Giuseppe Favalli
Giuseppe Favalli (right ) vies with Reginaldo
Giuseppe Favalli ( born January 8, 1972 in Orzinuovi (BS ), Italy ) is a retired Italian footballer. He played mostly as a left-back or in central defense. Most recently, Favalli at AC Milan under contract and ended after the contract expires end of June 2010 his career.
Club career
Cremonese
Giuseppe Favalli began his football career with the Lombard club U.S. Cremonese. After playing in the youth of the club, he was on 16 April 1989 at the age of 17, made his professional debut in the Italian Serie B and played after yet another game in the second Italian league. On 27 August the same year Favalli ran after the rise of Cremonese also the first time in the top division Serie A in the 1-2 defeat at Inter Milan. In his first full season as a professional, he was able to establish the same as a regular player. Final top performer he rose in the season 1990/1991. For the meantime again relegated to Serie B Cremonese, he played a total of 37 compulsory games. On January 13, 1991, he also scored in the league match against FC Modena his first goal as a professional footballer. Also thanks Favallis services Cremonese rose again to Serie A. Again, he was able to convince as the root force, scoring on 20 October against Hellas Verona also his first goal in the top division. After a total of 102 competitive games in four seasons Favalli left the club after the end of season 1992 /1993.
Lazio Rome
In the summer of 1992 Favalli signed a contract with Lazio. There you value his tactical cleverness, his duel strength and courage to forays into the opposition half, which enabled him in twelve seasons with Lazio six goals. Its stability and loyalty made the defender quickly become a favorite of the fans. In his first season with the Italian giants Favalli became a regular player. In the UEFA Cup 1993/94 Favalli completed his first two European games, a year after, his first European Cup matches he succeeded. Although he was never able to play all season games also due to minor injuries, Favalli completed by summer 2004, a total of 401 appearances for Lazio, and is the player with the most stakes in the club's history. In 1998, he was then able to win the first club title of his career when he was able to defeat AC Milan in return match of the Coppa Italia final with Lazio. He also reached the final with Lazio in the UEFA Cup, where the title was however missed by a 0-3 against Inter Milan. When Supercup victory in summer against Juventus Favalli could not accumulate, but in the season 1998/1999 Favalli was again left-back part of the Lazio team by a 2-1 win the last European Cup Winners' Cup in the final against RCD Mallorca. The hit series for the capital club and Favalli unabated: in the summer of 1999, the UEFA Super Cup with a 1-0 victory was won against Champions League winners Manchester United, where Favalli just sat on the bench. A little later denied Favalli his first game in the UEFA Champions League, due to injury but he was able to complete only 25 Official matches the Double victory Lazio in league and cup. After all, he was standing in the return leg of the Coppa Italia final in the square in which by a 0-0 draw at Inter Milan, the title could be secured. In the summer Favalli was finally able to accumulate in the Supercup, the Lazio also against Inter victorious denied ( 4:3).
This would result from additional titles for Lazio. The success of the previous years team broke apart with time, service providers such as Pavel Nedvěd left the club. On 25 October 2000 Favalli scored his only Champions League goal in a 5-1 against Shakhtar Donetsk, when he was successful to 1:1 standings. Even before he had received the number 19 instead of his shirt number 5. In the following seasons Favalli remained an important part of the team, and after the departure of previous captain Alessandro Nesta in the summer of 2002, took over the captaincy Favalli. In the 2003/2004 season he played 43 games and compulsory for most. Within one season in his career, However, after the end of the season Favallis expiring contract was not renewed, the financial problems Lazio required savings in player salaries. At the end of his long and successful time with the Romans won the fan-favorite and record players of the club with the team again the Coppa Italia with a 2-0 and a 2-2 draw against Juventus.
Inter Milan
Favalli then signed a two-year contract with Inter Milan. Although he belonged to the tribe of the team and reliable performances handed in, he did not reach quite the status of a sovereign power carrier at Inter. In two seasons Favalli played 68 games for the club. In the season 2004/2005 he celebrated with Inter winning the Coppa Italia, where he ran aground only in the final two games against AS Roma from the start. Also in the Super Cup victory of Milan in the summer Favalli stood on the court. The following year, Favalli scored his third Italian Cup win in a row and was in two finals against AS Roma ( 1:1; 3:1) in the starting lineup. In addition, the association was subsequently awarded the championship, as the actual first Juventus was involved in the match-fixing scandal shifted to games. Since Inter in the summer of 2006, the left-back Fabio Grosso committed for the position Favallis and thus his chances of a starting place were very small, he decided not to renew his contract.
