Francesco Coco

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Personal information
Francesco Coco
Full name	Francesco Coco
Date of birth	January 8, 1977 (age 29)
Place of birth	Paternò, Italy
Height	181cm
Position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Inter Milan
Number	17
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1993-2002 1997-1998 1999-2000 2001-2002 2002- 2005-2006	AC Milan Vicenza (loan) Torino (loan) Barcelona Inter Milan Livorno (loan)	56 (2) 20 (0) 21 (0) 23 (0) 26 (0) 28 (0)
National team**
2000-2002	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.

Francesco Coco (born January 8, 1977 in Paternò) is an Italian football (soccer) defender, who currently plays for Internazionale of Serie A.

1 Club
2 National team
3 Outside the field
4 External links

[edit] Club

Prior to joining Inter, Coco played for AC Milan (1993-97, 1998-99, 2000-02), Vicenza (on loan, 1997-98), Torino (on loan, 1999-2000), and Barcelona (on loan, 2001-02). He won two scudetti with Milan. In 2002, AC Milan and Inter exchanged Coco for Dutch midfielder Clarence Seedorf. A deal worth 28 million euro. Coco was tipped to be the next great Italian left-back, but a serious injury hampered his form, and since, he has never managed to recover to full potential. in 2005/06, he was loaned to Livorno. Now he's back at Inter, but he wants to leave the club in january. Sampdoria are said to be interested in signing him.

[edit] National team

Coco played for the Italy U18 team in the intermediary round of 1995 European Under-18 Football Championship.

Coco played for Italy U21 team at the 1996, 1998 European Under-21 Football Championship Qualifying round, On 2000, he won the European Under-21 Football Championship. Also, Coco played for the Italy U23 team in the Men's Mediterranean Games Football Tournament 1997, won the gold medal.

Coco's full debut for the Italy is against Romania, 7 October 2000, at the 2002 World Cup Preliminaries. He also played for Italy in 2002 World Cup, but not selected since October 2002. Currently, he has 17 caps.

[edit] Outside the field

Coco is not only a football player but also a business man.Together with his father Antonino (Nino) Coco, he owns shops and has his own clothing label called "Urban 77". He used to live in Legnano, where he grew up. Coco is a real celebrity in Italy, and is well known in the "party" and "society" scene in Italy. Recently he was a guest at the Rai Due show "Quelli che il calcio", and at "100% Calcio" on Sky Sport 1. He also wrote the foreword for the recently published book "Mio marito e' un calciatore".
Coco was pranked on the hit Italian TV show "Scherzi a Parte".

[edit] External links

	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