- Mattia Cassani
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Mattia Cassani Personal information Date of birth 26 August 1983 Place of birth Borgomanero, Italy Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) Playing position Right back Club information Current club Fiorentina Number 16 Youth career Juventus Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2002–2003 Juventus 0 (0) 2003 → Sampdoria (loan) 2 (0) 2003–2006 Verona 118 (0) 2006– Palermo 161 (2) 2011– → Fiorentina (loan) 1 (0) National team‡ 2003 Italy U-20 6 (0) 2004 Italy U-21 Serie B 1 (0) 2009– Italy 10 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 September 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2011Mattia Cassani (born 26 August 1983) is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Fiorentina and the Italian national team.
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Club career
Cassani started his career at Juventus and then left for Sampdoria on loan in January 2003. In summer 2003 he left for Hellas Verona on loan with option to buy him outright for €800,000, which the loan later extended for 1 more year. In June 2005, Verona bought him in co-ownership deal for €400,000.[1] With Juventus facing the 2006 Italian football scandal they terminated all co-ownership deals, either selling or buying back, Verona bought Cassani outright in June 2006 for an undisclosed fee, thought to be around €1.43M.[2]
Cassani, who can play at either left or right back left for Palermo on 1 July along with teammate Gianni Munari for undisclosed fees.[3]
On April 6, 2008 Cassani scored his first professional goal, a late 28 yard shot which gave Palermo a 3–2 home win against his former club Juventus ending a string of four consecutive defeats.[4]
In October 2008,[citation needed] his contract was renewed until 30 June 2013.[5] He also served as team captain during the first period of the 2010–11 season due to the absence of both Fabrizio Miccoli and Fabio Liverani.
On 2 February 2011 Cassani made his 151st appearance with Palermo, thus becoming the most capped player in Serie A history for the rosanero.[6]
On 24 August 2011 he moved to Fiorentina on loan, with an option to make the move permanent at the end of the season.[7]
International career
Cassani capped for Italy U20 team, a development team to fill the gap between U19 team and the U21.
He also played for U21 B team which compose of Serie B players, against Belgium U21 on 30 March 2004.[8] On the same day Italy U21 team also scheduled a match against Portugal U21.
In May 2009, Cassani got his first senior national call-up to play for Italy against Northern Ireland, but did not make his debut on that occasion. On 18 November 2009 he made his debut in a friendly against Sweden.
He was in Lippi's 28-men provisional 2010 World Cup squad, but was not included in the 23-men final squad.[9]
Career statistics
- As of July 2011
Club performance League Cup Continental Total Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 2002–03 Juventus Serie A 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2002–03 Sampdoria Serie B 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2003–04 Verona 37 0 1 0 0 0 38 0 2004–05 40 0 3 0 0 0 43 0 2005–06 41 0 2 0 0 0 43 0 Total Verona 118 0 6 0 0 0 124 0 2006–07 Palermo Serie A 30 0 2 0 5 0 37 0 2007–08 26 1 2 0 1 0 29 1 2008–09 36 1 0 0 0 0 36 1 2009–10 37 0 3 0 0 0 40 0 2010–11 32 0 5 0 7 0 44 0 2011–12 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 Total Palermo 161 2 12 0 15 0 188 2 2011–12 Fiorentina Serie A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total 281 2 18 0 16 0 315 2 References
- ^ "Six-Monthly Report at 31 December 2005". Juventus FC. 24 March 2006. http://www.juventus.com/site/filesite/finance/bilanci_relazioni/24_mar_2006_eng.pdf. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
- ^ "Six-Monthly Report at 31 December 2006". Juventus FC. 27 March 2007. http://www.juventus.com/site/filesite/finance/bilanci_relazioni/27_mar_2007_eng_.pdf. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
- ^ "Acquistati Cassani e il 50% di Munari" (in Italian). US Città di Palermo official site (www.ilpalermocalcio.it). 1 July 2006. http://www.ilpalermocalcio.it/it/0607/news_scheda.jsp?id=5449. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
- ^ "PALERMO GRAB LATE WIN". Sporting Life. 2008-04-06. http://www.sportinglife.com/football/overseas/italy/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=international_feed/08/04/06/SOCCER_Ita-Palermo_Nightlead.html&TEAMHD=italy. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
- ^ "Cassani plans Palermo stay". Sky Sports. 23 October 2009. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11854_5646784,00.html. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
- ^ "Palermo-Juventus, le curiosità" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 2 February 2011. http://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/palermo/?action=read&idnet=dHV0dG9wYWxlcm1vLm5ldC0zMjI4MQ. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
- ^ "Cassani in viola. Domani alle 11:30 la presentazione ufficiale [Cassani is a Viola. Official press conference scheduled for tomorrow 11.30am]" (in Italian). ACF Fiorentina. 24 August 2011. http://it.violachannel.tv/dettaglio-ultimora/items/cassani.html. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
- ^ "Grieco in extremis In Belgio è vittoria" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 31 March 2004. http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2004/marzo/31/Grieco_extremis_Belgio_vittoria_ga_10_0403316842.shtml. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
- ^ "Pronta la squadra azzurra: ecco la lista dei 23 per il Mondiale" (in Italian). FIGC. 2010-06-01. http://www.figc.it/it/204/24864/2010/06/News.shtml. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
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Categories:- 1983 births
- Living people
- People from Brescia
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- Hellas Verona F.C. players
- U.S. Città di Palermo players
- ACF Fiorentina players
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