Angelo Di Livio
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| Date of birth | 26 July 1966 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rome, Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder, Defender | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 1984–1985 | Roma | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 1985–1986 | Reggiana | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 1986–1987 | Nocerina | 31 | (1) | ||||||||||||
| 1987–1989 | Perugia | 72 | (4) | ||||||||||||
| 1989–1993 | Padova | 138 | (13) | ||||||||||||
| 1993–1999 | Juventus | 186 | (3) | ||||||||||||
| 1999–2005 | Fiorentina | 169 | (8) | ||||||||||||
| Total | 609 | (29) | |||||||||||||
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| 1995–2002 | Italy | 40 | (0) | ||||||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Angelo di Livio (born 26 July 1966 in Rome) is a retired football midfielder and defender. He played for several Italian clubs in Serie A throughout his career, coming to prominence with Juventus, where he won several domestic and international titles. At international level he also played for the Italian national side in two FIFA World Cups and two UEFA European Football Championships, reaching the final of UEFA Euro 2000.
During his playing career he was known as soldatino (little soldier) or soldatino Di Livio, a nickname his Juventus teammate Roberto Baggio gave him because of Di Livio's characteristic way of running up and down the flank. A quick, experienced, combative, reliable, and tactically versatile player, Di Livio was usually deployed on the wing, and was capable of playing on either flank, as a wide midfielder, or as a full-back or wing-back; he was also capable of playing in the centre, as a defensive midfielder. Although he was not the most naturally talented footballer, he was a highly consistent player, who was known for his pace, stamina, work-rate, strength, tenacity, man-marking, and crossing accuracy, as well as his ability to make attacking runs down the flank, which enabled him to have a successful career.
After beginning his career with Roma in 1984, but failing to make an appearance in his only season for the club, Di Livio played for Reggiana (1985–86), Nocerina (1986–87), Perugia (1987–89), Padova (1989–93), Juventus (1993–99) and Fiorentina (1999–2005). His tireless running and quality crossing made him an important element in the dominant Juventus starting lineup from 1993 to 1999, during one of the most successful periods in the club's history. With Juventus, he won three scudetti (Italian A League; 1995, 1997, 1998) and one Champions League title (1996), in addition to two Italian Supercups (1995, 1997), a Coppa Italia, an UEFA Supercup (1996), and an Intercontinental Cup (1996); he also reached the final of the 1994–95 UEFA Cup. In 1999, he moved to Fiorentina, where he captained the team to win the Coppa Italia during the 2000–01 season. In 2002, when AC Fiorentina went bankrupt and was reborn as Florentia Viola in Serie C2, Di Livio showed his dedication by being the only player to stay with the team, as he played through the depths of Italian football on the climb back to Serie A in 2004, finally retiring after the conclusion of the 2004–05 Serie A season.
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