Damiano Tommasi

Damiano Tommasi
Mayor of Verona
Incumbent
Assumed office
29 June 2022
Preceded byFederico Sboarina
Personal details
Born (1974-05-17) 17 May 1974 (age 50)
Negrar, Italy
Political partyCentre-left independent
ProfessionFootballer, sports manager
Association football career
Date of birth (1974-05-17) 17 May 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Negrar, Italy
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1991–1993 Verona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1996 Verona 77 (4)
1996–2006 Roma 263 (14)
2006–2008 Levante 44 (1)
2008 Queens Park Rangers 7 (0)
2009 Tianjin TEDA 29 (1)
2009–2022 Sant'Anna d'Alfaedo 10 (2)
2015–2019 La Fiorita 0 (0)
International career
1994–1996 Italy U21 4 (0)
1998–2003 Italy 25 (2)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Italy
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner 1996 Spain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Damiano Tommasi (Italian pronunciation: [daˈmjaːno tomˈmaːzi]; born 17 May 1974) is an Italian former footballer and current mayor of Verona.

A defensive midfielder during his footballing years, after a decade at Roma – winning the 2001 Serie A title – he continued his career abroad, going on to play for teams in three countries until his retirement from professional football at the age of 37. He amassed Serie A totals of 262 games and 14 goals.

Tommasi earned 25 caps for Italy, and was a member of the team that took part in the 2002 World Cup.

He successively served as the president of the Italian Footballers' Association between 2011 and 2020,[1] before starting a political career the following year and being elected Mayor of Verona in the 2022 local elections.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Aic, a Tommasi il timone – Succederà a Campana" [Aic, Tommasi at the helm – He will succeed Campana]. La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 2 May 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Damiano Tommasi scende in "campo": sarà candidato sindaco a Verona". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 28 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Damiano Tommasi è il nuovo sindaco di Verona". Il Post (in Italian). 26 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.