Cristian Zaccardo

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Personal information
Cristian Zaccardo

Full name	Cristian Zaccardo
Date of birth	December 21, 1981 (age 25)
Place of birth	Formigine, Italy
Playing position	Right back
Club information
Current club	Palermo
Youth clubs
?-2000	Bologna
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000-2001 2001-2004 2004-	Spezia Bologna Palermo	28 (0) 79 (3) 96 (2)
National team²
2002-2004 2004-	Italy U-21 Italy	21 (2) 16 (1)
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)

Cristian Zaccardo, Cavaliere (born December 21, 1981 in Formigine, Modena) is a world cup-winning Italian footballer who plays for Serie A team US Palermo and the Italy national football team.

One of the best products of the Bologna youth system, Zaccardo debuted in the first team in 2001, under the direction of coach Francesco Guidolin, immediately becoming a regular for the rossoblu and Italy's "Under 21" national team. He left Bologna in 2004 to join his former coach Guidolin in Palermo.

In the 2006 FIFA World Cup, he was the second player in the tournament to score an own goal when attempting to clear a free kick (The ball deflected off the side of his boot and went backwards into the net), while playing against the USA on June 17, 2006. The match eventually resulted in a 1-1 draw. Italy did not allow another goal all tournament until Zinedine Zidane converted a penalty kick against them in the early minutes of the final.

[edit] External links

Zaccardo's profile (from US Palermo official website)

Fan Site about Cristian Zaccardo

U.S. Città di Palermo - Current Squad
1 Agliardi \| 2 Zaccardo \| 3 Bovo \| 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

	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