- Giuseppe Favalli
Football player infobox
playername = Giuseppe Favalli
fullname = Giuseppe Favalli
height = height|m=1.82
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1972|1|8
cityofbirth =Orzinuovi
countryofbirth =Italy
currentclub = Milan
clubnumber = 19
position = Left back
youthyears = 1987–1988
youthclubs = Cremonese
years = 1988–1992
1992–2004
2004–2006
2006–
clubs = Cremonese
Lazio
Internazionale
Milan
caps(goals) = 094 (3)
298 (4)
049 (0)
041 (2)
nationalyears = 1989–1994
1994–2004
nationalteam = Italy U-21
Italy
nationalcaps(goals) = 0024 (2)
008 (0)
pcupdate =May 11 2008
ntupdate =September 4 2004 Giuseppe Favalli (born
January 8 1972 inOrzinuovi ,Province of Brescia ) is an Italianfootball (soccer) player at the position of defender who currently plays forAC Milan .He started his career with then-
Serie B squad Cremonese, where his strong performance resulted in him being signed to Lazio during the summer of 1992. He eventually became teamcaptain and was a fan favorite. He later moved to Inter Milan joining the club in the summer of 2004. However, he was not always chosen to start for the team and the arrival ofFabio Grosso after the world cup meant that he was deemed surplus to the squad and as a result, did not have his contract re-newed at the of the 2006 season. He was then subsequently signed byA.C. Milan in a free transfer, but once again, with strong players such asKakha Kaladze andPaolo Maldini ahead of him in the ranks playing left-back, he would spend the seasons mainly on the bench. In the2007 UEFA Champions League Final he appeared as a substitue late in the which saw Milan gain their seventh European Cup in a 2-1 win overLiverpool FC .He was affectionately nicknamed "Favallinho" by Milan supporters after he scored his only two goals of the 2006-07 Serie A campaign in back-to-back wins over Empoli and Messina in April 2007.
Honors
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Italian Cup : 1998, 2005, 2006
*Serie A : 2000, 2006
*European Cup Winners' Cup : 1999
*European Super Cup : 1999, 2007
*Italian Super Cup : 1998, 2000, 2005
*UEFA Champions League : 2007
*FIFA Club World Cup : 2007External links
* [http://www.inter.it/aas/squadra/player1?codgioc=G0766&L=en&stagione=2005/06 inter.it profile]
* [http://www.figc.it/nazionali/DettaglioConvocato?codiceConvocato=428&squadra=1 National Team Statistics at FIGC official site]
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