- Mauro Bressan
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Mauro Bressan Personal information Full name Mauro Bressan Date of birth January 5, 1971 Place of birth Valdobbiadene, Italy Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Playing position Midfielder Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1988–1989 Montebelluna 26 (5) 1989–1991 Milan 0 (0) 1991 Perugia 0 (0) 1991–1994 Como 58 (6) 1994–1995 Foggia 32 (1) 1995–1997 Cagliari 40 (0) 1997–1999 Bari 57 (1) 1999–2001 Fiorentina 59 (2) 2001–2002 Venezia 29 (0) 2002–2003 Genoa 30 (1) 2003–2005 Como 50 (1) 2005–2007 FC Lugano 59 (2) 2007–2009 FC Chiasso 53 (4) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Mauro Bressan (born January 5, 1971 in Valdobbiadene, Italy) is a retired Italian football player who currently works as a director of sports for the Hungarian club Vasas SC.[1]
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Football career
His career peaked whilst playing for Fiorentina during 1999–2001 and though he didn't have many league starts, he did start three Champions League games for the Italian side. Bressan's main fame comes from one of these games, in the 3–3 draw against Barcelona on November 2, 1999. After 14 minutes he scored what is considered one of the greatest goals of all time, a spectacular 25 yard bicycle kick. An ITV programme on the 50 greatest Champions League goals had it at number 2, behind Zinedine Zidane's winning volley against Bayer Leverkusen in the 2002 Champions League Final. Sky One also placed this goal as number 8 in their list of the 50 greatest Champions League goals.
Match fixing allegations and police arrest
On June 1, 2011, Bressan was arrested alongside fifteen other people (including former players Giuseppe Signori and Stefano Bettarini) in a police action regarding match fixing.[2]
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Categories:- Italian football midfielder, 1970s birth stubs
- 1971 births
- Living people
- People from Valdobbiadene
- Italian footballers
- Como Calcio 1907 players
- U.S. Foggia players
- Cagliari Calcio players
- ACF Fiorentina players
- F.B.C. Unione Venezia players
- Genoa C.F.C. players
- FC Chiasso players
- Serie A footballers
- Serie B footballers
- Italian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
- Italian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
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