Fabio Cannavaro

“ Cannavaro ” redirects here. For his brother, see Paolo Cannavaro italian football player

Fabio Cannavaro ( italian pronunciation : [ ˈfaːbjo kannaˈvaːro ] ; born 13 September 1973 ) is an italian professional football coach and former player. A centre-back, he spent the majority of his career in Italy. He started his career at Napoli before spending seven years at Parma, with whom he won two Coppa Italia titles, the 1999 Supercoppa Italiana, and the 1999 UEFA Cup. After spells at Internazionale and Juventus, he transferred ( along with coach Fabio Capello ) from Juventus to Real Madrid in 2006, with whom he won back-to-back La Liga titles in 2007 and 2008. After returning to Juventus for one season in 2009–10, he joined Al-Ahli in Dubai, where he retired from football in 2011 after an injury-troubled season. He is regarded as one of the best defenders of all prison term. [ 3 ]

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Cannavaro has besides achieved achiever with the Italy national team. He was region of the Italy team which won back-to-back UEFA european Under-21 Championships in 1994 and 1996. After earning his first senior hood in 1997, he helped his national team to the final examination of UEFA Euro 2000, being named in the team of the tournament, and became captain in 2002, following Paolo Maldini ‘s retirement. Cannavaro led Italy to victory in the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, and was given the dub “Il Muro di Berlino” ( “ The Berlin Wall ” ) by the italian supporters due to his defensive performances, which saw Italy keep five clean sheets and concede lone two goals, neither of which were in open play. He was awarded the Silver Ball after being named the tournament ‘s second-best player. In 2009, Cannavaro overtook Maldini as the most cap actor in the country ‘s history. He retired from external football on 25 June 2010 following Italy ‘s bankruptcy to qualify for the smasher stages of the 2010 World Cup, having amassed 136 caps and 2 goals for the senior national team. [ 4 ] In full, he has represented Italy at four World Cups, two UEFA european Championships, the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup. He is presently Italy ‘s second all-time appearance holder, behind Gianluigi Buffon, ampere well as Italy ‘s most cap defender. Cannavaro was named the 2006 FIFA World Player of the year, making him the alone defender in history to have won the award. He besides won the Ballon d’Or award in 2006 which made him the alone defender to win the award in a ten and alone the third of all time after Franz Beckenbauer and Matthias Sammer. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In 2006 and 2007 Cannavaro was named in the FIFA World XI. In 2007, he was in the six man short list for the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year. [ 7 ] His younger brother Paolo was besides a professional football player, and presently serves as a extremity of Guangzhou Evergrande ‘s coaching staff under the direction of his older buddy Fabio. After his retirement, Cannavaro became a member of the coaching staff of Al-Ahli, notably as ball-shaped ambassador and technical director from 2011 to 2013, and as an assistant coach from 2013 to 2014. In November 2014, he was appointed as principal coach of taiwanese club Guangzhou Evergrande. On 9 June 2016, he signed a narrow with second-tier taiwanese baseball club Tianjin Quanjian as coach where he led the team to the league title. He returned to Guangzhou Evergrande in 2017 and was concisely appointed as director of the China national team in 2019. He left Guangzhou again in September 2021 .

early on life [edit ]

Fabio Cannavaro was born in Naples to Gelsomina Costanzo and Pasquale Cannavaro. His mother worked as a maid, while his beget was a depository financial institution clerk. His father besides played football for provincial side Giugliano. He has an elder sister named Renata and a younger brother named Paolo, who was besides a professional football player. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ]

Club career [edit ]

1988–1995 : Youth career and Napoli [edit ]

A 17-year-old Cannavaro trains with the Napoli youth side As a child, Cannavaro played for a team from Bagnoli before being quickly spotted by the scouts of Napoli, his hometown and darling childhood team. Cannavaro initially served as the clubhouse ‘s ball boy and would frequently watch his idols Diego Maradona and Ciro Ferrara play. He late joined the club ‘s youth team, initially playing as a midfielder like his paragon Marco Tardelli, before the team ‘s youth coach switched him to the character of centre-back. [ 12 ] He gained a reputation when, in a trail session at Napoli, the unseasoned Fabio produced a impregnable slide challenge on Maradona, who was then the undisputed star of the club, to dispossess him. The harsh challenge angered teammates and staff at Napoli. however, Maradona himself defended the predict musician and encouraged him to play the manner he wanted, and reportedly congratulated by Cannavaro by giving him his boots as a keepsake after the coach seance. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] Cannavaro ‘s build up as a player was such that he soon became a member of the first team aboard some of his childhood idols. Cannavaro ‘s debut in Serie A came on 7 March 1993, in Turin, in a 4–3 kill to Juventus. [ 15 ] As a centre-back aboard Ferrara, he soon demonstrated his prediction, tackling, distribution and his ability to start attacking plays after winning monomania. He scored his inaugural career finish at the San Siro, against Milan, on 8 January 1995. [ 16 ] however, despite his promise performances, the post-Maradona Napoli were in desperate need of funds and were soon forced to sell Cannavaro to Parma, where Cannavaro won the UEFA Cup and Coppa Italia, and was named the Serie A Defender of the Year. Cannavaro remained at Napoli until 1995, earning closely 60 full appearances with the club, scoring one goal. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ]

