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\"Cannavaro\" redirects here. For his younger brother, see Paolo Cannavaro.

Fabio Cannavaro

Cannavaro in 2011

Personal information

Full name

\nFabio Cannavaro^[1]

Date of birth

\n13 September 1973 (age 51)

Place of birth

\nNaples, Italy

Height

\n1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)^[2]

Position(s)

\nCentre-back

Team information

Current team

\nDinamo Zagreb (manager)

Youth career

1988\u20131992

\nNapoli

Senior career\"

Years

\nTeam

\nApps

\n(Gls)

1991\u20131995

\nNapoli

\n58

\n(1)

1995\u20132002

\nParma

\n212

\n(5)

2002\u20132004

\nInter Milan

\n50

\n(2)

2004\u20132006

\nJuventus

\n74

\n(6)

2006\u20132009

\nReal Madrid

\n94

\n(0)

2009\u20132010

\nJuventus

\n27

\n(0)

2010\u20132011

\nAl Ahli Dubai

\n16

\n(2)

Total

\n531

\n(16)

International career

1993\u20131996

\nItaly U21

\n21

\n(0)

1997\u20132010

\nItaly

\n136

\n(2)

Managerial career

2014\u20132015

\nGuangzhou Evergrande

2015\u20132016

\nAl Nassr

2016\u20132017

\nTianjin Quanjian

2017\u20132021

\nGuangzhou Evergrande

2019

\nChina

2022\u20132023

\nBenevento

2024

\nUdinese

2024\u2013

\nDinamo Zagreb

Medal record

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Men's football\n
\n
Representing $\"\"$ Italy\n
FIFA World Cup\n
Winner	2006 Germany	\n
UEFA European Championship\n
Runner-up	2000 Belgium-Netherlands	\n
UEFA European Under-21 Championship\n
Winner	1994 France	\n
Winner	1996 Spain	\n

\n\"Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fabio Cannavaro Ufficiale OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [\u02c8fa\u02d0bjo kanna\u02c8va\u02d0ro]; born 13 September 1973) is an Italian professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb. He is regarded as one of the greatest defenders of all time.^[3]^[4]\n

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 Inter Milan and Juventus, he transferred (along with manager Fabio Capello) from Juventus to Real Madrid in 2006, with whom he won consecutive La Liga titles in 2007 and 2008. He returned to Juventus for one season in 2009\u201310 and retired from football in 2011 after a stint at Al-Ahli.\n

Cannavaro was part of the Italy team which won consecutive UEFA European Under-21 Championships in 1994 and 1996. After earning his first senior cap in 1997, he helped his national team to the final of UEFA Euro 2000, being named in the team of the tournament, and became captain in 2002, following Paolo Maldini's retirement.\n

Cannavaro led Italy to victory in the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany and was given the nickname \"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 only two goals, neither of which were in open play. He was awarded the Silver Ball after being named the tournament's second-best player. He was named the 2006 FIFA World Player of the Year, making him the only defender in history to have won the award. He also won the Ballon d'Or award in 2006 which made him the only defender to win the award in a decade and only the third of all time after Franz Beckenbauer and Matthias Sammer.^[5]^[6]\n

In 2009, Cannavaro overtook Maldini as the most-capped player in the country's history. He retired from international football on 25 June 2010 following Italy's failure to qualify for the knockout stages of the 2010 World Cup, having amassed 136 caps and 2 goals for the senior national team.^[7] In total, he represented Italy at four World Cups, two UEFA European Championships, the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup. He is currently Italy's second all-time appearance holder, behind Gianluigi Buffon, as well as Italy's most capped defender.\n

Since his retirement, Cannavaro has coached club teams in the Middle East and China. He was briefly appointed as manager of the China national team in 2019. He was the head coach of Serie B club Benevento in the 2022\u201323 season, and in April 2024, he became head coach of Serie A club Udinese, successfully leading the club clear of the relegation zone. In December 2024, he was announced as the manager of Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb.\n

