forest.
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Spain
Spain (i/ˈspeɪn/ SPAYN; Spanish: España, pronounced: [esˈpaɲa] ( listen)), officially the Kingdom of Spain (Spanish: Reino de España), is a sovereign state and a member of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar; to the north and north east by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the northwest and west by the Atlantic Ocean and Portugal.
Spanish territory also includes the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean, the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the African coast, and two autonomous cities in North Africa, Ceuta and Melilla, that border Morocco. Furthermore, the town of Llívia is a Spanish exclave situated inside French territory. With an area of 504,030 square kilometres (194,610 sq mi), it is the second largest country in Western Europe and the European Union after France, and the fourth largest country in Europe after Russia, Ukraine and France.
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Stadio Friuli
Stadio Friuli is a multi-purpose stadium in Udine, Italy. The stadium was built in 1976 and now holds 30,642 people. It is currently used mostly for football matches and the home of Udinese Calcio.
The Friuli is located in Rizzi, 4 km from the city centre of Udine.
Opened in 1976, as a replacement for Stadio Moretti, Friuli has a maximum capacity of 41,652 seats, partly covered, currently limited to a capacity 30,642. Like most of Italian stadia, it's owned by the local council, the municipality of Udine.
The stadium also features facilities for fencing, gymnastics, martial arts and athletics, including an indoor gym, located in the grandstand.
Friuli hosted three matches at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, all of which were Group E matches.
In 2005, the stadium was approved by UEFA to host matches involving the UEFA Champions League, which Udinese participated in, during the 2005–06 season.
On September 10, 2008, the stadium hosted the second match of the Italian national team's 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Georgia.
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Sweden
Sweden (i/ˈswiːdən/ SWEE-dən; Swedish: Sverige [ˈsværjɛ] ( listen)), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: Konungariket Sverige (help·info)), is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland, and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Øresund.
At 450,295 square kilometres (173,860 sq mi), Sweden is the third largest country in the European Union by area, with a total population of about 9.4 million. Sweden has a low population density of 21 inhabitants per square kilometre (54 /sq mi) with the population mostly concentrated to the southern half of the country. About 85% of the population live in urban areas. Sweden's capital city is Stockholm, which is also the largest city.
Sweden emerged as an independent and unified country during the Middle Ages. In the 17th century, the country expanded its territories to form the Swedish Empire. The empire grew to be one of the great powers of Europe in the 17th and early 18th century. Most of the conquered territories outside the Scandinavian Peninsula were lost during the 18th and 19th centuries. The eastern half of Sweden, present-day Finland, was lost to Russia in 1809. The last war in which Sweden was directly involved was in 1814, when Sweden by military means forced Norway into a personal union. Since then, Sweden has been at peace, practicing "non-participation in military alliances during peacetime and neutrality during wartime". However, Sweden has been a member of the European Union since 1 January 1995 and is a member of the OECD.
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Switzerland
Switzerland (German: die Schweiz[ˈʃvaɪts]; French: Suisse [sɥis(ə)]; Italian: Svizzera [ˈzvit͡sːɛra]; Romansh: Svizra [ˈʒviːtsrɐ] or [ˈʒviːtsʁːɐ]), in its full name the Swiss Confederation (Latin: Confoederatio Helvetica, hence its abbreviation CH), is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in western Europe, where it is bordered by Germany to the north, France to the west, Italy to the south, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east.
Switzerland is a landlocked country geographically divided between the Alps, the Swiss Plateau and the Jura, spanning an area of 41,285 km2 (15,940 sq mi). While the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, the Swiss population of approximately 8 million people is concentrated mostly on the Plateau, where the largest cities are to be found. Among them are the two global cities and economic centres of Zurich and Geneva.
The Swiss Confederation has a long history of armed neutrality—it has not been in a state of war internationally since 1815—and did not join the United Nations until 2002. It pursues, however, an active foreign policy and is frequently involved in peace-building processes around the world. Switzerland is also the birthplace of the Red Cross and home to a large number of international organizations, including the second largest UN office. On the European level, it is a founding member of the European Free Trade Association and is part of the Schengen Area – although it is notably not a member of the European Union, nor the European Economic Area.
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Treviso
Treviso (Italian pronunciation: [treˈviːzo] ( listen), Venetian: Trevixo) is a city and comune in Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 82,854 inhabitants (as of November 2010): some 3,000 live within the Venetian walls (le Mura) or in the historical and monumental center, some 80,000 live in the urban center proper, while the city hinterland has a population of approximately 170,000. The city is home to the headquarters of clothing retailer Benetton, appliance maker De'Longhi, and bicycle maker Pinarello.
For some scholars, the ancient city of Tarvisium derived its name from a settlement of the Celtic tribe of the Taurusci. Others have attributed the name instead to the Greek root tarvos, meaning "bull".
Tarvisium, then a city of the Veneti, became a municipium in 89 BC after the Romans added Cisalpine Gaul to their dominions. Citizens were ascribed to the Roman tribe of Claudia. The city lay in proximity of the Via Postumia, which connected Opitergium to Aquileia, two major cities of Roman Venetia during Ancient and Early Medieval times. Treviso is rarely mentioned by ancient writers, although Pliny writes of the Silis, that is the Sile River, as flowing ex montibus Tarvisanis.
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Turkey
Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye), known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( Türkiye Cumhuriyeti (help·info)), is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia (mostly in the Anatolian peninsula) and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe. Turkey is bordered by eight countries: Bulgaria to the northwest; Greece to the west; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan (the exclave of Nakhchivan) and Iran to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the southeast. The Mediterranean Sea and Cyprus are to the south; the Aegean Sea is to the west; and the Black Sea is to the north. The Sea of Marmara, the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles (which together form the Turkish Straits) demarcate the boundary between East Thrace and Anatolia; they also separate Europe and Asia.
Turkey is one of the six independent Turkic states. The vast majority of the population are Muslims. The country's official language is Turkish, whereas Kurdish and Zazaki languages are spoken by Kurds and Zazas, who constitute 18% of the population.
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Udine
Udine listen (help·info) (Friulian: Udin, Slovene: Videm, German: Weiden, Latin: Utinum) is a city and comune in northeastern Italy, in the middle of Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, between the Adriatic sea and the Alps (Alpi Carniche), less than 40 km from the Slovenian border. Its population was 100,032 in 2012, and that of its urban area was 176,000.
Udine is the historical capital of Friuli. The area has been inhabited since the Neolithic age, and was later, most likely, settled by Illyrians.
Based on an old Hungarian legend, Attila (?–453), the great hun emperor built a hill there, when besieging Aquileia, because he needed a winter quarters billet: he instructed his soldiers to bring soil in their helmet and shield, because, the landscape was too flat, without any hill. He established the town there, and built a square-shape tower.
After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the area increased in importance after the decline of Aquileia and afterwards of Cividale also. In 983 AD Udine is mentioned for the first time, with the donation of the Utinum castle by emperor Otto II to the Patriarchs of Aquileia, then the main feudal lords of the region. In 1223, with the foundation of the market, the city became finally the most important in the area for economy and trades, and also became the Patriarch's seat.
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Uruguay
Uruguayi/ˈjʊərəɡwaɪ/, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; (Spanish: República Oriental del Uruguay pronounced: [re̞ˈpuβ̞lika o̞ɾje̞n̪ˈt̪al̪ d̪e̞l uɾuˈɰwai̯]) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to 3.3 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area. An estimated 88% of the population are of European ancestry.
Except for the recent union of Timoteo Domínguez Island and Argentina's Martín García Island, Uruguay's only land border is with Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, to the north. To the west lies the Uruguay River and the estuary of the Río de la Plata to the southwest. To the southeast lies the southern part of the Atlantic Ocean. With an area of approximately 176,000 square kilometres (68,000 sq mi), Uruguay is the second-smallest nation in South America by area, after Suriname.
Colonia del Sacramento, one of the oldest European settlements in the country, was founded by the Portuguese in 1680. Montevideo was founded by the Spanish in the early 18th century as a military stronghold. Uruguay won its independence in 1811–28 following a three-way struggle between the claims of Spain, Argentina and Brazil. It is a constitutional democracy, with a president who is both the head of state and the head of government.
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Venezuela
Venezuela (i/ˌvɛnɨˈzweɪlə/ VEN-ə-ZWAY-lə), officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish: República Bolivariana de Venezuela [repuˈβlika βoliβaˈɾjana ðe βeneˈswela]), is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south. Its northern coastline of roughly 2,800 kilometres (1,700 mi) includes numerous islands in the Caribbean Sea, and in the north east borders the northern Atlantic Ocean. Caribbean islands such as Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Curaçao, Bonaire, Aruba and the Leeward Antilles lie near the Venezuelan coast. Venezuela's territory covers around 916,445 square kilometres (353,841 sq mi) with an estimated population of 29,105,632. Venezuela is considered a state with extremely high biodiversity, with habitats ranging from the Andes mountains in the west to the Amazon Basin rainforest in the south, via extensive llanos plains and Caribbean coast in the center and the Orinoco River Delta in the east.
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Abel Balbo
Abel Eduardo Balbo (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈβel eˈðwarðo ˈβalβo]; born 1 June 1966 in Empalme Villa Constitución, Santa Fe) is an Argentine football manager and former striker.
At club level, Balbo played for Newell's Old Boys (1987–88), River Plate (1988–89), before moving to Italy and Udinese (1989–93), Roma (1993–98 and 2000–02), Parma (1998–99), and Fiorentina. He played four games for Boca Juniors before finally retiring. He scored a total of 138 goals in Serie A; his best seasons came in 1992–93 for Udinese and 1994–95 for Roma, with 22 goals in each of them.
In 2000, Roma paid Fiorentina 1.75 billion Italian lire to re-sign him and offered him a 2-year contract with 1.7 billion annual salary before tax.
For Argentina, Balbo scored 11 goals in 37 caps, and played at the 1990, the 1994, the 1998 FIFA World Cups, the 1989 and 1995 Copas América. In the 1995 tournament in Uruguay, Balbo partnered Gabriel Batistuta in attack, and scored a goal against Brazil's Claudio Taffarel in an infamous quarter-final game that Argentina eventually lost in a penalty shootout after Brazilian striker Tulio Costa scored the Brazilian equalizer with 10 minutes to go – after clearly controlling the ball with his arm.
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Alberto Malesani
Alberto Malesani (born 5 June 1954 in Verona) is an Italian association football manager, last in charge of Genoa C.F.C..
Malesani career as player was mostly spent on a Veronese amateur team Audace S. Michele, where he obtained a promotion from Serie D to Serie C in 1976–77, appearing fourteen times on that season. He retired from playing football at the age of 24, and worked at Canon in Amsterdam, where he studied the Ajax Amsterdam total football training methods. His passion for coaching was so great, that on his honeymoon, he decided to go to Barcelona in order to watch Johan Cruijff's coaching sessions at Barcelona FC.
Malesani left his job at Canon in 1990 order to pursue a coaching career at Serie C1 team Chievo Verona for the Allievi youth squad. In 1991, he is assistant of head coach Carlo De Angelis in the first team, and in 1993 he becomes head coach himself. His first season as head coach ended in a historical promotion to Serie B for then-unknown Chievo Verona.
Malesani left Chievo in 1997, after three impressive Serie B seasons and a narrowly missed promotion in the Serie A league in order to become Fiorentina's boss, in what was his first stint in the Italian top flight.
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Alberto Zaccheroni
Alberto Zaccheroni (Italian pronunciation: [alˈbɛrto dzakkeˈroni]; born 1 April 1953, in Meldola, Emilia-Romagna) is an Italian football manager, currently in charge of the Japan national team, which he led to the final victory in the most recent Asian Cup.
He is best known for having managed a number of top clubs in Serie A, and won a scudetto with A.C. Milan on 1999. He is renowned also for his unconventional and trademark 3–4–3 tactical system
Zaccheroni's playing career was cut short by injury, and he became a manager at the relatively young age of 30 with amateurs Cesenatico. His managerial career took off during the 1997–98 season with Udinese, guiding them to third place in the league and qualification for the UEFA Cup.
Zaccheroni's impressive results at Udinese attracted the attention of Italian giants A.C. Milan, who appointed him as manager after the San Siro club had endured two miserable seasons. Fellow Udinese key players Oliver Bierhoff and Thomas Helveg also joined him in Milan. Zaccheroni delivered instantly, as Milan won the league in the 1998–99 season, pipping Lazio and Fiorentina to the title. The following season was less successful for Zaccheroni as Milan exited the UEFA Champions League early, and although finishing 3rd in Serie A, they were never really in the running for the title. The 2000–01 season was even worse for Zaccheroni as Milan, again, struggled in the Champions League and failed to beat Paris Saint-Germain. This led AC Milan chairman Silvio Berlusconi to sack Zaccheroni and replace him with caretaker manager Cesare Maldini in the spring of 2001.
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Aleksandar Luković
Aleksandar Luković (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Луковић; born 23 October 1982) is a Serbian footballer who plays as a defender for FC Zenit Saint Petersburg and the Serbian national team. He is known for his aggressive style of play.
Luković started his career at hometown club Sloga Kraljevo. In 2002 he was signed by Crvena Zvezda. He played his first UEFA Cup match on 15 August 2002, substituted Nemanja Vidić at second half. The match Crvena Zvezda won 2–0 to FC Kairat.
In mid-2006, Luković was on loan to Ascoli in order the club "borrow" the non-EU registration quota to Udinese. He was "loaned" to Udinese from Ascoli in January transfer window.
On 27 January 2007, he played his first Serie A match for Udinese against Torino.
He was signed permanently in mid-2007.
On 29 July 2010 it was officially announced that Luković signed a four-year contract with FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.
He made his international debut against Poland on 15 August 2005. He played a part during 2010 World Cup qualifying and mostly partnered Nemanja Vidić in central defense as Aleksandar Kolarov was preferred at left back. He was sent off in Serbia's opening 2010 World Cup match against Ghana on 13 June 2010.
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Alessandro Calori
Alessandro Calori (born August 29, 1966 in Arezzo) is an Italian association football coach and former player, currently in charge as head coach of Serie B club Brescia.
A product of Arezzo's youth system, Calori made his professional debut in 1985 with Serie C team Montevarchi, where he spent four season. After two seasons with Pisa, in 1991 Calori joined Udinese, where he spent eight seasons, all as a regular, gaining reputation of a powerful, strong centre back. In 1999 Calori, then aged 33, signed for Perugia, and gained space in the headlines as he scored the winning goal in a 1–0 win to Juventus in the final league week, a goal that unexpectedly let Juventus lose the Serie A title to Lazio. He retired in 2004, after spells with Brescia and Venezia.
Following his retirement as a player, Calori initially stayed at Venezia, joining the managing staff that worked alongside head coach Julio César Ribas in the arancioneroverdi's 2004–2005 season, initially as team manager, and then as assistant coach. In 2005 he became joint coach of Serie B side Triestina, alongside Adriano Buffoni, only to be sacked a few weeks later. In 2006 he was then appointed at the helm of Serie C1 team Sambenedettese, a spell which proved to be unsuccessful as he was sacked on October 2006.
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Alessandro Pierini
Alessandro Pierini (born 22 March 1973 in Viareggio, Province of Lucca) is an Italian retired footballer who played as a defender.
After playing for several clubs in his country, namely Udinese, he finished his professional career in Spain, where he played for Racing de Santander and Córdoba.
Pierini began his professional career with Udinese Calcio, making his debut in 1991 and moving on loan to Fidelis Andria, four years later. He joined ACF Fiorentina in 1999, and turned down a move to English side West Ham United in the summer of 2001, due to personal reasons, instead choosing to sign for Parma AC, also serving a loan at A.C. Reggiana 1919 while with the club.
After a second spell with Udinese, Pierini moved to Spain at already 31, joining Racing de Santander; after only five La Liga matches, he was released in the next transfer window, moving to Córdoba CF in the second division, being relegated in that season and promoted in his third, always as an undisputed starter.
In July 2009, with Córdoba consolidated in level two, Pierini retired from playing at the age of 36, but stayed connected with his last club, immediately being named its assistant manager.
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Alexandre Geijo
Alexandre "Álex" Geijo Pazos (born 5 September 1982) is a Swiss-born Spanish footballer who plays for Granada CF on loan from Udinese Calcio in the Italian first division, as a striker.
The son of Spaniards who immigrated to Switzerland, Geijo was born in Geneva. He started his professional career in his country of birth, with Neuchâtel Xamax, moving the following season to Spain, where he began playing with Málaga CF, with little individual success (15 matches in three seasons, playing mostly for the B team), and being released in the 2005 summer.
For the next two years, Geijo played in the second level, with another Andalusia outfit, Xerez CD, where he blossomed as a useful striker, with 13 goals in his first season. In 2007–08, he joined Levante UD. In a team severely hindered by financial problems, and eventually relegated from La Liga, he finished the season as the side's second goal scorer at five, behind Mustapha Riga (eight).
Geijo started his second year strong, netting ten second division goals before the end of 2008. However, he missed the remainder of the campaign due to a serious fibula injury, after an awkward fall in a training session.
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Alexis Sánchez
Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈleksis ˈsantʃes]; born 19 December 1988), is a Chilean footballer who plays as a forward for FC Barcelona and for the Chilean national team. He is well known for his excellent dribbling ability, great speed, and his unusual strength for a fast winger.
Sánchez began his career as a youth player for Cobreloa in 2003, aged 15, for then be promoted to the first adult team, two years later. His precocious talent caught the attention of Udinese, team of the Italian Serie A, and signed the 17-year-old for US$3million in May 2006, but was immediately loaned out to Colo-Colo, and then River Plate where he was able to mature in less physically demanding confines than the Italian first division.
He joined Udinese after becoming champion of the Argentine and Chilean leagues in June 2008. Sánchez made a steady progress in his first two seasons at Udinese, and in the 2010–11 season he established himself as one of the key player's that allowed Udinese to finish fourth in Serie A. On 27 February 2011, Sánchez scored four of seven goals as his team defeated Palermo 7-0, playing only the first 52 minutes of the game. This event meant he broke the record of goals scored by a Chilean player (in a single match) in the Italian Serie A, thus beating the records set by his historic countrymen Marcelo Salas and Iván Zamorano.
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Allan Nyom
Allan-Roméo Nyom (born 10 May 1988) is a French-born Cameroonian international footballer who plays for Granada, on loan from Udinese.
Nyom began his career in the youth ranks of AS Nancy. In 2008 he joined Arles-Avignon and quickly established himself as a fixture on the back line.
His play with Arles-Avignon led to him garnering interest from Italian side Udinese who signed Nyom during the 2009 season and consequently loaned him to Spanish club Granada. Nyom helped Granada to consecutive promotions in his first two seasons at the club.
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Almen Abdi
Almen Abdi (born 21 October 1986) is a Swiss footballer of Albanian descent who plays as a midfielder for Udinese, having previously played for Zürich and Le Mans. He has been capped by the Switzerland national team.
Abdi was part of the 2005–06, 2006–07 and 2008–09 Swiss Championship winning Zürich squad. He was awarded an improved contract in June 2006 which would last until the summer of 2010. Having finished as the club's top goalscorer in the 2008–09 league campaign, Abdi was dropped to the reserve team in November 2009 along with team-mate Andrés Vasquez, with Zürich stating they were planning for the future without the duo.
In January 2010, Abdi was transferred to Le Mans on a six-month contract with the option to extend at a later date should the club remain in Ligue 1. Le Mans failed to avoid relegation to Ligue 2 at the end of the campaign, with Abdi making 13 appearances.
In April 2012, Abdi confirmed that he would be joining Udinese in the summer when he became a free agent. In Udine, he made 19 appearances in the 2010–11 season, most of them coming from the bench. In the 2011–2012 season, Abdi scored his first goal for the club on 29 September in the Europa League, after converting the penalty to equalise against Celtic at Celtic Park.
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Andrea Coda
Andrea Coda (born 25 April 1985 in Massa) is an Italian football (soccer) player. He plays defender for Udinese.
Coda began playing youth football for Lucchese before joining Empoli, located an hour away from his hometown. He made his debut for Empoli when they were in Serie B and helped them gain promotion to Serie A for the 2005–06 season. In August 2005, he made his Serie A debut and became a regular starter.
Udinese bought 50% of his contract in January 2006 and he remained at Empoli until the summer. During the 2006–07 season, Coda had to contend with a place on the bench but he eventually earned a place in the starting eleven by the second half of the season. In summer 2007, Udinese acquired the remainder of his contract. By the 2008–09 season, he became first choice, often partnering Maurizio Domizzi, and made his European debut in September 2008 in the UEFA Cup. In March 2010, he was ruled out for the rest of the season after injuring his knee just barely five minutes into the match against Chievo Verona and had to be substituted.
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Andrea Mazzarani
Andrea Mazzarani (born November 6, 1989 in Rome) is an Italian professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Serie A for Novara on loan from Udinese Calcio.
In June 2011 Modena decided to sign him but Udinese excised the counter-option. He represented Italy at the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship, where they came second, and at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
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Antonio Candreva
Antonio Candreva (born 28 February 1987 in Rome) is an Italian footballer who currently plays for S.S. Lazio on loan from Udinese. He usually plays in a more central role as a play maker but can also play out wide in a three-man midfield.
Born in Rome and nicknamed Il Timido ("The shy one") for his cautious style of play, Candreva started playing for the youth teams at local club Lodigiani, then transferred to Serie C1 team Ternana in 2003 and played several games for the first team when they were promoted to Serie B for the 2004–05 season. After Ternana were relegated back to Serie C1 the following season, he became a regular in the side and attracted the interest of several Serie A clubs.
