- Paolo Cannavaro
Football player infobox
playername = Paolo Cannavaro
fullname = Paolo Cannavaro
height = height|m=1.84
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1981|6|26
cityofbirth =Naples
countryofbirth =Italy
currentclub = Napoli
clubnumber = 28
position = Centre back
youthyears = 1996-98
youthclubs = Napoli
years = 1998-1999
1999-2006
2001-2002
2006-Present
clubs = Napoli
Parma
→ Verona (loan)
Napoli
caps(goals) = 2 (0)
92 (4)
25 (1)
63 (2) [ [http://www.calcionapolinews.it/archivio/calciatore_view.asp?q=167&n=4449 CalcioNapoliNews.it] ]
nationalyears = 2002-2004
nationalteam = Italy U-21
nationalcaps(goals) = 18 (0)
pcupdate = 8 March 2007
ntupdate = June 2006Paolo Cannavaro (born
26 June 1981 inNaples ) is an Italian footballer. He plays in defence and is the younger brother ofFabio Cannavaro . He currently plays forS.S.C. Napoli inSerie A .Club career
Cannavaro made his professional debut for his hometown side
S.S.C. Napoli during the 1998/99 season inSerie A , while he was 17 years old.The following season he was signed by Parma, playing alongside his older brother Fabio Cannavaro in his first season at the club. In fact Paolo's debut for Parma came when he replaced his brother as a substitute in Parma's 4-1 victory against
U.S. Lecce .Verona loaned the player during the 2001/02 season, Cannavaro turned out 25 times for the club, scoring his first professional goal. The successive year he returned to Parma where he spent much of the time as a substitute for the following two seasons (2002/2003, 2003/2004). During the 2004/2005 season, Paolo became more active in the first team at Parma, making 24 appearances scoring 4 goals from defence.
As
S.S.C. Napoli were promoted back intoSerie B , and were building a squad with potential, Cannavaro was brought back to his first club, where he currently remains.International career
As a youngster, Cannavaro played for Italy under-21 national football team. He is yet to follow in the steps of his brother by earning a call up for the Italian national senior team. [cite news|url=http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/oct14n.html|publisher=Channel4.com|title=Cannavaro Jr thanks Napoli|date=
15 October 2007]References
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