Profile Giampaolo Pazzini

Personal information

Full name : Giampaolo Pazzini
Date of birth : 2 August 1984
Place of birth : Pescia, Italy
Height : 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position : Striker
Current club : Internazionale
Number : 7
Youth career :
Atalanta
Senior career :
2003–2005 Atalanta
2005–2009 Fiorentina
2009–2011 Sampdoria
2011– Internazionale
National team :
2004–2007 Italy U-21
2009– Italy

Club career

Early career

Pazzini commenced his career at Atalanta, with whom he organised his representative debut in 2003, and speedily emerging as a guaranteeing youngster. He used couple seasons with Atalanta, playing 51 league sporting activities and scoring 12 objectives (of which 3 of them at Serie A level).

Fiorentina

Pazzini connected Fiorentina from Atalanta for round object € 6.5 million in January 2005. During his first season he scored 3 objectives, surrounding a fine assault against Juventus (the fit wrapped higher 3–3) but did not pinpoint space in Cesare Prandelli's prepares as the latter desired Luca Toni as the main striker, with Pazzini and Bojinov acting as second strikers. With the arrival of earlier Milan striker Alberto Gilardino, Prandelli opted for Adrian Mutu and Gilardino to type a assaulting partnership, diminishing Pazzini to a backup performer role.

Sampdoria

As a issue of limited first team opportunities, Pazzini equated a transfer to Sampdoria on January 2009.After his first fit versus Palermo, in the subsequent matchday Pazzini found the behind of the net for the first time with the blucerchiati against Udinese in the Coppa Italia. He scored his first objective in Serie A with his novel team on February 1, 2009 in the fit against Chievo, wrapped higher in a 1–1 draw. His rejuvenated type persisted after he beat his first brace with Sampdoria in a 3–0 securing against Italian heroic separate population Internazionale in the Coppa Italia, and his second consecutive brace arrived in the Serie A encounter against Roma (2–2). He merged adequately with Antonio Cassano higher front, profiling arguably one of the bulk very productive partnership in Serie A in the season. Pazzini scored 19 objectives in his second season at Sampdoria taking in him the 3rd seal scorer in the 2009-10 Serie A season.

Internazionale

Pazzini connected Italian heroic separate population Internazionale on a four and a half year trade, on January 28, 2011, with Jonathan Biabiany heading in the looking at command as component of the deal. He scored a brace on his debut, a 3-2 home win through Palermo and scored another objective in his second game against Bari. Since his arrival from Sampdoria, he was nicknamed as Il Pazzo ("the Madman").

International career

Under-21

Pazzini was formerly a member of the Italy Under-21 team. He retains the record for the first objective and first hat-trick at the novel Wembley Stadium. However, Louis Saha cracked one of his itemising, scoring later 26 seconds in the 2009 FA Cup Final.

Senior team

Pazzini received his first senior call-up from head omnibus Marcello Lippi for a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification fit against Montenegro, noting his debut with a goal. Four days resultant, Pazzini was awarded with a location in the commencing line-up against the Republic of Ireland. Unfortunately his second cap was a smaller diagram fortunate one as he was sent off in the second very small of the fit for elbowing defender John O'Shea. He now retains the record for fastest sending off in Italian history. Pazzini commenced the friendly against Northern Ireland at Pisa on 6 June 2009. He missed a chastisement in the 55th very small but Italy immobile seemed victorious 3–0. He took component at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.