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| Marco Materazzi | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Date of birth | August 19, 1973 | |
| Place of birth | Lecce, Italy | |
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)6-2 | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Internazionale | |
| Number | 23 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1990–1991 1991–1993 |
Messina Peloro Tor di Quinto |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1993–1994 1994–1995 1995–1998 1996 1998–1999 1999–2001 2001– |
Marsala Trapani Perugia → Carpi (loan) Everton Perugia Internazionale |
25 (4) 13 (2) 47 (7) 18 (7) 25 (1) 51 (15) 159 (19) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2001- | Italy | 41 (2)1 |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Marco Materazzi, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI23 (born August 19, 1973 in Lecce), is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who currently plays for Serie A club Internazionale. He was a part of the Italy squad that won the 2006 FIFA World Cup, which ended in controversy after he was headbutted by Zinedine Zidane during the final.
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Early life and club career
Materazzi was born in Lecce, where his father Giuseppe was playing for local side US Lecce. Giuseppe was also a former football coach and manager of teams such as Pisa Calcio, Lazio, Sporting C.P. and Tianjin Teda. Marco was a Lazio fan during his father's stint as Lazio manager in the late 1980s.4
He began his footballing career with the F.C. Messina Peloro youth team from 1990 to 1991. He spent his early career in the lower divisions of Italian football, with amateur side Tor di Quinto (1991-92), Serie C2 team S.C. Marsala 1912 (1993-94), and Serie C1 Trapani (1994-95), where he narrowly missed a historical promotion to Serie B after losing a promotion playoff to S.S. Gualdo.
Serie B squad Perugia Calcio signed Materazzi for the first time in 1995, but spent a part of the 1996-97 season in Serie C with Carpi F.C. 1909, before coming back to Perugia. He then spent 1998-99 with Everton F.C., where he was sent off four times in just 27 games, then once again returned to Perugia. He scored 12 goals in the 2000-01 season, breaking Daniel Passarella's Serie A record of most goals by a defender in one season. He was then signed by Inter Milan for €10m. Materazzi finished the 2006-07 season as the top scoring defender of Serie A with 10 goals. A lot of his goals come from penalties. He signed a contract extension in 2006 that will keep him with Inter until 2010. Materazzi made his 150th appearance for Inter in a 2-0 win over Atalanta B.C. on April 6, 2008.
International career
Materazzi started the 2006 FIFA World Cup Finals as a reserve player, but after Alessandro Nesta suffered an injury in the group match against Czech Republic, he was brought back in the starting lineup. He was sent off with a red card in the round of 16 match against Australia and was suspended for Italy's quarterfinal match against Ukraine. In the WC final against France, he conceded a penalty but later tied the match 1-1 with a header. He also scored Italy's second penalty in the shootout after the match remained tied after extra time.
During the extra-time period, Materazzi was headbutted in the chest by Zinedine Zidane, who was then sent off. Zidane had accused him for insulting his sister and mother, but during a press conference following the event, Materazzi lied that after he had grabbed Zidane's jersey, Zidane offered it to him sarcastically. Materazzi then replied, "I prefer the whore that is your sister," which resulted in the headbutt. He later claimed he did not know that Zidane even had a sister.56
International goals
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 June 2006 | Hamburg, Germany |  Czech Republic |
2-0 | Win | FIFA World Cup 2006 |
| 2 | 9 July 2006 | Berlin, Germany |  France |
1-1(AET), 5-3(PSO) | Win | FIFA World Cup 2006 |
Honours
Internazionale
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- Runner-up: 2003
- Supercoppa Italiana: 2005, 2006, 2008
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- Runner-up: 2007
International
Personal
Notes
- ^ Source: FIFA World Cup official site
- ^ FIFA.com
- ^ AscotSportal.com
- ^ "Materazzi e i tifosi laziali: amore finito?" (in Italian), Real Soccer (2006-05-14). Retrieved on 16 May 2007.
- ^ "Materazzi reveals details of Zidane World Cup slur", Reuters (5 September 2006). Retrieved on 2 February 2008.
- ^ "And Materazzi's exact words to Zidane were...". Guardian Unlimited (18 August 2007). Retrieved on 2008-03-18.
External links
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- Official Website
- Official Inter Milan profile
- FootballDatabase.com provides Materazzi's profile and stats
- Information on the incident between Materazzi and Zidane
- Popular song with video about the incident between Materazzi and Zidane
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