On June 2007, Candreva was then signed by Serie A club Udinese and played for their Primavera (U-20) team as overage player. He made his Serie A debut on 27 January 2008 and managed several appearances for the first team.
The 21-year-old was successively loaned out to Serie B outfit Livorno for the 2008–09 season. Together with Alessandro Diamanti, he helped the Tuscan side regain promotion to Serie A as playoff winners. After a successful first season, the loan deal between Udinese and Livorno was subsequently extended to one more year, thus giving Candreva the opportunity to play a full season as a regular in the Italian top flight.
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Antonio Di Natale
Antonio Di Natale (Italian pronunciation: [anˈtɔnjo dinaˈtale]) (born 13 October 1977) 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.
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.
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Antonio Floro Flores
Antonio Mariano Floro Flores (born 18 June 1983) is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for Udinese Calcio in Serie A.
Floro Flores was born in Naples, and started his career at Napoli. He made his Serie A debut on 28 January 2001 against Roma. After six months on loan to Serie A Sampdoria, Floro Flores transferred to Perugia after the club had gone bankrupt. At Perugia, Floro Flores scored 8 goals in Serie B, and two more against Treviso in the promotion play-off second legs. But Perugia also faced bankruptcy, and Floro Flores joined Arezzo in the summer of 2005.
After Arezzo got relegated to Serie C1 on summer 2007, he was signed by Udinese Calcio in co-ownership deal.
In August 2011 he signed a new 5-year contract.
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Antonio Marino
Antonio Marino (born August 9, 1988 in Mazara del Vallo) is an Italian association football defender currently playing for Reggina Calcio, on loan from Udinese Calcio.
Marino started his career with amateur Eccellenza club Folgore Selinunte from Castelvetrano, until he was noticed by Udinese scout and former Italy international footballer Andrea Carnevale. He successively agreed to join the Primavera under-20 team of Udinese, also serving as team captain throughout the 2007–08 season. He then spent the 2008–09 season on loan to Lega Pro Prima Divisione club Juve Stabia, where he collected 15 first team appearances.
On July 2009 Marino was loaned out again, this time to Serie B outfit Ascoli. After making fourteen appearances in his first full season at Serie B level, his loan deal was then extended also for the following 2010–11 season.
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Arne Selmosson
Arne Bengt Selmosson (29 March 1931 – 19 February 2002) was a Swedish footballer who played for Jönköping, Udinese, Lazio and Roma. He played at the 1958 FIFA World Cup. He is the only person who scored for both Lazio and Roma in Derby della Capitale.
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Asamoah Gyan
Asamoah Gyan (born 22 November 1985 in Accra) is a Ghanaian professional footballer and a part-time rapper, who plays as a striker for Sunderland of the Premier League.
Gyan shot to prominence after scoring three goals at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and also missing a crucial penalty kick in the last minute of extra-time in Ghana's quarter-final defeat by Uruguay.
Having signed for Udinese in 2003 from Ghanaian club Liberty Professionals located in his hometown of Accra, Gyan spent two years on loan at Serie B club Modena to gain match experience. Following some excellent displays during the 2006 World Cup, he attracted interest from Russian club Lokomotiv Moscow. Gyan returned to Udinese at the start of 2006, but on 17 February 2007, Udinese pulled out of a deal to sell him in the January transfer window. The striker was on the verge of signing a 3-year deal with Russian Club Lokomotiv Moscow for US$10.5m, the fourth largest transfer fee in Russian football history. "The striker Udinese targeted to replace me did not sign for them," Gyan told BBC Sport. "I've been told I will now have to stay in Italy for the rest of the season."
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Bora Milutinović
Velibor "Bora" Milutinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Велибор Милутиновић – Бора) (born September 7, 1944 in Bajina Bašta, Serbia, DF Yugoslavia) is a Serbian football coach and former player.
He is a Mexican-Serbian football coach, and with Carlos Alberto Parreira one of only two persons to have coached five different teams at the World Cup: Mexico (1986), Costa Rica (1990), the United States (1994), Nigeria (1998), and China (2002). He is also the first coach to take four different teams beyond the first round, before failing to do so with China, henceforth earning the nickname of Miracle Worker, first given to him by Alan Rothenberg, then president of the United States Soccer Federation. In total Milutinović has coached eight different national football teams.
In the summer of 2003, Milutinović was in serious negotiations to finally take over the national team at his native Serbia. Despite heavy, month-long persuasion from Serbian football officials, Milutinović turned down the offer and soon signed on to the Honduras national team. He led the team to the first round of CONCACAF qualifiers before resigning on June 30, 2004. He cited "the prevailing bad atmosphere, created by comments made by the country's managers, officials and press" as the reason for his leaving during World Cup qualifying.
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Christian Obodo
Christian Obodo (born 11 May 1984 in Warri, Nigeria) is a football defensive midfielder from Nigeria, currently plays for Italian Serie A side U.S. Lecce on loan from Udinese Calcio.
He was plucked from relative obscurity in the Nigerian league, playing for Plateau United before he became one of the hottest properties in the Italian Serie A where he had a brilliant season at Perugia. He scored his first ever Serie A goal in a 2–2 draw against Inter at the end of the season 2003.
Fiorentina signed him as a key part of their renovation as the team came back to Serie A in 2004. They only bought half the registration rights and in 2005 La Viola and Perugia were forced to make a blind auction to decide his future. Perugia won the auction but immediately sold him to Udinese.
Obodo played his first UEFA Champions League with Le zebrette in 2005–06 season. Partnered with Sulley Muntari, they formed a strong[citation needed] midfielder role up until Muntari's exit for Portsmouth F.C. in 2007.
He made his long-awaited debut for the Super Eagles in the LG Cup tournament featuring in the games versus Ghana and Cameroon. He also made a substitute appearance in the prestigious Brazil friendly, playing as a striker. He has also appeared in Nigeria's 4–1 win over Malawi in an ANC 2004 qualifier. Obodo scored his first goal in an 5-2 win at Algeria.
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Cristián Zapata
Cristián Eduardo Zapata Valencia (born 30 September 1986) is a Colombian footballer. He currently plays for Villarreal as a defender, usually at centre back. He can also play at full back on either side as he is comfortable with both feet, although naturally right footed.
Zapata was signed by Udinese on 31 August 2005 from Deportivo Cali, along with team-mate Abel Aguilar which both of them played at U-20 World Cup. On 18 September 2006 he signed a new 5-year contract, with annual basic salary of €389,000 (€ 220,000 after tax). That season he started 35 Serie A games, which in turn he received €572,719.11 (€ 320,000 after tax). He employed Claudio Pasqualin (of P.D.P. srl) as his agent on 21 February 2006 but fired on 9 July 2007. In 2009 the Tribunale Nazionale di Arbitrato per lo Sport awarded Pasqualin eligible to receive €38,900 as agent fee that Zapata owed Pasqualin. (5% of annual salary times 2 seasons, 2006–07, 2007–08)
In October 2007, Zapata along with Andrea Dossena, Roman Eremenko and Simone Pepe were awarded new contracts until June 2012.
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Damiano Ferronetti
Damiano Ferronetti (born 1 November 1984) is an Italian football (soccer) defender. He currently plays for Udinese Calcio at left back. He can also play as a defensive player in midfield.
He started his career at A.S. Roma. He was loaned to Serie B team U.S. Triestina Calcio on 2003–04 season.
In summer 2004, he was involved in Matteo Ferrari transfer, which half of the registration rights was sold to Parma F.C., for €750k.
In June 2007, all of the rights was bought by Parma by a sum of €350k. In August 2007 he was exchanged with Damiano Zenoni.
In 2008–09 season, he competed the right-back position with Marco Motta as the left back were occupied by Aleksandar Luković and Giovanni Pasquale. In 2009–11 seasons he never played for two anterior cruciate ligaments injury, in the same knee.
He was in the squad of 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, but did not played any matches.
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Daniel Bertoni
Ricardo Daniel Bertoni (born 14 March 1955 in Bahía Blanca) is a former Argentine footballer who played in a Right Winger role.
Bertoni started playing in Argentine's second division for Quilmes in 1972. After one year he was transferred to first division's team Independiente where he played alongside with Ricardo Bochini and won one national and several international titles.
Bertoni emigrated in 1978 to Spain to play for Sevilla. He played successfully in the Italian League for many years, mainly for Fiorentina and Napoli.
Bertoni played 31 times for the Argentina national football team between 1974 and 1982. in both the 1978 and the 1982 FIFA World Cups. In the 1978 World Cup on home soil, he scored Argentina's third goal in the final against Netherlands in a 3–1 extra-time win, as Argentina went on to lift the trophy.
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Daniel Bradaschia
Daniel Bradaschia (born 2 March 1989) is an Italian footballer who plays for Lega Pro Prima Divisione team Taranto.
After the loan, Lumezzane bought Bradaschia in co-ownership deal for €150,000.
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Daniele Padelli
Daniele Padelli (born October 25, 1985 in Lecco) is an Italian football (soccer) goalkeeper. He currently plays for Udinese Calcio on loan from U.C. Sampdoria.
He also played on loan for Pizzighettone in their 2005–06 Serie C1 campaign, and was Crotone's backup keeper in the first half of the 2006–07 season.
On January 12, 2007, Liverpoolfc.tv announced the news that Padelli would be signing on loan until the end of the season with a view to a permanent deal. On the completion of the deal Liverpool manager Rafael Benítez said, "He's a good young goalkeeper who has been selected for his national side. Padelli will give us a good option for the future. The fact he is once again with the under-21s for his national side tells you that we are signing a very good player."
He made his debut, and only appearance, for the club on May 13, 2007 against Charlton Athletic F.C. in the last league game of the 2006–07 season. Subsequently he became the first Italian to ever play for the club. However, his poor performance saw him concede two goals in a disappointing draw for the Reds. His loan period concluded on Friday 8 June 2007 and he returned to Sampdoria.
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David Pizarro
David Marcelo Pizarro Cortés (born 11 September 1979) is a Chilean football midfielder who currently plays for Manchester City on loan from Roma.
He played for the Chile national team up until 2005, for which he won the Bronze medal at 2000 Summer Olympics at Sydney. Pizarro is a central midfielder, who can operate in a holding position or an attacking position in the hole behind the strikers.
During Pizarro's stay in Italian football, he won one Serie A title (2005-06), three Coppa Italia titles and two Supercoppa Italiana titles. Pizarro's Italian nickname is "Pek", diminutive of "pequeño", meaning "small" in Spanish, because of his short height (1.70 meters).
Pizarro started his career as a midfielder with the Santiago Wanderers in Valparaíso, Chile.
Pizarro first played European football with Udinese in Serie A. From there, he was loaned to South American team Universidad de Chile where he debuted in the Copa Libertadores.
He played well with Udinese under the guidance of coach Luciano Spalletti.
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Dino Zoff
Dino Zoff (born February 28, 1942 in Mariano del Friuli) is an Italian former football goalkeeper and is the oldest winner ever of the World Cup, which he earned as captain of the Italian team in the 1982 tournament in Spain, at the age of 40 years, 4 months and 13 days.
Zoff was a goalkeeper of outstanding ability and has a place in the history of the sport among the very best in this role, being named the 3rd greatest goalkeeper of the 20th century by the IFFHS behind Lev Yashin and Gordon Banks. He holds the record for the longest playing time without allowing goals in international tournaments (1142 minutes) set between 1972 and 1974. With 112 caps, he is the fourth most capped player for the Azzurri. In 2004 Pelé named him as one of the 125 greatest living footballers.
After retiring as a footballer, Zoff went on to become coach for the Italian national team and several other Italian clubs.
Dino Zoff was born in Mariano del Friuli, Friuli-Venezia Giulia (Italy), and was elected in a poll by the IFFHS as the third best goalkeeper of the 20th Century - after Lev Yashin (1st) and Gordon Banks (2nd).
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Dušan Basta
Dušan Basta (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Баста) (born 18 August 1984) is a Serbian footballer who plays for Udinese.
He has been in the under 21's selection of Serbia and has been named captain. He was a non-playing member of the Serbia & Montenegro squad at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
The first football step Basta made was when he was eight - in local football club PKB from Padinska Skela, the suburb where he lived and where he was born. He then signed for Red Star aged thirteen, becoming a part of one of the most talented generations in the history of Red Star's youth academy.
First professional contract he signed with 17 years, when he together with few teammates from youth team came in first team. For first team he debuted on his 18th birthday, August 2002 in defeat from Sutjeska in Nikšić(1:0). In the second season, he played on loan in Jedinstvo Paraćin (along with Aleksandar Luković). He emphasized himself with great technique skills and accuracy for long throws and very soon he became one of the most important players for Red Star Belgrade. In April 2005 he injured his left hand, the injury was so bad that he was not playing for five months. Basta won six trophies with Red Star Belgrade, including three domestic doubles.
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Edino Nazareth Filho
Edinho, real name Edino Nazareth Filho, (born June 5, 1955 in Rio de Janeiro) is a former football (soccer) player from Brazil. He played central defender with Fluminense Football Club, Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense and with the Brazilian national team. He is currently a manager.
He had 46 caps between March 1977 and June 1986, with the Brazilian national team.
He played the Football World Cup 1978, the Football World Cup 1982 and the Football World Cup 1986. Edinho was also in the team which earned 4th place at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
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Ergün Berisha
Ergün Berisha (born 26 April 1988) is a Turkish-Swiss footballer who plays in Italy for Serie A club Udinese.
Born in Zürich with Swiss nationality, Berisha started his career at Grasshopper Club Zürich and on 25 June 2009 joined Udinese.
After played nil for the Udine club, he left for Turkish Süper Lig side İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor on loan until the end of season on 1 February 2010.
Berisha made his club debut at Turkish Cup. His loan was extended in July 2010 but officially registered at Turkish Football Federation on 19 January 2011. He played 1 game in 2010–11 season, and also played 2 games in the reserve league.
He is former member of the Turkey national under-17 football team at 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship and current member of the Turkey national under-21 football team. Her played his first U21 match on 18 November 2009, a 0–0 draw with Estonia U21.
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Fabio Quagliarella
Fabio Quagliarella (Italian pronunciation: [ˈfabjo kwaʎʎaˈrɛlla]) (born 31 January 1983) is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Juventus. He is known for scoring incredible goals from unconventional angles that often catch the goalkeeper by surprise.
Quagliarella began his career at Torino, where he grew up in their youth sector. He made his Serie A debut for Torino against Piacenza on May 14, 2000, and later made four appearances in the following Serie A 2001-02 season. In 2002 and 2003, he was sent on loan to lower division clubs Florentia Viola, at that time in Serie C2, and then Chieti. He returned to Torino in 2004, and scored seven goals in Serie B, plus one goal against Ascoli in the promotion playoff's first legs. However, financial problems forced Torino to stay in Serie B, which allowed Quagliarella to leave the club on a free transfer.
Quagliarella signed with Udinese in summer 2005. However, Udinese immediately sold half of his registration rights to newly promoted Ascoli as part of a co-ownership deal. Quagliarella stayed at Ascoli for just one season, scoring just 3 times in 33 Serie A appearances, and his rights were bought back in full by Udinese in June 2006 for undisclosed fee.
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Fabio Rossitto
Fabio Rossitto (born 21 September 1971 in Aviano, Province of Pordenone) is a retired Italian football (soccer) player in midfielder role, turned manager.
He played for several clubs, including Udinese, S.S.C. Napoli, ACF Fiorentina, S.S.C. Venezia and in the Belgium Jupiler League with K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot (3530) in 2004-2005.
He played for Italy national football team on one occasion as a substitute and was a participant at the 1996 UEFA European Championship.
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Felipe dal Belo
Felipe Dias da Silva dal Belo commonly known as just Felipe (born 31 July 1984) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Fiorentina. He has spent his whole professional career at Italian Serie A.
Felipe began his European career with Udinese Calcio, which he made his first team debut in April 2003. He has proven himself as a reliable central defender in Serie A, especially in the 2005–06 season for the club in the UEFA Champions League.
Felipe signed a new four-year contract with Udinese in March 2008 which would see him stay until 2012. He also signed an improved contract in November 2005.
In the 2006–07 season, Felipe missed the rest of the season after he was injured in January. He returned to the team in September 2007 and became one of the key players who helped Udinese qualify for the 2008–09 UEFA Cup. But another injury in March 2008 meant he would miss the rest of the season and he returned in November 2008. He played 6 matches in 2008–09 UEFA Cup, which he missed the front part of the tournament.
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Fernando Forestieri
Fernando Martín Forestieri (born 15 January 1990 in Rosario, Argentina) is an Italian Argentine footballer who plays as a striker for Serie B club Bari, on loan from Udinese. He is nicknamed El Topa.[citation needed]
His career began in 2003 with Newell's Old Boys but in 2003, when he was just 13, Boca Juniors bought him for $50,000. In Buenos Aires, Forestieri became well known for his way of playing, which was compared with Lionel Messi's.[says who?]
In January 2006, at the age of 16, Genoa signed Forestieri on a three-year contract; Boca tried to keep the young player, but failed to do so. In March, Boca contested the regularity of the transfer and, refusing a €300,000 indemnification from Genoa, the Argentine club submitted the case to the AFA.
That summer he played some friendly matches with Genoa, and in one of them Torino president Urbano Cairo saw Forestieri in action and offered 500,000 € for him, but Genoa refused. On 8 November 2006, Forestieri made his official debut with Genoa in a Coppa Italia loss against Empoli.
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Flavio Lazzari
Flavio Lazzari (born 5 September 1986) is an Italian footballer who plays for Empoli.
Lazzari started his career at Lodigiani, Rome's third football team.
He was then signed by Udinese in summer 2005, and made his Serie A debut on 11 December 2005 against Lecce.
He signed a permanent deal in summer 2006, but he then farmed to Serie B clubs Modena and Messina. He spent the 2008–09 season on loan to Grosseto.
On 31 August 2010, Udinese signed Gabriele Angella along with Diego Fabbrini in co-ownership deal for undisclosed fees. As part of the deal, Ricardo Chará and Lazzari joined Empoli, also in co-ownership deal.
He made his club debut on 5 September 2010, replacing injured Riccardo Nardini at first half. That match Empoli 0–0 draw with Varese. He made his first start on the next match, replacing absented Nardini. He then replaced regular starter Diego Fabbrini who had international duty, as left midfielder (442 formation), (451/4321 formation) and as the sole attacking midfielder (4312 formation), which he was replaced by Fabbrini in second half. He then lost his starting place and had to compete with Salvatore Foti for one of the starting place in attacking midfielders since round 9, which the coach sometimes used one more attacking midfielder (4231 formation) to partner with Fabbrini and Nardini.
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Francesco Dell'Anno
Francesco Dell'Anno (born June 4, 1967 in Baiano) is an Italian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
A gifted playmaker, Dell'Anno began his career at Lazio and made his debut in the 1984/85 season, and his emergence was one of the few highlights of a dismal season for the Biancocelesti. He moved on to Arezzo and Taranto before joining Udinese in 1990.
Dell'Anno spent three seasons with Udinese, earning considerable praise for his displays in midfield during this time. A move to Internazionale followed, but he was unable to command a regular place before moving to Salernitana. His career enjoyed a renaissance after a move to Ravenna, before ending his career at Ternana. He is regarded by many as something of an unfulfilled talent at the highest level.
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Francesco Guidolin
Francesco Guidolin (Italian pronunciation: [franˈtʃesko ɡwidoˈlin]; born 3 October 1955 in Castelfranco Veneto) is an Italian football manager and former player, currently serving as head coach of Serie A outfit Udinese.
Guidolin made his professional debut with then-Serie A club Verona in 1975, with whom then spent most of his career, except for a number of loan moves to clubs Sambenedettese, Pistoiese and Bologna. He retired in 1986 after two seasons with Serie C2 club Venezia.
Guidolin also appeared with the Italian Under-21 team between 1976 and 1977.
Guidolin debuted in a managing role in 1988, as head coach of Serie C2 team Giorgione, the main club of his native city, Castelfranco Veneto. He then coached teams such as Treviso (Serie C2), Fano, Empoli and Ravenna (all in Serie C1). After having led Ravenna to a Serie B promotion, Guidolin was successively appointed in 1993 as coach of Serie A team Atalanta, but he did not achieve great success and he was fired after just 10 matches.
The next season, Guidolin joined Vicenza, leading the team from Serie B to win the Coppa Italia in 1997 and even reaching the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup semi-final on his first adventure at the European level, then lost to Gianluca Vialli's Chelsea, in 1998. He also guided Vicenza to top the Serie A league table for a short period throughout the 1996–97 season, leading therefore the biancorossi back to the top level after a period of decline, winning the first domestic trophy ever for the club and gaining only the second appearance in a European competition for the club.
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Franco Causio
Franco Causio (born on February 1, 1949) is an Italian, World Cup winning former footballer who played for Juventus for many years in the 1970s and 1980s.
Causio was born in Lecce (Puglia), and moved to Juventus when he was 17.
After some years on loan in Serie B (playing in Reggina and Palermo), he returned to Juventus in during 1970. For 11 years he wore number 7 for Juventus, and played with players such as Roberto Bettega, Marco Tardelli, Dino Zoff, Gaetano Scirea and Antonio Cabrini, winning 6 scudettos and a UEFA cup.
In 1981 he moved to Udinese where he played for 3 years, teaming up with Brazilian national team player Zico. Then he played in his city football team, Lecce, in its debut in Serie A (1985/86). Subsequently he signed for Inter. He finished his career playing for Serie B team Triestina at the age of 39.
