Cristian Zaccardo
Cristian Zaccardo ( born December 21, 1981 in Formigine (MO) ) is an Italian footballer who plays in the position of right-back. He was a world champion squad of Italy's national soccer team at the World Cup 2006 in Germany.
Career
In the club
Cristian Zaccardo in 1991 discovered by scouts of FC Bologna at a youth tournament and immediately committed. Seven years later he made the jump into the Primavera team of Bologna. However, it threw back an injury and he moved to the 2000/01 season on loan to Spezia Calcio, a former Serie C1 club. After a season Zaccardo made the jump to Serie A and returned to FC Bologna. Here he played in the episode three years, although he succeeded in the second season of the jump in the trunk of the squad. For the season 2004 /05 Cristian Zaccardo moved to Palermo, where he was a regular place at first. In 2004, he was first appointed to the Italian national football team.
From 1 July 2008 to 29 August 2009, the defender stood at VfL Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga under contract. In the first half of the season 2008/ 09 he was not always set, but usually spare man behind Sascha Riether. His first and only Premier League goal was scored by Zaccardo 7 December 2008 in Lower Saxony derby against Hannover 96, he won the 2009 with the wolves the first league title in club history.
On August 29, the Italian first division side FC Parma announced a change Zaccardos newly promoted to Serie A.
On January 24, 2013 Zaccardo moved within the League for AC Milan. Djamel Mesbah In turn, moved to Parma; Rodney Strasser also was awarded.
In the National Team
In 1997 Cristian Zaccardo first played for the Italian U-16 selection. In April 1998, he participated with this team at the U-16 European Championship in Scotland. In this Tournament Italy finally finished in second place, thanks to Cristian Zaccardo who scored the decisive goal in the semi-finals. Zaccardo was first used in 2004 with the U -21 European Championship in Germany and on 17 November 2004 in a 1-0 against Finland by Marcello Lippi in the Italian national team, since he is regularly used. In 2006, he won his first major title in Berlin when he brought the World Cup with Italy against France at 5:3 on penalties.
Achievements
- U-16 European runners-up: 1998
- U-21 European Championship: 2004
- World Champion: 2006
- German Masters: 2009