1995–2002 : Parma [edit ]

Cannavaro was sold to Parma in the summer of 1995 and in his first gear season, he was instantaneously a regular in the first team, scoring once in 29 appearances in the league. He would go on not alone to win trophies with the club, but besides achieve respective personal accomplishments, being named the team ‘s captain. It was besides in Parma that he met Gianluigi Buffon and Lilian Thuram, who would not alone form one of the tightest defensive units of Europe with Cannavaro, but would besides become some of his closest friends in football. far players featuring in this fabled Parma backline were Luigi Sartor, Roberto Mussi, Antonio Benarrivo, Luigi Apolloni and the Argentine Néstor Sensini. Cannavaro began to obtain success during his clock time at Parma. During his beginning season, Parma were eliminated in the second round of the Coppa Italia, but finished in one-sixth place in Serie A that temper, qualifying for the UEFA Cup. Parma besides reached the quarter-finals of the 1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners ‘ Cup that season. Parma finished the 1996–97 Serie A season as runner-up to Serie A champions Juventus, allowing them to qualify for the UEFA Champions League the follow season. Parma were once again eliminated in the second base round of the Coppa Italia and in the inaugural circle of the UEFA Cup that season. In the 1997–98 season, Parma finished in fifth locate in Serie A and reached the Coppa Italia semi-finals, whilst they were knocked out in the group stage of the Champions League, finishing second base in their group to defending champions Borussia Dortmund. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] In his fourth season with the club, Cannavaro won his only european trophy, the UEFA Cup, american samoa well as winning the Coppa Italia. Parma finished the Serie A season in fourth place, one target from Fiorentina in the one-third target descry. In the comply season, Fabio ‘s brother Paolo Cannavaro joined the team, and the two Cannavaro brothers were able to play aboard each early for the future two seasons. Fabio won his first Supercoppa Italiana title against Serie A champions Milan and Parma finished the Serie A season in fourth place, tied with Internazionale for the concluding leftover Champions League spot. however, Parma lost 3–1 to Inter in the Serie A Champions League playoff match, failing to qualify for the Champions League group degree. They started in the third base and final qualify round of the Champions League and were eliminated by Rangers. They were knocked out in the polish of 16 of both the UEFA Cup and the Coppa Italia that temper. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] In the 2000–01 season, Cannavaro aided in leading Parma to another Coppa Italia Final, in which they were defeated by Fiorentina. They were eliminated in the third base round of the UEFA Cup that season. Parma besides finished the temper in fourth position for the third consecutive season, which allowed them to go through to the Champions League qualifying round, although Parma were ultimately ineffective to qualify. In his concluding season with Parma, Cannavaro managed to win his second Coppa Italia title, over Juventus, whilst Parma were eliminated in the polish of 16 of the UEFA Cup, and finished the Serie A season in tenth place. As from 1997, he began to earn call-ups to the home team ‘s elder squad due to his performances for Parma, and he was systematically one of the best defenders in Serie A. In his time with Parma, Cannavaro made over 250 appearances in all competitions, scoring five goals. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ]

2002–2004 : Internazionale [edit ]

In the summer of 2002, Cannavaro joined Internazionale for a reported € 23 million, on a four-year abridge. [ 17 ] At the time, Parma were in fiscal difficulty, while Inter had just lost a Serie A claim in dramatic circumstances to Juventus and were in the process of rebuilding following four barren years and the deviation of asterisk striker Ronaldo. Along with Francesco Coco and his former Parma teammate Hernán Crespo, Cannavaro was supposed to be one of the faces of a new-look Inter led by director Héctor Cúper. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] however, during Cannavaro ‘s enchantment with the club, Inter by and large flattered to deceive. His least sandpiper with the club began promisingly, as Inter reached the semi-finals of the 2002–03 Champions League and besides finished runner-up in Serie A to Juventus in his first gear season with the club. however, his second season was not as generative, and he missed a big lump of it through injury. He was besides frequently played out of position. Inter finished fourth in Serie A and reached the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia, losing out to Juventus on penalties. Inter finished third in their Champions League group, but would go on to reach the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup. After two years with the club, he was sold to Juventus in a surprise part-exchange deal, after barely over 50 appearances and two goals. After he left Italy, Cannavaro frequently spoke negatively of his spell at Inter, comparing the club unfavorably with his other italian clubs, Parma and Juventus. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ]

