- Fabio Liverani
Infobox Football biography
playername = Fabio Liverani
fullname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1976|4|29
cityofbirth =Rome
countryofbirth =Italy
height = Height|m=1.75
nickname =
position =Midfielder
currentclub = Palermo
clubnumber = 11
youthyears = 1994–1995
1995–1996
youthclubs = Palermo
Cagliari
years = 1996
1997–2000
2000–2001
2001–2006
2006–2008
2008-
clubs = Nocerina
Viterbese
Perugia
Lazio
Fiorentina
Palermo
caps(goals) = 002 0(0)
104 (18)
032 0(3)
126 0(6)
060 0(1)
nationalyears = 2001-2006
nationalteam = Italy
nationalcaps(goals) = 003 0(0)
pcupdate =April 20 2008
ntupdate =August 16 2006 Fabio Liverani (born
April 29 ,1976 inRome ) is an Italian footballmidfielder who currently plays forU.S. Città di Palermo in theSerie A league, is 175 cm tall and weighs 75 kg.Liverani, born from a Somali mother and an half Italian father, made his professional debut with Viterbese of Serie C2 in 1996/97. However, it was on Perugia, where he moved on 2000/2001, that Liverani showed all his potential, and soon became the first person of African origin to represent Italy, making his debut with the "azzurri" in a friendly match against South Africa. Since then, he has played twelve times for Italy, scoring 5 goals against nigeria.
He played for Lazio from 2001 to 2006; thanks to his impressive final season with the "biancazzurri", won the uefa cup and seria title and 3 time best player in seria A Liverani was called for a national team pre-World Cup stage held on May 2 and 3, but failed to be called for the FIFA World Cup. He then moved in 2006 to Fiorentina. He was called by new coach
Roberto Donadoni , friendly against Croatia, 16 August 2006, as starter.He played a total of two seasons with Fiorentina, being instrumental in the "viola"'s successful 2007–2008 Serie A campaign which ended with a final fourth place that ensured them a spot in the third qualifying round of the
UEFA Champions League 2008-09 . Following that season, Fiorentina and Liverani parted company.In May 2008 Liverani signed a contract with Palermo for three years.
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