Max Tonetto

Max Tonetto

Personal information
Date of birth	18 November 1974 (1974-11-18) (age 36)
Place of birth	Trieste, Italy
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Playing position	Left back, Left midfield
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1990–1992	San Giovanni	13	(1)
1992–1997	Reggiana	28	(2)
1993–1994	→ Fano (loan)	30	(2)
1994–1995	→ Ravenna (loan)	38	(0)
1997–1999	Empoli	61	(4)
1999	A.C. Milan	0	(0)
2000	Bologna	12	(0)
2000–2004	Lecce	131	(2)
2004–2006	Sampdoria	66	(8)
2006–2010	Roma	84	(1)
	Total	463	(20)
National team‡
2007	Italy	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 May 2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 June 2007

Max Tonetto (born 18 November 1974 in Trieste) is an Italian football defender. Naturally left footed, his preferred position is the left midfielder position. He has often been used at left back however and can play as a left wing-back.

Club career

In 2000, Tonetto's career came to a shift when he moved to Lecce, where he became team captain in 2003.

From 2004 to 2006, he enjoyed great success at Serie A side Sampdoria, where he got his first taste of European football in the UEFA Cup. After the end of his contract with Sampdoria, he signed a two-year deal with Roma. He has played more than 300 Serie A games.

In his first season with Roma he showed good performances as a left-back. Although in his thirties, Tonetto is still, despite injuries, able to produce great and outstanding performances.

Tonetto scored his first goal for A.S Roma during a match against Empoli in the 2007–2008 season, by completing Francesco Totti's pass and scoring a wonderful goal.

In November 2007, he signed a new contract with Roma which would last until 30 June 2010.^[2]

On 11 March 2009, he blasted Roma's eighth and final penalty into the stands in the shootout against Arsenal, which meant Roma were knocked out of the Champions League, failing to progress to the quarter finals.

His contract with Roma expired 30 June 2010, and he retired.

Honours

• Coppa Italia:
  • Winner: 2007, 2008

• Supercoppa Italiana:
  • Winner: 2007

References

1. ^ "ESPNsoccernet-Max Tonetto Stats, News-AS Roma". http://soccernet.espn.go.com/players/stats?id=11992&&cc=4716. 
2. ^ "PROLUNGAMENTO DEL CONTRATTO PER LE PRESTAZIONI SPORTIVE DEL CALCIATORE MAX TONETTO" (in Italian). AS Roma. 2007-11-21. http://www.asroma.it/NewsDoc.aspx?Categoria=ITComunicatiFinanziari&Documento=8418. Retrieved 2010-06-08. 

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Name	Tonetto, Max
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Date of birth	18 November 1974
Place of birth	Trieste, Italy
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