2004–2006 : Juventus and Calciopoli [edit ]

After a biennial stint with Inter, Cannavaro signed for Juventus on the summer transfer window deadline day. The deal besides involved the substitution of reservation goalkeeper Fabian Carini, who left for Inter, both players priced €10 million. [ 18 ] By moving to Turin, he reunited with his ex-Parma teammates Lilian Thuram and Gianluigi Buffon, and together the three formed one of the most fear defences in the Serie A, alongside the likes of Gianluca Zambrotta, Gianluca Pessotto, Alessandro Birindelli, Jonathan Zebina and Federico Balzaretti. Juventus went on to win two consecutive Scudetti in 2005 and 2006, although they suffered consecutive quarter concluding eliminations in the Champions League. In the former season, he was besides paired with club icons Paolo Montero and Ciro Ferrara. Cannavaro besides won four Oscar del Calcio awards for his especial seasons with the Turin giants, winning the 2005 Serie A Defender of the year, the 2006 Defender of the year, the 2006 Serie A italian Footballer of the class and the 2006 Serie A Footballer of the Year. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] After the 2006 World Cup, the Calciopoli trial verdicts relegated Juventus to Serie B. Since Juventus were ineligible to qualify for the Champions League, Cannavaro decided to leave. “ flush if I know this may be hard to believe, I would have stayed at Juventus had they remained in Serie A – even with a 30-point tax write-off. ” He followed Juve director Fabio Capello to Real Madrid in the summer of 2006. In his biennial Scudetto -winning least sandpiper with Juventus, Cannavaro made over 100 total appearances in all competitions. His transfer was met with disappointment from the Juventus fans, who had accepted him as one of their own. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ]

2006–2009 : real Madrid [edit ]

actual Madrid paid €7 million to sign Cannavaro, [ 19 ] and gave him the number 5 shirt which had previously been worn by former Madrid actor and french international Zinedine Zidane. Cannavaro spent three seasons at Madrid, winning the Liga title in 2006–07 and 2007–08, and being named the 2006 FIFA World Player of the Year, [ 20 ] besides winning the 2006 Ballon d’Or. [ 6 ] Cannavaro was elected as separate of the 2006 and the 2007 FIFPro World XI squads, and the 2006 UEFA Team of the class. He was named in the six-man short list for the 2007 Laureus World Sportsman of the Year. [ 7 ] On 19 May 2009, it was confirmed Cannavaro would return to Juventus for the 2009–10 season at the conclusion of his contract. [ 21 ] On his final match at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, he was given a standing ovation by the fans. [ 22 ] In April 2013, Cannavaro was named by Marca as a penis of the “ Best foreign eleven in Real Madrid ‘s history “. [ 23 ]

2009–2010 : return to Juventus [edit ]

Three years after Cannavaro left Juventus, and following the end of his narrow with Real Madrid, in the summer of 2009 he decided to return to the club. Cannavaro started the newly temper very well, forming good defensive partnerships with Nicola Legrottaglie, Martín Cáceres, Zdeněk Grygera, Fabio Grosso and most notably Giorgio Chiellini, in front of goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon. however, from Autumn onwards, Juventus ‘ kind took a go for the bad. Having been injured for a while in recently 2009, Cannavaro struggled with his own class both on his rejoinder and subsequently, and Juventus were knocked out of the Champions League, finishing third in their group. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] In March 2010, Cannavaro ‘s kinship with the Juventus supporters, already delicate due to a perceive betrayal of the club when he left for Real Madrid, reached an all-time low. In a UEFA Europa League marry against Fulham, Juventus, who had won the first leg 3–1 at home, were leading 1–0 at Craven Cottage in London. Early in the inaugural half, Cannavaro accumulated two bookings for heedless challenges and was sent off. Reduced to ten men, Juventus collapsed to a 4–1 loss and were eliminated on sum. Cannavaro enraged supporters with the sending-off and its attendant function in the team ‘s elimination. Juventus were besides eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia to eventual champions and ternary winners Internazionale. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] The cabaret finished the league temper in seventh set, with only a Europa League spot, its worst Serie A finish for a decade. Juventus subsequently confirmed Cannavaro ‘s contract would not be renewed. [ 24 ] His performances had become unreliable, sol much so that his hometown club Napoli made no undertake to sign him, despite Cannavaro expressing his wish to rejoin the club on more than one occasion. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ]
On 2 June 2010, it was announced Cannavaro would move to UAE League side Al-Ahli on a free transfer after the 2010 World Cup. Cannavaro signed a biennial share. [ 25 ] He made 16 appearances for the Dubai club, scoring two goals. Cannavaro announced his retirement from football in July 2011 ascribable to a serious knee problem ; doctors had told him he could no longer play. [ 26 ] One year after Cannavaro ‘s retirement from Al-Ahli, it was announced he was joining the Indian league team Siliguri. In a footballers ‘ auction whose line-up included names such as Jay-Jay Okocha, Hernán Crespo and Robbie Fowler, Cannavaro was bought by Siliguri for $ 830,000, exceeding his “ nucleotide price ” by $ 50,000. [ 27 ] however, the league never came to fruition and Cannavaro stayed in retirement .

