Gianluca Zambrotta

Gianluca Zambrotta

Zambrotta in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Gianluca Zambrotta[1]
Date of birth	(1977-02-19) 19 February 1977 (age 47)[1]
Place of birth	Como, Italy
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s)	Right-back
Youth career
1992–1994	Como
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1997	Como	48	(6)
1997–1999	Bari	59	(6)
1999–2006	Juventus	217	(7)
2006–2008	Barcelona	58	(3)
2008–2012	AC Milan	80	(2)
2013–2014	Chiasso	10	(2)
Total		472	(26)
International career
1998–2000	Italy U21	13	(1)
1999–2010	Italy	100	(2)
Managerial career
2013	Chiasso (assistant)
2013–2015	Chiasso
2016	Delhi Dynamos
2017–2018	Jiangsu Suning (assistant)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Italy FIFA World Cup Winner 2006 Germany UEFA European Championship Runner-up 2000 Belgium-Netherlands
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gianluca Zambrotta Ufficiale OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [dʒanˈluːka ddzamˈbrɔtta]; born 19 February 1977)^[3] is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a right-back or as a wide midfielder, on both the left and right wings.

Throughout his career, Zambrotta played for several different Italian clubs. He began his career with local club Como in 1994, and gained prominence while playing for Bari, which earned him a transfer to Juventus in 1999. During his seven seasons with the club, he won two consecutive Serie A and Supercoppa Italiana titles in 2002 and 2003, also reaching the 2003 UEFA Champions League final. He also later spent two relatively unsuccessful seasons with Barcelona between 2006 and 2008, where he won the 2006 Supercopa de España, before returning to Italy to play for AC Milan, where he won his third Serie A and Supercoppa Italiana titles in 2011. He ended his career after a season with Swiss club Chiasso in 2014, whom he later went on to coach.

At international level, Zambrotta won 100 caps for the Italy national team, playing at three FIFA World Cups, three UEFA European Championship, the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2000 Summer Olympics. He was part of their side that reached the Euro 2000 final, and he was also selected to the Euro 2004 Team of the Tournament. He was most notably a key member of the starting lineup of the Italian squad that won the 2006 World Cup, and he was selected in the Team of the Tournament for his performances.