Manuel Pasqual

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Manuel Pasqual

Full name	Manuel Pasqual
Date of birth	March 13, 1982 (1982-03-13) (age 26)
Place of birth	San Donà di Piave, Italy
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	Fiorentina
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2005 2005-	Derthona Pordenone Treviso Arezzo Fiorentina	15 (0) 30 (1) 2 (0) 108 (3) 95 (1)
National team²
2006	Italy	2 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 20, 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of November 15, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Manuel Pasqual (born March 13, 1982 in San Donà di Piave, Venice) is a footballer for ACF Fiorentina of Serie A and the Italy national football team. He is a left-back, who is well known for assisting his teammates from his accurate crosses. He is also a dead ball specialist and often takes free-kicks as well as corners for the Viola.

After a couple of seasons playing for lowly-placed Serie D teams such as Derthona and Pordenone, Pasqual joined Serie C1's A.C. Arezzo in January 2002, having previously played for Ternana, at that point also a team in Serie C1. Pasqual became a key player at Arezzo, and one of the main catalysts for promotion into Serie B. Pasqual played one more remarkable season for Arezzo, before joining Fiorentina in 2005, the club having first gained 50% ownership of the player before making a full bid for his services in Summer 2006.[1]

He is currently a regular for the viola, and his performances earned him a national team call up by former Italy coach Marcello Lippi, who capped him for a friendly match against Germany, played at his club's home stadium in Florence, the Stadio Artemio Franchi, on March 1, 2006. Italy sensationally won the match by 4 goals to 1, but Pasqual only entered the game in the last few minutes. He has also attracted the attention of Italy's new coach, Roberto Donadoni, who called him up for Italy's Euro 2008 qualification matches against Lithuania and France in September and matches against Ukraine and Georgia in October. Tottenham Hotspur, giants of the Premier Laegue, were rumoured to be interested in him, but nothing came of this.