Maurizio Gaudino

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Maurizio Gaudino
Full name	Maurizio Gaudino
Date of birth	December 12, 1966 (1966-12-12) (age 41)
Place of birth	Brühl, Germany
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder
Youth clubs
1972-1981 1981-1984	TSG Rheinau SV Waldhof Mannheim
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1984-1987 1987-1993 1993-1997 1994-1995 1995-1996 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2002 2003	SV Waldhof Mannheim VfB Stuttgart Eintracht Frankfurt → Manchester City (loan) → Club América (loan) FC Basel VfL Bochum Antalyaspor SV Waldhof Mannheim	060 0(9) 171 (30) 075 (16) 020 0(2)
National team
1993-1994	Germany	005 0(1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Maurizio Gaudino (born 12 December 1966 in Brühl) is a retired German football midfielder.

He was capped five times for Germany in 1993 and 1994, and was in their squad for the 1994 World Cup.

Gaudino played 294 Bundesliga games for Waldhof Mannheim, VfB Stuttgart, Eintracht Frankfurt and VfL Bochum. He won the league title with Stuttgart in 1992. In 1995 he was loaned out to Manchester City FC and helped the team end the season with some magnificent performances including a 3-2 victory over the league champions that year Blackburn Rovers FC. He transferred to Antalyaspor in 1999 and played for them until Antalyaspor's relagation to Second League A Category in 2001-2002 season.

In 1994 he hit the headlines when he was arrested after a television appearance for alleged insurance fraud. Later he was convicted to a two years sentence set out to parole.

After retiring Gaudino coached Waldhof Mannheim, making an unexpected comeback playing a single match on 12 August 2005. He also played in a charity match in 2006 in England where he was infamously fouled by Boris Johnson^[1].

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^ Video of Gaudino being fouled

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Official site

v • d • e Germany squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup

1 Illgner • 2 Strunz • 3 Brehme • 4 Kohler • 5 Helmer • 6 Buchwald • 7 Möller • 8 Häßler • 9 Riedle • 10 Matthäus • 11 Kuntz • 12 Köpke • 13 Völler • 14 Berthold • 15 Gaudino • 16 Sammer • 17 Wagner • 18 Klinsmann • 19 Kirsten • 20 Effenberg • 21 Basler • 22 Kahn • Coach: Vogts