Fabio Cannavaro biography

Modern Warrior

September 13, 1973
Fabio Cannavaro was born in Naples on September 13, 1973. The second of three children start playing football and, at the tender age of eight, enters the Italsider factory of Bagnoli, after spending, up to that point, much of her time to run around the foot ball on pitches in Fuorigrotta. True Neapolitan, goes into Neapolitan youth training at age eleven, won a trophy (the League students in 1987), having the opportunity to grow and mature in the team to bring out its full potential. Cannavaro's adolescence coincides with the heyday of Naples, marked above all by the arrival of Argentine superstar Diego Maradona, dominates the Italian Championship and beyond.
The Naples, at that time, vince really all there is to win. Fabio, instructed the ball boy at stadio San Paolo, has the good fortune to follow closely "El pibe de oro" and observe the most played that great. But in addition to a close acquaintance with the myth unsurpassed by all football players, Cannavaro also has the good fortune to come into contact with a great defender, Ciro Ferrara, who became in short time a role model and a person to be admired. The same Cain said they had learned a lot from Ferrara, starting from the operation to glide, always highly critical intervention for a defender and high risk of admonition. It is important that such intervention, in fact, both "clean" and carried out in accordance with the rules, without any intention to damage the opponent. Suggestions very important ones in Ferrara, always followed by Fabio as an example of the right way of understanding the sport and play. But the story is sometimes able to play jokes really unexpected.
After many training sessions and many apprehensions about becoming a good Defender, Cannavaro has no way to mark, while still part of spring, his idol, the great Maradona. Some kind of work overly hard on "sacred Monster" costing the reproach of an Executive blue. To make up for Cannavaro thinks the same "Pibe de Oro", "Bravo, that's OK," said the Argentine champion. He made his debut in serie A just 20 years against Juventus, playing a great match. When he gets into the first team (the March 7, 1993) Maradona is already far and Naples tightens right around the hatchery's most prestigious product even if the results are not initially exciting.
Fabio, together with the whole team, fighting for salvation, highlighting its large explosive, the same qualities that will make him quicker and more forceful defender of serie A. The adventure to Naples takes three seasons, then in the summer of 1995, he moved to Parma, where it forms one of the most important defenses in the world, along with Buffon and Thuram. Italy Cup win with this granite rearguard gialloblù, Uefa Cup, Italian Super Cup and go very close to the scudetto in the season of Juan Sebastian Veron. Later, with the departure of Lilian Thuram to Juventus, Parma handed him the captain's armband. Of yellow and blue, from that moment, is without a doubt the absolute leader. Hand in hand with successes against Parma, here come the great satisfaction in blue. Then various transfers, from Parma to Inter and Inter-Juventus (2004). He won two titles Under-21 with the Italy of Cesare Maldini (1994 and 1996) and arrived to the senior national team on January 22, 1997 in Italy-Northern Ireland (2-0).
With the blue shirt is the protagonist from France 1998 World Cup, Euro 2000, the unfortunate discussed the 2002 World Championships in Tokyo, and Europe 2004 in which he is wearing the captain's armband. Big fan favorite, is loved for its loyal yet combative character. All characteristics that make it resemble a modern Warrior, able to fight boldly but also to move with ease. Thanks to these qualities that make it extremely reliable, Fabio Cannavaro was also chosen as the face for some commercials. His most important achievement is undoubtedly the triumph at the World Championships in Germany 2006: Fabio Cannavaro for the whole event has proven great warrior, driving an iron defense that led to victory in the World Cup. Undisputed captain, he was the one who have the privilege of turning up in heaven the prestigious trophy. Then move from Juventus to Real Madrid for Fabio Capello. A few months later, in late November, received the prestigious Golden Ball, rarely annual award given to a defender. Back to Juventus in the season 2009/2010.
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