Amedeo Carboni

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Amedeo Carboni
Carboni with Valencia in 2005
Personal information
Full name Amedeo Carboni[1]
Date of birth (1965-04-06) 6 April 1965 (age 59)[1]
Place of birth Arezzo, Italy[1]
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
1975–1983
Arezzo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1986
Arezzo
 22 (1)
1983–1984 → Fiorentina (loan) 0 (0)
1985–1986 →
Bari
(loan)		 10 (0)
1986–1987
Empoli
 11 (0)
1987–1988
Parma
 28 (1)
1988–1990
Sampdoria
 60 (2)
1990–1997 Roma 186 (3)
1997–2006 Valencia 245 (1)
Total 562 (8)
International career
1992–1997 Italy 18 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Amedeo Carboni (Italian pronunciation: [ameˈdɛːo karˈboːni]; born 6 April 1965) is an Italian former footballer who played as a left-back.

In a professional career which spanned 22 years and saw him appear in nearly 700 official games, he played mainly for Roma (seven seasons) and Valencia (nine), winning a combined eight major titles for the two clubs.

Carboni was capped 18 times for the Italy national team, representing them at Euro 1996.

Club career

Early years

Born in

A.S. Bari with which he made his Serie A debut, in a relegation-ending season.[2]

After

the final against R.S.C. Anderlecht (2–0 win).[2]

Roma

In the summer of 1990, Carboni joined

UEFA Cup final that year, which ended in a 2–0 defeat to Inter Milan.[3]

Carboni spent his final season as team captain, inheriting the armband from Giuseppe Giannini.[4]

Valencia

Aged already 32, Carboni moved abroad for the first time, signing for Spanish side

yellow cards and three red as they finished in ninth position, in a campaign which saw manager Jorge Valdano being fired after only three rounds, with the player's countryman Claudio Ranieri taking his place.[7]

Carboni formed an efficient full back partnership with

final against FC Bayern Munich in 2001, but missed his penalty in an eventual shootout loss; during the first 120 minutes, he also committed the penalty that led to the Stefan Effenberg 1–1 equaliser.[10]

The 38-year-old Carboni played 44 competitive matches as Valencia won the league/

won the UEFA Cup.[11][12] Due to his age, Carboni became known in Valencia's dressing rooms as Yayo, meaning Grandpa in Spanish.[5]

The

director of football.[15]

On 19 June 2007, Carboni was sacked by Valencia as the working relationship between him and Quique Sánchez Flores was strained after several disputes.[16] The manager was dismissed himself only four months later.

Late career

On 10 June 2009, Carboni became the new sporting director at R.E. Mouscron in Belgium, teaming up with former Valencia teammate Miroslav Đukić, who acted as the manager.[17] In early June of the following year he reunited with former Valencia boss Rafael Benítez at Inter Milan, working with the Nerazzurri as technical consultant.[18]

International career

On 21 December 1988, Carboni earned his only cap for the Italy under-21 side, scoring in an 8–0 home rout of Malta.[19] He made his full debut on 25 March 1992 – two weeks shy of his 27th birthday – in a 1–0 friendly home win over Germany.[20][21] He missed the 1990 and 1994 FIFA World Cups due to injury.[7]

Carboni was selected by manager Arrigo Sacchi for the squad that appeared at UEFA Euro 1996, playing against the Czech Republic (1–2 loss)[22] and Germany (0–0) in an eventual group stage exit.[23] On 2 April 1997 he made his eighteenth and final appearance, coming on as a substitute in a 0–0 away draw with Poland for the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifiers as Cesare Maldini was in charge.[21][24]

Style of play

Carboni was an athletic and hard-working attacking

full back, who was known for his surging runs along the left flank as well as his longevity, stamina and defensive consistency.[2][11][25]

Personal life

Carboni's older brother, Guido, was also a footballer, and later a manager.[26][27]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[8]
Club Season League
Division Apps Goals
Arezzo
 1984–85 22 1
Bari
(loan) 		1985–86 10 0
Empoli
 1986–87 11 0
Parma
 1987–88 28 1
Sampdoria
 1988–89 31 1
1989–90 29 1
Roma
 1990–91 30 1
1991–92 33 0
1992–93 9 0
1993–94 32 1
1994–95 30 0
1995–96 29 0
1996–97 23 1
Valencia 1997–98 29 0
1998–99 36 0
1999–2000 28 1
2000–01 24 0
2001–02 33 0
2002–03 29 0
2003–04 33 0
2004–05 28 0
2005–06 5 0

