Fabio Grosso
Grosso 2008 jersey of the national
Fabio Grosso ( born November 28, 1977 in Rome, Italy ) is a retired Italian footballer.
In 2006 he was World Soccer Champion with the Italian national team, where he repeatedly play a decisive came into existence in the course of the tournament.
- 2.1 In the club
- 2.2 In the National Team
- 3.1 External links
- 3.2 Notes and references
Career
In the club
The skilled defender who can also be used offensively on the left but his career began in the Abruzzo at the club Renato Curi Angolana in Città Sant'Angelo, for which he was from 1994 to 1998 in use. About clubs in Chieti and Perugia he came to Palermo in 2004 and played for his international became known in the 2006/07 season with Inter Milan, with whom he won the Italian league title for the first time. In July 2007, he joined the French champions Olympique Lyon series, but where he could not prevail permanently located.
On 31 August 2009 Fabio Grosso moved for two million euros to Juventus, where he was awarded a three -year contract. In the season 2011/12 as has already been five years earlier with his team of Italian masters, although he only completed two tours throughout the season and due to poor performance be up to 2012 valid contract was not renewed. In December 2012, he ended his career ..
In the National Team
Fabio Grosso debuted on 30 April 2003 under Giovanni Trapattoni in a 2-1 victory over Switzerland in the Italian national team.
In 2006 he was a member of the Italian squad for the FIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany. Ahead of Defense considered a weak point in the Italian squad, he should take up the position of the great Paolo Maldini left-back after his resignation. Grosso was particularly ridiculed because he had played five years earlier in the fourth division of Italy and functioned as a left winger. Originally it was only considered as a replacement for the traditional left-back Gianluca Zambrotta. So he came in the opening group game against Ghana for use as Zambrotta could not play because of an injury. In the second group match against the USA, he was back on the substitutes' bench. In all other games, however Grosso played continuously because Zambrotta has now been used on the right side. For the first time in the tournament, he fell to the second round against Australia. In the fifth minute of stoppage time he fell in a foray in the penalty area on its already on the ground opponent Lucas Neill. Referee Luis Medina Cantalejo decided the game 0-0 on penalty. The highly controversial penalty turned Francesco Totti to 1:0 in the left corner and so spared Italy before the extension. In the semi-final against hosts Germany Fabio Grosso scored assisted by Andrea Pirlo in the 119th minute, the pre-decisive game 1-0. In the final against France he scored in a penalty shootout with a left-footed shot into the upper right corner the decisive penalty for the 6-4 final victory and thus secured Italy fourth world title.
By 2010, Grosso belonged to the permanent staff of the Italian national team and was set as a winger on the left. On 18 May 2010 announced coach Marcello Lippi that Grosso is not appointed by poor performance in Serie A in the Italian squad for the finals of the football World Cup 2010 in South Africa.
Achievements
In the club
- Italian Super Cup winner: 2006
- Italian Champion: 2006/ 07, 2011/12
- French Supercup winner: 2007
- French Cup Winners: 2007/ 08
- French Champion: 2007/ 08
In the National Team
- World Champion: 2006