AC Milan
For the 2006/07 season the Italians moved to city rivals AC Milan. In his first season, however Favalli was only a reserve player. Although it was used in Serie A only 15 times, he scored the only time in his career, scored two goals in the top division in one season. In 2007 he was able to win the biggest title of his career by winning the UEFA Champions League. At the final victory against Liverpool Favalli came on in injury time for Clarence Seedorf. In the later match for the UEFA Super Cup against FC Sevilla, the AC also won, but he came as little used as in the Club World Cup in December, the Milan also finished as the winner. In the following two seasons, he was at least in Serie A as an important back-up for the regular player and was able to deny some operations. The season 2009/10 was finally his last as a professional footballer. In this he was only 18 competitive games contest.
15 May 2010 Giuseppe Favalli completed the 3-0 victory of AC Milan against Juventus at the San Siro last season playing his last match as a professional footballer. After 61 minutes, the 38- year-old was replaced under the applause of the fans against Alessandro Nesta. For Milan he had played 99 games in four years. After 22 successful seasons as a professional, he had fifteen trophies and can put up on the UEFA Cup win all relevant football club title. In 486 Serie A games Favalli could achieve seven goals, he also came in 66 games and the Italian Cup in 81 European games used (two goals). Overall, he ran on in 670 competitive games in his career. The record player from Lazio Favalli is one of the greatest players in the history of the club.
National
Even before his professional debut for Cremonese Favalli was first nominated for the Italian U-18 national team. On 21 February 1989 he gave his debut in the 1-0 against Sweden. During the year, the defense was in all other eight games of choice on the field and 3-2 against the Italian U- 17 team scored a goal. On 20 December 1989 in a 1-0 against Spain Favalli was first appointed to the U-21 national team. After two more friendlies he was also at the opening of qualifying for the U -21 Football Championship in 1992 in the following October against Hungary and scored the winning goal to make it 1-0. With a 2-1 win over Norway to Italy in 1991 could then qualify for the quarter-finals. Favalli had accrued in all six qualifiers and also the intervening friendlies. Even with the two victories in the quarterfinals against Czechoslovakia, he stood on the field. Although he had the semi-final against Denmark refrain, but in the final against Sweden, he was playing in central defense. By a 2-0 win in Ferrara and a 0:1 in Växjö Italy eventually won the European championship titles and qualified for the football tournament of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Favalli denied the two warm-up matches, the three group matches and the quarter-final against Spain ( 0-1). This was followed by nine more games Favallis for the U -21, with which he was able to qualify for the European Championship again. In the 3-0 win against Malta on 25 March 1993 he managed another goal.
But in the final round in France Favalli took no further part. As one of the top performers of the U-21 team, he was nominated on September 7, 1994 by Arrigo Sacchi coach for the squad for the first time the senior national team, came against Slovenia but not yet used. The international debut was then carried out on October 8 against Estonia (2-0). Two further appeals followed in 1994, but he was no longer used. His second international game he played until four years later in a 2-2 draw against Spain. Then again there was a long international break, until 2004 the defender of coach Giovanni Trapattoni in preparation for the European Football Championship in 2004 was appointed again. When Vorrundenaus the Italians there came Favalli only in the 1-1 draw against Sweden in a short use. His last international match he finally graduated on 4 September 2-1 in World Cup qualifier against Norway. In A-National Team Favalli was never progressed beyond the status of the makeup player.
Achievements
- European Cup Winners' Cup: 1998/99
- Italian Champion: 1999/2000, 2005/ 06 *
- Italian Cup Winners' Cup: 1998, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006
- Italian Super Cup Winners: 1998, 2000, 2005
- Champions League winner: 2006/ 07
- European Super Cup winner: 1999, 2007
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2007
- U-21 European Championship: 1992
- Participation in the 2004 European Football Championship ( 1 Application )
* Awarded as a result of the Italian football scandal 2005/2006