Alessio Tacchinardi
| Alessio Tacchinardi | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alessio Tacchinardi | |
| Date of birth | July 23 1975 | |
| Place of birth | Crema, Italy | |
| Height | m ({{FORMATNUM:6 ft 11⁄2 in}}) | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Brescia | |
| Number | 14 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1992–1994 1994–2007 2005–2007 2007– |
Atalanta Juventus F.C. →Villarreal CF(loan) Brescia |
9 (0) 261 (9) 39 (2) 2 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1995– | Italy | 13 (0) |
|
1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Alessio Tacchinardi (born July 23, 1975 in Crema, Lombardy) is an Italian footballer and central midfielder of Brescia.
He started his career in 1992 at Atalanta, where he played in nine games before being transferred to Juventus in 1994. There, he had an immediate impact, starring in 24 games. Arguably, his peak season so far was the 2002-03 campaign, where he scored two goals in 27 appearances in the Serie A, while scoring two more goals in 13 Champions League appearances (that year, Juventus reached the Champions League finals). Nonetheless, he has had occasional injury problems, and has not completely filled the gap left by Edgar Davids' departure. In July 2005, Villarreal signed him on one-year loan from Juventus F.C.. He helped the team to reach Champions League semi-finals. In July 2006, he extended his loan for one more year. His loan finished at the end of the 2006/07 season. He wore #14 for Villarreal in the Spanish La Liga. He signed a 2-year deal with Brescia on August 9,2007[1].
For Italy, Tacchinardi has been capped 13 times, the first in 1995. Has never had a real stint with the Squadra Azzurra, playing here and there, and never on a major tournament's final stages.
His elder brother, Massimiliano, also briefly played professional football as a defender.
Honours
With Juventus:
- Serie A champions (1994-95, 1996-97, 1997-98, 2001-02, 2002-03)
- Serie A runners-up (1995-96, 1999-00, 2000-01)
- Italian Cup winners (1994-95)
- Italian Cup runners-up (2001-02, 2003-04)
- Italian Super Cup winners (1995, 1997, 2002, 2003)
- Italian Super Cup runners-up (1998, 2005)
- Intercontinental Cup winners (1996)
- UEFA Champions League winners (1995-96)
- UEFA Champions League runners-up (1996-97, 1997-98, 2002-03)
- UEFA Cup runners-up (1994-95)
- UEFA Intertoto Cup winners (1999)
- European Supercup winners (1996)
References
- ^ Alessio Tacchinardi è del Brescia (Italian). Brescia Calcio. Retrieved on 2007-08-09.
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