He made his debut with Italian national football team on April 29, 1972 (Italy-Belgium). He was in the Italian squad at the WC 1974, WC 1978 and WC 1982, which was won by Italy.
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Gabriel Torje
Gabriel Andrei Torje (born 22 November 1989 in Timişoara) is a Romanian footballer who currently plays for Serie A club Udinese. He is a versatile right winger with the ability to swap onto the left side of the field during games. Torje was named Romanian Footballer of the Year in 2011.
Torje made his debut during the 2005-06 season for Politehnica Timişoara against FC Argeş and scored on his second match, against Farul Constanţa. He was promoted in the first squad by Gheorghe Hagi, manager of Timişoara at that time.
On 15 January 2008, Torje signed a five-year contract with Dinamo Bucureşti. The reported transfer fee was $2.5 million. He played his 100th match in Liga I for Dinamo on 6 May 2011, in a defeat against CFR Cluj.
On 30 August 2011, he signed a five-year contract with Serie A club Udinese for an undisclosed fee, rumored to be around €7 million. He played his first game in Serie A against U.S. Lecce, on 11 September 2011, even though he had only five days of training with his new team, and he had an impressive performance, suggesting that Alexis Sanchez may not be as irreplaceable as first thought.
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Gabriele Angella
Gabriele Angella (born 28 April 1989 in Florence), is an Italian footballer currently playing for Serie B club Reggina Calcio on loan from Udinese.
Angella began his career at Empoli in 2006 and was promoted to the first team in 2008, he played his first Serie B match on 13 September 2008, a 0–0 draw with U.C. AlbinoLeffe.
On 31 August 2010, Udinese signed him along with Diego Fabbrini in co-ownership deal for undisclosed fees. As part of the deal, Ricardo Chará and Flavio Lazzari joined Empoli, also in co-ownership deal. He was loaned out to Siena for the 2011-2012 season and moved on loan to Reggina in late January 2012.
He made his Italy U-21 debut on 4 September 2009 as starter, in a match lost 1–2 against Wales in Swansea.
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Gaetano D'Agostino
Gaetano D'Agostino (born 3 June 1982) is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Siena. Usually a playmaker, D'Agostino is best known for his incisive passing.
He was brought up in the Palermo youth system,[citation needed] in Roma youth system only for two seasons because he was progressing enormously and,[citation needed] in 2001, went to Bari with co-ownership rights as part of the deal that brought Antonio Cassano to Roma. He was tagged for 5 billion Italian lire for 50% of the rights He then came back to Roma for €1,291,142 and signed a new 3-year contract in June 2003 in but did not figure much.[citation needed]
In January 2005 he was loaned to Messina on loan with option to sign in co-ownership deal for €750,000. In ½seasons at Messina, he made 42 appearances and scored 4 goals, being instrumental for the club's impressive performances in the Serie A league, including a seventh place in 2004–05, the best top flight placement in Messina history.
In June 2006 Messina bought remain rights for €60.000.
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Gelson Fernandes
Gelson Tavares Fernandes (born 2 September 1986 in Praia) is a Swiss footballer, who currently plays as a Defensive Midfielder for Udinese Calcio on loan from AS Saint Etienne. He also plays for the Swiss national team.
Feranandes started his football career at Sion and was promoted to the first team in 2004 after being called by manager Gilbert Gress. In 2005/06 season proved to be the breakout year for Fernandes as he got more playing time for Sion. Fernandes play in central midfielder position for Sion. On 23 July 2005, Fernandes made his professional league debut for Sion in a 2-1 loss against Lausanne. On 20 November 2005, Fernandes received his first yellow card in his career on a 64th minutes as Sion went on lose 1-0 to La Chaux-de-Fonds In his first season, Fernandes made 22 league appearance and acoring none. In 2006/7 season with Sion, Fernandes able to get more playing time when he made 35 league appearance for Sion. In the first round of UEFA Cup, Fernandes made his European Cup debut for Sion in a 0-0 draw against Bayer Leverkusen and In the second round of UEFA Cup, Fernandes scored his first professional league goal and first European Cup goal against Leverkusen which Sion lost 3-1 on aggregate. On 14 October 2006, Fernandes scored his first goal for Sion in a 1-1 draw against Luzern. Fernandes also led his team win the Swiss Cup in a penalty shootout (5-3) against Young Boys. On the final game of the league 2006/7 season, Fernades received a second bookable offense on a 90th minutes after receiving a yellow card in a first half which turns out to be Fernandes last appearance for Sion as Sion won 3-0 against St. Gallen.
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Germán Denis
Germán Gustavo Denis (born 10 September 1981) is an Argentine football striker who currently plays for Serie A club Atalanta on loan from Udinese Calcio. His nickname is el tanque which means the tank, because of his physical strength.
He began his career in 1997 playing for his local team Talleres de Remedios de Escalada in Primera B Metropolitana, which is the regionalised 3rd division of Argentine football.
In 2000 he moved to Primera newboys Club Atlético Los Andes, in Lomas de Zamora, but the club was relegated at the end of his first season, he continued playing for them in Primera B Nacional until he was signed by Italian Serie B side Cesena.
In 2003 made his return to Argentina and the Primera Division with Jorge Burruchaga's Arsenal de Sarandí. He played for them for 2 seasons before moving on to Colón. In the summer of 2006 he rejoined former manager Jorge Burruchaga at Independiente.
After scoring 15 goals in the first 13 games of the Apertura 2007 tournament, Denis was called up to join the Argentinian national football team for the first two matches of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, against Chile and Venezuela. He made his debut with a brief substitute appearance against Venezuela on October 16, 2007.
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Giampaolo Pozzo
Giampaolo Pozzo (Udine, 21 May 1941) is an Italian businessman, owner of the Italian football team Udinese and Spanish club Granada.
Giampaolo Pozzo bought Udinese Calcio in July 1986. The team, involved in a betting scandal, was first sent back to Serie B; later, it was penalized by nine points in the Serie A championship in 1986/1987. To save the team, Pozzo bought fine players: Francesco Graziani, Fulvio Collovati, Bertoni. Udinese ended at the last place, and was sent back to Serie B; without the nine-point penalty it would have saved itself.
After the troubled season 1987/1988, in summer 1988 Pozzo engaged Sonetti as coach of the team with De Vitis, Minaudo, Angelo Orlando, Lucci, Antonio Paganin, Garella, Zennoni, Catalan and Branca. Udinese came back in Serie A
In 1990, a phone call between Pozzo and the president of S.S. Lazio team just before a match was alleged as prove of illicit deals. Pozzo defended himself, but was forbidden to hold social positions. Since then he did no longer accept to be President of the Udinese Calcio which he still owns.
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Giampiero Pinzi
Giampiero Pinzi (born March 11, 1981 in Rome) is an Italian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Udinese.
Pinzi began his career with Lazio and was promoted in 1999 to the Serie A team. After one year with S.S. Lazio in the Serie A signed with League rival Udinese Calcio.
on 17 July 2009 A.C. Chievo are keeping the Udinese midfielder on loan for another season.
Since returned to Udinese in 2010–11 Serie A, after the departure of Gaetano D'Agostino and Simone Pepe, Pinzi formed the central midfield with energetic Gökhan Inler and Kwadwo Asamoah in Udinese's new 3–5–2 (or 5–3–2 formation), made 6 assists.
After the departure of Alexis Sánchez, Pinzi changed to play attacking midfielder role, partnered with forward Antonio Di Natale in new 4–1–4–1( or 4–4–1–1) formation, with Asamoah and Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu as cover against Arsenal. With the new signing Gabriel Torje.
With Under 21 Italian team he won 2004 UEFA Football Championship and bronze medal at 2004 Summer Olympics. He made his international debut in 2005.
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Giampiero Ventura
Giampiero Ventura (born January 14, 1948 in Genoa) is an Italian football manager and the current manager of Torino.
After a short playing career started with Sampdoria, Ventura was forced to retire from active football at the age of 25 because of a serious back injury. He therefore opted to become a coach in the blucerchiati 's youth system, then becoming an assistant coach in 1979; he then left Sampdoria in 1981 to pursue a head coaching career, starting from several amateur teams from Liguria. In 1985 he achieved his first promotion to a professional league with Albenga and Entella.
In 1987 he became head coach of Spezia in the Serie C1, but did not complete the season. Two poor seasons with Centese, characterized by a sacking, a reappointment and finally a relegation to Serie C2, were followed by a three-year tenure as A.C. Pistoiese boss in the Interregionale, ended with a promotion to Serie C2 in his second season and a fourth place in the third. In 1993 he became head coach of Sicilian Serie C1 team Giarre, where he achieved a very impressive fourth place, that is still the best result ever achieved by the club as of today. In 1993 he was appointed by Maurizio Zamparini to coach Venezia of Serie B: in his first season, Ventura obtained a good sixth place; this was not followed by an improvement in results in his second season, ended with a sacking.
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Giovanni Formiconi
Giovanni Formiconi (born December 14, 1989 in Genoa) is an Italian professional football player currently playing for Grosseto.
In January 2008 he joined Serie A team Udinese Calcio, at first on loan. Since mid-2009 he moved back to Lega Pro divisions on temporary basis, along with Daniel Bradaschia in 2009–10. In June 2010 Lumezzane excised the rights to sign both players but Udinese excised the counter-option on Formiconi. He then left for Benevento.
On 23 June 2011 Benevento announced that they did not excised the rights to sign Formiconi. On 8 July 2011 he left for Grosseto along with Federico Gerardi and Francesco Bossa.
He represented Italy at the 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship
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Giovanni Galeone
Giovanni Galeone (born January 25, 1941 in Naples) is an Italian football (soccer) manager.
Galeone, born in Naples, moved to Northern Italy in his youth years, and played for Ponziana Trieste, Monza and Udinese, where he spent most of his playing career.
Galeone started his coaching career at 34 for Serie D team Pordenone, in 1975/1976, obtaining an eleventh place in his debut season. His first coaching experience in a professional league came in 1978/1979 for Cremonese of Serie C1, but ended with a sacking. After a few other experiences, including three fairly successful seasons at SPAL of Serie C1, in 1986/1987 Galeone signed for Serie B team Pescara, the team whose name is associated with him still today. In his debut season with Pescara, Galeone won Serie B and led his team directly to the first Serie A time ever for his side, and managed to save Pescara from relegation the following season. He left Pescara in 1988/1989, after having failed to avoid relegation for his second time, but returned in 1990/1991 and regained promotion to Serie A in 1991/1992. Other than Pescara, where he coached also in 1999/2000 and 2000/2001, Galeone served as head coach for Udinese Calcio in 1994/1995, obtaining a Serie A promotion, Perugia in 1995/1996, where he obtained his fourth and final Serie A promotion, Napoli in 1997/1998 and Ancona in 2003/2004. In 2006, Galeone made his comeback at Udinese, as he was called to replace Loris Dominissini and Néstor Sensini at the helm of the bianconeri.
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Giovanni Pasquale
Giovanni Pasquale (born 5 January 1982 in Venaria Reale, Piedmont) is an Italian footballer. He currently plays for Udinese.
Pasquale started his career at Internazionale. Due to Francesco Coco's performance, he gained a place in first team. In January 2003, he signed a new contract for the club along with Nicola Beati and Obafemi Martins.
After the signing of Giuseppe Favalli, he was out-favored by coach Roberto Mancini and sent on loan to Siena and Parma.
Following Francesco Coco failed to made permanent move and returned to Internazionale, Livorno signed Pasquale in a co-ownership deal, for €750,000. The co-ownership deal turned to permanent a year later, for another €400,000. (made a financial loss of €350,000 for the discount) He was the regular for the Serie A struggler, but after the team relegated again in June 2008, he was sold to Udinese which qualified to 2008–09 UEFA Cup.
Pasquale played regularly in 2008–09 season, Udinese used different squad for Serie A and UEFA Cup. Although Udinese failed to qualified again for UEFA Cup, the team signed Pasquale permanently from by-then Serie B promotion playoffs winner Livorno in June 2009. But he became Aleksandar Luković's backup in left back position in 2009–10 season, and played a few matches as left midfielder. But in January the coach changed the tactic which Luković became centre-back and Pasquale became left-back again, since against Napoli on 7 February.
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Giuseppe Signori
Giuseppe "Beppe" Signori (Italian pronunciation: [dʒuˈzɛppe siɲˈɲori]; born 17 February 1968 in Alzano Lombardo, Province of Bergamo) is a retired Italian football striker, one of the top scorers in Serie A history and widely regarded as one of the best football players to have never received a winners medal in competitive football. He was a fast, left footed striker who was prolific goalscorer. During the early part of his career he was used as a left winger, where his accurate crossing and pace were put to good use.
Signori used to squeeze his feet into boots that were too small for him, claiming that this improved his touch and accuracy on the ball. He was also known for his unique style of taking penalty kicks. He would stand next to the ball (without taking any run-up) and shoot.
As a youngster Signori played in the youth system of Internazionale, but was eventually released after being told by the club that he was too small to succeed as a professional. He went on to make his pro debut for Leffe (1984–86), followed by Piacenza (1986–87 and 1988–89), Trento (1987–88), Foggia (1989–92), Lazio (1992–97), Sampdoria (January–June 1998) and Bologna (1998–2004). He then spent two short periods abroad: first in Greece in 2004 with Iraklis Thessaloniki; and then in October 2005 he signed a one-year contract with Hungarian team MFC Sopron.
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Guglielmo Bacci
Guglielmo Bacci (born 15 April 1955 in Turin) is an Italian football coach and a former player.
He has played for 4 seasons (34 games, 1 goal) in the Serie A for A.S. Roma and Udinese Calcio.
On March, 2011 he becomes the new coach, until the end of the season, of Torres in the Eccellenza Sardinia in place of the sacked Roberto Ennas.
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Gökhan Inler
Gökhan İnler (Turkish: Gökhan İnler, born 27 June 1984 in Olten) is a Swiss-Turkish football player of who plays as a central midfielder for Serie A side Napoli.
İnler started his career at FC Basel, but was later loaned out to FC Schaffhausen. In the beginning of the 2004–05 season, Turkish champion Fenerbahçe tried İnler and Önder Çengel in the pre-season training camp program in Germany and signed a four-year contract with both of them. However, then coach Christoph Daum declared that both players were not good enough to play for Fenerbahçe. İnler returned to Switzerland and played for FC Aarau. On 20 March 2005, İnler made his Swiss Super League debut in the FC Aarau 2–3 home defeat against Grasshoppers. In January 2006, he was signed by FC Zürich and was part of the 2005–06 and 2006–07 Swiss Championship winning team.
İnler scored his first goal for Udinese in a 2–1 win over Torino F.C.. He scored in the 52nd minute, taking Udinese 2–0 up at the time. On 30 March 2008, İnler scored his second Serie A goal opening the scoring in a 3–1 win over Fiorentina. İnler also set up striker Antonio Di Natale for the winning goal later in the match. In İnler's first season in Italy, he started every game providing 2 goals and 2 assists. İnler and Udinese had a very successful season finishing 7th in Serie A and earning a birth in the first round of the UEFA Cup spot.
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Gökhan İnler
Gökhan İnler (Turkish: Gökhan İnler, born 27 June 1984 in Olten) is a Swiss-Turkish football player of who plays as a central midfielder for Serie A side Napoli.
İnler started his career at FC Basel, but was later loaned out to FC Schaffhausen. In the beginning of the 2004–05 season, Turkish champion Fenerbahçe tried İnler and Önder Çengel in the pre-season training camp program in Germany and signed a four-year contract with both of them. However, then coach Christoph Daum declared that both players were not good enough to play for Fenerbahçe. İnler returned to Switzerland and played for FC Aarau. On 20 March 2005, İnler made his Swiss Super League debut in the FC Aarau 2–3 home defeat against Grasshoppers. In January 2006, he was signed by FC Zürich and was part of the 2005–06 and 2006–07 Swiss Championship winning team.
İnler scored his first goal for Udinese in a 2–1 win over Torino F.C.. He scored in the 52nd minute, taking Udinese 2–0 up at the time. On 30 March 2008, İnler scored his second Serie A goal opening the scoring in a 3–1 win over Fiorentina. İnler also set up striker Antonio Di Natale for the winning goal later in the match. In İnler's first season in Italy, he started every game providing 2 goals and 2 assists. İnler and Udinese had a very successful season finishing 7th in Serie A and earning a birth in the first round of the UEFA Cup spot.
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Igor Shalimov
Igor Mihailovich Shalimov (born 2 February 1969 in Moscow, Russia), is a retired football midfielder.
Shalimov started his playing career in Spartak Moscow. After a few successful seasons with Spartak Moscow he transferred to Foggia. He impressed enough to garner the attention and eventual transfer to Internazionale. He has also played in the Italian Serie A for Bologna, Udinese and Napoli, as well as MSV Duisburg in Germany and AC Lugano in Switzerland.
He was a member of the USSR team which participated in the 1990 FIFA World Cup. After the collapse of the Soviet Union he represented the unified CIS team at the European Championship held in Sweden. He was one of a number of key players who refused to play for then coach Pavel Sadyrin at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Two years later, in 1996, he became a member of the Russian national team for the European Championship held in England.
Shalimov ended his playing career in Napoli after being banned for two years for testing positive for nandrolone, a banned steroid substance. He has claimed that an anabolic, containing nandrolone was given to him while he was hospitalized in Moscow, to stop an internal bleeding.
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Jaime Romero
Jaime Romero Gómez (born 31 July 1990 in Valdeganga, Albacete, Castile-La Mancha) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Granada CF on loan from Udinese Calcio, as a left midfielder.
Romero made his professional debuts with hometown's Albacete Balompié in 2008–09, aged only 18, only missing six Segunda División games (out of 42, 26 starts) and totalling almost 2,400 minutes as the Castile-La Mancha side retained its league status.
In the 2009 summer, he signed for Udinese Calcio in Italy. In his first season in Serie A, he made four league appearances, and mainly played with the club's under-20 team in the Campionato Nazionale Primavera.
In late June 2010, Udinese agreed a double loan deal with A.S. Bari, subject to Romero and Andrea Coda's decision. After appearing for the club during the pre-season, the former eventually moved to the Apulia club on 2 August.
After appearing in less than one fourth of the league games, and also suffering top division relegation, Romero was loaned again, returning to his country and signing for Granada CF. He made his La Liga debut on 27 August 2011, starting and being substituted in the second half of a 0–1 home loss against Real Betis.
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Jan Koprivec
Jan Koprivec (born 15 July 1988 in Koper) is a Slovenian association footballer. He plays in Italy for A.S. Bari, on loan from Udinese Calcio.
Koprivec started his career at FC Koper. Along with first team player Jasmin Handanovič, Koprivec was transferred to Italian clubs from Koper in summer 2007. Koprivec played for Cagliari in the first round and the first leg of the second round matches of the Coppa Italia 2007-08, both of which Cagliari won. But Cagliari used Fortin in the second leg, which they lost 4–0 to Sampdoria, and failed to advanced to the next round.
On July 2008 Koprivec completed a move to Udinese, and immediately joined their pre-season camp. He made his league debut for Udinese on 22 March 2009 against Genoa.
On 17 August 2009 he was loaned out to Serie B side Gallipoli. He made his debut 4 days later, in a 1–1 draw with Ascoli, ahead Carlo Sciarrone and Simone Palese, and played only eleven games with the club from Salento due to a injury that hampered his settling into the first team. He returned to Udinese at the end of the season, and was then included into the first team as second-choice goalkeeper behind fellow Slovenian Samir Handanovič.
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Jean-Alain Fanchone
Jean-Alain Fanchone (born 22 September 1988 in Mulhouse) is a French football player who currently plays for Italian club Udinese Calcio.
A left back, Jean-Alain Fanchone won the Coupe Gambardella with RC Strasbourg in 2006, defeating in final Karim Benzema's Olympique Lyonnais. He signed his first professional contract in March 2008 and is currently under contract until 2013 at Strasbourg. He made his professional debut on August 8, 2008 during a Ligue 2 match at Dijon and was credited with an assist on that occasion.
He has been selected for France at the U18 and U19 level, taking part in the U19 European Championship in 2007.
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Joel Ekstrand
Lars Henning Joel Ekstrand (born 4 February 1989) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a defender for Udinese Calcio.
Ekstrand started playing football for his home town club Lunds BK. In 2005 he moved to Helsingborgs IF. He made his first team debut against PSV Eindhoven in the first leg of the 2007–08 UEFA Cup Round of 32, at Philips Stadion.
On January 18, 2011 Ekstrand penned a four-year deal with Udinese through to 2015. He debuted for the club when Udinese faced Lazio in a 2-1 victory. Ekstrand came off the bench in the 70th minute.
He made his first game from start in a Champions League qualifying game against Arsenal. That match Udinese changed from last season's 3–5–2 formation to 4–1–4–1, where wing-backs Mauricio Isla and Pablo Armero became midfielders, thus using 4 defenders instead of 3 centre-backs last season. Ekstrand was the starting right-back.
Ekstrand picked up a yellow card after 50 seconds after tackling The Gunners' Marouane Chamakh.
Ekstrand remained in starting XI in the return leg in 4–4–1–1 formation.
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Johan Walem
Johan Walem (born 1 February 1972 in Soignies, Belgium) is a former football midfielder and is now a TV consultant for Belgacom TV. He was considered one of the best Belgian midfielders of his generation, but gained only a few caps (36) for the national team, scoring two goals.