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[28]
National team Year Apps Goals
Italy 1992 2 0
1994 1 0
1995 6 0
1996 7 0
1997 2 0
Total 18 0

Honours

Sampdoria[29]

Roma[29]

Valencia[30]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Amadeo [sic] CARBONI". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Carry on, Carboni". UEFA. 29 March 2003. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Internazionale 2–0 Roma". UEFA. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Hall of Fame: Biographies of the 2012 Finalists: Amedeo Carboni". A.S. Roma. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  5. ^ a b c "SvenskaFans". www.svenskafans.com.
  6. ^ "Carboni announces retirement plan". Sky Sports.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g "Entrevista. Carboni: "Si era por los test físicos, Amedeo hubiera continuado jugando varios años más"". VAVEL. 2 July 2021.
  8. ^ a b c Amedeo Carboni at FootballDatabase.eu
  9. ^ "Carboni y Angloma, los mejores laterales" [Carboni and Angloma, the best fullbacks]. Las Provincias (in Spanish). 16 January 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Bayern crowned European champions". BBC Sport. 23 May 2001. Retrieved 15 October 2011.</ref name="sven">SvenskaFans
  11. ^ a b Harte, Adrian (20 May 2004). "Carboni epitomises Valencia class". UEFA. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  12. ^ "Los futbolistas con más edad que han jugado en LaLiga" [Oldest footballers to have played in LaLiga]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 28 December 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  13. ^ "Che plot fresh Italian raid". Sky Sports.
  14. ^ Llamas, Fernando (6 May 2006). "El Atlético le hace un favor al Madrid" [Atlético make Madrid a favour]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  15. ^ "El Valencia nombra a Amedeo Carboni director deportivo" [Valencia name Amedeo Carboni sporting director]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). 19 May 2006. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  16. ^ "Sanchez Flores to stay on at Valencia, Carboni to leave". Reuters. 20 June 2007. Archived from the original on 27 August 2008. Retrieved 22 June 2007.
  17. ^ "Djukic dimite como técnico del Excelsior Mouscron, que podría bajar a Cuarta por las deudas" [Djukic resigns as manager of Excelsior Mouscron, who could be relegated to the Fourth for debts]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 3 November 2009. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  18. ^ "Rafa Benitez to be unveiled as new Inter Milan coach on Wednesday". Liverpool Daily Post. 8 June 2010. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  19. ^ "Troppi gol a una piccola Malta" [Too many goals against a small Malta]. La Repubblica (in Italian). 22 December 1988. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  20. ^ "Il primo anno di Sacchi, utilizzati 32 giocatori" [Sacchi's first year, 32 players used]. La Repubblica (in Italian). 7 June 1992. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  21. ^ a b "Carboni, Amedeo – Tutti i giocatori della nazionale" [Carboni, Amedeo – All the national team's players] (in Italian). Italia 1910. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  22. ^ "Bejbl completes Italian job for Czechs". UEFA. 6 October 2003. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  23. ^ "Italy pay penalty for Germany stalemate". UEFA. 6 October 2003. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  24. ^ "Polonia-Italia 0–0" [Poland-Italy 0–0] (in Italian). Italia 1910. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  25. ^ Hunter, Graham (19 May 2004). "Time cannot age Carboni". UEFA. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  26. ^ Lolli, Andrea (21 April 2010). "Esclusive TMW – Guido Carboni: "Amedeo con Benitez? Difficile"" [TMW exclusive – Guido Carboni: "Amedeo with Benitez? Difficult"] (in Italian). Tutto Mercato Web. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  27. ^ Guastella, Gabriele (20 November 2011). "Empoli: Addio Pillon, tocca a Guido Carboni" [Empoli: Goodbye Pillon, enter Guido Carboni] (in Italian). Forza Nocerina. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  28. ^ "Amedeo Carboni". European Football. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  29. ^ a b "Amedeo Carboni". Eurosport. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  30. ^ "A. Carboni – Trophies". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  31. ^ "Valencia 2–0 Marseille". BBC Sport. 19 May 2004. Retrieved 26 June 2016.

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A.S. Roma Captain

1997–1998 		Succeeded by
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