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 country:
Italia
born in: Lecce
on: August 19, 1973
role: Defender
height: 193 cm
weight: 92 kg
Central defender, very skilled in tackles, where he is
almost unbeatable on penalties and free kicks, evidence
of his undoubted technical ability.
He followed in his father´s footsteps: his father
Giuseppe is a coach of international reputation.
Among the teams he trained there are Pisa, Lazio, Bari,
Padova, Brescia, Piacenza and Sporting Lisbona.
He has started playing from the amateur, passing by the
Sicilian fields of serie C.
Last year, with 12 goals scored he equalled the absolute
record in goals for a defender in the Italian championship:
the record previously was held by Daniel Passarella, from
Florence, with 11 goals during 1985/86 season.
He started out in the National Team on 25th April 2001
(friendly game, Italy-South-Africa 1-0). Ilario Castagner,
his coach in Perugia, has been the one who suggested coach
Giovanni Trapattoni to send Materazzi to the Italian National
Team defence: "Two years earlier, I had already recominded
to Ghedin, Trapattoni´s cooperator, the name of
Marco. He had been deserving such a chance from a long
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