Gennaro Gattuso

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Gennaro Gattuso

Full name	Gennaro Ivan Gattuso
Date of birth	January 9, 1978 (age 29)
Place of birth	Corigliano Calabro, Italy
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Nickname	Ringhio (Growl)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Milan
Number	8
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-	Perugia Rangers Salernitana Milan	027 (2) 040 (3) 026 (3) 293 (7)
National team²
1997-2000 2000-	Italy U-21 Italy	021 (1) 050 (1)^[1]
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 August 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Gennaro "Rino" Ivan Gattuso, Cavaliere OMRI (born January 9, 1978 in Corigliano Calabro) is an Italian World Cup winning footballer. His position is a defensive midfielder. He currently plays for A.C. Milan, with whom he won the UEFA Champions League in the season 2002/2003 and "Scudetto" in the 2003/04 season.

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Gattuso started his career at the Italian side Perugia, but transferred in July 1997 at the age of 19 to the Scottish team Rangers. Walter Smith, who brought Gattuso to Glasgow, left the club in 1998. Smith's successor, Dick Advocaat, did not favour Gattuso, and after being played out-of-position as a right-back, the Italian was sold in October 1998 to Salernitana for £4m.

Milan spent £8m on Gattuso in 1999. His footballing ability has improved since moving to a more pass-orientated Milan side. His style allowed Milan manager Carlo Ancelotti to place the attacking Andrea Pirlo to adopt a defensive formation. Gattuso, who sometimes is listed as a winger, does not send too many crosses like a typical winger would normally send. Instead, Gattuso plays a deeper role and moves up to the center of the field in defence. He often moves forward to win the ball for the forward players, and then returns to his defensive position. He has a typical style of play where he has fierce tackling and is very hard working. He is also known for his sportsmanship, evident when he takes people down in a tackle.

In December 2005, at the final whistle of Milan's 3-2 defeat of Schalke 04 in the UEFA Champions League, Gattuso was seen seeking out and taunting Schalke's midfielder Christian Poulsen^[2] as a reaction to Poulsen's taunting (and hindering) of Kakà in the first leg. Gattuso insisted that the press blew his comments way out of proportion. However, his temper occasionally gets the best of him; in a Champions League group stage match against AFC Ajax in September 2003, he was sent off in the midst of second-half injury time after backhanding Ajax striker Zlatan Ibrahimović in the face.

The British press has also often stated his alleged wish to join Manchester United, although Gattuso has often publicly denounced these rumours. [1], stating "I am certain that I will remain at AC Milan and that I will play in Serie A next season.". However he has recently stated a desire to rejoin Rangers, where he quotes "I don't know when it will happen but it will happen". The Italian still holds major ties with Rangers and clearly believes he has unfinished business at Ibrox.[2] He later went back on the claim.[3]. On February 1, 2007, he extended his current deal with Milan till 2011.

He played his 300th game for Milan in a 0-0 Champions League draw against Lille on September 26, 2006.

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The current high profile Gattuso now enjoys is due to his time at Milan and his participation as part of the Italian national squad. He has been capped over fifty times for his country and played in the 2000 Summer Olympics, the 2002 World Cup, the Euro 2004 and the 2006 World Cup, being one of the key players for the Italian team, winning the Man of the Match award in the 2006 FIFA World Cup knockout stage match against Ukraine.

Gattuso gained a measure of notoriety for his postmatch celebration after Italy won the World Cup, during which he removed his shorts and ran around the pitch pantless, until FIFA officials forced him to cover up. He has been praised for his hard-working, strong but respectable style of playing - which, over the years, earned him the nickname of Ringhio ("Growl", or "the Snarler").

[edit] Trivia

Gattuso is the brother-in law to GMTV 's LA correspondent Carla Romano.
He was one of several Milan players to make cameo appearances in the 2006 Italian football movie "Eccezzziunale... veramente: capitolo secondo... me".
He still has links to Glasgow after marrying long-time girlfriend Monica, whom he met while playing for Rangers. They have one daughter, Gabriela.
He was pranked on the hit Italian Candid Camera-style TV show Scherzi a Parte.
His other nicknames are Ringhio, Braveheart, and The Snarling Dog.
Gattuso and several of his teammates shaved their heads during a post-match celebration after winning the '06 World Cup. He continues to keep his hair closely cropped today in honor of the occasion.

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Gennaro Gattuso Tactical Formations at Football-Lineups.com

Gattuso's profile and stats - FootballDatabase.com
Eccezzziunale... veramente 2 - The Internet Movie Database

	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

	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

A.C. Milan - Current Squad

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