His former clubs are Molenbeek (as a youngster), Anderlecht, Udinese, Parma (on loan), Standard Liège, Torino and Catania. At Udinese, he was nicknamed Il Geometra (The Geometer) as he was very precise in his passes. His partnership with German striker Oliver Bierhoff was also praised at that time. He works currently as Youth Coach at Udinese Calcio. At the end of the season Walem will take on the job of manager of the Belgian national football youth squad (-21).
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Jonathan Rossini
Jonathan "Johnny" Rossini (born 5 April 1989) is a Swiss footballer who plays for Italian club U.C. Sampdoria.
Rossini started his career at AC Bellinzona near his birth place. In summer 2005, aged 16, a minimum age for an international transfer within European Economic Area (Switzerland signed a special agreement with EU), he moved to Italian side U.C. Sampdoria. He moved on loan to Italy Lega Pro Prima Divisione team Legnano. In January 2009 he was transferred on loan to Cittadella in Italy's Serie B. In summer 2009, he was acquired by Udinese Calcio in co-ownership from Sampdoria for €500,000, as part of Fernando Tissone's deal (€3 million) and subsequently loaned to Sassuolo for the 2009–2010 season, along with Sampdoria team-mate, Gianluigi Bianco.
In June 2010, along with Tissone, the co-ownership deal with Udinese were extended, and Rossini was loaned back to Sampdoria, however, he has still to make his first appearance for them.
On 3 January 2011, he was loaned back to Sassuolo for the rest of the 2010–11 season.
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Juan Surraco
Juan Surraco (born on August 14, 1987) is a Uruguayan football midfielder currently playing for Italian club Torino F.C. on loan from Udinese Calcio.
Surraco was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, and at an early age decided to dedicate himself to sports. He was scouted at fifteen by Central Español, where he began his professional career in 2006.
In 2006, he was signed by Italian club Udinese.
In August 2007 he went on loan to Italian Serie B team F.C. Messina.
His talent caught the attention of the team coach and he was soon a regular starter for the team in the Uruguayan football league. At the same time he also impressed scouts for the Uruguayan National Football Team, though he would have to wait a few years and join the U-20 team after he turned eighteen.
On June 23, 2007, he suffered a knee trauma and his participation in the upcoming FIFA 2007 U-20 World Cup tournament was at one point in doubt, but eventually he played with the U-20 Uruguayan National Football Team which drew 2-2 against Spain, beat Jordan 1–0, lost 2-0 against Zambia, and was eliminated in the second round losing 2–1 against the United States of America. Like his team mates Cavani and Suarez, Surraco played in all these games except against Zambia.
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Kwadwo Asamoah
Kwadwo Asamoah (born 9 December 1988 in Accra) is a Ghanaian professional footballer, who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Udinese in Italy and the Ghana national team.
Asamoah was scouted playing for a local based club Depotivo F.C. which belongs to Kamara and was recommended by the scout Mr. Charles Mensah Gapson to Alhaji Sly Tetteh, CEO of Liberty Professionals.
In the January 2008 transfer window, he was signed by AC Bellinzona and loaned out to Torino F.C. In fact, Udinese borrowed the non-EU registration quota from Torino in order to sign him, as the club already signed Mauricio Isla that season.
Asamoah made his debut on 11 January 2009 against U.C. Sampdoria, and scored his first goal for Udinese on Sunday, April 19, 2009. Asamoah’s angled shot on 9 minutes at the end of a quick counter attack for his first goal, a reward for a season during which he has increasingly become important to Udinese with his strong tackling, close ball control and ability to pick the right pass. Udinese went on to beat Fiorentina 3–1 at Stadio Friuli, the home of Udinese. Udinese have the option to make his signing permanent at the end of the season for €800,000.
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Lorenzo Bettini
Lorenzo Bettini (born January 15, 1931 in Villanuova sul Clisi; died January 21, 2008 in Gavardo) was an Italian professional football player.
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Luciano Spalletti
Luciano Spalletti (Italian pronunciation: [luˈtʃano spalˈletti]; born 7 March 1959) is a retired Italian footballer and current coach of FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.
Born in Certaldo, Province of Florence, Spalletti played for Serie C teams such as Entella, Spezia, Viareggio and Empoli.
Spalletti's early career in management led him to struggling Empoli, where he led the Tuscan side to two consecutive promotions from Serie C1 to Serie A. However, it was at Udinese where he really began to make an impact as a manager. During the 2004–05 season, Spalletti guided Udinese to a sensational fourth-placed finish in Serie A, exceeding expectations and securing a spot in the Champions League.
Such success for a traditionally unexceptional side with limited resources attracted the attention of Roma. The capital side had come off a disappointing season, in which four different coaches had spells in charge of the club. Spalletti was offered the task of attempting to bring order to this chaotic side.
After an uninspiring first half of the 2005–06 season, he changed the team's tactics to attacking rather than defensive, but starting playing without any real striker (with an attacking midfielder as striker). On 26 February 2006, Roma broke the Serie A record for consecutive wins (11) with a 2–0 victory over Lazio. However, by the end of the season, Roma failed to reach 4th place, therefore failing to qualify for the UEFA Champions League. Spalletti also took Roma into the Coppa Italia final against Inter during the 2005–06 season but lost. However, Roma qualified for the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League, since Juventus was relegated and Fiorentina and A.C. Milan received point deductions, all as a result of the Serie A match-fixing scandal.
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Luigi De Agostini
Luigi de Agostini (born April 7, 1961) is an Italian former football defender, who represented the Italian national football team at Euro 1988 and the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
De Agostini was born in Udine. His professional career began with his hometown club, Udinese, where he rarely played, forcing him to move to Serie C1 for Trento for a year. He was immediately back in the Serie A next year, however this time for Catanzaro before he moved back to Udinese, this time much more prominent. In 1986, he was signed on for Hellas Verona, though it was the year after that before he found his greatest success, while signed with Juventus.
During his five-year stay with Juventus, he achieved his first international cap, (a 0-0 draw against Norway on May 28, 1987) won both the Italian Cup and the UEFA Cup, and participated in Euro '88 (scoring against Denmark) and the Italia '90 World Cup. Unfortunately, his time with Juventus also included his last game for the Italian national team on September 25, 1991, a 1-2 loss to Bulgaria. He scored for Juventus as they beat Fiorentina in the 1990 UEFA Cup Final.
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Luigi De Canio
Luigi "Gigi" De Canio (born September 26, 1957 in Matera) is an Italian football manager and former player, currently in charge of Genoa.
De Canio, a full back, played mostly with Serie C1 and Serie C2 teams, his lone season in Serie B being 1979–80 with Matera, marking his debut in the division on September 16, 1979 against Genoa. He retired in 1989 with amateur team Pisticci, of which he successively became head coach.
De Canio started his coaching career in 1989 with Promozione team Pisticci, immediately winning the league, being thus promoted to Serie D. He served as Pisticci boss for four more seasons before joining Serie C2 team Savoia during the 1993–94 season, and winning the promotion playoffs the following season. In 1995–96 he coached Siena of Serie C1, leading the Robur to an eighth place. In 1996–97 he signed for Serie C1 minnows Carpi, a team which featured a young Marco Materazzi among their players, and led the Emilia-Romagna side to a surprising fourth place which allowed them to play the promotion playoffs. In 1997–98 he moved to Serie B club Lucchese, hardly saving them from relegation with a final 16th place. Initially with no club for the following season, De Canio was then signed by Pescara, where he narrowly missed a surprising promotion to the top flight.
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Luigi Turci
Luigi Turci (born 27 January 1970 in Cremona) is a former Italian football goalkeeper. He retired after the 2006–2007 season. His last club was Cesena in Serie B. He is currently active as goalkeeping coach of Padova.
He started his career at native club Cremonese. After loaned to Treviso and Alessandria (Serie C1), he became Cremonese no.1 goalkeeper, and helped the team promoted to Serie A in 1993.
After Cremonese were relegated to Serie B in 1996, he joined Udinese of Serie A, still remaining the first choice goalkeeper of the team.
He moved again in 2002, this time to U.C. Sampdoria. He made 33 appearances in Serie A 2002-03. However, following the arrival of Francesco Antonioli from A.S. Roma in 2003, Turci was forced to become the second choice goalkeeper, and made just five appearances in the next two seasons.
In 2005, he joined Cesena in Serie B for whom he played 62 league games before hanging up his boots in 2007.
Turci played a total of 271 Serie A games during his career.
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Mahamadou Sissoko
Mahamadou Sissoko (first name also spelled Mohamadou; born August 8, 1988) is a French professional football player currently playing for Kilmarnock on loan from Udinese. He also holds Malian citizenship.
In 2007–08 and 2008–09 season he left for Celano and Gallipoli Calcio, but returned to Udinese in mid-season twice. He played at Campionato Nazionale Primavera 2008–09 season as overage player.
He made his debut on the professional level in the 2008/09 season in Lega Pro Prima Divisione for Gallipoli Calcio.
Sissoko spent the 2009-10 season on loan at Eupen.
He spent the 2010-11 season on loan at Kilmarnock. On 20 July 2010, he played his first match for Kilmarnock in a 7-1 won against Bideford, a pre-season friendly. Udinese officially announced the loan deal on 12 August. and the Scottish club on 18 August. Sissoko scored his first goal for Kilmarnock in a 6-2 win over Airdrie United in the second round of the Scottish League Cup. After being priced out of a permanent move for the player, Kilmarnock were eventually allowed to re-sign Sissoko on another season-long loan deal on transfer deadline day in August 2011. Sissoko scored his first goal in his second loan spell at Kilmarnock in a 2-0 win over East Fife in the quarter finals of the Scottish League Cup. On 18 March, he played in the 2012 Scottish League Cup Final which Kilmarnock won after beating Celtic 1-0.
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Marco Branca
Marco Branca (born 6 January 1965 in Grosseto) is an Italian former football striker who is currently head of the technical staff of Serie A club Internazionale.
Branca started his playing career in the then-amateur local team of his native city Grosseto, but was soon signed by Cagliari, where he made his professional debut. He then moved to Udinese, then to U.C. Sampdoria, and then again to Udinese. Following another season for Sampdoria, he signed first for Fiorentina and successively for Parma. In 1995 he is part of AS Roma, which later sold him in the winter transfer market to Inter in exchange with Marco Delvecchio. In his first season with the Nerazzuri, Branca impressively scored 17 goals in 24 matches, but did not repeat in his next campaign with Inter and was successively sold to English side Middlesbrough, offering his contribution to its promotion in the Premier League. Branca scored nine goals in 12 league games for Middlesbrough including two on his league debut in a 3–1 victory against Sunderland, a hat-trick versus Bury and another two in the 6–0 win over Swindon Town. In addition, he played two League Cup games, scoring the second goal against Liverpool in the semi-final second leg.
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Marco Motta
Marco Motta (born 14 May 1986) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Calcio Catania, on loan from Juventus.
Motta is a former youth international and participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Born in Merate, Lombardy, Motta began his professional career with Lombardy side Atalanta B.C. in 2005, following his promotion from the club's youth setup. He was a member of the 2004–05 Primavera Under-20 squad, and made his Serie A debut on 9 January 2005, replacing Riccardo Montolivo in the 65th minute. On 13 January he was a starter in the Cup, ahead Damiano Zenoni, a match in which Juventus was eliminated in a 5–3 aggregate. Motta made 22 appearances (3 in Cup) in the remainder of the season to replace the left of Zenoni who left on 1 February, but due to the club's relegation, he moved to Udinese Calcio in a co-ownership deal, prior to the start of the 2005–06 Serie A season. Udinese also signed several players from Bergamo, namely Cesare Natali and young players Massimo Gotti, Piermario Morosini, Fausto Rossini, and Michele Rinaldi; it sent Thomas Manfredini and Antonino D'Agostino to Bergamo as part of the deal.
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Marek Jankulovski
Marek Jankulovski (born 9 May 1977) is a former Czech footballer. His most notable achievements include winning the UEFA Champions League with A.C. Milan and being voted the 2007 Czech Footballer of the Year.
He was well known for his versatility being able to play anywhere up the left wing. He was also known for his ability to cross the ball and his considerable technical ability.
Jankulovski started his career for Baník Ostrava. In 1994 he made a breakthrough into the first team and the season concludes with a third place in league. Between 1995 and 1997 remains in the team Jankulovski czech , who does not live exciting season ending tournament in the middle of the ranking. In the 1997-1998 season the team came fourth in the Gambrinus Liga . Jankulovski start to have increased chance to succeed baníkovského AAA season came in 1996/97 due to its performance and immediately asked for a place in the first team. Rarely missed the starting line-up, although he was criticized for his poor defensive work. Also regularly played in the reserve representative selections. It remains to Ostrava until 2000, when he was noticed by the Naples and then moves to Italy. In total the team with 110 games czech dispute [4] in the league.
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Marek Koźmiński
Marek Jan Koźmiński (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmarɛk ˈjan kɔʑˈmʲiɲskʲi]) (born February 7, 1971 in Kraków) is a retired Polish football player.
He played for clubs such as Hutnik Kraków, Udinese (Italy), Brescia (Italy), AC Ancona (Italy), PAOK Thessaloniki (Greece) and Górnik Zabrze.
He made 45 appearances for the Polish national team. Koźmiński was a participant at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where Poland won the silver medal, and at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
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Martin Jørgensen
Lars Martin Jørgensen (born 6 October 1975), more commonly known as Martin Jørgensen, is a Danish professional football player, who currently plays for Danish club AGF Aarhus. Jørgensen has played 101 matches and scored 12 goals for the Denmark national football team. He is the only player that has represented Denmark at three FIFA World Cups. He has also played at two European Championship tournaments. After Denmark's elimination from the 2010 World Cup, Jørgensen announced his retirement from the national team. As he was close to reach his anniversary match no.100 for the national team, the coach Morten Olsen however decided to call him up for one last farewell match, in November 2010. After a brief retirement, he returned to the national team as he was called up for the Euro 2012 qualifying match against Norway on 6 September 2011.
He is the older brother of retired Danish football player Mads Jørgensen.
Born in Ryomgaard at Djursland he began his club career at the local club IF Midtdjurs. Jørgensen moved to AGF Aarhus as a youngster. Jørgensen's footballing talent was recognized as he was chosen to represent various Danish youth national teams from 1991 onward. He made his senior debut for AGF in 1993, and was a part of the GF team that won the 1996 Danish Cup trophy. He was named 1996 Danish under-21 Player of the Year, and eventually set a record of 31 games for the Danish under-21 national team, scoring 9 goals.
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Massimo Gotti
Massimo Gotti (born 27 May 1986) is an Italian footballer who currently plays for Ternana.
He signed with Udinese in June 2005. Gotti made his Serie A debut on 5 November 2006 playing for Ascoli in a 2–0 loss against Internazionale. In January 2007 he returned to Udine.
He then left for Lega Pro clubs, winning Lega Pro Prima Divisione Group B in 2010 and promotion to Serie B.
In July 2010 left for Serie B club Empoli. He was the starting left back of the team (in the first half of the season), only missed a few games to Marco Gorzegno who arrived on 31 August but injured in November.
In 2011–12 season he returned to Udine. Despite awarded a shirt number of no.30, he was excluded from the 25-men squad submitted to UEFA for 2011–12 UEFA Champions League play-off round.
On 25 August 2011 he moved to Lega Pro Prima Divisione side Ternana, the day after eliminated by Arsenal.
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Matěj Vydra
Matěj Vydra (born 1 May 1992) is a Czech football striker.
Vydra plays as a striker and was transferred from FC Vysočina Jihlava to FC Baník Ostrava in January 2010 at the age of 17 for 20 million CZK. He spent half-season in Baník Ostrava, where he scored four goals in 14 matches. In June 2010 he moved to Italian Serie A side Udinese for 100 million CZK. In late September 2010 he was voted by sport journalists the Czech Revelation of the Year for his performances in Baník Ostrava in the 2009/2010 season.
He has played for the Czech youth national teams since the under-16 level.
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Mauricio Isla
Mauricio Aníbal Isla (born 12 June 1988) is a Chilean footballer who plays for Udinese Calcio and for the Chilean national team. He can play in numerous positions, including right, centre, and left back as well as a winger or centre midfielder. Also, he can play as an inside forward.
Isla started in the youth ranks of Universidad Católica in 1999 as a forward. However his lack of height caused him to switch positions to defender, as Católica lacked quality youth defenders. Isla played well enough in the new position to earn a call-up to the first team in 2006, but never played an official match and in 2007, coach José del Solar sent him back to the youth team.
Isla had a notable performance during the summer of 2007 in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada and was thereafter signed by Udinese of the Serie A in Italy on a 5 year contract. Like Roberto Carlos and Cafu of 2002 World Cup winners Brazil, Isla fits the description of a traditional South American full back when asked to fulfill a rather defensive role in the wings. He can both defend and attack and has been known to turn innocent possession-based games into quick-paced counterattacks with ease. His technique is well accompanied by a surprising pace and stamina. Isla made his professional debut on December 19, 2007 versus Palermo in the Coppa Italia. On March 8, 2008, Isla played his first game as a starter in Serie A for Udinese, also against Palermo, a game which ended in a 1–1 draw. For Udinese, Isla has admitted he has had to adapt his style by being more conservative with his game. In the games he started for the Udine club he has played as a right and left back while also playing a few games at wing and centre midfield.
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Mauricio Pineda
Mauricio Héctor Pineda (born July 13, 1975 in Buenos Aires) is a former Argentine football defender. He appeared for Argentina at the 1998 World Cup, scoring their winning goal in their final group match against Croatia.
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Maurizio Domizzi
Maurizio Domizzi (born 28 June 1980) is an Italian football defender who plays for Udinese.
A S.S. Lazio youth product, Domizzi was farmed to Livorno at Serie C1 in October 1998. In summer 2001, he joined A.C. Milan, by immediately loaned to Modena at Serie B. In the next season he joined league rival U.C. Sampdoria on 21 June 2002 in joint-ownership bid. Domizzi followed the Genoese club promoted to Serie A, and made his debut on 30 August 2003 aganist Reggina Calcio. He was loaned to Serie A clubs like Modena and Brescia, in the following seasons to seek more first team experience. In August 205, he joined Serie A newcomer Ascoli, where he scored 4 goals. In summer 2006, he joined Napoli which came back to Serie B from lower levels, for €1.25 million, which Sampdoria retained remain 50% registration rights. After Napoli promoted back to Serie A, He signed a new 4 years contract with S.S.C. Napoli, on 18 June 2007, as the club also bought the remain rights from Sampdoria for €1.5 million.
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Michele Pazienza
Michele Pazienza (Italian pronunciation: [miˈkɛle patˈtsjɛntsa]; born 5 August 1982) is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie A club Udinese on loan from Juventus, as a defensive midfielder.
Pazienza started his career with Foggia in 2000. Three years later he was transferred to Udinese, but played on loan with Fiorentina for the 2006–07 season. Fiorentina purchased him in June 2007. During the 2008 winter transfer season, he was purchased by Napoli for a fee of €4.8 million[citation needed].
On 9 June 2011 Pazienza signed a 3-year contract with Juventus for a free transfer. He moved on loan from Juventus to Udinese on 31 January 2012.
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Miguel Medina
Miguel Ramon Medina (born 1 June 1993) is a Paraguayan football midfielder. He currently plays for Club Rubio Ñu. Medina is widely regarded as one of the best prospects to come out of Paraguay in recent years, already attracting the attention of a number of high profile South American clubs. He joined Udinese on 1 June 2011.
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Morgan De Sanctis
Morgan De Sanctis (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmorɡan dɛ ˈsantis]; born 26 March 1977) is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Napoli and the Italian national team.
After a 3-year stint playing for Serie B team Pescara, De Sanctis became a reserve player for the Serie A giants Juventus, playing only three times in two seasons before joining Udinese in 1999 in co-ownership deal along with Marco Zamboni, for 2.5 billion Lire (€1,291,142.25) each. In May 2000, he deal became permanent, for 8 billion lire (€4,131,655), as part of the deal that Juventus signed Marco Zanchi.
After three seasons also as a back-up for Luigi Turci, he finally managed to start in 2002–03 season, eventually being capped for the Italian national team.[citation needed] His contract was renewed on 10 November 2000, 18 October 2003 and 20 September 2005, which his annual gross salary increased from €569,000 (€310,000 net) in 2003 to €623,000 (€350,000 net) in 2005, plus other bonuses, including a loyalty bonus since 2005, for €350,878 a season (€200,000 net). He played all 6 group stage matches of 2005–06 UEFA Champions League, and reached round of 16 of 2005–06 UEFA Cup.
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Márcio Amoroso
Márcio Amoroso dos Santos (born 5 July 1974 in Brasília) is a retired Brazilian footballer. He has played his football for several teams in Japan, Italy, Germany, Spain and Greece while representing Brazil at international level.
Amoroso started his career at homeland club Guarani FC at 1992. In July 1992, he was loaned to a Japanese outfit Verdy Kawasaki (J. League Division 1), and returned to Guarani FC two years later. In 1996, he transferred to Flamengo, but he came to prominence playing in the Italian Serie A for unfashionable Udinese in the late-1990s. There he starred alongside Oliver Bierhoff in a side which played an adventurous 3–4–3 formation. When Oliver Bierhoff left the club for AC Milan, many thought Udinese Calcio would struggle to repeat their success, but that very next season Amoroso himself became the focus of the team, and was the top scorer in Serie A. A big-money move to Parma followed. The AC Parma side never quite fulfilled their potential to win the league title, and Amoroso was soon on the move again, this time to Borussia Dortmund in Germany where he won the Bundesliga title in 2001–02 and was the top scorer in the season. He helped them to the 2002 UEFA Cup Final where his goal (a penalty) could not prevent them from losing 3–2 to Feyenoord. Amoroso played for Malaga during the 2004–05 season.
