Cristiano Zanetti

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Cristiano Zanetti
Personal information
Full name	Cristiano Zanetti
Date of birth	April 14, 1977
Place of birth	Carrara, Italy
Height	180cm
Position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Juventus
Number	6
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1993-1996 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998 1998-1999 1999-2001 2000-2001 2001-2006 2006-	Fiorentina Venezia Reggina Inter Milan Cagliari Roma Vicenza (loan) Inter Milan Juventus	4 (0) 21 (0) 31 (0) 0 (0) 18 (0) 28 (0) 2 (0) 98 (2) 8 (2)
National team**
2001-2004	Italy	17 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21/11/2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 21/11/2006.

Cristiano Zanetti (born April 14, 1977 in Carrara) is an Italian football defensive midfielder, who currently plays for Juventus of Serie B.

Zanetti recently moved to Juve on a free transfer, despite the recent controversy surrounding the Turin giants. This ended Zanetti's second spell with Inter, having previously played for them in 1998. He also played for Fiorentina (1993-96), Venezia (1996-97), Reggina (1997-98), Cagliari (1998-99), and AS Roma (1999-2001). He won one scudetto with Roma. Zanetti played for the Italian national team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2004. However, he has not been called up to Italian national team since Euro 2004. Currently he has 16 international caps and 1 international goal.

Despite having the same last name as former teammate Javier Zanetti, they are not realted.

	Italy squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup
1 Buffon | 2 Panucci | 3 Maldini | 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

Juventus F.C. - Current Squad
1 Buffon | 2 Birindelli | 3 Chiellini | 4 Kovač | 5 Tudor | 6 C. Zanetti | 8 Giannichedda | 9 Bojinov | 10 Del Piero | 11 Nedvěd | 12 Mirante | 13 Piccolo | 14 Balzaretti | 15 Marchisio | 16 Camoranesi | 17 Trézéguet | 18 Boumsong | 19 Paro | 20 Palladino | 22 Belardi | 23 Guzmán | 25 Zalayeta | 27 Zebina | 29 De Ceglie | 30 Legrottaglie | 32 Marchionni | 33 Urbano | Coach Deschamps