Birthday: 1977 February 19
Height: 18 1cm
Weight: 76 kg
Nationality: Italy
Team: Barcelona
National team jersey number: 19
Club jersey number: 1 1
Accession: 2006
Position on the court: full-back.
Detailed introduction
Gianluca Zambrotta was born in the Italian town of Como on February 1977. Italian football player is a "corridor-type" winger, who can be competent on both sides of the center and backcourt, and has excellent offensive and defensive skills.
Hello, Football 1907
1994, 17-year-old Zambrotta joined the Como football team in his birthplace 1907. In the first season of his career, he played only once for the team in the second division. After the 1994-95 season, Cuomo had to participate in the Group C competition next season because of his poor record. After being relegated to Group C, Zambrotta got more playing opportunities. In 1995-96 and 1996-97, he made 47 appearances for Cuomo and scored 6 goals.
Barry (Barry)
1In the summer of 997, Zambrotta got the attention of Bari coach Fasetti at that time. When Barry qualified for the first group, Fasetti, a visionary coach, bought this young man with great potential. Zambrotta, 20, set foot on Serie A for the first time. In the first season of this top league, Zambrotta played 27 times in the right avant-garde position and scored 2 goals.
sharp
1998-99 season, Ventola, the main force of Barry, left the team, and Zambrotta's talent was fully exerted. In the first week against S.S.C Venice, he scored the only goal for the team only nine minutes after the start of the game, helping Barry Banner win. Zambrotta's good performance has not stopped. His wonderful performance made Barry get an excellent start in the new season and made the fans almost forget Yunduna's departure. In the seventh week, Barry visited the St. West Road Stadium to challenge the powerful Inter Milan. Zambrotta opened the scoring for the team and finally helped the team win 3-2. At this time, he has attracted the attention of many famous clubs.
Others who followed Zambrotta included dino zoff, then captain of the Italian national team. 1In February, 999, Zambrotta played for Italy for the first time in a friendly match against Norway, which made him the first Bari player to play for the national team in armor in 50 years. Zambrotta has made 32 appearances for Barry this season and scored 4 goals. Before the end of the season, Juventus bought Zambrotta for a transfer fee of nearly16 million euros. In the following season, Zambrotta will wear the famous black and white jersey.
Juventus (Juventus)
After moving to Juventus, Zambrotta did not stop and immediately became a member of the team's main force. Here, his position is right avant-garde, and he has scored 1 in 32 league games in the first season. On May 14, 2000, the first-ranked Juventus was only two points ahead of the second-ranked Lazio. The football match in Perugia was interrupted by heavy rain, and Juventus suffered a waterloo in this harsh environment, and lost 0-/kloc-0. Zambrotta came off the bench in the second half, but was sent off at the end of the game. Meanwhile, Lazio beat Reggina 3-0 at home and won the championship by one point. Zambrotta missed the league title in his first season at Juventus and ended up with a red card.
The first league champion
In 2000-0 1 season, Zambrotta scored 3 goals in 29 league appearances, but still missed the championship, ranking second in A.S. Rome, and coach Ansaro Lottie was dismissed. In the third season of Juventus, after the return of coach Lippi and the joining of gianluigi buffon, thuram lilian and Pavel Nedved, Zambrotta tasted the championship for the first time. On the way to the championship, he made 32 appearances in the league and scored 1.
Successful transformation
In the 2002 Japan-South Korea World Cup match against South Korea, Zambrotta was attacked by her opponent and injured her thigh, so she missed the opening match of the 2002-03 season. During his absence, the new right midfielder Camoranesi performed very well in his position for the time being, so when Zambrotta returned from injury, coach Lippi tried to replace him in the left-back position. Zambrotta's abundant physical fitness, outstanding speed and excellent offensive and defensive characteristics made him adapt to the new position quickly and performed well, which became one of the successful examples of changing positions in football. This season, Zambrotta helped Juventus win the Serie A championship for the second year in a row and even reached the Champions League final. However, after a fierce battle of 120 minutes, Zambrotta finally drew 0-0 with AC Milan and lost in the penalty shootout of 12 yards. After this successful long season, Zambrotta's ability has also been greatly improved and he has become a world-class left-back.
The face of life
By the end of the 2004-05 season, Zambrotta had won three league titles for Juventus and scored seven goals in six seasons of 185 league matches. At the beginning of the 2005-06 season, Jonathan Zebina's injury and chiellini's recovery made Zambrotta move to the right-back position again. Although Zambrotta renewed his contract with Juventus to 20 10 in 2005, he is also an indispensable member of the team. However, with the demotion of the club due to the fake football scandal, Zambrotta also switched to Barcelona, Spain in 2006.
Italy national team
2 1 under-age national team
Zambrotta got the attention of the national team soon after he broke into Serie A.1On March 25th, 1998, he was selected for the national team under 2/kloc-0 to play in Malta for the first time. On April 22nd, representing the national team 2 1 against the Welsh football team for the second time. In the 43rd minute of the first half, he scored the winning goal for the team to beat Wales 2-/Kloc-0-0, which was his first and last goal for the national team below 2/Kloc-0-0. 1998 played six games for the national team under the age of 2/kloc-0, won five consecutive victories, and finally drew with Spain.
be the first choice
With the brilliant performance of the national team under the age of 2 1 and the brilliance at the beginning of the season of 1998-99, Zambrotta was selected by coach Zoff for the first time to play in the friendly match against Norway on19 days before his 22nd birthday on February, 999, although the two sides ended up with a blank draw.
