Fabio Bazzani

Infobox Football biography
playername = Fabio Bazzani
fullname = Fabio Bazzani


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1976|10|20
cityofbirth = Bologna
countryofbirth = Italy
height = Height|m=1.86
position = Striker
currentclub = Pescara
clubnumber = 7
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1994-1996 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000
2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2007 2005 2007-2008 2008-
clubs = Boca San Lazzaro Sandonà Venezia Varese Arezzo Venezia Perugia Sampdoria → Lazio (loan) Brescia Pescara
caps(goals) = 057 (30) 032 0(5) 002 0(0) 029 0(3) 031 (20) 039 0(5) 029 (10) 110 (33) 015 0(3) 021 0(1) 0 (0)
nationalyears = 2003-2004
nationalteam = Italy
nationalcaps(goals) = 003 (0)
pcupdate = 3 April, 2008
ntupdate = May 16, 2007

Fabio Bazzani (born October 20, 1976 Bologna) is an Italian football striker, who currently plays for Pescara Calcio. He is a target man notable for his headers as well as his shooting and strength.

After two seasons with amateur side Boca San Lazzaro, he moved to Serie C2 club Sandonà. In 1997, he was part of Serie B team Venezia, but failed to impress and was capped twice in the season. He thus moved at Varese and then Arezzo, where he managed to impress, scoring 20 goals in 31 matches under the management of Serse Cosmi. In 2000, he returned at Venezia, but did not repeat his previous good season, and scored only five goals in 36 matches. In 2001 he returned to be coached by Cosmi, now at Serie A side Perugia, and performed well for a debut player, scoring ten goals. From 2003 he was part of Sampdoria, where he enjoyed a good form in his early seasons, scoring respectively 16 goals in his first season with the "blucerchiati" in the Serie B and 13 goals in his second campaign with Sampdoria, now in Serie A. During his second season with Sampdoria, he was also capped three times for the Italian team. He was loaned to Lazio in exchange for Simone Inzaghi in January 2005, but failed to impress with the "biancazzurri" and returned to Sampdoria at the end of the season.

On 14 June, 2007, he was signed by Brescia Calcio on free transfer. He originally signed for Livorno, a bid later cancelled following protest by the "amaranto" supporters which did not want the player in their team. [ [http://www.gazzetta.it/ultimora/agrnews.jsp?id={7AF99486-35DF-48A6-B64E-0F44A7A9FAE8}&cat=home&sezione=CALCIO Gazzetta.it] ]

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*it icon [http://www.gazzetta.it/speciali/serie_b/2008_nw/giocatori/53250.shtml Club career statistics]
*it icon [http://www.figc.it/nazionali/DettaglioConvocato?codiceConvocato=2744 National team stats]

Persondata
NAME=Bazzani, Fabio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Italian football player
DATE OF BIRTH=1976-10-20
PLACE OF BIRTH=Bologna
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=