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Nikola Vujadinović
Nikola Vujadinović (Cyrillic: Никола Вујадиновић, born 31 July 1986 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia) is a Montenegrin football defender who is contracted to Serie A club Udinese.
Vujadinović holds a Bulgarian passport (and consequently EU citizenship) due to his grandfather Velichko being a Bulgarian from Pirot.
Vujadinović was a Red Star Belgrade trainee. He later played for FK Rad of Belgrade, FK Zeta of Podgorica and FK Radnički Pirot of Pirot.
In May 2007, he moved to CSKA Sofia on a free transfer, agreeing a three-year contract with the Bulgarian Premier League side.
In August 2008, Udinese announced that they secured the services of Vujadinović for €1 million. He agreed a five year contract with the Serie A club.
In September 2009, he was loaned by Udinese to Unirea Alba Iulia of Romania.
For the 2010–11 season, Udinese loaned the player to Scottish Premier League club Aberdeen. Aberdeen, who signed Vujadinović as a replacement for Richard Foster, had their initial application for a work permit rejected. A permit was granted after an appeal.
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Néstor Sensini
Roberto Néstor Sensini (born 12 October 1966) is an Argentine former association football player in the role of defender, and currently a manager. He currently coaches Colón de Santa Fe.
His professional playing career started in 1986 for Newell's Old Boys; he then relocated in Italy in 1990, starting his adventure in the European country which lasted for 15 years, for Udinese. He played 5 seasons in his first adventure for the bianconeri of Friuli, before moving to Parma in 1993; he stayed in Parma continuously till 2002, except one season (1999/2000) for S.S. Lazio, where he won his one and only scudetto. During his gialloblu period, Sensini won two UEFA Cups and two Italian Cups with the team. After his long stay in Emilia, Sensini then went back to Udinese in 2002, his first and last Italian team. In 2005, he was one of the main protagonists of the surprising qualification of Udinese in the UEFA Champions League.
Sensini was one of the oldest players of the 2005/2006 Serie A, holding even the record as the oldest foreign player to score a goal in first division, at the age of 39 years, two months and 26 days. With over 380 matches in the top level, he was considered as one of the most experienced defenders of the Italian league, and often nicknamed nonno (grandfather) by Italian sports journalists.
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Odion Ighalo
Odion Jude Ighalo (born June 16, 1989) is a Nigerian professional footballer, currently playing for Granada CF, on loan from Udinese.
Ighalo was recommended to coach Samson Siasia and was given the chance to play against Ghana in the U-23 Nigerian National Team. His play with Nigeria lead to his signing by Prime. He than moved to Julius Berger were he was discovered by FIFA agent Marcelo Houseman who recommended him to Atta Aneke and was taken on trials to Lyn in Norway.
Ighalo made his debut for Lyn 16 September 2007 against Viking. After only 10 months in Norway he was transfer to Udinese for a record fee of £2m.
After Udinese showed interest in Ighalo, Lyn announced the club was open to receiving offers for signing the player, as Brann also showed interest in him and reported Lyn to the Football Association of Norway as being unfair to Brann in the negotiation process.
However, On 30 July 2008, Ighalo signed a 5-year contract with Italian club Udinese, along with Lyn team mate, Jo Inge Berget.
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Oliver Bierhoff
Oliver Bierhoff (born 1 May 1968 in Karlsruhe) is a retired German former football striker, who scored the first golden goal in the history of major international football, for Germany in the Euro 96 final. He is mostly renowned for his excellent abilities as a target man being able to deliver pin-point headers towards goal.
The son of a German utility magnate, Bierhoff played for nine different clubs, in four different leagues. He scored a total of 103 goals in Serie A, one of the best totals for a non-Italian in the league's history. In the 1997–98 season, he was the Serie A top scorer with 27 goals for Udinese.
Bierhoff, however, was never a success in the Bundesliga. After failing to shine in Germany, he got his chance in the Austrian Bundesliga. That gave him the chance at Ascoli in Italy. But it was at Udinese, under Alberto Zaccheroni, that Bierhoff found success and won his place in fame and in the German national team. He then transferred to Milan in 1998, winning the Serie A title in his first season there. After three seasons there, he moved to French Ligue 1 side Monaco in 2001 for one year, before moving back to Serie A to play for Chievo Verona, where he retired at the end of the 2002–03 season. In his last ever game, he scored a hat-trick for Chievo Verona in a 3–4 defeat to Juventus.
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Pablo Armero
Pablo Estifer Armero (born 2 November 1986) is a Colombian footballer. He recently signed with the Italian club Udinese. He had previously played for Palmeiras and is a youth product of América de Cali.
Armero played for the Colombian Under 17 team in the 2003 World Cup and has recently been promoted to the Senior team because of his impressive form for América de Cali. He received his first cap in Colombia's 5–2 win over Venezuela and has won the spot of starting Left back for the National Team.
After great performances with Colombia and helping América de Cali win their 13th championship, he was loaned to Palmeiras, as his "agent" Turbo Sports holds the registration rights through Poços de Caldas.
Armero was signed in early 2009, and was the first choice for Palmeiras left back and left wing position. Armero helped Palmeiras reach the São Paulo State Championship semi-finals before losing to Santos FC. He was noticed for his speed and crossing abilities and played many matches helping Palmeiras lead in the Brazilian Série A. His first goal for Palmeiras came in a 4–1 win against Náutico in July 2009.
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Paolo Poggi
Paolo Poggi (born February 16, 1971 in Venice) is a retired Italian professional football player.
In the 2001/02 season, he set the record for the fastest goal scored in the Serie A, scoring 8 seconds after the starting whistle.
Paolo is co-founder of the Calcio Scoalo (football camp), which can be found on the island of Lido di Venezie just outside Venice.
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Paolo Pulici
Paolo Pulici (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpaolo ˈpulitʃi]; born 27 April 1950 at Roncello) is a former Italian international footballer who played in the 1970s.
During his career he played for A.C. Legnano (1966–67), Torino F.C. (1967–82), Udinese Calcio (1982–83) and A.C. Fiorentina (1983–85). He also played 19 matches and scored 5 goals for the Italy national football team, and participated in two World Cups (1974 and 1978).
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Pasquale Marino
Pasquale Marino (born July 13, 1962 in Marsala) is an Italian football coach, last in charge as head of Genoa in the Serie A league.
In his playing career, started for his home team, Marsala, Marino never played in divisions higher than Serie C1, and ended his career for Catania in 1996–97.
His coaching career begun in 1997–98 for Serie D team Milazzo, where he nearly won the league at his debut, ending in second place. However, his outbreak came at Paternò, which he led on two consecutive promotions from Serie D to Serie C1. He then signed for Serie C2 Foggia, which he led to an immediate Serie C1 promotion. He made his Serie B debut in 2004–05 with Arezzo, replacing Mario Somma. Fired in the half-season and replaced by Marco Tardelli, he was successively recalled at the helm of the team, ending in 14th place.
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Paulo Vitor Barreto
Paulo Vitor Barreto de Souza or simply Barreto (born on 12 July 1985) is a Brazilian footballer currently playing for Italian club Udinese.
Barreto started his professional career in 2003, when he promoted to Italian Serie B side Treviso first team. He also played for A.C. Milan Allievi Nazionali under-17 team that won 2002 Torneo Città di Arco. After scoring 12 goals in the 2004–05 season with Treviso, he was signed by Udinese, who gave him the opportunity to mark his debut not only in the Italian top flight but also in the UEFA Cup, a competition in which he scored two goals against RC Lens, in the 2005–06 season. He returned to Treviso on loan in 2007, scoring 14 goals in the Serie B 2007-08 season.
Barreto spent the 2008–09 season on loan to Serie B side Bari. He scored 23 goals for the Serie B Champion, one goal short after the Serie B top-scorer of the season. In 2009–10 season, his loan was extended and his goal scoring made Bari impress in the first half of the Serie A season. However, after the injury of centre-back Andrea Ranocchia and his striking partner Vitaly Kutuzov, the team performance also slipped.
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Per Krøldrup
Per Billeskov Krøldrup (born 31 July 1979 in Farsø) is a Danish professional football player who plays as a central defender for Fiorentina in the Serie A championship. Krøldrup has played 33 games for the Denmark national football team, and he was part of the Danish squad for the 2004 European Championship.
Krøldrup started his footballing career at Danish lower league club Aalborg Chang. He went on to play for B 93 Copenhagen in the secondary Danish 1st Division before transferring to Udinese in the Italian top-flight Serie A championship in 2001.
In June 2005, Krøldrup moved from Udinese to English club Everton FC for a transfer fee of £5million. Before having played a single game for the club, he suffered a groin injury and had to undergo surgery. He made his debut for Everton in a 0–4 defeat to Aston Villa, which was to be his only league game for the club. His Everton career was later described as one of the worst transfers in both English and [Evertonian] football, and Krøldrup has stated his difficulties of adapting to the physical aspects of the English game.
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Rafael Romo
Rafael Enrique Romo Pérez (born on February 25, 1990 in Turén, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan goalkeeper, who plays for Estudiantes de Mérida, on loan from Udinese.
Romo started his career at 17 years old, playing in old Venezuelan goalkeeper Gilberto Angelucci's team, the Atlético de Turén. He participated in the 2007 Venezuelan Torneo Apertura. He played against U.A. Maracaibo in the Copa Venezuela, which surprised fans and the press. On 15 July 2009, Udinese acquired the goalkeeper from Llaneros FC.
Romo made his debut with Udinese in a 3–1 defeat against Lazio, on 15 May 2010.
Romo has represented the Venezuelan national football team at every level.
His biggest accomplishment with the national team was the historic 4th place finish at the Sudamericano U20 tournament, making that Venezuelan U20 team the first ever to qualify for the U20 World Cup.
On 6 June 2009, Romo played in the CONMEBOL FIFA SA World Cup qualifier against the Bolivia, the first time Venezuela ever beat Bolivia in La Paz, largely thanks to an excellent performance by Romo, who made many excellent saves and kept a clean sheet.
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Ricardo Chará
Ricardo Chará Lerma (born 24 May 1990) is a Colombian footballer who plays for Empoli. He made his professional debut in 2009–10 Coppa Italia.
Chara started his youth career in hometown Cali. He then played his first team debut for Centauros Villavicencio at Categoría Primera B.
In summer 2008, he was signed by Deportes Quindío. He then scouted by Udinese. As the club run out of non-EU registration quota, as signed Alexis Sánchez and Odion Ighalo. Along with new signing Dušan Basta, they were signed by another Italian club, then re-signed them in order to borrow the quota.
Chara left for Cagliari on a 1-year loan from Quindío on 1 September 2008. In January 2009, Chara left "on loan" from Cagliari to Udinese and played at Udinese Primavera under-20 team. In summer 2009, along with Basta, they were signed permanently.
On 14 January 2010, he played his first match for Udinese. He substituted Simone Pepe in the 87th minute, on a Coppa Italia Round of 16 match. The match Udinese won Lumezzane of Italian Lega Pro Prima Divisione (third division) 2–0.
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Ricardo Gallego
Ricardo Gallego Redondo (born 8 February 1959 in Madrid) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
Most of his professional career was associated to Real Madrid, for which he appeared in more than 300 official games in nearly ten years, winning a total of ten major titles. He gained almost 45 caps for Spain, representing the nation in two World Cups and as many European Championships.
A product of La Liga powerhouse Real Madrid's youth system, Gallego made a quick impression with the first team, appearing in 26 matches in his debut year, and being a midfield mainstay during the subsequent seasons as he totalled 250 first division matches, with the conquest of, among others, four leagues, two Spanish cups and back-to-back UEFA Cups (1985–86); blessed with physical and technical ability alike, he could operate with equal efficiency as sweeper.
In the 1986–87 season, Gallego contributed with 37 matches and two goals (more than 3,000 minutes of play) as Real Madrid won the national championship, also reaching the semifinals of the domestic cup. On 15 March 1987, however, he unluckily landed on Miguel de Andrés' knee, and the Athletic Bilbao player ended his career after that game, a 2–1 win at the San Mamés Stadium.
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Ritchie Kitoko
Ritchie Kitoko (born 11 June 1988 in Kinshasa) is a Congolese-born Belgian footballer who plays for CD Tenerife on loan from Udinese Calcio in Italy, as a defensive midfielder.
Kitoko moved to Belgium in his teens, entering Standard Liège's youth system in 2004. Two years later, he signed his first professional contract, with Albacete Balompié in Spain, spending almost two full seasons with the B team, in the fourth division.
On 20 August 2009, Kitoko joined Udinese Calcio in Serie A. However, on 2 January of the following year, he returned to Spain and signed for Granada CF, on loan until the end of the third division season, as the Andalusians had recently signed a partnership agreement with the Italians; he contributed with 13 games (12 starts) as his team returned to level two after an absence of more than 20 years.
On 31 January 2011, deemed surplus to requirements at Granada, Kitoko moved to another team in the same country and division, CD Tenerife, still owned by Udinese. He appeared regularly as a starter during his short spell, but the Canary Islands side eventually suffered relegation, a second consecutive.
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Roberto Muzzi
Roberto Muzzi (born 21 September 1971 in Rome) is an Italian retired football striker. During his career, he has played for several Italian clubs including A.S. Roma, Pisa Calcio, Cagliari Calcio, Udinese Calcio, and S.S. Lazio, being also part of the Italy U-21 team from 1990 to 1994 playing 19 matches and scoring 4 goals.He was known for his electrifying speed.
Muzzi started his career with AS Roma, making his debut in Serie A on 11 February 1990, in a league match against Inter ended in a 1-1 tie, and scoring his first goal the following season.
He was then loaned to Serie B club Pisa in November 1993, where he scored 8 goals in 23 games. He then returned to Roma only to be sold in November 1994 to Cagliari, where he then spent four seasons, playing a total 144 games with 31 Serie A goals and 17 in Serie B.
He then joined Udinese in 1999-2000, spending four more seasons with the zebrette, playing 103 games and scoring 39 goals. He then returned to Rome to join Lazio in 2003–04, not playing football as a regular but being often decisive on the pitch, also scoring a relegation escape goal in 2004-05. On September 2005 he joined Torino of Serie B, being protagonist of the granata's return to the top flight. His second season with Torino, now in Serie A, saw Muzzi scoring only 3 goals.
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Roberto Pereyra
Roberto Maximiliano Pereyra (born 7 January 1991) is an Argentine footballer currently playing for the Italian club Udinese.
Despite being right-footed, he plays mostly as a left winger.
Pereyra debuted in the Argentine Primera División playing for River Plate on a 0–4 defeat to Huracán, on the 14th fixture of the 2009 Clausura.
Pereyra signed a five-year contract with the Serie A outfit Udinese Calcio before the transfer window closed on 31 August 2011.
Pereyra was selected to represent the Argentine under-20 football team at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He played all three group games at the tournament, helping Argentina defeat Mexico and North Korea and draw with England. He missed Argentina's 2-1 Round of 16 victory over Egypt through suspension, but returned to the starting line-up in the Quarterfinal clash against Portugal, which Argentina lost on penalty kicks after neither team could score during 120 minutes.
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Roy Hodgson
Roy Hodgson (born 9 August 1947) is an English former footballer, who is the current manager of the England national football team.
Hodgson, who has managed sixteen different teams in eight countries, guided the Switzerland national team to the last 16 of the 1994 World Cup and qualification for Euro 1996; Switzerland had not qualified for a major tournament since the 1960s. From 2006 to 2007, he managed the Finland national team, guiding them to their highest ever FIFA ranking of 33rd place, and coming close to qualifying for a major tournament for the first time in their history. He has been the beaten finalist in the UEFA Cup and the Europa League. Hodgson has also coached many notable club sides, including Internazionale, Blackburn Rovers, Grasshoppers, FC Copenhagen, Udinese, Fulham, Liverpool and West Brom. Hodgson served several times as a member of UEFA's technical study group at the European Championships, and was also a member of the FIFA technical study group at the 2006 World Cup. Hodgson speaks five languages and has worked as a television pundit in several of the countries in which he has coached.
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Samir Handanović
Samir Handanovič, (born 14 July 1984) is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Italian club Udinese and the Slovenian national team. He is well known for his ability to save penalties. During the course of 2010–11 Serie A season, he has saved a total of six penalty shots, tying an all time league record set in the 1948–49 season and is, as of May 2011, five short of an all-time league record.
Handanović started his career at Slovan and was later transferred to Domžale, where he spent two seasons. He was signed by Udinese in the summer of 2004 at the age of 20. He was on loan to Treviso in the summer of 2005, but in January 2006, he was exchanged with Matteo Sereni to Lazio.
In July 2006, he was loaned to Rimini. with a pre-set price of €1.2 million, The club finished fifth in the Serie B and conceded the fourth least number of goals in the league.
He returned to Udinese in summer 2007, as Udinese excised the counter-option to reject the buying, where he replaced Morgan De Sanctis, and signed a new and improved contract which would last until 30 June 2012. He signed the contract along teammates Asamoah Gyan and Fabio Quagliarella. In May 2011, during a match against Lazio he saved a penalty shot to Mauro Zárate and tied an all-time league record with six saved penalties during the course of one season.
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Samir Handanovič
Samir Handanovič, (born 14 July 1984) is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Italian club Udinese and the Slovenian national team. He is well known for his ability to save penalties. During the course of 2010–11 Serie A season, he has saved a total of six penalty shots, tying an all time league record set in the 1948–49 season and is, as of May 2011, five short of an all-time league record.
Handanović started his career at Slovan and was later transferred to Domžale, where he spent two seasons. He was signed by Udinese in the summer of 2004 at the age of 20. He was on loan to Treviso in the summer of 2005, but in January 2006, he was exchanged with Matteo Sereni to Lazio.
In July 2006, he was loaned to Rimini. with a pre-set price of €1.2 million, The club finished fifth in the Serie B and conceded the fourth least number of goals in the league.
He returned to Udinese in summer 2007, as Udinese excised the counter-option to reject the buying, where he replaced Morgan De Sanctis, and signed a new and improved contract which would last until 30 June 2012. He signed the contract along teammates Asamoah Gyan and Fabio Quagliarella. In May 2011, during a match against Lazio he saved a penalty shot to Mauro Zárate and tied an all-time league record with six saved penalties during the course of one season.
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Serse Cosmi
Serse Cosmi (born on May 5, 1958 in Perugia) is an Italian football coach and the current head coach of Serie A club Lecce.
Cosmi was born in 1958 in Ponte San Giovanni, a Perugia frazione. His father, a cycling fan, called him Serse after Fausto Coppi's brother, a cyclist himself, who died following a fall during a sprint. He worked nine years as primary school teacher, and played amateur football during his freetime for local teams such as Deruta, Cannara, Spello and Pontevecchio, in the role of midfielder.
He started a coaching career in the late 1980s in Ellera, as under-18 youth team coach. His debut as first team coach came in 1990, when he was appointed to coach Pontevecchio, a small amateur team from his native town of Ponte San Giovanni. Cosmi brought it on from the Prima Categoria (4th level of amateur leagues in Italy) to Serie D (the top one) in just five years. Successively, he joined Arezzo, which he led from Serie D to Serie C1 in five extremely positive years.
After being noted by Luciano Gaucci, in 2000 Cosmi was surprisingly appointed head coach of Perugia, in the Serie A. He guided the team for four consecutive years, winning a UEFA Intertoto Cup, showing valid coaching abilities and launching several players, including 2006 FIFA World Cup winner Marco Materazzi (who reached a career high of 12 goals in a single season under Cosmi's tenure), then-unknown Japanese Hidetoshi Nakata, Fabrizio Miccoli, Fabio Grosso and Fabio Liverani. Cosmi's period at Perugia would last four years, during which he led the fringe Umbrian club to victory in the 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup.
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Simone Pepe
Simone Pepe (Italian pronunciation: [siˈmone ˈpepe]; born 30 August 1983) is an Italian footballer who plays as a right winger for Serie A club Juventus. He is known for his high versatility and can play on either side of the pitch and even as a right fullback.
Pepe was born in Albano Laziale, a comune not far from Rome. He started his career at A.S. Roma, one of the two major clubs in Rome. He was loaned to Calcio Lecco 1912 in January 2002 and Teramo Calcio in June 2002.He is highly versatile and can play on either side of the pitch and even as left fullback
In summer 2003, rising Serie B team Palermo signed Pepe in co-ownership deal for a nominal fees of just €1,000, and he scored one goal in that season, and Palermo finished first in Serie B. He was loaned to Piacenza Calcio in July 2004, because the club thought Pepe has to gain experience before making his debut in Serie A. On 31 August 2004, Roma sold rest of the registration rights to Palermo for undisclosed fees. It was reported that Roma's chairman Franco Sensi reported owe Palermo's chairman Maurizio Zamparini money (who Zamparini acquired Palermo from Sensi in July 2002, after Roma had some inflated player trading with Palermo) and Pepe and Cesare Bovo was sold to Palermo at un-economic price. to settle the debt, but Roma denied, stating the sales is totally a financial decision of the club.
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Stefano Fiore
Stefano Fiore (born April 17, 1975 in Cosenza) is an Italian football manager and former player, who played as an attacking midfielder or on the wing. He is currently in charge as manager technical area of Cosenza in Serie D.