2000 European Cup of Nations
After 1999-00 season, Zambrotta made four appearances for the national team below 2 1 and six appearances for the official national team. At the end of the season, Zambrotta's name appeared in the 22-man list of the European Cup selected by Soff. Zambrotta wore the traditional blue uniform of 17 in the first international competition of his career. In the group stage, Italy beat Turkey, Belgium and Sweden 2- 1 and 2- 1 respectively, and Zambrotta completed the 90-minute race in the first two games. In the 1/4 final against Romania, Zambrotta played for Italy again and defeated his opponent 2-0 to enter the 1/4 final.
The first red card
In the semi-final, Italy met the Netherlands, another host country. At the beginning of the game, Zambrotta, who was in the right midfield, launched a fierce offensive and defensive war with the opponent's left player boudewijn zenden. Both players got yellow cards early at 15 and 28 minutes. However, Zambrotta has never had much experience in international competitions. In the 34th minute, Zambrotta got a second yellow card for rudely intercepting Zenden and was expelled from the game. With excellent defense, Italy played with ten men. After 120 minutes, it finally drew the opponent. After 12 yards, it knocked out the Netherlands by 3- 1 and entered the final.
Zambrotta was suspended in the final against France because he got a red card in the semi-final. After David Trezeguet scored a gold medal, the Italian team also lost and won the second place.
2000 Sydney Olympic Games
After the disappointing European Cup, Zambrotta returned to the national team at 2 1 and represented Italy in the 2000 Olympic Games. The first two group matches played for 90 minutes, beating Australia and Honduras with 1-0 and 3- 1 respectively. Zambrotta sat on the bench against Nigeria and only played the last 10 minute of the game. The two sides tied with 1- 1, and this was the last time Zambrotta played for the national team under 2/kloc-0. He always scores 13 times 1 for the team. In the quarterfinals, Italy was defeated by Spain, the later silver medalist, by 1-0.
2002 World Cup
Trapattoni, the new coach of the national team, has not affected his position in Zambrotta. On the eve of the 2002 World Cup, he has accumulated 23 appearances for the national team, and naturally entered trapattoni's 23-man squad. He played 90 minutes in all three matches in the group stage and helped Italy win the second place in the group stage. In the final match of 16, Italy met the host South Korea, ranking first in Group D. Zambrotta was still the right midfielder of the national team, but in the 72nd minute, Zambrotta was rudely intercepted and kicked in the thigh by a Korean player on the sideline, and he withdrew from the line of fire due to injury. Finally, Italy was stunned by the winning goal at the end of overtime.
The first international goal
In 2003, paolo maldini, captain of the national team, withdrew from the international stage. In addition, Zambrotta successfully transformed in Juventus and became the first choice for the left-back position of the national team. On May 30th, 2004, Zambrotta scored the first (and only) international goal in his career in a friendly match with Tunisia. In the 89th minute, Colladay's header was saved by the opposing goalkeeper and landed at Zambrotta's feet. He immediately volleyed and sent the ball directly into the net, thus winning 4-0 for Italy.
2004 European Cup of Nations
By the time of the 2004 European Cup of Nations, Zambrotta had participated in the third large-scale international football competition. Italy, which was full of hope before the game, failed to play its due level and its performance was not satisfactory. It only scored two wins and one loss in three group matches, and it was doomed to be out in the first lap when the number of goals was lower than that of rivals Sweden and Denmark. However, while the overall performance was widely criticized, several players in the team performed well, but the players including Zambrotta received positive comments.
The face of life
After two disappointing matches in a row, trapattoni resigned as the coach of the national team. The new coach has a great influence on Zambrotta's career. Lippi was resigning as Juventus coach. At the end of 2005, Lippi brought many new faces to the national team. He once again deployed Zambrotta to a new position-right back.
Today, he is an indispensable member of the Italian national team. His offensive and defensive ability in any position on both sides has added a lot of flexibility to Italian tactics. Zambrotta is one of the core members of the Italian national team in the 2006 World Cup. He scored a leading goal in the quarter-finals and helped the national team reach the quarter-finals. Later, he became a member of the World Cup champion team.
06 outlook
Although he is 29 years old, Zambrotta is as energetic as ever, and he is as active as when he was 25. It is precisely because of this that Zambrotta has been occupying the main position of the national team since 1999. Zambrotta, who is now in his prime, has become an important player in Italy's wing attack and defense, and he is looking forward to following Italy to achieve better results than the previous two World Cups.
In the 2006 World Cup, Zambrotta played as Italy's main right-back and made great contributions to Italy's final victory in the World Cup. After the World Cup, Juventus, Zambrotta's owner, was relegated to Serie B by the Italian Football Association because of the Calciopoli scandal. Zambrotta finally chose Juventus to accompany him, but chose Spanish giant Barcelona as the next stop of his career.