Max Tonetto

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Max Tonetto
Tonetto in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-11-18) 18 November 1974 (age 49)
Place of birth Trieste, Italy
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1992 San Giovanni Trieste 13 (1)
1992–1997
Reggiana
28 (2)
1993–1994Fano (loan) 30 (2)
1994–1995
Ravenna
(loan)
38 (0)
1997–1999
Empoli
61 (4)
1999
Milan
0 (0)
2000
Bologna
12 (0)
2000–2004
Lecce
131 (2)
2004–2006
Sampdoria
66 (8)
2006–2010
Roma
84 (1)
Total 463 (20)
International career
2007 Italy 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Max Tonetto (Italian pronunciation:

Roma, where he won consecutive Coppa Italia
titles in 2007 and 2008 during his four seasons with the team.

Club career

Tonetto was born in

Lecce, where he became team captain
in 2003.

From 2004 to 2006, he enjoyed great success at

Roma
. He has played more than 300 Serie A games.

In his first season with Roma he showed good performances as a left-back. Although in his thirties, Tonetto is still, despite injuries, able to produce great and outstanding performances.

Tonetto scored his first goal for A.S Roma during a match against

's pass and scoring a wonderful goal.

In November 2007, he signed a new contract with Roma which would last until 30 June 2010.[2]

On 11 March 2009, he blasted Roma's eighth and final penalty into the stands in the shootout against Arsenal, which meant Roma were knocked out of the Champions League, failing to progress to the quarter finals.

His contract with Roma expired 30 June 2010, and he subsequently retired from professional football.

International career

Tonetto won his one and only cap for Italy against the Faroe Islands in a qualification match for UEFA Euro 2008.[3]

Honours

Roma

References

  1. ^ "ESPNsoccernet-Max Tonetto Stats, News-AS Roma".
  2. ^ "PROLUNGAMENTO DEL CONTRATTO PER LE PRESTAZIONI SPORTIVE DEL CALCIATORE MAX TONETTO". AS Roma (in Italian). 21 November 2007. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  3. ^ "Faroe Islands v Italy: When a carpenter almost chopped down the Azzurri". September 2011.

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