Fiore was born in Cosenza, which is where his career began during 1992. He played just 11 games before moving to Parma in 1994. His limited playing time with the Gialloblu forced him to move to Padova for the following season, where he scored 1 goal in 24 games. In the 1996-97 season, Fiore moved to A.C. ChievoVerona where he was impressive, notching up 2 goals and plenty of assists. This prompted former club, Parma, to re-sign the midfielder in 1997. For the next 2 seasons the Gialloblu left Fiore mainly on the bench, yet when he was given a chance he looked far more impressive than the aging Dino Baggio.
In June 1999 he moved to Udinese, originally a cash plus player deal which Parma would get Stephen Appiah and Márcio Amoroso, for a combined 90 billion lire transfer fees to Udinese, Fiore priced 15 billion and the rest as cash.
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Stephen Appiah
Stephen Leroy Appiah ( /ˈæpɪɑː/ API-ah) (born 24 December 1980) is a Ghanaian football midfielder who is playing for FK Vojvodina in the Serbian SuperLiga. He has played for several European clubs since 1997. Appiah was a member of the Ghana national team, which he has represented at the youth, Olympic, and senior levels. He captained Ghana at their World Cup debut in 2006 and was a member of their squad for the 2010 World Cup. He was also the captain of the national team.
A strong all-round box-to-box midfielder able to defend as well as create and score goals, Stephen Appiah began his career at local club Hearts of Oak in 1995, at 15 years of age. In 1996 he had trials with Galatasaray S.K.'s youth squad but was not signed and he returned to Hearts of Oak.
In 1997 he moved abroad to join Italian Serie A side Udinese. He spent three seasons with the club and while there changed from striker to midfield. A transfer to Parma in 1999 was jeopardised by viral hepatitis, but Appiah overcame the illness to move there in the summer of 2000. After two seasons at Parma, Appiah went on loan to Brescia for the 2002-03 season. Appiah became a first-team regular for the Lombardians, and scored seven times in 31 games.
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Steve Leo Beleck
Steve Leo Beleck A'Beka (born February 21, 1993 in Yaoundé, Cameroon), the son of former Cameroon international footballer Thomas Libiih,[citation needed] is a footballer who plays for AEK Athens on loan from Serie A club Udinese.
His career began in July 2009 at the age of 16 when signed professional contract with Panthrakikos. During the first half of the 2009–10 season he was member of U-21 squad with a remarkable performance. In the second half of the 2009–10 season he was promoted to the first squad. While still 16, Beleck made his debut on 17, December, starting in a loss to Panathinaikos. He achieved five goals in thirteen matches in Super League Greece.
In July 2010 he transferred to Italian team Udinese for €1.5m. However, he did not make his debut on season 2010-2011.
In July 2011 Steve signed on loan to AEK Athens until the end of the 2011-2012 season. He has already played for Greek Superleague as he was a member of Panthrakikos. At first, he disappointed AEK fans due to his poor performances, but later he managed to cement his place in the AEK first team.
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Sulley Muntari
Suleyman "Sulley" Ali Muntari (born 27 August 1984 in Konongo) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who currently plays as a central midfielder for Serie A club Milan on loan from fellow Serie A club Internazionale in Italy. Muntari is a member of the Ghana national team. With his career at Internazionale, he has won the Champions League, in 2009–10, and also the Serie A title in 2008–09 and 2009-10.
Muntari's abilities first came to light in youth tournaments, while he was playing for Liberty Professionals youth team. He became a regular member of Ghana's U20 team at the age of 16 as they finished runners-up at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship in Argentina, losing out to the hosts in the final. Despite impressing during a trial with Manchester United after the tournament, he ended up joining Italian club Udinese.
He joined Udinese in 2001, where his first season was spent in the reserves. He made his first-team debut on 6 November 2002, against Milan. The Rossoneri proved too strong on the day, yet Udinese's young newcomer left an instant impression. "Muntari was immense against Milan," enthused monthly magazine Football Italia, "showing himself to possess the touch of Kaká and the combativeness of Edgar Davids, he is definitely a player to keep a close eye on."
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Thierry Doubai
Moussé Doubai Tapé or Thierry Doubai (born 1 July 1988 in Adjamé) is an Ivorian footballer, who plays for Ligue 1 side Sochaux on loan from Serie A side Udinese.
On 22 August 2007, BSC Young Boys signed Doubai from AS Athletique D'Adjame. In 2008, the 21 year-old Doubai was injured and has been left out for several months. In mid 2009, he returned in training and is very close to his comeback at the first team in Bern. He spent a four year spell playing 77 matches for Young Boys with two goals.
On 2 July 2011, Doubai agreed to a five-year contract with Serie A outfit Udinese. Six months later, on 17 January 2011, he joined French FC Sochaux-Montbéliard on loan from Udinese until the end of the season.
On 26 March 2008, the central midfielder made his debut for the Côte d'Ivoire against Tunisia.
Thierry is the older brother of the professional footballer Kouadio Pascal Doubai.
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Thomas Helveg
Thomas Lund Helveg (born 24 June 1971) is a former Danish professional Association football player who played as a defensive midfielder and defender for Odense Boldklub in the Danish Superliga, with whom he won the 1989 Danish championship. The most prominent period of his career was five years with Italian club AC Milan, with whom he won the 1999 Serie A championship and 2003 UEFA Champions League tournament.
Helveg was named 1994 Danish Player of the Year, the year he made his debut for the Denmark national football team. He has played 108 games and scored two goals for Denmark, making him the second most capped player for his country. He has played for Denmark under three different national coaches, and has participated in the 1996, 2000 and 2004 European Championship and the 1998 and 2002 FIFA World Cup tournaments.
Born in Odense, Helveg started his senior career at local club Odense Boldklub (OB) in the top-flight Danish 1st Division. Helveg played two matches in the last part of OB's 1989 1st Division winning season, and he was soon a part of the OB first team alongside later national team players Allan Nielsen and Brian Steen Nielsen. Helveg represented Denmark at the 1992 Summer Olympics, playing all three Denmark matches in the tournament. When OB played English club Arsenal FC in the 1993–94 Cup Winners' Cup tournament, Helveg was put to the task of handling English international striker Ian Wright, for which he received praise.
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Valerio Bertotto
Valerio Bertotto (born January 15, 1973 in Turin, Piedmont) is an Italian former footballer.
Bertotto started his professional career in season 1990–1991 for Alessandria of Italian Serie C2. He joined Udinese in 1993, quickly becoming a historical masterpiece for the team, and spending thirteen seasons with the Friuli side, also captaining his side to their to date only appearance in the UEFA Champions League, becoming also the Udinese player with the highest number of matches played for the team ever.
In July 2006, aged 33, he left Udinese to join Siena, another Serie A team, playing two seasons as a regular for the Tuscan side. He was successively released as a free agent on June 2008, and on January 2009 he accepted an offer from Lega Pro Prima Divisione club Venezia. He was released for free after the club was excluded from the Italian football panorama due to financial issues.
In 2010 he obtained the UEFA A coaching license, made him eligible to coach Lega Pro teams, however he haven't started the coaching career yet.
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Zdeněk Zlámal
Zdeněk Zlámal (born 5 November 1985 in Přerov) is a Czech football goalkeeper who currently plays for Sigma Olomouc, on loan from Bari.
Zlámal began his football career with Spartak Hulín at the age of 5. Talented Zlámal first started as a goalkeeper for Spartak Hulín when he was 16, he debuted on 14 July 2002 in the Czech Cup game against FC Morkovice. In the 82nd minute he remained unconscious after a collision with an opponent, and was sent to the local hospital. For the 2004/05 season, Zlámal moved to the Czech second division, to play for Hanácká Slavia Kroměříž, where he was immediately a starting player.
After 36 starts in the Czech second division Zlámal signed with a team from Czech Gambrinus liga, FC Slovan Liberec. Despite his signing of the contract with Slovan Liberec, Zlámal agreed on a contract with Czech champion Sparta Prague. The young goalkeeper had to pay a fine for his contract breaking, but in January 2006 Zlámal was finally in Prague ready to play for Sparta. Unfortunately, number one goalkeeper in Sparta was experienced Jaromír Blažek that time. Zlámal played just a couple of matches for the reserve team.
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Željko Brkić
Željko Brkić (Serbian Cyrillic: Жeљкo Бpкић, born July 9, 1986 in Novi Sad, SAP Vojvodina, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian football goalkeeper who plays for Siena on loan from Udinese.
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Inno ufficiale Udinese Calcio VINCI PER NOI Un'emozione forte bianconero per la vita c'è poi la notte magica l'Europa e una partita una città, una terra cento anni in una sera lo stadio canta una canzone. Alziamo la bandiera Vinci per noi magica Udinese vinci per noi grande cuore bianconero Che vada come vada sarete i nostri eroi e torneremo a casa raccontando anche noi che c'eravamo, eccome abbiamo vinto ancora andiamo avanti insieme Udinese nella storia Vinci per noi magica Udinese vinci per noi grande cuore bianconero Vinci per noi magica Udinese vinci per noi grande cuore bianconero Un'emozione forte bianconero per la vita c'è poi la notte magica l'Europa e una partita una città, una terra cento anni in una sera lo stadio canta una canzone. Alziamo la bandiera Vinci per noi magica Udinese vinci per noi grande cuore bianconero Vinci per noi magica Udinese vinci per noi grande cuore bianconero Vinci per noi
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Inno ufficiale Udinese Calcio VINCI PER NOI Un'emozione forte bianconero per la vita c'è poi la notte magica l'Europa e una partita una città, una terra cento anni in una sera lo stadio canta una canzone. Alziamo la bandiera Vinci per noi magica Udinese vinci per noi grande cuore bianconero Che vada come vada sarete i nostri eroi e torneremo a casa raccontando anche noi che c'eravamo, eccome abbiamo vinto ancora andiamo avanti insieme Udinese nella storia Vinci per noi magica Udinese vinci per noi grande cuore bianconero Vinci per noi magica Udinese vinci per noi grande cuore bianconero Un'emozione forte bianconero per la vita c'è poi la notte magica l'Europa e una partita una città, una terra cento anni in una sera lo stadio canta una canzone. Alziamo la bandiera Vinci per noi magica Udinese vinci per noi grande cuore bianconero Vinci per noi magica Udinese vinci per noi grande cuore bianconero Vinci per noi
AUGURI BIANCONERI! Guarda la clip natalizia dell'Udinese Calcio
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- Duration: 4:52
- Updated: 23 Nov 2012
In prossimità delle festività, l'Udinese Calcio augura a tutti i tifosi bianconeri un felice Natale e un sereno anno nuovo. Ecco il saluto, le gag e gli auguri di tutti i giocatori della Prima Squadra, del ds Larini e di mister Guidolin!
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In prossimità delle festività, l'Udinese Calcio augura a tutti i tifosi bianconeri un felice Natale e un sereno anno nuovo. Ecco il saluto, le gag e gli auguri di tutti i giocatori della Prima Squadra, del ds Larini e di mister Guidolin!
- published: 20 Dec 2011
- views: 45957
- author: UdineseChannelTV
Nuovo Inno Udinese Calcio - Invincibile Udinese- Festa Champions Udinese
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- Duration: 3:48
- Updated: 14 Nov 2012
Probabile nuovo inno dell'Udinese. Il mister Guidolin si scatena sul palco assieme ad Armero e Cuadrado
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Probabile nuovo inno dell'Udinese. Il mister Guidolin si scatena sul palco assieme ad Armero e Cuadrado
- published: 23 May 2011
- views: 22148
- author: elbeppe86
US Palermo vs. Udinese Calcio 0-7 Gol bicicleta de Alexis Sánchez (0-3)
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- Duration: 2:19
- Updated: 21 Oct 2012
Serie A 2010-2011, 25th fecha, 27th February 2011 US Palermo vs. Udinese Calcio 0-7 (0-5) 0-1 Di Natale 10' 0-2 Sánchez 19' 0-3 Sánchez 28' 0-4 Di Natale 41' 0-5 Sánchez 42' 0-6 Sánchez 48' 0-7 Di Natale (p) 60' Red cards: Bačinović 40', Darmian 60' (Palermo)
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Serie A 2010-2011, 25th fecha, 27th February 2011 US Palermo vs. Udinese Calcio 0-7 (0-5) 0-1 Di Natale 10' 0-2 Sánchez 19' 0-3 Sánchez 28' 0-4 Di Natale 41' 0-5 Sánchez 42' 0-6 Sánchez 48' 0-7 Di Natale (p) 60' Red cards: Bačinović 40', Darmian 60' (Palermo)
- published: 24 Jul 2011
- views: 4684
- author: Channel1899
Inno Udinese Calcio (Testo) - Himno de Udinese Calcio (Letra)
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- Duration: 3:35
- Updated: 13 Dec 2012
--HimnosFutbolChile en Redes Sociales-- Facebook: www.facebook.com Tumblr: himnosfutbolchile.tumblr.com Twitter: @HimFutChi ---------------------------------------------------------------- Letra de himno del Udinese Calcio: www.udinese.it Un'emozione forte bianconero per la vita c'è poi la notte magica l'Europa e una partita. Una città, una terra cento anni in una sera lo stadio canta una canzone. Alziamo la bandiera. Vinci per noi magica Udinese vinci per noi grande cuore bianconero. Che vada come vada sarete i nostri eroi e torneremo a casa raccontando an che noi che c'eravamo, eccome abbiamo vinto ancora andiamo avanti insieme Udinese nella storia. Vinci per noi magica Udinese. Vinci per noi grande cuore bianconero. Vinci per noi magica Udinese. Vinci per noi grande cuore bianconero. Un'emozione forte bianconero per la vita c'è poi la notte magica l'Europa e una partita una città, una terra cento anni in una sera lo stadio canta una canzone. Alziamo la bandiera. Vinci per noi magica Udinese. Vinci per noi grande cuore bianconero. Vinci per noi magica Udinese vinci per noi grande cuore bianconero
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--HimnosFutbolChile en Redes Sociales-- Facebook: www.facebook.com Tumblr: himnosfutbolchile.tumblr.com Twitter: @HimFutChi ---------------------------------------------------------------- Letra de himno del Udinese Calcio: www.udinese.it Un'emozione forte bianconero per la vita c'è poi la notte magica l'Europa e una partita. Una città, una terra cento anni in una sera lo stadio canta una canzone. Alziamo la bandiera. Vinci per noi magica Udinese vinci per noi grande cuore bianconero. Che vada come vada sarete i nostri eroi e torneremo a casa raccontando an che noi che c'eravamo, eccome abbiamo vinto ancora andiamo avanti insieme Udinese nella storia. Vinci per noi magica Udinese. Vinci per noi grande cuore bianconero. Vinci per noi magica Udinese. Vinci per noi grande cuore bianconero. Un'emozione forte bianconero per la vita c'è poi la notte magica l'Europa e una partita una città, una terra cento anni in una sera lo stadio canta una canzone. Alziamo la bandiera. Vinci per noi magica Udinese. Vinci per noi grande cuore bianconero. Vinci per noi magica Udinese vinci per noi grande cuore bianconero
- published: 10 Dec 2011
- views: 14092
- author: HimnosFutbolChile
Inno Udinese Calcio
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- Duration: 3:37
- Updated: 21 Nov 2012
Inno Udinese Calcio Udinese Calcio is an Italian football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and currently plays in the Serie A. Founded in 1896, Udinese is the second oldest club in the Serie A, after Genoa. The traditional team home kit is black and white striped shirt, black shorts, and white socks. The club plays in the Stadio Friuli, which has a capacity of 41652 (although it is currently limited to 30900). It has a large number of fans in Friuli and surrounding areas. L'Udinese Calcio (l'Udin in friulano), nota come Udinese, è la principale società calcistica di Udine e del Friuli ed è una delle più antiche d'Italia, essendo nata il 30 novembre del 1896. I colori sociali sono il bianco e il nero, ossia quelli dello stemma della città di Udine (che appare anche nello stemma della società); da questi due colori derivano i principali soprannomi affibbiati alla squadra, bianconeri e zebrette. I migliori risultati della sua storia per quanto riguarda le competizioni nazionali sono il secondo posto nella Coppa Italia del 1922 e il terzo posto nel campionato di Serie A 1997-1998; per quel che riguarda le competizioni europee numerose sono le partecipazioni alla Coppa UEFA/Europa League, nella quale non è mai andata oltre i quarti di finale, più una partecipazione alla UEFA Champions League nell'edizione 2005-2006, la vittoria di una Coppa Intertoto nel 2000 e il raggiungimento dei preliminari di Champions League con il quarto posto nella stagione 2010-2011 ...
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Inno Udinese Calcio Udinese Calcio is an Italian football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and currently plays in the Serie A. Founded in 1896, Udinese is the second oldest club in the Serie A, after Genoa. The traditional team home kit is black and white striped shirt, black shorts, and white socks. The club plays in the Stadio Friuli, which has a capacity of 41652 (although it is currently limited to 30900). It has a large number of fans in Friuli and surrounding areas. L'Udinese Calcio (l'Udin in friulano), nota come Udinese, è la principale società calcistica di Udine e del Friuli ed è una delle più antiche d'Italia, essendo nata il 30 novembre del 1896. I colori sociali sono il bianco e il nero, ossia quelli dello stemma della città di Udine (che appare anche nello stemma della società); da questi due colori derivano i principali soprannomi affibbiati alla squadra, bianconeri e zebrette. I migliori risultati della sua storia per quanto riguarda le competizioni nazionali sono il secondo posto nella Coppa Italia del 1922 e il terzo posto nel campionato di Serie A 1997-1998; per quel che riguarda le competizioni europee numerose sono le partecipazioni alla Coppa UEFA/Europa League, nella quale non è mai andata oltre i quarti di finale, più una partecipazione alla UEFA Champions League nell'edizione 2005-2006, la vittoria di una Coppa Intertoto nel 2000 e il raggiungimento dei preliminari di Champions League con il quarto posto nella stagione 2010-2011 ...
- published: 11 Mar 2012
- views: 4441
- author: ClubSoccerWorld
USC Palermo 0-7 Udinese Calcio
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- Duration: 3:20
- Updated: 28 Feb 2011
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HIGHLIGHTS | AS Rom - Udinese Calcio [3:1] - 11/04/2012
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- Duration: 3:28
- Updated: 26 Oct 2012
Ein ganz klarer Sieg für AS Rom, der somit auf den 5. Platz klettert. Das Spiel fand am 11.04.2012 statt! Tore: 1:0 Osvaldo (8.), 1:1 Fernandes (43.), 2:1 Totti (86.), 3:1 Marquinho (90. + 2)
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Ein ganz klarer Sieg für AS Rom, der somit auf den 5. Platz klettert. Das Spiel fand am 11.04.2012 statt! Tore: 1:0 Osvaldo (8.), 1:1 Fernandes (43.), 2:1 Totti (86.), 3:1 Marquinho (90. + 2)
- published: 13 Apr 2012
- views: 1590
- author: SoccerHighlightsPUR
Sampdoria - Udinese Calcio 0;2 All Goals & Highlights 10.12.2012r.
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- Duration: 6:56
- Updated: 10 Dec 2012
Sampdoria - Udinese Calcio 0;2 All Goals & Highlights 10.12.2012r.
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Sampdoria - Udinese Calcio 0;2 All Goals & Highlights 10.12.2012r.
- published: 09 Dec 2012
- views: 43
- author: aleks Kawajek
Pykanie na luźno - Ac Milan vs. Udinese Calcio #6
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 17:57
- Updated: 09 Dec 2012
Milan vs. Udinese Podoba się ? Daj łapkę Chcesz być na bieżąco ? Subskrybuj ;) Zostaw komentarz =)
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Milan vs. Udinese Podoba się ? Daj łapkę Chcesz być na bieżąco ? Subskrybuj ;) Zostaw komentarz =)
- published: 09 Dec 2012
- views: 24
- author: StrongoDj
Almen Abdi - Udinese Calcio 2010/11
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:34
- Updated: 10 Sep 2012
Highlights - Udinese Calcio - Saison 2010/11
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Alè Udin - Inno Storico Udinese Calcio
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:08
- Updated: 22 Nov 2012
Inno Storico Dell'Udinese Cantato e Scritto Da Dario Zampa
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Inno Storico Dell'Udinese Cantato e Scritto Da Dario Zampa
- published: 25 Aug 2008
- views: 56114
- author: Deloudinese
Udinese Calcio - SSC Napoli (2/2)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:40
- Updated: 08 Dec 2012
18.03.2012, Seria A, 28.Spieltag , 2:2, Stadio Communale Friul,Udine , 14.000 Zuschauer
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18.03.2012, Seria A, 28.Spieltag , 2:2, Stadio Communale Friul,Udine , 14.000 Zuschauer
- published: 19 Mar 2012
- views: 526
- author: RT10TS
Inno ufficiale Udinese Calcio 1896 - Vinci per noi
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:34
- Updated: 21 Aug 2012
inno ufficiale dell' udinese calcio 1896 la squadra di udine,del friuli...gioca in serie ae ha partecipato alla coppa uefa champions league contro barcellona,werder brema e panatihnaikos dopo aver battuto lo sporting club du portugal di lisbona nei preliminari...h giocato partite storiche...
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inno ufficiale dell' udinese calcio 1896 la squadra di udine,del friuli...gioca in serie ae ha partecipato alla coppa uefa champions league contro barcellona,werder brema e panatihnaikos dopo aver battuto lo sporting club du portugal di lisbona nei preliminari...h giocato partite storiche...
