Anselmo Robbiati

Infobox Football biography


playername = Anselmo Robbiati
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1970|1|1
cityofbirth = Lecco
countryofbirth = Italy
height = height|m=1.73
currentclub = Figline
position = Attacking midfielder
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years = 1987–1993
1993–1999
1999–2000
2000
2001
2002
2002–2003
2003–2004
2004–2005
2005–2006
2006–
clubs = Monza
Fiorentina
Napoli
Internazionale
→ Perugia (loan)
→ Fiorentina (loan)
Ancona
Grosseto
Monza
Como
Figline
caps(goals) = 135 (20)
155 (27)
020 0(2)
000 0(0)
012 0(3)
005 0(0)
012 0(0)
008 0(2)
029 0(4)
025 0(4)

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Anselmo Robbiati (born January 1, 1970 in Lecco) is an Italian footballer currently playing with Serie D team Figline. He is best remembered as a member of Fiorentina during the early 1990s.

Career

Robbiati started his professional career in 1987 with Serie C1 club Monza. In 1993 he signed for Fiorentina, then in Serie B, being instrumental in the "viola"'s successful 1993–94 campaign. He stayed at Fiorentina until 1999, despite often not being featured in the starting lineup, and achieving some success even at the continental level, scoring the decisive goal in the return leg of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Round of 16 against Sparta Prague (Fiorentina then went on being ultimately defeated by Barcelona FC in the semi-finals).cite web |publisher=FirenzeViola.it |url=http://www.firenzeviola.it/?action=read&idnotizia=15237 |language=Italian |title="AMARCORD", Quando Schwarz e Spadino Robbiati ci stupirono con effetti speciali |accessdate=2008-03-13 |date=2007-12-20] After a season with Napoli, in 2001 Robbiati signed for Inter, but never managed to play a single match with the "nerazzurri", being loaned first to Perugia and then to Fiorentina.

In 2002 Robbiati left the top-flight to join Ancona of Serie B, and then Serie C2 teams Grosseto and Monza. After a season-long stay at Serie D team Como, in October 2006 he signed for Figline, a minor Tuscan team. [cite news |url=http://www.nove.firenze.it/vediarticolo.asp?id=a6.10.04.19.19 |title=Calcio: Robbiati riparte dalla D, ha firmato per il Figline |publisher=Nove da Firenze |language=Italian |accessdate=2008-03-13 |date=2006-10-04 ]

Robbiati is popularly known as "Spadino"; the nickname was first used by Giovanni Stroppa during their time together at Monza, and is a reference to Happy Days minor character Raymond "Spike" Fonzarelli ("Spadino" in the Italian version of the sitcom). [cite web |url=http://www.solocalcio.com/FORZAVIOLA/RobbiatiAlfa.htm |publisher=SoloCalcio.com |language=Italian |accessdate=2008-03-13 |title=L'UOMO DEL DESTINO ]

References

External links

* [http://www.footballplus.com/players/2551/Anselmo-Robbiati.html Robbiati's career profile (from FootballPlus.com)]