International career [edit ]

Youth career [edit ]

Cannavaro ‘s first preference of international success came over in the mid-1990s under coach Cesare Maldini with Italy ‘s under-21 side, winning two straight UEFA european Under-21 Championship titles, in 1994 and 1996, and developing an important defensive partnership with Alessandro Nesta, which would besides continue at aged flush. [ 15 ] In 1996, he participated besides at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He subsequently played for his country in the 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cups, equally well as in the 2000 and 2004 UEFA european Championships. [ 28 ]

early senior career and 1998 World Cup [edit ]

Cannavaro made his debut with the Italy national team on 22 January 1997, in a friendly match against Northern Ireland. [ 15 ] The same year, he earned plaudits for his treat of England striker Alan Shearer in a World Cup qualifying game at Wembley Stadium. [ 15 ] Shearer was then considered by the partisan English crowd to be the best striker in the world, and thought he would make fun of the inexperienced italian defender. Nevertheless, in a display ranking alongside those of the very best italian defenders Claudio Gentile and Franco Baresi, Cannavaro managed to keep Shearer calm for the whole game. Italy won the game 1–0 courtesy of a Gianfranco Zola finish. [ 9 ] [ 15 ] [ 28 ] Cannavaro ‘s foremost international tournament came at 1998 World Cup alongside the feel and capable Giuseppe Bergomi, Alessandro Costacurta and Paolo Maldini, a well as the emerging Alessandro Nesta. The squad itself being coached by Paolo Maldini ‘s beget, Cesare Maldini. Cannavaro made several strong performances throughout the tournament, although Italy finally went out in the quarter-finals to hosts and eventual champions France, in a match where Cannavaro suffered a cut to his brow following an elbow by Stéphane Guivarc’h. The Azzurri managed a 0–0 draw with the match finally being decided by a punishment shoot-out in favor of the hosts. [ 9 ]

euro 2000 Final, 2002 World Cup and Euro 2004 [edit ]

At Euro 2000, under coach Dino Zoff, Cannavaro had a strong tournament, playing as centre-back alongside either Alessandro Nesta, Mark Iuliano or Paolo Maldini in 3–5–2 formation. The italian defense alone conceded two goals en route to the concluding : one against Turkey, and one against Sweden, both in the group stage, keeping three clean sheets in sum. The Azzurri reached the concluding after defeating the Netherlands on penalties following a scoreless draw in rule time. Italy led the then world champions France 1–0 going into injury time. however, Sylvain Wiltord equalised in the final examination minute of injury time, and an extra-time golden goal from David Trezeguet gave France the championship. Cannavaro was elected as share of the team of the Tournament for his performances. [ 9 ] At the 2002 World Cup, under coach Giovanni Trapattoni, Cannavaro was credited with holding the defense together about single-handed after his common defensive partner Alessandro Nesta was injured against Croatia. This injury, aboard respective errors by couple officials, dealt a severe blow to Italy ‘s chances of winning the World Cup ; the side having relied heavily on the Cannavaro–Nesta partnership in cardinal defense. Marco Materazzi, who deputised for Nesta, put in performances that were below his common standards. Cannavaro picked up two yellow menu during the group stage and was suspended for the round of 16 meet, meaning Italy would be left without their two starting centre-backs. [ 29 ] [ 30 ] Italy went out controversially in the moment circle, losing to co-hosts and eventual semi-finalists South Korea, once again to a golden goal. [ 31 ] [ 32 ] Cannavaro had a unmanageable act to follow when he took over as captain from Paolo Maldini after the 2002 World Cup, but he cursorily won the team over with his leadership, calming influence and inspirational performances, helping Italy modify for Euro 2004. [ 10 ] After Maldini ‘s international retirement, he foremost captained Italy in a 1–0 frustration to Slovenia in Trieste on 21 August 2002. [ 33 ] [ 34 ] He was later formally named Italy ‘s master for an away UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying match against Azerbaijan on 7 September, which Italy won 2–0. [ 35 ] [ 36 ] In Italy ‘s modifier against Serbia and Montenegro in Naples, on 12 October, he received a standing ovation on the lurch where he wore the local side ‘s color, as Italy drew 1–1. [ 37 ] Cannavaro scored his beginning international goal on 30 May 2004, in a 4–0 succeed against Tunisia, in Tunis. [ 38 ] Euro 2004, which was hosted by Portugal, turned out to be a disappointment. Cannavaro picked up yellow cards during his nations two opening group draws with Denmark ( 0–0 ) and Sweden ( 1–1 ), forcing him to sit out the final group match. Italy defeated Bulgaria 2–1, but failed to advance on goal remainder. [ 39 ]

