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Paolo Di Canio
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Key facts
- 1989
- Italy B
- 2013
- Sunderland
- Full name
- Paolo Di Canio
- Date of birth
- ( 1968-07-09 ) 9 July 1968 (age 57)
- Place of birth
- Rome , Italy
- Height
- 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
- Positions
- Forward attacking midfielder
- Years
- Team
- 1985 1990
- Lazio
- 1986 1987
- → Ternana (loan)
- 1990 1993
- Juventus
- 1993 1994
- Napoli
- 1994 1996
- Milan
- 1996 1997
- Celtic
- 1997 1999
- Sheffield Wednesday
- 1999 2003
- West Ham United
- 2003 2004
- Charlton Athletic
- 2004 2006
- Lazio
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Paolo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Place of birth
- Rome
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Participant in
- 1996–97 Serie A
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Italy national under-21 football team
- Position played
- forward
- League
- Premier League
- Mass
- 72
- Image
- Paolo Di Canio Upton Park 11 September 2010 (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 178
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- Commons category
- Paolo Di Canio
- date of birth
- 1968-07-09
- coach of sports team
- Sunderland A.F.C.
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 2
- total goals in career
- 0
- name in native language
- Paolo Di Canio
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Encyclopedic overview
Paolo Di Canio (born 9 July 1968) is an Italian former professional footballer and manager. During his playing career he made over 500 league appearances and scored over one hundred goals as a forward. He primarily played as a deep-lying forward, but he could also play as an attacking midfielder, or as a winger. Di Canio was regarded as a technically skilled but temperamental player.
Di Canio began his career in the Italian Serie A, playing for Lazio, Juventus, Napoli and Milan, before a brief spell with the Scottish club Celtic. He subsequently spent seven years in the English Premier League with Sheffield Wednesday, West Ham United and Charlton Athletic. He returned to Italy in 2004, playing for Lazio and Cisco Roma before retiring in 2008. He played for the Italian under-21s, making nine appearances and scoring twice, and was a member of the squad that finished in third place at the 1990 UEFA European Under-21 Championship under manager Cesare Maldini, but was never capped for the senior team.
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