Cristian Zaccardo
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| Full name | Cristian Zaccardo | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 21 December 1981 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Formigine, Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Defender | ||||||||||||||
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Current team
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Vicenza (on loan from Carpi) | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||
| 1991–2000 | Bologna | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 2000–2004 | Bologna | 79 | (2) | ||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | → Spezia (loan) | 28 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2004–2008 | Palermo | 142 | (8) | ||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | VfL Wolfsburg | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||||
| 2009–2013 | Parma | 118 | (10) | ||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Milan | 14 | (1) | ||||||||||||
| 2015– | Carpi | 27 | (1) | ||||||||||||
| 2016– | → Vicenza (loan) | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Italy U21 | 21 | (2) | ||||||||||||
| 2004–2007 | Italy | 17 | (1) | ||||||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 November 2015. |
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Cristian Zaccardo, Ufficiale OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkristjan dzakˈkardo], born 21 December 1981) is an Italian footballer who plays as a centre back for Vicenza on loan from Serie B club Carpi, although he is also capable of playing as a full-back or in midfield. He began his club career with Italian club Bologna in 2000, and remained with the club until 2004, aside from a loan spell with Spezia. He subsequently moved to Palermo, where he came to prominence during his four seasons at the club. In 2008, he moved to German club VfL Wolfsburg for a season, where he won the 2008–09 Bundesliga title. He returend to Italy the following season, joining Parma, and in 2013 he moved to Milan, before joining Carpi in 2015. At international level, he represented the Italy national football team on 17 occasions between 2004 and 2007, scoring a goal; he was a member of the Italian side that won the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
A product of the Bologna youth system, Zaccardo was promoted to the first team in 2000, but was sent on loan to Spezia for the 2000–01 season. He debuted in the Bologna first team in 2001 under the direction of coach Francesco Guidolin, immediately becoming a regular for the rossoblu and Italy's under-21 national team. He left Bologna in 2004 to join his former coach Guidolin in Palermo. He was a regular starter for Palermo, and made his breakthrough with the club, appearing in 142 league matches and scoring eight goals.
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