2006 World Cup winner [edit ]

Cannavaro captained Italy throughout their successful 2006 World Cup campaign with composure and aplomb under coach Marcello Lippi. One of his identify performances came in a 2–0 extra-time win against hosts Germany in the semi-finals of the tournament : in the final infinitesimal of extra-time, with Italy leading 1–0 and facing a german attack, Cannavaro outjumped Per Mertesacker to clear the ball from his sphere. He subsequently ran ahead to dispossess Lukas Podolski, and carried the ball up to Francesco Totti in midfield, who started the bet that led to Italy ‘s second goal, which was scored by Alessandro Del Piero from an serve by Alberto Gilardino. [ 40 ] however, Cannavaro ‘s crowning consequence was lifting the World Cup trophy on 9 July 2006, the night of his hundredth cap. [ 41 ] Cannavaro did not receive a single jaundiced or red batting order during the 690 minutes he played in the tournament. His defensive performance in the final examination earned him the dub of “ Wall of Berlin ”, as the final was played in Berlin. [ 9 ] [ 40 ] [ 42 ] Along with goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, Cannavaro played each moment of every meet in the tournament for Italy, completing 211 passes and winning 16 challenges. [ 43 ] even with common defensive collaborator Alessandro Nesta out due to injury, [ 40 ] the italian defense mechanism kept a record five clean sheets and conceded only two goals throughout the stallion tournament : an own-goal against the United States and a Zinedine Zidane penalty in the concluding against France. [ 9 ]
Cannavaro ‘s leadership and mobilize of the italian defense throughout their parade to the final earned him a station in the All-Star team at the end of the rival ( awarded by FIFA ‘s Technical Study Group ) aboard six other italian teammates : Gianluigi Buffon, Francesco Totti, Gennaro Gattuso, Andrea Pirlo, Luca Toni and Gianluca Zambrotta. [ 44 ] He was runner-up in the race for the Golden Ball, finishing behind french counterpart Zinedine Zidane ; it was a close contest with Zidane polling 2012 points to Cannavaro ‘s 1977. [ 45 ] Cannavaro was besides awarded the 2006 Ballon d’Or [ 6 ] and the 2006 FIFA World Player of the year for his performances throughout the season and at the World Cup, [ 20 ] besides being named to the FIFPro World XI and the UEFA Team of the Year. [ 9 ]

euro 2008 [edit ]

On 2 June 2008, Cannavaro was injured during Italy ‘s first train school term for Euro 2008. He sustained a bump following a tackle by fellow defender Giorgio Chiellini and was carried off the field on a stretcher. italian team doctor Paolo Zeppilli said, “ We have to do tests but it does not look like a minor wound. ” These tests consequently showed that he had torn ligaments in his left ankle. right after the examinations, italian journalists waited for Cannavaro, who told them just, “ I ‘m going family ”, with a melancholy smile on his font. With that news, Italy director Roberto Donadoni then called up Fiorentina centre-back Alessandro Gamberini as his official substitute. Alessandro Del Piero captained the team in his station. Cannavaro added that he would stay with the team to offer hold. This would have been Cannavaro ‘s third gear Euro tournament. [ 46 ] [ 47 ] Cannavaro besides put his plans to retire from the national team after Euro 2008 on reserve and added that the injury had made him more determined than ever to captain Italy through the 2010 World Cup. [ 48 ]

record break caps at the 2009 Confederations Cup [edit ]