- published: 06 Jul 2008
- views: 22605
- author: DENISPIXEL
Udinese Calcio - Messina Calcio
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:27
- Updated: 14 Aug 2012
19.11.2005, Stadio Friuli
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Arrivo Udinese Calcio Hotel Royal Continental Napoli
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- Duration: 2:15
- Updated: 09 Jul 2012
Arrivo dell'Udinese Calcio al Royal Continental Hotel di Napoli, sabato 16 aprile 2011 in vista del match di serie a tra Napoli e Udinese previsto per domenica 17 aprile 2011 ore 20:45.
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Arrivo dell'Udinese Calcio al Royal Continental Hotel di Napoli, sabato 16 aprile 2011 in vista del match di serie a tra Napoli e Udinese previsto per domenica 17 aprile 2011 ore 20:45.
- published: 16 Apr 2011
- views: 23014
- author: RoyalContinental
![Fiorentina vs Udinese [2-1] Highlights - Italian Serie A Highlights [25/08/2012]](http://web.archive.org./web/20121215044430im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/wE1jPt6eyOA/default.jpg "Fiorentina vs Udinese [2-1] Highlights - Italian Serie A Highlights [25/08/2012]")
Fiorentina vs Udinese [2-1] Highlights - Italian Serie A Highlights [25/08/2012]
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- Duration: 1:59
- Updated: 11 Dec 2012
Udinese Calcio travel to ACF Fiorentina with hopes of grabbing an away victory on the opening day of the Italian Serie A. Udinese went ahead in the first half, when Maicosuel went through on goal to slot a one-on-one chance past Emiliano Viviano to open his Serie A account. Fiorentina fought hard for a second half comeback as fan favourite Stevan Jovetić scored two great indiviudal goals, the last coming in the final minutes of stoppage time. Love Serie A is your premier destination for Italian football match highlights, news and behind the scenes access. For more football coverage from the German Bundesliga, French Ligue 1, Brazilian Serie A, and dozens of other leagues and competitions, please subscribe to LoveFootball. Lovefootball -www.youtube.com LoveSerieA - www.youtube.com Facebook - www.facebook.com Twitter - ja.twitter.com Explore LoveSerieA for highlights of your favorite clubs, including AC Milan, Atalanta, Bologna, Cagliari, Catania, Chievo, Fiorentina, Genoa, Internazionale Milan, Juventus Lazio, Napoli, Palermo, Parma, Pescara, Roma, Sampdoria, Siena, Torino, and Udinese
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Udinese Calcio travel to ACF Fiorentina with hopes of grabbing an away victory on the opening day of the Italian Serie A. Udinese went ahead in the first half, when Maicosuel went through on goal to slot a one-on-one chance past Emiliano Viviano to open his Serie A account. Fiorentina fought hard for a second half comeback as fan favourite Stevan Jovetić scored two great indiviudal goals, the last coming in the final minutes of stoppage time. Love Serie A is your premier destination for Italian football match highlights, news and behind the scenes access. For more football coverage from the German Bundesliga, French Ligue 1, Brazilian Serie A, and dozens of other leagues and competitions, please subscribe to LoveFootball. Lovefootball -www.youtube.com LoveSerieA - www.youtube.com Facebook - www.facebook.com Twitter - ja.twitter.com Explore LoveSerieA for highlights of your favorite clubs, including AC Milan, Atalanta, Bologna, Cagliari, Catania, Chievo, Fiorentina, Genoa, Internazionale Milan, Juventus Lazio, Napoli, Palermo, Parma, Pescara, Roma, Sampdoria, Siena, Torino, and Udinese
- published: 25 Aug 2012
- views: 39985
- author: LoveSerieA
Borussia Dortmund : Udinese Calcio Uefa Cup 1 Round 1st Game
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- Duration: 3:56
- Updated: 15 May 2012
Tscherno More Warna UE Sant Julia FK Pelister APOEL Nikosia FC Vaduz HSK Zrinjski Mostar NK Siroki Brijeg Partizan Tirana Hapoel Ironi Kirjat Schmona FK Mogren FC KOper Vllaznia Shkoder Zeta Golubovci Interblock Ljubljana Hapoel Tel Aviv AC Juvenes/Dogana Hajduk Split FC Birkirkara Omonia...
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Tscherno More Warna UE Sant Julia FK Pelister APOEL Nikosia FC Vaduz HSK Zrinjski Mostar NK Siroki Brijeg Partizan Tirana Hapoel Ironi Kirjat Schmona FK Mogren FC KOper Vllaznia Shkoder Zeta Golubovci Interblock Ljubljana Hapoel Tel Aviv AC Juvenes/Dogana Hajduk Split FC Birkirkara Omonia...
- published: 30 Sep 2008
- views: 11896
- author: AllFootballShokka
Presentazione Udinese Calcio 2010/2011
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- Duration: 0:51
- Updated: 27 Aug 2010
Presentazione ufficiale team Udine Calcio per la stagione 2010/2011. Piazza Duomo, Udine 24/08/2010
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Presentazione ufficiale team Udine Calcio per la stagione 2010/2011. Piazza Duomo, Udine 24/08/2010
- published: 25 Aug 2010
- views: 2097
- author: AntonioFloroFlores
Direttastadio 7Gold - (UDINESE MILAN 1-2) EL SHARAAWY
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- Duration: 4:37
- Updated: 12 Dec 2012
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- published: 11 Feb 2012
- views: 617748
- author: crozzopizzo
![Sanchez AMAZING GOAL vs Palermo 0-7 Udinese [27/2/11]](http://web.archive.org./web/20121215044430im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/6sUvOZteHDo/default.jpg "Sanchez AMAZING GOAL vs Palermo 0-7 Udinese [27/2/11]")
Sanchez AMAZING GOAL vs Palermo 0-7 Udinese [27/2/11]
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- Duration: 1:12
- Updated: 02 Dec 2012
Sanchez AMAZING GOAL vs Palermo 0-7 Udinese [27/2/11] Please Like and Comment Subscribe too. Udinese Calcio '10 Antonio Di Natale '19 Alexis Alejandro Sanchez '28 Alexis Alejandro Sanchez '41 Antonio Di Natale '42 Alexis Alejandro Sanchez '47 Alexis Alejandro Sanchez '48 Alexis Alejandro Sanchez '60 Antonio Di Natale penalty
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Sanchez AMAZING GOAL vs Palermo 0-7 Udinese [27/2/11] Please Like and Comment Subscribe too. Udinese Calcio '10 Antonio Di Natale '19 Alexis Alejandro Sanchez '28 Alexis Alejandro Sanchez '41 Antonio Di Natale '42 Alexis Alejandro Sanchez '47 Alexis Alejandro Sanchez '48 Alexis Alejandro Sanchez '60 Antonio Di Natale penalty
- published: 27 Feb 2011
- views: 177748
- author: GoalzzHD
Dj Tubet - Bianconeri (Alè Udin) , in omaggio alla mitica Udinese Calcio con testo
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:50
- Updated: 13 Dec 2012
Liriche in italiano e lingua friulana in omaggio alla mitica Udinese Calcio Una canzone che ripercorre le tappe più gloriose e significative della storia delle nostre zebrette.. Registrata da S.Sant presso gli Entropia Studios - Agosto 2011 (riddim WIZ KHALIFA - BLACK AND YELLOW) Video:...
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Liriche in italiano e lingua friulana in omaggio alla mitica Udinese Calcio Una canzone che ripercorre le tappe più gloriose e significative della storia delle nostre zebrette.. Registrata da S.Sant presso gli Entropia Studios - Agosto 2011 (riddim WIZ KHALIFA - BLACK AND YELLOW) Video:...
- published: 17 Aug 2011
- views: 11803
- author: DjTubet
YB-Flash: Vor dem Spiel Udinese Calcio - YB
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- Duration: 5:11
- Updated: 08 Nov 2012
Als Ausblick auf das Spiel Udinese Calcio - YB (Donnerstag 19:00 Uhr) gibt es im YB-Flash Ausschnitte aus der Pressekonferenz mit Martin Rueda und Marco Wölfli, sowie ein Interview mit Mario Raimondi zu sehen.
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Als Ausblick auf das Spiel Udinese Calcio - YB (Donnerstag 19:00 Uhr) gibt es im YB-Flash Ausschnitte aus der Pressekonferenz mit Martin Rueda und Marco Wölfli, sowie ein Interview mit Mario Raimondi zu sehen.
- published: 08 Nov 2012
- views: 476
- author: YBchannel
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14 Dec 2012
Former President Bill Clinton, President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, meet 55-year-old Martha Sellers. For the past nine years, Sellers has worked as a Walmart cashier in Paramount, California ... More than 10,000 community members joined more than 30 striking employees who walked off the job to demand better working conditions. . "It was wonderful ... That's not too much to ask for." ... 1698 ... ....(size: 23.6Kb)
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14 Dec 2012
More than two dozen people, mostly elementary school children, were shot and killed at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school this morning, federal and state sources tell ABC News. The massacre involved two gunmen at a Connecticut school this morning, prompting the town of Newtown to lock down all of its schools and draw SWAT teams to the school, authorities said today. State Police confirm that one shooter is dead ... at ABCNews.com ... ....(size: 4.5Kb)
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13 Dec 2012
MOSCOW, December 13 (RIA Novosti) – Syrian rebels behind the kidnapping of Ukrainian journalist Ankhar Kochneva have released a video threatening more attacks on Russians and Ukrainians, as a deadline for her execution approaches on Thursday. Kochneva, a 40-year-old Ukrainian citizen, was abducted in October by Syrian rebels as she traveled to the city of Homs, and has been held there by them since, they claim ... ....(size: 2.1Kb)
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14 Dec 2012
North Koreans have gathered in Pyongyang for a mass rally to celebrate Wednesday's long-range rocket launch. State television showed huge crowds cheering to mark the launch, which has been condemned by many nations as a banned test of missile technology. South Korea, meanwhile, says it has retrieved debris from the rocket and will study it to assess its technology. The first stage of the rocket fell west of the Korean peninsula ... ....(size: 2.7Kb)
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14 Dec 2012
One of Syria's key allies has admitted for the first time the Assad regime is losing the 20-month ground war. Russia’s deputy foreign minister’s comments are significant because Russia has blocked action to stem the violence, supplied weapons to the Assad regime, and vetoed three UN resolutions -- even as other countries called for Assad to step down. The comments are expected to put new pressure on the Syrian leader ... Reporter ... ... ....(size: 6.6Kb)
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12 Dec 2012
(Source. Udinese Calcio SpA). 12-12-2012 Zeljko-show. his hands push Udinese's restart! ... Zeljko Brkic is becoming the wall of this re-born Udinese ... 1. Here is the restart for Udinese, starting from him ... This noodl was issued by Udinese Calcio S.p.A. and was initially posted at www.udinese.it....(size: 1.9Kb)
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12 Dec 2012
Udinese Calcio SpA) ... Francesco Guidolin's Udinese have carried out a training session earlier this afternoon at the Dino ... This noodl was issued by Udinese Calcio S.p.A. and was initially posted at www.udinese.it....(size: 1.4Kb)
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11 Dec 2012
Udinese Calcio SpA) ... Udinese-Fiorentina, info and venues. The tickets for Udinese-Fiorentina, Coppa Italia TIM Cup match scheduled for Wednesday 19 December at 5.30 pm at the Friuli stadium, go on sale tomorrow ... All Udinese Season Card ... Udinese Store ... Udinese Store ... This noodl was issued by Udinese Calcio S.p.A. and was initially posted at www.udinese.it....(size: 2.8Kb)
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11 Dec 2012
Udinese Calcio SpA) ... This is the Udinese we like to tell you about, a squad that doesn't fall and never gives up. Udinese, despite being out of the Europa League, believe in their course and try with all their strength to forget a bad start ... This score allows Udinese to climb up the ranking up to ... This noodl was issued by Udinese Calcio S.p.A....(size: 2.0Kb)
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11 Dec 2012
When Italian soccer club Udinese Calcio headed 320 miles across the country to play U.C ... Amidst a blue sea of empty seats, one solitary Udinese fan could be seen standing and proudly cheering his team on. A lone fan of Udinese Calcio looks on during the Serie A match between UC Sampdoria and Udinese Calcio at Stadio Luigi Ferraris on Dec....(size: 4.2Kb)
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| Full name | Udinese Calcio SpA | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Bianconeri ("White-blacks"), Zebrette ("Little zebras") |
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| Founded | 1896 | |||
| Ground | Stadio Friuli, Udine, Italy (Capacity: 41,652) |
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| Owner | Giampaolo Pozzo | |||
| President | Franco Soldati | |||
| Head Coach | Francesco Guidolin | |||
| League | Serie A | |||
| 2011-12 | Serie A, 3rd | |||
| Website | Club home page | |||
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Udinese Calcio is an Italian football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and currently plays in the Serie A. Founded in 1896, Udinese is the second oldest club in the Serie A, after Genoa.
The traditional team home kit is black and white striped shirt, black shorts, and white socks. The club plays in the Stadio Friuli, which has a capacity of 41,652 (although it is currently limited to 30,900). The club also broadcasts on channel 110 (Udinese Channel) on digital terrestrial television in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. It has a large number of fans in Friuli and surrounding areas.
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History[link]
Foundation and early years[link]
Udinese Calcio was established in 1896 as part of the Società Udinese di Ginnastica e Scherma, (Udinese Society of Gymnastics and Fencing). In its inaugural year, the club won the Torneo FNGI in Treviso beating Ferrara 2–0; however this title is not recognised as official.
On 5 July 1911, some gymnasts of Udinese, headed by Luigi Dal Dan, founded the A.C. Udinese, which joined the FIGC. The new side made its debut in a friendly match against Juventus Palmanova, and won 6–0.
It was only in 1912–13 that Udinese first took part in an official FIGC championship. In that year they enrolled in the Campionato Veneto di Promozione, which consisted of just three teams (the others were Petrarca and Padova). With two victories against Padova (3–1 and 5–0), Udinese finished the tournament in second place behind Petrarca and were promoted to first-level Prima Categoria. In Prima Categoria, Udinese failed to reach the national stage, always knocked out in the Eliminatoria Veneta.
The 20s: Coppa Italia final[link]
The 1920–21 season, which ended with the Friulani eliminated in the Eliminatoria Veneta, was memorable because it was the debut of Gino Bellotto, who is still the player who has played the most seasons with Udinese, spending 17 seasons with the Zebrette.
In 1922, Udinese, taking advantage of the absence of big clubs, entered the F.I.G.C. Italian Football Championship and reached the Coppa Italia final losing 1–0 against Vado, thanks to an overtime goal.
In the league, Udinese finished second in Girone Eliminatorio Veneto, which allowed them to remain in the top flight for the next season, despite a reform of the championships that reduced the number of teams in the competition.
The 1922–23 season was a disastrous one for Udinese, as they came last in and were relegated to the second division. The team risked failure for debts in 1923. On 24 August 1923, AS Udinese separated from AC Udinese Friuli, and the club was forced to set up a budget and an autonomous board. Fortunately, all debts were paid by President Alessandro Del Torso through the sale of some of his paintings and Udinese could thus join the Second Division in which they came fourth.
The 1924–25 season was memorable. The team was included in Group F II Division. The championship was very even and at the end of the tournament three teams were in contention to win: Udinese, Vicenza and Olympia River. Playoffs were needed to determine who would reach the final round.
Udinese beat Olympia in a playoff 1–0 and drew 1–1 with Vicenza. In the play-off standings, Udinese and Vicenza were still in the lead with 3 points each. Another play-off was then played to determine the winner. After a first encounter finished 0–0, Udinese lost a replay 2–1 but were awarded the win as Vicenza fielded an ineligible player, a Hungarian called Horwart. Udinese reached the finals in place of Vicenza.
In the final round, Udinese finished first and was promoted, alongside Parma, to First Division. In the following season, Udinese finished 10th and was relegated again. However, the format of the championship was again reformed and Udinese had another chance to reclaim their place in the top flight. They competed in play-offs with seven other sides for the right to play in Serie A. The winner would remain in the top flight. The club, however, lost the playoff against Legnano and lost their place in the top flight.
They remained in Second Division until the end of the 1928–29 season when Serie A and Serie B were created, with Udinese falling into the third tier (Terza Serie). The first season in Terza Serie was a triumphant one and Udinese were promoted up to Serie B.
The 30s and 40s[link]
The stay in Serie B lasted only two years, and after the 1931–32 season, the team returned to the third division. Udinese remained in the third tier (later renamed Serie C in 1935) until 1938–39, when coming second in Girone Finale Nord di Serie C, they were promoted to Serie B.
The Zebrette remained in Serie B for a dozen years, with average performances and were relegated to Serie C at the end of the 1947–48 season due to a reform of the championships. This relegation, however, was followed by two consecutive promotions, and thanks to an excellent second place finish in the Serie B 1949-50, the Friulani won a historic promotion to Serie A.
The 50s: Second place in A, and relegation back to B[link]
Udinese remained in Serie A for five seasons and almost claimed an historic Scudetto in the 1954–55 season, when they came second only behind Milan. It was after that season, however, that Udinese was relegated because of an offence committed on 31 May 1953, the last day of the championship, which was exposed two years later. The Friuliani returned to Serie A after one season in B and in the following season was confirmed among the best Italian teams with an excellent fourth place finish.
The 60s and 70s: Decline[link]
A decline followed those good seasons, however, with Udinese first relegated back down to Serie B in 1961–62 and then to Serie C in 1963–64. Udinese remained in C for about fifteen years missing promotion back to B on numerous occasions. It was only after the 1977–78 season that the Friuliani, led by manager Massimo Giacomini, returned to B winning Girone A. In the same season, they won the Coppa Italia Semiprofessionisti, beating Reggina and also won the Anglo-Italian Cup.
The 80s: Mitropa Cup and the scandal of 1986[link]
During the next season, Udinese with Giacomini as their manager, won Serie B and returned after more than two decades to Serie A. In their first year back after so long, the team survived after a disappointing 15th place finish. In Europe, they fared much better, winning the Mitropa Cup, a European Cup for teams that had won the previous season of Serie B.
In subsequent seasons the team managed to survive relegation without any particular difficulty also managing an impressive sixth place in 1982–83. At that time Udinese had on its books one of the club's all time greatest players, the Brazilian Zico.
At the end of the 1985–86 season, the team was embroiled in a betting scandal and was penalized nine points for the 1986–87 season. Despite a desperate comeback towards the end of the season, Udinese were relegated to Serie B. Had they not been deducted points, Udinese would have survived.
The 90s and early 2000's: Europe[link]
During the following years, Udinese were promoted to Serie A and relegated back to B on several occasions. This situation lasted until the 1995–96 season, from which point on, they established themselves in Serie A.
The 1996–97 season saw Udinese qualify for the UEFA Cup, with Alberto Zaccheroni as manager. The following season, they managed a third place finish behind Juventus and Internazionale, largely thanks to Oliver Bierhoff's 27 goals.
In March 2001, Luciano Spalletti was appointed manager, replacing Luigi De Canio. Spalletti managed to lead the team to survival on the penultimate matchday. Following brief periods with Roy Hodgson and Giampiero Ventura on the bench, Spalletti was again appointed manager of Udinese at the beginning of the 2002–03 season, finding an organized and ambitious club which again reached the UEFA Cup, playing attacking and entertaining football.
The surprising fourth place finish at the end of the 2004–05 season saw Udinese achieve their first qualification for the UEFA Champions League in the history of the club. At the end of that same season, Spalletti announced his intention to leave Udinese.
The following season, Udinese played in the Champions League preliminary round, beating Sporting Lisbon 4–2 on aggregate. Udinese were drawn in a tough group alongside Panathinaikos, Werder Bremen and FC Barcelona.
Despite a 3–0 win over Panathinaikos in their first match, courtesy of a Vincenzo Iaquinta hat trick, the team failed to qualify for the knockout rounds, coming in third in their group, equal on points with second placed Werder and behind eventual champions Barcelona.
Recent History[link]
After a year in the Champions League, Udinese finished tenth and returned once more to mid-table mediocrity. The turning point occurred during the summer of 2007, when the club announced the appointment of Sicilian manager Pasquale Marino and also made various quality purchases including Fabio Quagliarella and Gökhan Inler.
The 2007–08 season started well with a draw at home against champions Internazionale, but the enthusiasm was quickly erased after the first home match which finished in a 5–0 loss to newly-promoted Napoli. After this match, Udinese's fortunes changed, starting with a victory over Juventus thanks to a late Antonio Di Natale goal. Udinese remained in contention for the fourth Champions League spot with Milan, Fiorentina, and Sampdoria until the end of the season, but ultimately finished in seventh place, qualifying for the UEFA Cup.
At the start of the 2008–09 season, during the press conference to present the new season's kit, the new official website was also presented, and an absolute novelty in the Italian championship, the first Web TV channel dedicated to a football club called Udinese Channel was launched, totally free and visible worldwide.
In the 2008–09 season, Udinese had a mixed bag of results in Serie A with a 3–1 win at Roma and a 2–1 win over Juventus, but 10 losses against Reggina, Cheivo, and Torino dented their hopes of Champions League qualification. In the UEFA Cup, Udinese found themselves in a group with potential favourites Tottenham Hotspur, N.E.C., Spartak Moscow, and Dinamo Zagreb, but eased through the group with a convincing 2–0 win against Tottenham. They beat Lech Poznań in the next round 4–3 on aggregate, and then beat holders Zenit Saint Petersburg 2–1 on aggregate. In the quarter-final against Werder Bremen, with injuries to star players Antonio Di Natale, Samir Handanović, and Felipe, they lost 6–4 on aggregate. Fabio Quagliarella managed eight goals in the campaign. They finished the season in the seventh spot, missing out on any European football the following year.
