Cristiano Zanetti

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Cristiano Zanetti
Personal information
Full name Cristiano Zanetti
Date of birth April 14, 1977 (1977-04-14) (age 31)
Place of birth    Carrara, Italy
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Juventus
Number 6
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1993–1996
1996–1997
1997–1998
1998
1998–1999
1999–2001
2001
2001–2006
2006–		 Fiorentina
Venezia
Reggina
Internazionale
Cagliari
A.S. Roma
Vicenza Calcio
Internazionale
Juventus		 04 (0)
21 (0)
31 (0)
00 (0)
18 (0)
38 (0)
02 (0)
98 (2)
51 (2)   
National team2
2001–2004 Italy 17 (1)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 19:20, 9 June 2008 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 21/11/2006.
* Appearances (Goals)

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

Zanetti moved to Juve in 2006 on a free transfer, despite the match-fixing controversy surrounding the Turin giants and their subsequent relegation. 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 related.

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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
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Italy squad - UEFA Euro 2004
1 Buffon • 2 Panucci • 3 Oddo • 4 Zanetti • 5 Cannavaro • 6 Ferrari • 7 Del Piero • 8 Gattuso • 9 Vieri • 10 Totti • 11 Corradi • 12 Toldo • 13 Nesta • 14 Fiore • 15 Favalli • 16 Camoranesi • 17 Di Vaio • 18 Cassano • 19 Zambrotta • 20 Perrotta • 21 Pirlo • 22 Peruzzi • 23 Materazzi • Coach: Trapattoni
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Juventus F.C. – current squad

1 Buffon • 2 Birindelli • 3 Chiellini • 5 Zebina • 6 Zanetti • 7 Salihamidžić • 8 Camoranesi • 9 Iaquinta • 10 Del Piero • 11 Nedvěd • 12 Belardi • 13 Vanstrattan • 14 Andrade • 17 Trezeguet • 20 Palladino • 21 Grygera • 22 Sissoko • 25 Stendardo • 28 Molinaro • 30 Tiago • 32 Marchionni • 33 Legrottaglie • 34 Ekdal • 36 Castiglia • -- Amauri • -- Mellberg • -- De Ceglie • Manager: Ranieri
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