In Italy ‘s final 2009 Confederations Cup group match against Brazil, Cannavaro equalled Paolo Maldini ‘s record of being Italy ‘s most capped player, although Italy were defeated 3–0 and were disappointingly eliminated from the tournament in the group stagecoach. [ 49 ] On 12 August 2009, in a friendly match against Switzerland, Cannavaro became Italy ‘s most capped player of all fourth dimension. He won his 127th detonator for his state, beating Maldini ‘s former phonograph record of 126. [ 9 ]

2010 World Cup and retirement [edit ]

Cannavaro captained Italy at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, once again under Marcello Lippi, although his performances were not adenine strong as in former editions, and he and the italian team received criticism from the weigh. [ 50 ] The champion champions crashed out of the rival in the first circle, losing 3–2 to Slovakia after drawing against New Zealand and Paraguay. [ 50 ] Following Italy ‘s failure to progress past the group stage, Cannavaro announced his retirement from external football. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 50 ] In entire, Cannavaro made 136 appearances for Italy between 1997 and 2010, scoring 2 goals, making him the second-most capped Italian player of all time, behind entirely Gianluigi Buffon. [ 13 ] [ 28 ] Cannavaro has besides made the second-most appearances for Italy as captain, behind lone Buffon, wearing the armband on 79 occasions. [ 9 ] [ 51 ] [ 52 ]

Managerial career [edit ]

After his retirement, Cannavaro was appointed as a global sword ambassador and technical foul adviser of Al-Ahli Club of Dubai on 25 August 2011. [ 53 ] In July 2013, after Cosmin Olăroiu took mission as new head passenger car of Al-Ahli, Cannavaro was named as his first team coach. [ 54 ] He guided Al-Ahli to UAE Pro League and UAE League Cup titles in his first gear season in charge .

Guangzhou Evergrande [edit ]

On 5 November 2014, Cannavaro was named as new pass bus of chinese Super League champion and four-time champions Guangzhou Evergrande, replacing his early national team coach Marcello Lippi. Cannavaro was formally unveiled by the club on the lapp day. [ 55 ] On 4 June 2015, Guangzhou Evergrande suddenly announced Cannavaro was replaced by Luiz Felipe Scolari after a Super League catch against Tianjin Teda. [ 56 ] [ 57 ]
On 24 October 2015, Cannavaro was named new mind coach of Saudi Arabian club Al-Nassr replacing Jorge district attorney silva. [ 58 ] The following 11 February, he rescinded his contract. [ 59 ]

Tianjin Quanjian [edit ]

On 9 June 2016, Tianjin Quanjian, who were on a streak of seven straight competitive matches without a acquire under Vanderlei Luxemburgo, announced Cannavaro became the new coach of the clubhouse. [ 60 ] They were ranked eighth place in the league at the meter, and on 22 October he guided Tianjin Quanjian to the 2016 China League One claim, therefore sealing their promotion to the 2017 Chinese Super League. [ 61 ] Under Cannavaro, Tianjin Quanjian finished third in their top-tier debut with 15 wins, 9 draws and 6 losses and advanced to 2018 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-offs. [ 62 ] On 6 November 2017, Tianjin Quanjian announced the golf club accepted Cannavaro ‘s resignation from the baseball club. [ 63 ] He won the Chinese Football Association Coach of the Year award in November 2017. [ 64 ]

render to Guangzhou Evergrande [edit ]

On 9 November 2017, Guangzhou Evergrande appointed Cannavaro as director for the second fourth dimension. [ 65 ] He was relieved of his situation on 27 October 2019, and went to corporate culture train, with captain Zheng Zhi the act director. [ 66 ] He returned six days late. [ 67 ] On 1 December 2019, he won the taiwanese Super League. [ 68 ] Cannavaro left Guangzhou again in September 2021. [ 69 ]

China national team [edit ]

On 15 March 2019, Cannavaro was appointed director of the China national team, in conjunction with coaching Guangzhou Evergrande. [ 70 ] [ 71 ] Six days late he lost his foremost peer in charge, a 1–0 home kill in the China Cup to Thailand. [ 72 ] On 28 April, he stood down to focus on his function at Guangzhou Evergrande. [ 73 ]

style of play [edit ]

“ Cannavaro has been the most accomplished defender at this World Cup [ in 2006 ]. He has been the only permanent member of Italy ‘s changing back line. He has been disdainful. rigorous. absolutely in commit. Standing tall at 5ft 9in, he is dwarfed by just about every other centre-half in Germany, yet he has risen serenely above them all, apparently without a beading of sweat. ”

