Gennaro Gattuso

Italian fitbaw manager an umwhile player

Gennaro Ivan "Rino" Gattuso,[1] Ufficiale OMRI (born 9 Januar 1978) is an Italian fitbaw manager an an umwhile player. He is the manager o Napoli.

Gennaro Gattuso
Gattuso wi Milan in 2008.
Personal information
Full name Gennaro Ivan Gattuso[1]
Date o birth (1978-01-09) 9 Januar 1978 (age 46)
Place o birth Corigliano Calabro, Italy
Hicht 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Playin poseetion Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
Napoli (manager)
Youth career
1990–1995 Perugia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1997 Perugia 10 (0)
1997–1998 Rangers 34 (3)
1998–1999 Salernitana 25 (0)
1999–2012 Milan 335 (9)
2012–2013 Sion 27 (1)
Total 431 (13)
Naitional team
1995–1996 Italy U-18[2] 14 (3)
1998–2000 Italy U-21[2] 21 (1)
2000–2010 Italy[3] 73 (1)
2000 Italy Olympic[4] 3 (0)
Teams managed
2013 Sion (player-manager)
2013–2014 Palermo
2014–2015 OFI Crete
2015–2017 Pisa
2017 Milan Primavera
2017–2019 Milan
2019– Napoli
* Senior club appearances an goals coontit for the domestic league anerly

As a player, he mainly played as a defensive midfielder. Gattuso wis an aggressive, haird tacklin player an in his prime, wis widely regardit as ane o the best defensive midfielders in the warld. Durin his career at Milan, he haes wan the Champions League, in 2002–03 an 2006–07, an an aa the Serie A teetle in 2003–04 an 2010–11. His talismanic midfield pairtnership wi Andrea Pirlo played a key role in Italy's Warld Cup victory in 2006 an Milan's successes baith domestically an at European level.

References eedit

  1. a b c "FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 – List of Players" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 17 Mey 2020. Retrieved 5 Juin 2013.
  2. a b "Gennaro Gattuso" Archived 2011-02-28 at the Wayback Machine. FIGC. Retrieved 9 May 2013
  3. "Gennaro Gattuso". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  4. "Previous Tournaments - FIFA.com". Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). Archived frae the original on 24 Mey 2013. Retrieved 6 Juin 2013.