The 2009–10 season was an extremely disappointing ones for the players and fans alike. Even though Antonio Di Natale managed to score 29 goals in the league and finished top goalscorer, the season was spent battling against relegation. In the end, they finished in 15th, nine points and three places clear of the relegation zone. The only highlight of the campaign was reaching the semi-final of the Coppa Italia, beating Lumezzane in the round of 16, Milan in the quarter-finals, and eventually losing 2–1 to Roma on aggregate.
In the summer transfer window of 2010, Udinese sold Gaetano D'Agostino, Simone Pepe, Marco Motta, and Aleksandar Luković. They also brought in players that proved to be the key to their success in the 2010–11 Serie A; Mehdi Benatia and Pablo Armero, a central defender and wing back, respectively. After a poor start to the season, losing their first four games and drawing the fifth, Udinese went on to record their highest points total in history and finished in the fourth position, again earning themselves a spot in the Champions League qualifying round. Di Natale, with 28 goals, became the first back-to-back capocannoniere since Lazio's Giuseppe Signori accomplished the feat in 1993 and 1994. A 0–0 home draw with Milan on the final matchday secured the Champions League spot for Udinese. Coach Francesco Guidolin kept his promise of "dancing like Boateng" if they qualified for the Champions League and did a little jig in the middle of the pitch. In the Coppa Italia, Udinese lost to Sampdoria in the round of 16 on penalties after the match ended 2–2.
The 2011–12 season continued in much the same fashion, even though Udinese lost three key players to larger clubs — Alexis Sánchez to FC Barcelona, Gökhan Inler to Napoli, and Cristián Zapata to Villarreal CF. In the Champions League qualifying round, Udinese were drawn against Arsenal and lost the away leg 1–0. At the Stadio Friuli, Udinese lost 2–1, 3–1 on aggregate, and entered the Europa League group phase. Antonio Di Natale missing a penalty that at the time would have taken Udinese through. Domestically, Udinese started strong but with their quality shown in defence, conceding the least of all teams after 15 games, only seven.
Honours[link]
- Mitropa Cup: 1
- 1980
- Anglo-Italian Cup: 1
- 1978
- Coppa Italia Primavera: 1
- 1993
- Campionato Nazionale Primavera: 1
- 1981
- Coppa Italia Serie C: 1
- 1978
Current squad[link]
As of 4 January 2012[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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References[link]
- ^ "Ufficializzati i numeri di maglia per la Stagione Sportiva 2011/2012" (in Italian). Udinese Calcio. 27 november 2011. http://udinese.it/script/view.php?id=1437. Retrieved 27 november 2011.
External links[link]
- Official website (Italian) (Friulian) (Spanish) (English)
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez | ||
| Date of birth | (1988-12-19) 19 December 1988 (age 23)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Tocopilla, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)[2] | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Barcelona | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2005 | Cobreloa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2005–2006 | Cobreloa | 47 | (12) |
| 2006–2007 | Colo-Colo | 32 | (5) |
| 2007–2008 | River Plate | 23 | (4) |
| 2008–2011 | Udinese | 95 | (20) |
| 2011– | Barcelona | 25 | (12) |
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| 2006– | Chile | 45 | (14) |
| 2007 | Chile U20 | 12 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 May 2012. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈleksis ˈsantʃes]; born 19 December 1988), is a Chilean footballer who plays as a forward for FC Barcelona and for the Chilean national team. He is well known for his excellent dribbling ability, great speed, and his unusual strength for a fast winger.
Sánchez began his career as a youth player for Cobreloa in 2003, aged 15, for then be promoted to the first adult team, two years later. His precocious talent caught the attention of Udinese, team of the Italian Serie A, and signed the 17-year-old for US$3million in May 2006, but was immediately loaned out to Colo-Colo, and then River Plate where he was able to mature in less physically demanding confines than the Italian first division.
He joined Udinese after becoming champion of the Argentine and Chilean leagues in June 2008. Sánchez made a steady progress in his first two seasons at Udinese, and in the 2010–11 season he established himself as one of the key player's that allowed Udinese to finish fourth in Serie A. On 27 February 2011, Sánchez scored four of seven goals as his team defeated Palermo 7-0, playing only the first 52 minutes of the game. This event meant he broke the record of goals scored by a Chilean player (in a single match) in the Italian Serie A, thus beating the records set by his historic countrymen Marcelo Salas and Iván Zamorano.
Sánchez made his international debut for his national team against New Zealand in April 2006, becoming the youngest player ever playing for the national team with only 17 years and 4 months, and scored his first goal against Switzerland in a 2–1 loss, being also the first goal of the Marcelo Bielsa era. During the Bielsa period, he was Chile's top scorer with 12 goals, surpassing Humberto Suazo's previous record of 11 goals.
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Early life[link]
Sánchez was born in Tocopilla to a family of fishermen. His biological father abandoned Sánchez and his family to go work in a mine, leaving Sánchez to help his family out financially from an early age.
According to his relatives and his closest friends, Sánchez was an extroverted boy at school. Sánchez washed cars in a graveyard to earn some money. His fanaticism for football was shared with all his family, especially with José Delaigue, his uncle-in law and adoptive father. Being a former amateur football player, Delaigue saw great potential in the young Sánchez.[3]
At the age of 15 while playing football with his friends in the neighborhood, he impressed the mayor of Tocopilla, who awarded him his first football boots. The mayor's decision was a worthwhile one, while playing for Tocopilla in a regional tournament, Sánchez dominated, in one particular match he scored 8 goals.
Club career[link]
Udinese[link]
Loan spells[link]
In July 2006, he was loaned to one of Chile's biggest teams, Colo-Colo on a season-long deal. His loan was due to a maturation project[citation needed] that Udinese implemented with youth players. After a notable season in the Cacique, and winning two league titles, it was assumed that Sánchez would return to Italy. He was loaned out again, however, this time to Argentina's River Plate.
Return to Udinese[link]
After a successful season in Argentina, in July 2008, Sánchez left South America to officially join Udinese, where he would suit up with Chilean compatriot Mauricio Isla. Sánchez made his non-competitive debut in a 3–0 win over Bassano and was named the man of match.[4] On 14 September, he played his first game in Serie A in a 1–0 loss with Juventus and four days later, he made his European debut against Borussia Dortmund. On 19 October 2008, Sánchez scored his first league goal against Lecce. After this first goal, Sánchez got into a minor slump, in which he took much criticism. The criticism ended after scoring the winning goal in the 90th minute against Bologna in a 1–0 win, being named the man of match.[citation needed]
In the following season, Sánchez played an important role for Udinese at Coppa Italia 2009–10, being a key player in the team that eliminated Milan, assisting Gökhan Inler for the winning goal.[5] In the semi-final second leg, Sánchez was the man of match after playing a successful game against Roma, including scoring his first Coppa Italia goal in the 81st minute. It was not enough, however, as the aggregate score was 2–1 in favor of Roma.[6] By the end of this year, Sánchez scored a total of five goals (four at the end of tournament) in 32 appearances.
On 27 February 2011, Sánchez scored four of seven goals as his team defeated Palermo 7–0, playing only the first 52 minutes of the game. This event meant he broke the record of goals scored by a Chilean player (in a single match) in the Italian Serie A,[7] thus beating the records set by his historic countrymen Marcelo Salas and Iván Zamorano.
During his successful season at Udinese Calcio, Sánchez and Italian striker Antonio Di Natale became one of the best scoring duos in Serie A tallying 39 goals between then, two goals short of the Del Piero–Trezeguet duo that completed 41 goals in the 2007–08 season. In recognition of his achievements he was named the world's most promising youngster of the 2011 season, by the users of FIFA.com, where users had to choose between Sánchez, Gareth Bale, Javier Pastore, Ganso and Neymar in a poll.[8] Sánchez ranked 56th in the May 2011 edition of Castrol Performance Index and 24th among the forwards.
Barcelona[link]
On 20 July 2011, FC Barcelona confirmed they had agreed a €26 million fee (plus €11m in certain bonuses) with Udinese for the transfer of Sánchez, thus becoming the first Chilean to ever play for the club.[9][10][11] "Sánchez is very young," said manager Josep Guardiola. "He can play in all three attacking positions, he shows intense defensive skills, he's direct and from what I've been told, he's a very nice kid."[10] The transfer was finalised five days later when he passed a medical and signed a five-year contract.[12][13] "I want to learn from players like Lionel Messi and Xavi Hernández—and I want to help the club win more titles," said Sánchez.[12]
The Chilean star's debut season for the blaugrana was heavily plagued with short-term injuries. Sanchez made his debut on 14 August 2011 against arch rivals Real Madrid in the 2012 Supercopa de España first leg away match, and picked up a thigh injury after a tough challenge by Marcelo.[14] Barcelona won the tie 5-4 on aggregate. He made his return two weeks later as a substitute in the 2012 UEFA Super Cup, won by Barca 2-0. Alexis then started the opening match of La Liga, at home against Villarreal CF, and scored his first goal in a 5-0 win. A week later, on 10 September 2011, he was stretchered off after 30 minutes following a challenge from Dani Estrada in a La Liga match against Real Sociedad.[15] Sánchez returned on 1 November 2011 in an away match against Viktoria Plzeň.[16] He also scored against Real Madrid on 10 December 2011 to equalize the game which they went on to win 1-3.
On 14 February 2012, Sánchez scored the first and second UEFA Champions League goals of his career in Barcelona's 3-1 victory against Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
International career[link]
Sánchez made his international debut for his national team against New Zealand on 27 April 2006. He was called up by the coach José Sulantay to play with his country in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup celebrated in Canada, achieving an historic performance, finishing in third place of the tournament.
After his participation in the youth championship, he scored his first goal in the Marcelo Bielsa era in a 2–1 loss against Switzerland on 7 September 2007. Due to the three-months injury that he suffered playing for River Plate, Sánchez missed the first four games of the FIFA World Cup qualification. Fully recovered now, he led to Chile to the 2010 FIFA World Cup, becoming the team's star player. His best game during the qualifiers was in a 4–0 win over Bolivia, scoring two goals of the victory.
Prior to the 2011 Copa América, Sánchez had scored 2 goals in 4 games, against Uruguay and Estonia. On 29 June 2011, he was selected in the 23-man squad for Copa América.
International goals[link]
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| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1. | 7 September 2007 | Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria |  Switzerland |
1–1 | 2–1 | Friendly match |
| 2. | 4 June 2008 | Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua, Chile |  Guatemala |
1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly match |
| 3. | 4 June 2008 | Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua, Chile | Guatemala |
2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly match |
| 4. | 11 February 2009 | Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane, South Africa |  South Africa |
0–2 | 0–2 | Friendly match |
| 5. | 28 March 2009 | Estadio Monumental "U", Lima, Peru |  Peru |
0–1 | 1–3 | 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification |
| 6. | 10 June 2009 | Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago, Chile |  Bolivia |
3–0 | 4–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification |
| 7. | 10 June 2009 | Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago, Chile | Bolivia |
4–0 | 4–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification |
| 8. | 12 August 2009 | Brøndby Stadium, Brøndby, Denmark |  Denmark |
1–2 | 1–2 | Friendly match |
| 9. | 26 May 2010 | Estadio Municipal de Calama, Calama, Chile |  Zambia |
1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly match |
| 10. | 26 May 2010 | Estadio Municipal de Calama, Calama, Chile | Zambia |
2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly match |
| 11. | 30 May 2010 | Estadio Municipal de Concepción, Concepción, Chile |  Israel |
2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly match |
| 12. | 17 November 2010 | Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago, Chile |  Uruguay |
1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly match |
| 13. | 19 June 2011 | Estadio Monumental, Santiago, Chile |  Estonia |
4–0 | 4–0 | Friendly match |
| 14. | 8 July 2011 | Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza, Argentina | Uruguay |
1–1 | 1–1 | 2011 Copa América |
Career statistics[link]
Club[link]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental1 | Others2 | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | ||
| Cobreloa | 2005 | 35 | 3 | – | – | 3 | 0 | - | – | 38 | 3 | – | ||||
| 2006 | 12 | 9 | – | – | – | – | 12 | 9 | – | |||||||
| Total | 47 | 12 | – | – | 3 | 0 | – | – | 50 | 12 | – | |||||
| Colo-Colo | 2006 | 18 | 4 | – | – | 9 | 1 | – | – | 27 | 5 | – | ||||
| 2007 | 14 | 1 | – | – | 7 | 3 | – | – | 21 | 4 | – | |||||
| Total | 32 | 5 | – | – | 16 | 4 | – | – | 48 | 9 | – | |||||
| River Plate | 2007–08 | 23 | 4 | – | – | 8 | 0 | – | – | 31 | 4 | – | ||||
| Total | 23 | 4 | – | – | 8 | 0 | – | – | 31 | 4 | – | |||||
| Udinese | 2008–09 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | – | 43 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2009–10 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 36 | 6 | 3 | |||||
| 2010–11 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 33 | 12 | 6 | |||||
| Total | 95 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | – | 112 | 21 | 11 | |||
| Barcelona | 2011–12 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 15 | 5 |
| Total | 25 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 15 | 5 | |
| Career total | 222 | 53 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 282 | 61 | 16 | |
1Includes continental competitive competitions, including the Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana and UEFA Champions League.
2Includes other competitive competitions, including the FIFA Club World Cup, Supercopa de España and UEFA Super Cup.
Statistics accurate as of match played 29 April 2012[18][19][20][21]
National team[link]
| Chile national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2006 | 5 | 0 |
| 2007 | 4 | 1 |
| 2008 | 9 | 2 |
| 2009 | 9 | 5 |
| 2010 | 7 | 4 |
| 2011 | 8 | 2 |
| Total | 42 | 14 |
Honours[link]
Club[link]
- Colo-Colo
- Chilean Primera División (2): 2006 Clausura, 2007 Apertura
- Copa Sudamericana (1): Runner-up 2006
- River Plate
- Barcelona
- Copa del Rey (1): 2011–12
- Supercopa de España (1): 2011
- UEFA Super Cup (1): 2011
- FIFA Club World Cup (1) : 2011
International[link]
- FIFA U-20 World Cup (1): Third place 2007
Individual[link]
- Serie A Player of the Month (1): February 2011
Personal life[link]
Sánchez's adoptive father, José Delaigue, died of a heart attack in June 2011 at age 75. On 19 June, in Chile's 4–0 win over Estonia, on his team's last goal that Sánchez scored he removed his jersey during his celebration to reveal a photo of Delaigue on his undershirt.
References[link]
- ^ "Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez". soccerway.com. http://www.soccerway.com/players/alexis-sanchez/4117. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
- ^ "Alexis Alejandro Sánchez". FC Barcelona. http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/english/futbol/temporada_11-12/plantilla/jugadors/Alexis.html. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
- ^ "La historia de Alexis: de lavador de autos a estrella del Barcelona" (in Spanish). terra.cl. 21 July 2011. http://deportescl.terra.cl/futbol/europeo/2012/noticias/0,,OI5254318-EI18089,00-La+historia+de+Alexis+de+lavador+de+autos+a+estrella+del+Barcelona.html.
- ^ "Gran debut de Alexis Sánchez en Udinese" (in Spanish). adn mundo.cl. http://www.adnmundo.com/contenidos/deportes/gran_debut_chileno_alexis_sanchez_udinese_futbol_italia_27_07_08_deportes.html. Retrieved 27 July 2008.
- ^ "Gokhan Inler Sends The Rossoneri Packing From Coppa Italia". goal.com. http://www.goal.com/en/news/1036/coppa-italia/2010/01/27/1764330/milan-0-1-udinese-gokhan-inler-sends-milan-packing-from. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
- ^ "Alexis Sánchez anotó en eliminación de Udinese ante la Roma" (in Italian). triunfo.cl. http://www.triunfo.cl/prontus_triunfo/site/artic/20100421/pags/20100421143829.html. Retrieved 22 April 2009.
- ^ "Alexis Sanchez’s Quart-Trick Demolished Palermo". serieaticketsonline.com. http://www.serieaticketsonline.com/alexis-sanchezs-quart-trick-demolished-palermo/. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
- ^ "Udinese's Alexis Sanchez voted the world's most promising youngster in Fifa poll". Goal.com. http://www.goal.com/en/news/1699/chile/2011/06/17/2536401/udineses-alexis-sanchez-voted-the-worlds-most-promising. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ^ "Barça sign Alexis Sánchez". FC Barcelona. 20 July 2011. http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/english/noticies/futbol/temporada11-12/07/21/n110720118483.html. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
- ^ a b "Alexis Sanchez joins Barcelona from Udinese for £23m". BBC Sport. 21 July 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14240148.stm. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ^ "Barcelona confirm £23.75m deal to buy Alexis Sánchez from Udinese". The Guardian. 21 July 2011. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/jul/21/barcelona-buy-alexis-sanchez-udinese. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ^ a b "Barcelona new boy Sanchez fits straight in... with call for Fabregas to join him". Daily Mail. 25 July 2011. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2018586/Barcelonas-Alexis-Sanchez-wants-team-Cesc-Fabregas.html. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ^ "Messi and Sanchez miss Barcelona's Stateside clash with Man United". Daily Mail. 26 July 2011. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2018823/Messi-Sanchez-miss-Barcelonas-clash-Man-United.html. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ^ http://www.barcaloco.com/2011/08/alexis-sanchez-sidelined-one-week-with-injury/
- ^ http://twitter.com/#!/FCBarcelona/status/112563930005635073
- ^ http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=331221&cc=5739
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- ^ "Alexis Sánchez stats" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. http://www.gazzetta.it/speciali/risultati_classifiche/calcio/giocatori/giocatore_alexis_alejandro_sanchez_272431665.shtml?campionato=seriea. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
- ^ "Sánchez career stats". Transfermarkt. http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/%20/leistungsdaten/spieler_40433_2010.html#CIT. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
- ^ "Goal against Rayo Vallecano was officially given to Sánchez by referee" (in Spanish). Real Federación Española de Fútbol. http://actas.rfef.es/actas/RFEF_CmpPartido?cod_primaria=1000144&CodActa=16983. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
External links[link]
- FC Barcelona profile
- La Liga profile
- Transfermarkt profile
- 2010 FIFA World Cup profile
- Alexis Sánchez at National-Football-Teams.com
- Alexis Sánchez – FIFA competition record
- Alexis Sánchez – UEFA competition record
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| Persondata | |
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| Name | Sanchez Sanchez, Alexis Alejandro |
| Alternative names | |
| Short description | Chilean footballer |
| Date of birth | 19 December 1989 |
| Place of birth | Tocopilla, Chile |
| Date of death | |
| Place of death | |
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 Abdi (right) playing for Zürich |
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1986-10-21) 21 October 1986 (age 25)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Prizren, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)[2] | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Udinese | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Zürich | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2003–2009 | Zürich | 132 | (31) |
| 2009–2010 | Le Mans | 13 | (0) |
| 2010– | Udinese | 42 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007–2008 | Switzerland U21 | 5 | (0) |
| 2008– | Switzerland | 6 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 May 2012. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Almen Abdi (born 21 October 1986) is a Swiss footballer of Albanian descent who plays as a midfielder for Udinese, having previously played for Zürich and Le Mans. He has been capped by the Switzerland national team.
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Career[link]
Zürich[link]
Abdi was part of the 2005–06, 2006–07 and 2008–09 Swiss Championship winning Zürich squad. He was awarded an improved contract in June 2006 which would last until the summer of 2010. Having finished as the club's top goalscorer in the 2008–09 league campaign, Abdi was dropped to the reserve team in November 2009 along with team-mate Andrés Vasquez, with Zürich stating they were planning for the future without the duo.[3]
Le Mans[link]
In January 2010, Abdi was transferred to Le Mans on a six-month contract with the option to extend at a later date should the club remain in Ligue 1.[4][5] Le Mans failed to avoid relegation to Ligue 2 at the end of the campaign, with Abdi making 13 appearances.
Udinese[link]
In April 2012, Abdi confirmed that he would be joining Udinese in the summer when he became a free agent.[6] In Udine, he made 19 appearances in the 2010–11 season, most of them coming from the bench. In the 2011–2012 season, Abdi scored his first goal for the club on 29 September in the Europa League, after converting the penalty to equalise against Celtic at Celtic Park.[7]
International career[link]
He made his senior Switzerland international debut against Cyprus on 20 August 2008.
References[link]
- ^ "Almen Abdi" (in French). L'Equipe. http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur27530.html. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- ^ "Almen Abdi". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. http://uk.soccerway.com/players/almen-abdi/11491/. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- ^ "Zürich drop midfield duo". UEFA. 10 November 2009. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=919121.html. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- ^ "Almen Abdi au MUC 72" (in French). Le Mans FC. 3 January 2010. http://www.lemansfc.fr/actualite/almen-abdi-au-muc-72-4041.html. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- ^ "Abdi to leave Zürich for Le Mans". UEFA. 9 December 2009. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=932428.html. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- ^ D'Andrea, Rick (7 April 2010). "Former Zurich Midfielder Almen Abdi Ready To Sign For Udinese". Goal.com. http://www.goal.com/en/news/10/italy/2010/04/07/1868468/former-zurich-midfielder-almen-abdi-ready-to-sign-for. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- ^ McGuire, Annie (29 September 2011). "Celtic 1–1 Udinese". BBC Sport. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/15014638. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
External links[link]
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| Persondata | |
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| Name | Abdi, Almen |
| Alternative names | |
| Short description | Swiss footballer |
| Date of birth | 21 October 1986 |
| Place of birth | Prizren, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Date of death | |
| Place of death | |
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