—Amy Lawrence, The Guardian. [ 74 ]
Cannavaro is considered one of the greatest defenders of all clock, winning the World Cup as Italy ‘s captain, equally well as the Ballon d’Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year Award in 2006. Although he predominantly excelled as a centre-back, due to his ability to read the game, [ 75 ] [ 76 ] [ 77 ] he was besides deployed as a right or left side full-back on juncture, in particular under his Inter passenger car Héctor Cúper. [ 11 ] This was made possible due to Cannavaro ‘s tactical intelligence, versatility, technical foul ability, ball play ability, stamen, first gear center of graveness and pace, which besides enabled him to start plays from the backline after winning possession. [ 78 ] [ 3 ] [ 79 ] [ 80 ] As a defender, Cannavaro was known in particular for his concentration, anticipation, awareness and positional sense. Despite his relatively belittled stature for a defender, he was highly regarded for his aeriform ability, courtesy of his aggrandizement, physical forte, athleticism, time and heading accuracy, which enabled him to outjump larger players, and made him peculiarly adept at defending crosses, or at scoring with his head from set-pieces. [ 13 ] [ 81 ] [ 82 ] [ 83 ] [ 74 ] Throughout his career, he made a diagnose for himself as a active, reproducible, coherent and dispatch defender, known for his acceleration, speed, reactions, and agility, a well as his tackling ability, and in particular, his precise skid challenges. due to his wide-eyed range of skills, he excelled in a zonal marker system, but was besides an excellent man-marker. [ 84 ] [ 85 ] [ 86 ] [ 87 ] [ 88 ] Nicknamed Canna ( “ reed ” ), by his former Italy defensive teammate Paolo Maldini, [ 74 ] as a character to his surname and mental strength, in addition to his ability as a defender, Cannavaro was besides known for his leadership, determination, potent disposition and charisma, both on and off the pitch, deoxyadenosine monophosphate well as his ability to organise his defense. [ 3 ] [ 79 ] [ 80 ] [ 81 ] [ 74 ] Cannavaro besides attributes his positive character, calm air composure under atmospheric pressure and assurance in his abilities, arsenic well as his diet, work-rate and discipline in prepare, as some of the keystone reasons for his success as a football player, adenine well as his ability to inspire assurance in his teammates. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] [ 89 ] [ 90 ]

Media [edit ]

Cannavaro in Moscow in December 2017 at the pull for the 2018 World Cup Cannavaro was sponsored by sportswear company Nike and appeared in Nike commercials. In a Nike advertising campaign in the runup to the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan, Cannavaro starred in a “ unavowed tournament “ commercial ( branded “ Scopion KO ” ) directed by Terry Gilliam, appearing aboard football players such as Thierry Henry, Ronaldo, Francesco Totti, Ronaldinho, Luís Figo and Hidetoshi Nakata, with former musician Eric Cantona the tournament “ referee ”. [ 91 ] [ 92 ] A 2010 Nike commercial, Write the Future directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, begins with Cannavaro making an impressive goal-line clearance from a Didier Drogba shot, before it cuts off to him being guest of honor on a Mediaset -style italian kind broadcast, where dancers wearing beady variations of his # 6 shirt re-enact the headroom while suspended on wires. [ 93 ] Cannavaro was on the cover of the italian edition of SCEE ‘s This is Football 2003. [ 94 ] Cannavaro besides features in EA Sports ‘ FIFA video game series ; he was named to the Ultimate Team Legends in FIFA 14. [ 95 ] An icon in FIFA 19, Cannavaro has a 92 rate. [ 96 ] Cannavaro worked as a initiate on ITV during the 2014 World Cup. [ 97 ]

personal life [edit ]

Cannavaro married Daniela Arenoso ( b. 1974 ) on 17 June 1996, [ 8 ] they have three children, Christian ( bel. 1998 ) – besides a football player, presently playing as a midfielder for Serie A slope Benevento –, [ 98 ] [ 99 ] [ 100 ] Martina ( boron. 2001 ) and Andrea ( bel. 2004 ). [ 14 ] [ 101 ] Cannavaro ‘s younger buddy, Paolo, was besides a defender who stopping point played for Sassuolo, and previously besides played for Napoli, Verona and Parma. [ 102 ] The two brothers played aboard each other at Parma from 2000 until 2002, when Fabio left for Inter. [ 103 ] Before his retirement, Fabio had often expressed interest in ending his career with Paolo in a Napoli shirt. [ 104 ] With his fellow Neapolitan ally and early defensive teammate Ciro Ferrara, Cannavaro has helped establish a jacob’s ladder initiation, Fondazione Cannavaro Ferrara, specialising in the procurement of cancer inquiry equipment and surgery for special cases of cancer for a hospital in their native Naples ; the initiation besides aims to help at hazard youth in Naples. [ 51 ]

controversy [edit ]

