Player Profiles

November 6th, 2009

The Re-emergence of Raffaele Palladino

By: Francesco | Comments 13 Comments

One of the players playing extremely well at the moment is Genoa fantasista Raffaele Palladino. Palladino has always been a player that could do things with the ball that others could only dream of doing, but he never had the consistency to show that talent at a high level. Palladino is now an important part [...]



October 16th, 2009

Video of the Week: Gila

By: Francesco | Comments 14 Comments

After the international break, the man of the moment is undoubtedly Alberto Gilardino. The Fiorentina striker scored 4 goals in 2 matches with the Azzurri, including the impressive hat trick in 14 minutes vs. Cyprus. He now has 16 goals in 38 appearances (now level with Gianluca Vialli and Luca Toni) for the Azzurri and [...]

September 17th, 2009

The Renaissance of Roberto Baronio

By: Francesco | Comments 10 Comments

Let’s start by saying that Roberto Baronio isn’t exactly a household name in Italian calcio. The casual fan may not even know who Roberto Baronio is or what position he plays (Baronio is a classic regista that plays in front of the defense and dictates the play. His passing skills are excellent, especially his long [...]

August 31st, 2009

Andrea Russotto – What happened to you?

By: Francesco | Comments 12 Comments

Most Italian soccer fans should be familiar with the name of Andrea Russotto. As a youngster he was dubbed as “the next Roberto Baggio” and “Antonio Cassano with a level head” but up until now he has not even been close to living up to those names. His story is a bit particular, and for [...]

July 15th, 2009

30 Italian promising players to keep an eye on

By: Francesco | Comments 22 Comments

Often we see a young player explode onto the calcio scene and everyone turns heads and says “Where did this kid come from?”. Well, now is your chance to gain some knowledge about some promising Italian young players and maybe in a year or two when one of these players starts to do some good [...]



July 2nd, 2009

Vincenzo Montella hangs up his boots

By: Francesco | Comments 8 Comments

Today it was reported that at 35 years of age, Roma striker Vincenzo Montella has decided to retire. Montella was one of the best strikers Italy has ever produced and one of Italy’s deadliest strikers in the late 90’s and early 2000’s. Short in stature and nicknamed “L’Aeroplanino” (Little Airplane) for his trademark goal celebration [...]

May 22nd, 2009

The Explosion of Gaetano D’Agostino

By: Francesco | Comments 15 Comments

When you read news about Serie A you always hear about the big stars and how they are performing, but you rarely hear about other players that are having a good season. We always hear about Kaka, Ibrahimovic, Totti, Del Piero, Buffon, etc but we never hear about Consigli, Guarente, Sorrentino, Marcolini, and Padoin for [...]

September 23rd, 2008

Great Italian Players: Ciro Ferrara

By: Francesco | Comments 4 Comments

In the modern game you always hear stories of players being prima donnas or trying to get a bigger contract or making a move to a big club just for the money, but Ciro Ferrara was a player who was none of those things. Ferrara was a model professional, a consistent performer, and even if [...]

September 16th, 2008

Great Italian Players: Giuseppe Signori

By: Francesco | Comments 9 Comments

Beppe was born on February 17, 1968 in Alzano Lombardo, Bergamo. As did most Italian boys, he loved to play and watch soccer. His own career started as a youth team player in a club connected to Inter, however he was found too small & light by the Inter youth team trainers. So at the [...]

September 11th, 2008

Great Italian Players Profiles

By: Francesco | Comments 32 Comments

I’ve decided to add a new segment to the Italy Offside, where I’ll put up a bio and profile of a great Italian player of the past (or present). I think the most fair way to do it will be to have the readers vote who they would like, and I’ll satisfy your suggestions. I [...]






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