- Alessio Tacchinardi
Football player infobox
playername= Alessio Tacchinardi
fullname = Alessio Tacchinardi
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1975|7|23
cityofbirth = Crema
countryofbirth =Italy
height = Height|m=1.87
currentclub = unattached
clubnumber =
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1992–1994 1994–2007 2005–2007 2007–2008
clubs = Atalanta Juventus → Villarreal "(loan)" Brescia
caps(goals) = 9 (0) 261 (9) 39 (2) 34 (9)
nationalyears = 1995–2003
nationalteam = Italy
nationalcaps(goals) = 13 (0)
pcupdate =February 19 ,2008
ntupdate =February 19 ,2008 Alessio Tacchinardi (born
July 23 ,1975 in Crema,Lombardy ) is an Italian footballer and defensivemidfielder .Career
He started his career in
1992 at Atalanta, where he played in nine games before being transferred to Juventus in1994 . There, he had an immediate impact, starring in 24 games. Arguably, his peak season so far was the 2002-03 campaign, where he scored two goals in 27 appearances in theSerie A , while scoring two more goals in 13 Champions League appearances (that year, Juventus reached the Champions League finals). Nonetheless, he has had occasional injury problems, and never completely filled the gap left byEdgar Davids ' departure.Villareal Loan
In July 2005, Villarreal signed him on one-year loan from
Juventus F.C. . He helped the team to reach Champions League semi-finals. In July 2006, he extended his loan for one more year. His loan finished at the end of the 2006/07 season. He wore #14 for Villarreal in the Spanish La Liga.Joining Brescia
He signed a 2-year deal with Brescia on
August 9 ,2007 , having made 20 appearances as of February 2008 [cite web|publisher=Brescia Calcio|language=Italian|accessdate=2007-08-09|url=http://www.bresciaonline.it/or4/or?uid=BOLesy.main.index&oid=602690&uidx_15=BOLappl.news.dettaglio&idnews=1535290&is_popup=0|title= Alessio Tacchinardi è del Brescia] .International career
For Italy, Tacchinardi has been capped 13 times, the first in 1995. Tacchinardi has not been a regular player for the "Squadra Azzurra", never playing in the final stages of a major tournament.
Family
His elder brother, Massimiliano, also briefly played professional football as a defender.
Honours
With Juventus:
*Serie A champions (1994-95, 1996-97, 1997-98, 2001-02, 2002-03)
*Serie A runners-up (1995-96, 1999-00, 2000-01)
*Italian Cup winners (1994-95)
*Italian Cup runners-up (2001-02, 2003-04)
*Italian Super Cup winners (1995, 1997, 2002, 2003)
*Italian Super Cup runners-up (1998, 2005)
*Intercontinental Cup winners (1996)
*UEFA Champions League winners (1995-96)
*UEFA Champions League runners-up (1996-97, 1997-98, 2002-03)
*UEFA Cup runners-up (1994-95)
*UEFA Intertoto Cup winners (1999)
*European Supercup winners (1996)References
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