Francesco Toldo

Personal information
Full name	Francesco Toldo
Date of birth	(1971-12-02) 2 December 1971 (age 40)
Place of birth	Padua, Italy
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1983–1985	USMA Casselle
1985–1987	Montebelluna
1987–1990	Milan
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1990–1993	Milan	0	(0)
1990–1991	→ Verona (loan)	0	(0)
1991–1992	→ Trento (loan)	38	(0)
1992–1993	→ Ravenna (loan)	31	(0)
1993–2001	Fiorentina	266	(0)
2001–2010	Internazionale	148	(0)
Total		483	(0)
National team
1993–1994	Italy U21	8	(0)
1995–2004	Italy	28	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Francesco Toldo (born 2 December 1971) is a retired Italian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

In a professional career which spanned two full decades, he mainly represented Fiorentina and Internazionale (eight and nine seasons respectively), winning a total of 15 titles combined – in his last five years, however, he was solely a backup for the Nerazzurri.

For Italy, Toldo appeared in five international competitions, being a starter in Euro 2000.

Club career[link]

Born in Padua, Veneto, Toldo started his career with A.C. Milan; however, he never played a game with the club, being loaned during his link, successively to Hellas Verona FC, Trentino Calcio 1921 and Ravenna Calcio.

He then joined ACF Fiorentina, and became the Viola club's starter for eight seasons, winning the Coppa Italia twice, and playing in one edition of the UEFA Champions League. One year before Fiorentina faced bankruptcy, in 2001, Toldo transferred to F.C. Internazionale Milano, where he was the number one until the summer of 2005, when Brazilian Júlio César relegated him to the bench, after he had elected to sit out Inter's summer friendly match tour of England.

Toldo practising with Internazionale

Toldo briefly regained first-choice status in February 2006, following his signing of a contract extension (until June 2009^[1]) and a slip in form by César, not before rumours linked him both to U.S. Città di Palermo, Milan and Fiorentina.

In April 2009, the 37-year old, still backing up César, signed a further two-year extension to his link, taking it to the summer of 2011.^[2][3]

In June 2010, it was reported that Toldo would retire from football after winning the treble,^[4] since the club had also signed a new backup keeper, Luca Castellazzi. It was formally announced on 7 July, via Inter Channel, the official club channel.^[5]

International career[link]

Toldo was capped 28 times for Italy. His debut came on 8 October 1995, replacing Gianfranco Zola after the ejection of Luca Bucci, in a 1–1 draw in Croatia for the UEFA Euro 1996 qualifiers. He was picked up for the finals in England, as a reserve.

Despite facing competition from high profile keepers such as Gianluca Pagliuca, Angelo Peruzzi and Gianluigi Buffon, Toldo was chosen to start in Euro 2000, as Buffon broke his hand in a friendly match against Norway just eight days before the tournament started.

He helped his country to finish runner-up behind France, saving one penalty during the semi-final against hosts Netherlands, adding two in the successful shootout.

Additionally, Toldo was an unused reserve in Italy's 1998 FIFA World Cup, 2002 World Cup and Euro 2004 squads, after which he announced his retirement from international football.

Statistics[link]

Club[link]

International[link]

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Honours[link]

Team[link]

Fiorentina

• Coppa Italia: 1995–96, 2000–01
• Supercoppa Italiana: 1996

Inter

• UEFA Champions League: 2009–10
• Serie A: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
• Coppa Italia: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2009–10
• Supercoppa Italiana: 2005, 2006, 2008

Individual[link]

• Serie A: Goalkeeper of the Year 2000
• UEFA European Football Championship: All-Star-Team 2000

References[link]

External links[link]

• Inter official profile
• Stats at Tutto Calciatori (Italian)
• La Gazzetta dello Sport profile (2009–10) (Italian)
• La Gazzetta dello Sport profile (2007–08) (Italian)
• National team data (Italian)
• Francesco Toldo at National-Football-Teams.com
• Francesco Toldo – FIFA competition record
• WorldFootball profile
• FootballDatabase profile and stats
• Official website

Italy squad v t e Italy squad – UEFA Euro 1996 1 Peruzzi 2 Apolloni 3 Maldini (c) 4 Carboni 5 Costacurta 6 Nesta 7 Donadoni 8 Mussi 9 Torricelli 10 Albertini 11 D. Baggio 12 Toldo 13 Rossitto 14 Del Piero 15 Di Livio 16 Di Matteo 17 Fuser 18 Casiraghi 19 Chiesa 20 Ravanelli 21 Zola 22 Bucci Coach: Sacchi v t e Italy squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup 1 Toldo 2 Bergomi 3 P. Maldini (c) 4 Cannavaro 5 Costacurta 6 Nesta 7 Pessotto 8 Torricelli 9 Albertini 10 Del Piero 11 D. Baggio 12 Pagliuca 13 Cois 14 Di Biagio 15 Di Livio 16 Di Matteo 17 Moriero 18 R. Baggio 19 Inzaghi 20 Chiesa 21 Vieri 22 Buffon Coach: C. Maldini v t e Italy squad – UEFA Euro 2000 Runners-up 1 Abbiati 2 Ferrara 3 Maldini (c) 4 Albertini 5 Cannavaro 6 Negro 7 Di Livio 8 Conte 9 Inzaghi 10 Del Piero 11 Pessotto 12 Toldo 13 Nesta 14 Di Biagio 15 Iuliano 16 Ambrosini 17 Zambrotta 18 Fiore 19 Montella 20 Totti 21 Delvecchio 22 Antonioli Coach: Zoff v t e Italy squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Buffon 2 Panucci 3 Maldini (c) 4 Coco 5 Cannavaro 6 Zanetti 7 Del Piero 8 Gattuso 9 Inzaghi 10 Totti 11 Doni 12 Abbiati 13 Nesta 14 Di Biagio 15 Iuliano 16 Di Livio 17 Tommasi 18 Delvecchio 19 Zambrotta 20 Montella 21 Vieri 22 Toldo 23 Materazzi Coach: Trapattoni v t e Italy squad – UEFA Euro 2004 1 Buffon 2 Panucci 3 Oddo 4 Zanetti 5 Cannavaro (c) 6 Ferrari 7 Del Piero 8 Gattuso 9 Vieri 10 Totti 11 Corradi 12 Toldo 13 Nesta 14 Fiore 15 Favalli 16 Camoranesi 17 Di Vaio 18 Cassano 19 Zambrotta 20 Perrotta 21 Pirlo 22 Peruzzi 23 Materazzi Coach: Trapattoni