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Cristiano Zanetti
Full name	Cristiano Zanetti
Date of birth	April 14, 1977 (1977-04-14) (age 31)
Place of birth	Carrara, Italy
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Juventus
Number	6
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993–1996 1996–1997 1997–1998 1998 1998–1999 1999–2001 2001–2006 2006–	Fiorentina Venezia Reggina Internazionale Cagliari A.S. Roma Internazionale Juventus	04 (0) 21 (0) 31 (0) 00 (0) 18 (0) 38 (0) 98 (2) 51 (2)
National team²
2001–present	Italy	17 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:20, 9 June 2008 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 21/11/2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Cristiano Zanetti (born April 14, 1977 in Carrara) is an Italian football defensive midfielder, who currently plays for Juventus of Serie A. He is a tough tackling defensive midfielder with good vision and accurate passing.

Zanetti moved to Juventus in 2006 on a free transfer, despite the match-fixing controversy surrounding the Turin giants and their subsequent relegation. Zanetti was Luciano Moggi's final signing as the Juventus transfer director before his five year ban due to his alleged role in the Calciopoli scandal. This ended Zanetti's second spell with Inter, having previously played for them in 1998. He also played for Fiorentina (1993-96), Venezia (1996-97), Reggina (1997-98), Cagliari (1998-99) and AS Roma (1999-2001). He won one scudetto with Roma. Zanetti played for the Italian national team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2004. However, he has not been called up to the Italian national team since Euro 2004. Currently he has 16 international caps and 1 international goal.

Although they share the same surname, he is not related Inter's Argentine captain Javier Zanetti.

v • d • e Italy squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup

1 Buffon • 2 Panucci • 3 Maldini • 4 Coco • 5 Cannavaro • 6 Zanetti • 7 Del Piero • 8 Gattuso • 9 Inzaghi • 10 Totti • 11 Doni • 12 Abbiati • 13 Nesta • 14 Di Biagio • 15 Iuliano • 16 Di Livio • 17 Tommasi • 18 Delvecchio • 19 Zambrotta • 20 Montella • 21 Vieri • 22 Toldo • 23 Materazzi • Coach: Trapattoni

v • d • e Italy squad – UEFA Euro 2004

1 Buffon • 2 Panucci • 3 Oddo • 4 Zanetti • 5 Cannavaro • 6 Ferrari • 7 Del Piero • 8 Gattuso • 9 Vieri • 10 Totti • 11 Corradi • 12 Toldo • 13 Nesta • 14 Fiore • 15 Favalli • 16 Camoranesi • 17 Di Vaio • 18 Cassano • 19 Zambrotta • 20 Perrotta • 21 Pirlo • 22 Peruzzi • 23 Materazzi • Coach: Trapattoni

Juventus F.C. – current squad

1 Buffon • 3 Chiellini • 4 Mellberg • 5 Zebina • 6 Zanetti • 7 Salihamidžić • 8 Amauri • 9 Iaquinta • 10 Del Piero (c) • 11 Nedvěd • 12 Chimenti • 13 Manninger • 14 Andrade • 15 Knežević • 16 Camoranesi • 17 Trézéguet • 18 Poulsen • 19 Marchisio • 20 Giovinco • 21 Grygera • 22 Sissoko • 27 Ekdal • 28 Molinaro • 29 De Ceglie • 30 Tiago • 32 Marchionni • 33 Legrottaglie • Manager: Ranieri

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