Federico Balzaretti
Italian former professional footballer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Federico Balzaretti (Italian pronunciation: [fedeˈriːko baldzaˈretti; baltsa-]; born 6 December 1981) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a left-sided full-back, currently in charge as technical director of Udinese.
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Full name | Federico Balzaretti | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1981-12-06) 6 December 1981 (age 42) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Turin, Italy | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Full-back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Vicenza (director of football) | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
Torino | |||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1999–2005 | Torino | 94 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
1999–2001 | → Varese (loan) | 44 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2001–2002 | → Siena (loan) | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2005–2007 | Juventus | 57 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2007–2008 | Fiorentina | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2008–2012 | Palermo | 143 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2012–2015 | Roma | 39 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Total | 399 | (8) | |||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
2000 | Italy U20 | 23 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2002 | Italy U21 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2010–2013 | Italy | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
A product of the Torino youth system, his first experience as a professional footballer was on loan to Varese and Siena, returning to Turin to play a year in Serie A and two in Serie B. Later he moved to Juventus, playing a year in Serie A and the Champions League and winning the Scudetto, later revoked for the events of Calciopoli and the next season in the lower division that ended in promotion. Sold to Fiorentina in 2007, after half a season he moved to Palermo, with whom he played in the Europa League. In 2010, he was called up to the Italy national team and took part in the UEFA Euro 2012, where Italy finished as runners-up . The same summer, he moved to Roma. After struggling with injuries, on 12 August 2015, he announced his retirement from football after having made a total of 221 appearances and scored 4 goals in Serie A and 130 appearances and 3 goals in Serie B.