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Club\n	Season\n	League\n	Cup\n	Continental\n	Other\n	Total\n
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals\n
Napoli\n	1992\u201393\n	Serie A\n	2	0	1	0	0	0	\u2013	3	0\n
1993\u201394\n	Serie A\n	27	0	2	0	\u2013	\u2013	29	0\n
1994\u201395\n	Serie A\n	29	1	4	0	3	0	\u2013	36	1\n
Total\n	58	1	7	0	3	0	0	0	68	1\n
Parma\n	1995\u201396\n	Serie A\n	29	1	0	0	6	0	1^[a]	0	36	1\n
1996\u201397\n	Serie A\n	27	0	1	0	2	0	\u2013	30	0\n
1997\u201398\n	Serie A\n	31	0	6	0	7	0	\u2013	44	0\n
1998\u201399\n	Serie A\n	30	1	7	0	8	0	\u2013	45	1\n
1999\u20132000\n	Serie A\n	31	2	3	0	9	1	2^[b]	0	45	3\n
2000\u201301\n	Serie A\n	33	0	7	0	6	0	\u2013	46	0\n
2001\u201302\n	Serie A\n	31	1	5	0	9	0	\u2013	45	0\n
Total\n	212	5	29	0	47	1	3	0	291	5\n
Inter Milan\n	2002\u201303\n	Serie A\n	28	0	0	0	12	1	\u2013	40	1\n
2003\u201304\n	Serie A\n	22	2	3	0	9	0	\u2013	34	2\n
Total\n	50	2	3	0	21	1	0	0	74	3\n
Juventus\n	2004\u201305\n	Serie A\n	38	2	0	0	9	1	\u2013	47	3\n
2005\u201306\n	Serie A\n	36	4	2	0	9	0	1^[a]	0	48	4\n
Total\n	74	6	2	0	18	1	1	0	95	7\n
Real Madrid\n	2006\u201307\n	La Liga\n	32	0	1	0	6	0	\u2013	39	0\n
2007\u201308\n	La Liga\n	33	0	1	0	6	0	2^[c]	1	42	1\n
2008\u201309\n	La Liga\n	29	0	1	0	7	0	\u2013	37	0\n
Total\n	94	0	3	0	19	0	2	1	118	1\n
Juventus\n	2009\u201310\n	Serie A\n	27	0	1	0	5	0	\u2013	33	0\n
Al-Ahli Dubai\n	2010\u201311\n	UAE Pro League\n	16	2	0	0	0	0	\u2013	16	2\n
Career total\n	531	16	45	0	113	3	6	1	695	19\n

National team	Year	Apps	Goals\n
Italy\n	1997	12	0\n
1998	11	0\n
1999	8	0\n
2000	14	0\n
2001	9	0\n
2002	12	0\n
2003	10	0\n
2004	6	1\n
2005	8	0\n
2006	15	0\n
2007	8	0\n
2008	8	1\n
2009	10	0\n
2010	5	0\n
Total	136	2\n

No.\n	Date\n	Venue\n	Opponent\n	Score\n	Result\n	Competition\n
1	30 May 2004	Rad\u00e8s, Tunisia	$\"\"$ Tunisia	2\u20130	4\u20130	Friendly\n
2	6 February 2008	Z\u00fcrich, Switzerland	$\"\"$ Portugal	2\u20130	3\u20131	Friendly\n

Team\n	Nat\n	From\n	To\n	Record\n
G	W	D	L	Win %\n
Guangzhou Evergrande^[118]\n	$\"China\"$ \n	5 November 2014\n	4 June 2015\n	22\n	11\n	6\n	5\n	050.00\n
Al Nassr\n	$\"Saudi$ \n	26 October 2015\n	11 February 2016\n	16\n	6\n	7\n	3\n	037.50\n
Tianjin Quanjian^[118]\n	$\"China\"$ \n	9 June 2016\n	6 November 2017\n	55\n	33\n	10\n	12\n	060.00\n
Guangzhou Evergrande\n	$\"China\"$ \n	9 November 2017\n	29 September 2021\n	132\n	79\n	23\n	30\n	059.85\n
China PR\n	$\"China\"$ \n	15 March 2019\n	29 April 2019\n	2\n	0\n	0\n	2\n	000.00\n
Benevento\n	$\"Italy\"$ \n	21 September 2022\n	4 February 2023\n	17\n	3\n	7\n	7\n	017.65\n
Udinese\n	$\"Italy\"$ \n	22 April 2024\n	30 June 2024\n	6\n	2\n	3\n	1\n	033.33\n
Dinamo Zagreb\n	$\"Croatia\"$ \n	29 December 2024\n	Pressent\n	7\n	5\n	0\n	2\n	071.43\n
Total\n	257\n	139\n	56\n	62\n	054.09\n

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Early life

Club career

1988\u20131995: Youth career and Napoli

1995\u20132002: Parma

2002\u20132004: Inter Milan

2004\u20132006: Juventus and Calciopoli

2006\u20132009: Real Madrid

2009\u20132010: Return to Juventus

2010\u20132011: Al-Ahli

International career

Youth career

Early senior career and 1998 World Cup

Euro 2000 Final, 2002 World Cup and Euro 2004

2006 World Cup winner

Euro 2008

Record-breaking caps at the 2009 Confederations Cup

2010 World Cup and retirement

Managerial career

Al-Ahli

Guangzhou Evergrande

Al Nassr

Tianjin Quanjian

Return to Guangzhou Evergrande

China national team

Benevento

Udinese

Dinamo Zagreb

Style of play

Media

Personal life

Controversies

Career statistics

Club

International

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Manager

Orders

See also

References

External links

Fabio Cannavaro

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