Andrea Barzagli

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Personal information
Andrea Barzagli

Full name	Andrea Barzagli
Date of birth	May 8, 1981 (age 25)
Place of birth	Fiesole, Italy
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Palermo
Number	43
Youth clubs
?-1998	Rondinella
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998-2000 2000 2001 2001-2003 2003-2004 2004-	Rondinella Pistoiese Rondinella Ascoli ChievoVerona Palermo	51 (3) 5 (0) 13 (1) 46 (3) 29 (3) 72 (2)
National team²
2003-2004 2004-	Italy U-21 Italy	15 (0) 13 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 20, 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of November 15, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Competitor for Italy
Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Bronze	2004 Athens	Team Competition

Andrea Barzagli, Cavaliere (born May 8, 1981 in Fiesole) is an Italian footballer who plays in the role of defender for Serie A team US Palermo.

His first football appearances were for Rondinella Firenze; then he played for Pistoiese, Ascoli and Chievo, before being signed by Palermo in the summer of 2004.

He has 12 caps for Italy national football team, and was promoted to the role of starter for the 2006 FIFA World Cup quarter-final against Ukraine after an injury to Alessandro Nesta and the suspension of Marco Materazzi.

Barzagli also won a bronze medal with the Olympic team in 2004.

This season there has been constant speculation about his future with Juventus tipped to sign him either during the January transfer window or at the end of the season.

[edit] Quotations

I'm a big fan of Andrea Barzagli, who's playing really well for Palermo at the moment.

– Fabio Cannavaro, When asked about the next great Italian defender, [1]

[edit] External links

Barzagli's profile (from US Palermo official website)

	Italy squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Champions (4th Title)
1 Buffon \| 2 Zaccardo \| 3 Grosso \| 4 De Rossi \| 5 Cannavaro \| 6 Barzagli \| 7 Del Piero \| 8 Gattuso \| 9 Toni \| 10 Totti \| 11 Gilardino \| 12 Peruzzi \| 13 Nesta \| 14 Amelia \| 15 Iaquinta \| 16 Camoranesi \| 17 Barone \| 18 Inzaghi \| 19 Zambrotta \| 20 Perrotta \| 21 Pirlo \| 22 Oddo \| 23 Materazzi \| Coach: Lippi

U.S. Città di Palermo - Current Squad
1 Agliardi \| 2 Zaccardo \| 4 Tedesco \| 5 Corini \| 7 Cavani \| 8 Diana \| 9 Matusiak \| 10 Caracciolo \| 11 Amauri \| 12 Fontana \| 14 Guana \| 15 Dellafiore \| 16 Cassani \| 17 Di Michele \| 18 Giacomazzi \| 20 Sirigu \| 21 Biava \| 22 Ciaramitaro \| 23 Bresciano \| 26 Pisano \| 30 Simplício \| 32 Capuano \| 43 Barzagli \| 50 Ficano \| 53 Cossentino \| 90 Brienza \| Coach: Guidolin