The night before the 1999 UEFA Cup Final, a video recording tape was released which showed Cannavaro being injected with a meaning. The substance was found to be neoton ( phosphocreatine ), which is used in cardiac operating room to protect the heart during periods of anoxia and stress. It is not on the banned meaning list. This chemical is, in partnership with adenosine triphosphate ( ATP ), fundamental to the ability of the body to produce brawny energy. Phosphocreatine is formed naturally within the body, with over 95 % of the compound stored within the muscle cells. The torso besides receives dietary creatine primarily through the consumption of meat. [ 105 ] No action was taken regarding this incident. [ 106 ] On 8 October 2009, Cannavaro failed a drug quiz. however, Juventus claimed the drugs were music for a hard allergic reaction to a wasp bunco, and not performance-enhancing. Because of the pressing nature of the discussion, Cannavaro could not ask for permission to CONI in time, which was done immediately afterwards. obviously while awaiting the decision of formalities involved for CONI with granting this license, he was subjected to the drug trial that finally gave the positive solution. CONI later dropped charges against him. [ 107 ] In February 2015, Cannavaro, his wife Daniela and his brother Paolo were respectively handed ten-month, four-month and six-month prison sentences for breaching orders and entering Fabio ‘s residency after it had been seized by authorities in 2009, amid an probe into deceitful activity and tax evasion. All three have appealed and will have their sentences suspended until the final judgment has been made. [ 108 ] [ 109 ]

career statistics [edit ]

player [edit ]

Club

Read more: S.S. Lazio

[edit ]

[ 110 ] [ 111 ]

Club

Season

League

Cup

Continental

Other

Total

Division
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals

Napoli
1992–93
Serie A

2
0
1
0
0
0
–
3
0

1993–94

27
0
2
0
–
–
29
0

1994–95

29
1
4
0
3
0
–
36
1

Total

58
1
7
0
3
0
0
0
68
1

Parma
1995–96

Serie A

29
1
0
0
6
0
1[a]
0
36
1

1996–97

27
0
1
0
2
0
–
30
0

1997–98

31
0
6
0
7
0
–
44
0

1998–99

30
1
7
0
8
0
–
45
1

1999–2000

31
2
3
0
9
1
2[b]
0
45
3

2000–01

33
0
7
0
6
0
–
46
0

2001–02

31
0
5
0
9
0
–
45
0

Total

212
4
29
0
47
1
3
0
291
5

Internazionale
2002–03

Serie A

28
0
0
0
12
1
–
40
1

2003–04

22
2
3
0
9
0
–
34
2

Total

50
2
3
0
21
1
0
0
74
3

Juventus
2004–05

Serie A

38
2
0
0
9
1
–
47
3

2005–06

36
4
2
0
9
0
1[a]
0
48
4

Total

74
6
2
0
18
1
1
0
95
7

Real Madrid
2006–07
La Liga

32
0
1
0
6
0
–
39
0

2007–08

33
0
1
0
6
0
2[c]
1
42
1

2008–09

29
0
1
0
7
0
–
37
0

Total

94
0
3
0
19
0
2
1
118
1

Juventus

2009–10

Serie A

27
0
1
0
5
0
–
33
0

Al-Ahli Dubai
2010–11
UAE Pro League

16
2
0
0
0
0
–
16
2

Career total

531
15
45
0
113
3
6
1
695
19

International [edit ]

Italy[112]

Year
Apps
Goals

1997
12
0

1998
11
0

1999
8
0

2000
14
0

2001
9
0

2002
12
0

2003
10
0

2004
6
1

2005
8
0

2006
15
0

2007
8
0

2008
8
1

2009
10
0

2010
5
0

Total
136
2

International goals [edit ]

Scores and results list Italy’s goal tally first.

#
Date
Venue
Opponent
Score
Result
Competition

1
30 May 2004
Radès, Tunisia
Tunisia
2–0
4–0
Friendly

2
6 February 2008
Zürich, Switzerland
Portugal
2–0
3–1
Friendly

director [edit ]

As of 11 August 2021

Team

From

Record

Guangzhou Evergrande[113]

5 November 2014

4 June 2015

22
11
6
5
0 50.00
Al Nassr

26 October 2015

11 February 2016

16
6
7
3
0 37.50
Tianjin Quanjian[113]

9 June 2016

6 November 2017

55
33
10
12
0 60.00
Guangzhou Evergrande

9 November 2017

29 September 2021

132
79
23
30
0 59.85
China PR

15 March 2019

29 April 2019

2
0
0
2
00 0.00

Total

227
129
46
52
0 56.83